2025 Australian Grand Prix

The **2025 Australian Grand Prix** (known for advertising reasons as the **Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025**) was a Formula One auto race that happened on 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the first race of the 2025 Formula One World Championship.

Lando Norris driving for the team McLaren won the race from pole position. Max Verstappen driving for the Red Bull Racing Team came 2nd and George Russell for the Mercedes team came 3rd. Norris' win was McLaren's first at Melbourne since Jenson Button won the 2012 Australian Grand Prix.  Isack Hadjar and Gabriel Bortoleto, who were both driving in Formula One for the first time, crashed. Andrea Kimi Antonelli from Mercedes finished 4th in his first Formula One race.

## Results

|scope="col"||scope="col"||scope="col"|Driver|scope="col"|Constructor|class="unsortable" scope="col"||class="unsortable" scope="col"|Time/Retired|scope="col"||scope="col"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|4|data-sort-value="nor"|**Lando Norris**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align="center"|57|1:42:06.304|align="center"|1|align="center"|**25**|||||
|align="center"|1|data-sort-value="ver"|**Max Verstappen**|**Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT**|align="center"|57|+0.895|align="center"|3|align="center"|**18**|||||
|align="center"|63|data-sort-value="rus"|**George Russell**|**Mercedes**|align="center"|57|+8.481|align="center"|4|align="center"|**15**|||||
|align="center"|12|data-sort-value="ant"||**Mercedes**|align="center"|57|+10.135|align="center"|16|align="center"|**12**|||||
|align="center"|23|data-sort-value="alb"|** Alexander Albon**|**Williams-Mercedes**|align="center"|57|+12.773|align="center"|6|align="center"|**10**|||||
|align="center"|18|data-sort-value="str"|**Lance Stroll**||align="center"|57|+17.413|align="center"|13|align="center"|**8**|||||
|align="center"|27|data-sort-value="hul"|**Nico Hülkenberg**|**Kick Sauber-Ferrari**|align="center"|57|+18.423|align="center"|17|align="center"|**6**|||||
|align="center"|16|data-sort-value="lec"|**Charles Leclerc**|**Ferrari**|align="center"|57|+19.826|align="center"|7|align="center"|**4**|||||
|align="center"|81|data-sort-value="pia"|**Oscar Piastri**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align="center"|57|+20.448|align="center"|2|align="center"|**2**|||||
|align="center"|44|data-sort-value="ham"|**Lewis Hamilton**|**Ferrari**|align="center"|57|+22.473|align="center"|8|align="center"|**1**|||||
|align="center"|10|data-sort-value="gas"|Pierre Gasly|Alpine-Renault|align="center"|57|+26.502|align="center"|9|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|22|data-sort-value="tsu"|Yuki Tsunoda|Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT|align="center"|57|+29.884|align="center"|5|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|31|data-sort-value="oco"|Esteban Ocon|Haas-Ferrari|align="center"|57|+33.161|align="center"|19|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|87|data-sort-value="bea"|Oliver Bearman|Haas-Ferrari|align="center"|57|+40.351|align="center" data-sort-value=21||align="center"||||||
|align="center"|30|data-sort-value="law"|Liam Lawson|Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT|align="center"|46|Accident|align="center" data-sort-value=20||align="center"||||||
|align="center"|5|data-sort-value="bor"|Gabriel Bortoleto|Kick Sauber-Ferrari|align="center"|45|Accident|align="center"|15|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|14|data-sort-value="alo"|Fernando Alonso|Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes|align="center"|32|Accident|align="center"|12|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|55|data-sort-value="sai"|Carlos Sainz Jr.|Williams-Mercedes|align="center"|0|Accident|align="center"|10|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|7|data-sort-value="doo"|Jack Doohan|Alpine-Renault|align="center"|0|Accident|align="center"|14|||||||
|align="center"|6|data-sort-value="had"|Isack Hadjar|Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT|align="center"|0|Accident|align="center" data-sort-value=11|—|||||||
|colspan="8" style="background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center"|**Source:**|||||||||||||||
**Notes**
- – Isack Hadjar did not start the race because he crashed in the formation lap. His place on the grid was then left empty. His end result was "" and not "".

## Infobox (grand prix race report)

- **type**: F1
- **country**: Australia
- **grand prix**: Australian
- **date**: 16 March
- **year**: 2025
- **race no**: 1
- **season no**: 24
- **next round**: 2025 Chinese Grand Prix
- **image**: 2022 F1 CourseLayout Australia.svg
- **image-size**: 270px
- **caption**: Map of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
- **official name**: Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 2025
- **location**: Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia
- **course**: Street circuit, Temporary street circuit
- **course km**: 5.278
- **course mi**: 3.280
- **scheduled laps**: 58
- **scheduled km**: 306.124
- **scheduled mi**: 190.217
- **distance laps**: 57
- **distance km**: 300.846
- **distance mi**: 186.937
- **weather**: Light rain
- **attendance**: 465,498
- **pole driver**: Lando Norris
- **pole country**: GBR
- **pole team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **pole time**: 1:15.096
- **fast driver**: Lando Norris
- **fast country**: GBR
- **fast team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **fast time**: 1:22.167
- **fast lap**: 43
- **first driver**: Lando Norris
- **first country**: GBR
- **first team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **second driver**: Max Verstappen
- **second country**: NED
- **second team**: Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
- **third driver**: George Russell (racing driver), George Russell
- **third country**: GBR
- **third team**: Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, Mercedes