When the lights go out Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix to begin the 2025 Formula 1 season, defending F1 Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen will start third, behind perhaps two of his biggest challengers in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

The most famous example of this in 2024 came during Daniel Ricciardo 's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Lando Norris and helping Max Verstappen's title bid.

Here are the complete F1 results from the 2025 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, which was won

Max Verstappen has won two of the last four Formula One races after failing to win any of the previous 10, but he did not believe he could have beaten the McLarens even with a perfect lap in qualifyin

Lando Norris took the first pole position of the 2025 Formula One season and will be joined on the front row by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after he edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. Norris saw off Piastri’s challenge by just 0.084 seconds as McLaren secured an impressive front-row lockout in Melbourne.

McLaren's Lando Norris swept to victory in a wet and wild Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off defending champion Max Verstappen in a white-knuckle finish to

Formula One season begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend. It’s qualifying in Victoria, after Oscar Piastri’s McLaren (1:15.921) went quickest in FP3 earlier today — narrowly ahead of George Russell (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull).

McLaren's Lando Norris took pole position at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as his teammate Oscar Piastri joined him on the front row.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri delivered on McLaren's preseason promise by locking out the front row of the grid for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.