Follow live reaction from Formula One’s opening grand prix of 2025, where rain caused three safety cars and six retirements

For forty years, the Australian Grand Prix has been a fixture on the Formula 1 calendar. Held in Adelaide in the early years, the F1 race has taken place at Albert Park in Melbourne since 1996. Many times before,

While the rain has eased in Melbourne, during the formation lap for the F1 race most of the field had a set of full wet tires bolted on. Only Lewis Hamilton, on the cusp of his Ferrari debut, had a set of the green-walled intermediates bolted on to his SF-25.

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CNN World Sport’s Amanda Davies breaks down all the action in Melbourne with Press Association F1 Correspondent Phil Duncan who was at the race.

Norris acknowledged McLaren are favorites but warned the team shouldn't get complacent. “If you start thinking things are good and groovy, that’s when you get caught,” he said. “We will have races where we struggle.