Mercedes secures third and fourth positions in the Formula One season opener in Australia after challenging an untelevised penalty.

The F1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix was certainly a memorable one, as six drivers failed to finish and one – Isack Hadjar – failed to even reach the start, spinning into the wall on the second corner of the warm-up lap.

Mercedes have won their appeal to overturn the stewards’ decision to award Kimi Antonelli a penalty at the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli was handed a five-second penalty after he was unsafely released into the path of Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.

A Mercedes Formula 1 driver has been demoted after a late FIA penalty at the Australian Grand Prix. UPDATE: Mercedes have since launched a right of review for the incident and the penalty has now been overturned.

Kimi Antonelli has returned to P4 on his Formula 1 debut in Melbourne after a successful appeal from Mercedes.

Mercedes made the call to replace Lewis Hamilton with young phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli, and the 18-year-old dazzled in his debut, finishing fourth in challenging conditions after starting in P16. For a moment it looked as if Antonelli would be demoted to fifth due to a five-second penalty that was assessed for an unsafe release,

A wet and windy Albert Park offered a daunting test for the six drivers starting a Formula One season for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday but Mercedes' teen talent Kimi Antonelli passed his exam with flying colours.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli suffered a major floor damage after going off track during the Australian Grand Prix qualifying.

Kimi Antonelli's performance and Mercedes’ successful appeal saw him retain his fourth-place finish as the penalty was overturned.