Haas rookie Oliver Bearman has halted final practice for Sunday's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix just four minutes into the session, with the British driver bringing out the red flags after he lost control of his car and buried it in the gravel on turn 11 on the Albert Park circuit.

Oliver Bearman is set for his first full season as an Formula 1 driver with Haas but suffered a difficult start after crashing out in his first practice session, having spun into a wall, and the 19-ye

Lando Norris will start the Australian Grand Prix from pole position, with Oscar Piastri completing a front-row lockout for McLaren. Reigning champion Max Verstappen will begin his title defence from third place, having struggled to match the pace of his rivals in qualifying.

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McLaren's Lando Norris has won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix, his first at Albert Park, with the Brit just managing to stay ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in the race.

Lando Norris took his first win of the season in his shiny new McLaren, followed closely by Verstappen in second and George Russell in third. Which isn’t the full picture by any stretch, of course. Because for large parts of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix – the bits that weren’t under a safety car because another rookie or Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso had binned it – the picture was really rather wet.