McLaren lock out the front row for the first race of the season, Williams record their first double Q3 appearance in Australia since 2015 and Hadjar records the best result of the rookies. Here are the facts and statistics from qualifying at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix!
Coming to Suzuka last week, Kobayashi definitely didn’t want to miss another opportunity to stand on the podium. He had done twice in Shanghai and Spa respectively because of bad luck. Qualifying 4th and starting from the 3rd position, with a strong car, at the right time, at the right...
As F1 continues steps towards regionalising its calendar, the Japanese GP is the most significant mover on the 2024 schedule with Suzuka's usual autumnal slot swapped for Spring. This year's race will take place on April 5-7 either side of the events in ...
All 12 rounds will consist of a full qualifying session and a 50% distance Grand Prix with the teams beginning the season at the Albert Park Circuit in Australia. That will then be followed by the challenging Shanghai International Circuit in China and a Middle ...
Irishman Eddie Irvine had come over from the Jordan team, and he scored the F310’s first points with a third-place finish in the season’s inaugural race at Australia. Schumacher followed with a third in the next race, at Brazil. He retired in Argentina, then went on a tear. In the...
Both drivers struggled in qualifying, certainly in the early stages of the season. However, from Valencia things improved, with Hulkenberg's against all odds performance in Brazil giving the team its first pole since the Nurburgring 2005. While the youngster was unable to convert this into a wi...
It was an inauspicious start to life for the RA271, with Bucknum running towards the back during qualifying at the fearsome Nurburgring circuit, before a more encouraging performance in the race came undone through a crash at the Karussell, while respective brake an...
Q: Tell us a little bit more about the performance. Q2 in Japan. It all suggests that the car is better over one lap in qualifying than it is in the race. What happens to the performance on a longer run? EO:I think it depends where. I think in Australia we were looking to be ...
And though Barrichello's teammate Michael Schumacher had already scooped the 2004 drivers' title in a dominant year, he was uncharacteristically error-prone in Shanghai. The German started from the rear of the grid after spinning in qualifying, and finished the race a lowly 12th following another...
Giancarlo Fisichella took over as Alonso's teammate in 2005, winning the opening race of the season in Australia after rain affected the qualifying session. However, it was the Alonso who really triumphed during the year, winning the following three races. Although Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren ba...