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2025 Formula One World Championship
2025 Australia Grand Prix
Round 1
Australia Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday, 16 March 2024
The
2025 Australian Grand Prix will take place in the second-most-populous city in Australia, Melbourne, on 16 March.
What to know about the Australian Grand Prix
It is one of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia and the Grand Prix has moved frequently, with 23 different venues having been used since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928.
The event is contracted to be held at least until 2035 and it takes place at the Albert Park Circuit, which has an FIA Grade 1 licence, having been opened on 20 November 1953.
News
Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes after twelve seasons and he is now with Ferrari, having ended his record-breaking streak of the most consecutive seasons driving for a single constructor.
The seven-time Formula One World Drivers' Championship title winner has replaced Carlos Sainz Jr., who left Ferrari after four seasons to join Williams on a multi-year deal.
Hamilton was replaced by Mercedes junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who was promoted from Formula 2 and he will be teammates with George Russell.
What is at stake?
Drivers and teams will compete for the titles of World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship, respectively.
Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT, is the reigning Drivers' Champion, having won four consecutive titles.
McLaren-Mercedes, on the other hand, are the reigning Constructors' Champions.
Quotes
“I think that’s why you call him [Stella] my friend,” Carlos Sainz Jr. - the 2024 Australian Grand Prix winner - said about McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella, who backed Williams to perform well in 2025.
“We always speak well about one another because I think we wish each other well. In his head, I think he also would like to see Williams up there this year, but I think it’s honestly speaking a bit too soon for Williams yet.
“I don’t think we’ve done the necessary step to be fighting with the top teams this year. “For sure we’ve improved the car and we’re going in the right direction, but first of all it’s too early days to tell.”
2024 Australian Grand Prix results
Winner: Carlos Sainz Jr. - Ferrari
Runner-Up: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Third-Place: Lando Norris - McLaren
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