Follow live updates from Formula One’s opening grand prix weekend of the 2025 season in Melbourne, Australia A very warm welcome one and all to the second day of track action on the opening weekend of the new Formula One season. And you know what that means…

Formula 1 is ready to hand out its first championship points of the 2025 season, as the starting grid for this year's Australian Grand Prix has been set. The first qualifying session of the year witnessed a thrilling battle between the two McLaren drivers, with Lando Norris snatching pole position away from home favourite Oscar Piastri .

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.