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Formula 1 Australian GP
F1 Australian GP: Norris fastest in FP1 as Bearman crashes, Hamilton only 12th
Lando Norris leads first practice at the Australian GP from Carlos Sainz, as Oliver Bearman crashes
Alex Kalinauckas
Edited: Mar 14, 2025, 3:40 AM
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Lando Norris, McLaren
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McLaren’s Lando Norris topped first practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, with the action disrupted twice by two red flag stoppages.
Leclerc led the first quarter of the one-hour session with an early benchmark of 1m17.880s, as the opening 15 minutes featured both Red Bull drivers getting away with wayward moments – Liam Lawson tapping the wall on approach to Turn 9 and Max Verstappen clipping the gravel exiting Turn 6.
After a lull in the action the session was briefly halted due to debris on track – possibly from Jack Doohan’s Alpine, which had been amongst the cars dragging gravel onto the track at the reprofiled Turn 6.
The session resumed just before the halfway stage, with Verstappen heading straight back out on the softs and duly going quickest with a 1m17.696s.
The rest of the frontrunners were already set to complete their first flying laps on the softs much later, with Leclerc slotting into second by 0.060s just after Sainz had gone quickest for Williams with a 1m17.401s.
But the session was then suspended when Oliver Bearman crashed heavily after going off exiting the rapid Turn 10 right – the Briton smashing the right-hand side of his car against the outside barrier before the wreckage bounced back across the track.
Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team
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The action only resumed with 11 minutes remaining, after which Norris had his first attempt at a flying lap wrecked by Yuki Tsunoda nipping ahead just as the Briton was about to open up.
Oscar Piastri did get a flier in with fresh softs on the other McLaren just afterwards, with the home hero going 0.269s slower than Sainz to run third, before Norris demoted him with an effort just 0.117s down on Sainz, but with the quickest time in the final sector.
In the final minutes, Norris shot to the top of the times with a 1m17.252s, while Alex Albon put the second Williams sixth behind Verstappen’s best effort.
George Russell, who finished seventh as the top Mercedes runner, spun off at Turn 4 just before the finish, putting his right-side wheels on the grass after exiting Turn 3.
Fernando Alonso, Isack Hadjar and Lance Stroll rounded out the top 10, while Lewis Hamilton was only 12th for Ferrari and his replacement at Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, was just 14th.
F1 Australian GP – FP1 results
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval Tyres km/h 1 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 21
1'17.252
245.958 2 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes 25
+0.149
1'17.401
0.149 245.485 3 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 21
+0.209
1'17.461
0.060 245.295 4 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes 20
+0.418
1'17.670
0.209 244.634 5 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 21
+0.444
1'17.696
0.026 244.553 6 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 18
+0.461
1'17.713
0.017 244.499 7 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 26
+0.464
1'17.716
0.003 244.490 8 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes 23
+0.484
1'17.736
0.020 244.427 9 I. Hadjar Racing Bulls 6
Honda 25
+0.595
1'17.847
0.111 244.078 10 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 20
+0.805
1'18.057
0.210 243.422 11 Y. Tsunoda Racing Bulls 22
Red Bull 23
+0.809
1'18.061
0.004 243.409 12 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari 20
+0.819
1'18.071
0.010 243.378 13 J. Doohan Alpine 7
Alpine Renault 20
+0.980
1'18.232
0.161 242.877 14 A. Antonelli Mercedes 12
Mercedes Mercedes 25
+1.138
1'18.390
0.158 242.388 15 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
Sauber Ferrari 22
+1.186
1'18.438
0.048 242.239 16 L. Lawson Red Bull Racing 30
Red Bull Honda 22
+1.203
1'18.455
0.017 242.187 17 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 23
+1.253
1'18.505
0.050 242.032 18 N. Hulkenberg Sauber 27
Sauber Ferrari 18
+1.334
1'18.586
0.081 241.783 19 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
Haas Ferrari 16
+1.887
1'19.139
0.553 240.094 20 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
Haas Ferrari 12
+2.060
1'19.312
0.173 239.570 View full results
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