Lando Norris Converts Pole to First Win of the 2025 Formula 1 Season

Lando Norris secured his first win of the 2025 Formula 1 season in Australia this weekend in a mixed weather race. Norris was able to hold off Max Verstappen who fell short by just under 1 second in the closing stages of the race. Weather and tire strategy playe a major role in the victory. Norris commented, “It’s an incredible start to the year and the team have given me an amazing car from the get-go. Whilst it was a tough race due to the unpredictable conditions and the pressure from Oscar and Max, I felt comfortable and confident out there in the package the team have given us.

It’s been a great weekend. We now need to go to China, do it again, and continue from there. There’s a long season ahead, and we have to keep our heads down and keep pushing.”

“It was a good result for us and an enjoyable but hectic race. The conditions were fairly difficult and slippery but we managed to keep it out of the wall and stay out of trouble, which was the most important thing, so I am happy with that. It was hard for us to pass the McLarens, and we were struggling with the tyres overheating and tyre degradation. I think this is even more evident on intermediates as the compound is even softer than the slicks…

Even if we pitted later we would have been P2 so I am happy with the result. We only have a few days before we are in China so not sure how much we will be able to find and turn around but will work hard to improve. Again, it is the first race of the season and we went for it and learnt a lot, so this is a positive start.”

Australia Delivers Multiple DNFs

Liam Lawson fell victim to his first DNF of the year after gambling with his tires and coming out on the short end with a crash. However, with the changing conditions it was a tough day for all of the F1 rookies. He said, “This whole weekend was pretty terrible. Today we were too slow at the start and then we gambled…On slick tires it was quite competitive for that couple of laps but then it started raining again. We took a chance staying out on the medium and hoping half the track would stay dry. We knew that sector three was bad but we thought sector one would stay a little bit drier, so we risked it but it was bucketing down with rain.

Gabriel Bortoleto, Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alsonso and Jack Doohan all crashed out of the race.

Isack Hadjar crashed on the formation lap and thus was deemed a did not start competitor.

Australian Grand Prix Results