Sainz won the last race at Albert Park, while Verstappen won the event in 2023. Hamilton’s new teammate, Charles Leclerc, won the Australian Grand Prix in 2022. Time: 12 a.m. ET

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after he edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. Norris saw off Piastri’s challenge by just 0.084 seconds as McLaren secured an impressive front-row lockout in Melbourne.

Max Verstappen has won two of the last four Formula One races after failing to win any of the previous 10, but he did not believe he could have beaten the McLarens even with a perfect lap in qualifyin

When the lights go out Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix to begin the 2025 Formula 1 season, defending F1 Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen will start third, behind perhaps two of his biggest challengers in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Get ready for the Australian Grand Prix with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Formula 1 race, the schedule and more.

Lando Norris led a front-row lockout with team-mate Oscar Piastri as McLaren began where they left off in 2024, when they won the constructors' title for the first time in 26 years

But ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Verstappen reiterated that he is not the current favorite as the season begins. “Impossible to know at the moment,” said

SportsLine's model analyzes Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and the rest of the starting grid's chances at the F1 Australian GP 2025 as Lewis Hamilton makes his Ferrari debut

McLaren's Lando Norris kept his cool on a sweltering afternoon at Albert Park to take pole position at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday as his teammate Oscar Piastri joined him on the front row.