Lewis Hamilton starts his Ferrari career and Lando Norris heads into the new Formula 1 season as title favourite as the 2025 campaign kicks off in Melbourne with the Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is scheduled for a 4am GMT start time on Sunday 16 March, 2025 at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne. TV channel: In the UK, every session of the Australia Grand Prix will be shown live Sky Sports. Free highlights will be available post-race on the official F1 YouTube channel as well as on Channel 4.

Oscar Piastri has a genuine chance of winning his home grand prix this weekend, a feat not achieved by an Australian since the race was added to the Formula 1 world championship.

The stars of F1 will return to the track on Friday for the first time since pre-season testing concluded in Bahrain last month. The first practice session is set to take place at 12:30pm local time (AEDT), and currently, the weather looks positively bright with a zero per cent chance of rain for the session and highs of 27 degrees Celsius.

Formula One statistics for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park: Lap distance: 5.278km. Total distance: 306.124km (58 laps) 2024 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull one minute 15.

Get ready for the Australian Grand Prix with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Formula 1 race, what the schedule is and more

After 98 days without competitive on-track action, Formula 1 will return to kickstart the 2025 season for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Circuit this Sunday. Following a whirlwind 'silly season' of driver transfers last year,