The 2025 F1 season is officially starting, with the Australian Grand Prix set to start a 24-race calendar this weekend.
The teams showed their livery for this season at the F1 75 Live event, and with three days of testing in Bahrain, both fans and teams are ready to begin this upcoming season.
Halminton’s switch to Ferrari is far from the only change to this season’s Driver line-up. As we have new faces in this F1 2025 Season, Liam Lawson will start his first season at Red Bull Oracle, Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes, Oliver Bearman for Haas, Gabriel Bortoleto, the Brazilian promise is set to make his debut at Kick Sauber, Isack Hadjar for Visa CashApp Racing Bulls, and Jack Doohan for Alpine.
Australian GP Betting Odds and Info
Lando Norris 2.65 | Max Verstappen 4.9 |
Oscar Piastri 6.85 | Charles Leclerc 5.6 |
Lewis Hamilton 7.9 | George Russell 13.2 |
Kimi Antonelli 48 | Liam Lawson 60 |
Fernando Alonso 85 | Lance Stroll 100 |
Alex Albon 100 | Carlos Sainz Jr. 100 |
Jack Doohan 100 | Pierre Gasly 100 |
Oliver Bearman 100 | Yuki Tsunoda 100 |
Gabriel Bortoleto 100 | Esteban Ocon 100 |
Nico Hulkenberg 100 | Isack Hadjar 100 |
¿Dónde? | Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. |
Carrera | Sunday, March 16, midnight ET, 11:00 pm CST, 10:00 pm MT, and 9:00 pm PT |
Free Practice 1 | Thursday, March 13, 9:30 pm ET, 8:30 pm CST, 7:30 pm MT, and 6:30 pm PT |
Free Practice 2 | Friday, March 14, 1:00 am ET, midnight CST, 11:00 pm MT, and 10:00 pm PT |
Free Practice 3 | Friday, March 14, 9:30 pm ET, 8:30 pm CST, 7:30 pm MT, and 6:30 pm PT |
Calificación | Saturday, March 15, 1:00 am ET, midnight CST, 11:00 pm MT, and 10:00 pm PT. |
Where Can I Wacth it? | Disney+, ESPN, y F1TV |
Australian GP Circuit Preview and Tyres Selection
The Australian Grand Prix takes place at Albert Park Circuit, a track built in 1996, and as a temporary track, it’s one of the fastest tracks in the F1 race calendar. However, Melbourne is also one of the tracks that have more accidents due to all the curves it has. Last year’s race featured two Safety Cars and a Virtual Safety Car.
The Melbourne track features a length of 5.278 km (3.279 Miles), 14 turns, and 58 laps, with a total of 306.124 km (190.216 miles) run. Charles Leclerc has the fastest lap record with a time of 1:19,813.
Temperatures are expected to reach 28 °C during FP1 and FP2. The temperatures on Saturday see a steep rise in comparison to Friday, with a high of 37 degrees predicted. Predicted Rainfall increases from a 3% chance during the day to 21% during the evening, and with Qualifying finishing at 5 pm (local time) the rain could pose a threat toward the end of the session.
On Race Day, the chance of rainfall increases to 80% during the Grand Prix. On top of this, the humidity is expected to be between 63-72%. 10-20mph winds on the western side, and a high of 25 degrees.
Pirelli has confirmed which compounds will be in play during the event. The Italian company has chosen a trio of compounds in the middle of their range to tackle the 14-corner circuit, naming the C5 as the soft, the C4 as the medium, and the C3 as the hard.
In terms of compounds, The C3 is substantially the same as the version used for the previous two seasons, while the C4 has been adjusted to reduce the possibility of graining as well as minimizing degradation – The same is applied to the C5.
Australian Gp Betting Picks
We expect the top three drivers in 2025 to be similar to last year.
McLaren comes strong with the fastest car on the grid. It remains to be seen if Lando Norris will be up to the challenge of the upcoming Championship and if the team picks a number one driver to fight in the
Driver’s Championship. Oscar Piastri is improving race after race and could pose a threat, taking points from Norris.
Given how the last season ended, we can see Max Verstappen fighting for the Drivers Championship. Red Bull will look closely at what Liam Lawson does in this first race because they do not want to repeat last season’s mistakes.
Ferrari looks promising with the addition of Lewis Hamilton. The English will look to win his 8th Championship now in red. Leclerc has higher hopes that this year, Ferarri will not make as many mistakes as in previous seasons.
Australian Grand Prix Podium Pick
Max Verstappen |
Lando Norris |
Carlos Leclerc |