Starting grid for F1 2025 Australian Grand Prix: How the race will begin
How the F1 grid 🎶will line up for the season-opening Austral꧅ian Grand Prix.
This is the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2025 F1 s🎀eason.
| 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 4 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 5 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 6 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 11 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 14 | Jack Doohan | AUS | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 15 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 16 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| PL | Liam Lawson | NZL | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| PL | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
Lando Norris starts on 🅠pole position with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri joining hﷺim on the front row.
Red Bull'💦s Max Verstappen goes from third as he starts his bid to win a fifth successive w♔orld title.
Geo𒁃rge Russell joins🧔 Verstappen on the second row for Mercedes.
Yuki Tsunoda lines up fifth for Racing Bulls, with Alꦐex Albon sixth for Williams, after the pair starred in qualifying.
Charles Leclerc🍎 is only seventh, while seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton starts his Ferrari debut from eighth.
🤡Pierre Gasly and🍸 Carlos Sainz round out the top-10 starters for Alpine and Williams respectively.
Kimi Antonelli starts h𓆏is F1 debuꦆt down in 16th for Mercedes.
Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman will start from the pit lane after makin♓g changes to their cars ahead of the race outsid🌺e of parc ferme conditions.
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