Everything we learned from F1’s first race weekend of 2025

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The F1 season opener left no team or driver anywhere to hide - and some are clearly in much better shape than others. There were plenty of surprises in Melbourne as several teams went against pre-season expectations, for better or for worse… From the best the weekend had to offer to the car weaknesses, team issues and driver mistakes that left others on the back foot already, here’s everything we learned at F1’s Australian Grand Prix. 00:00 Intro 00:24 No shortcut for Hamilton 01:53 McLaren and Norris banish ghosts 02:58 The team that's got it badly wrong 03:58 Verstappen's a threat without fastest car 04:52 How. the worst-ranked car scored points 06:01 Lawson looked worryingly Perez-like 06:58 F1's most improved team 08:05 Flashes from exciting rookies 09:25 How Doohan's impossible job really started READ MORE HERE: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/everything-we-learned-f1-2025-season-opener-australian-gp/ Patreon: patreon.com/TheRace Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace #f1 #formula1 #formulaone #grandprix #australiangp #f12025 #f1news #therace #ferrari #lewishamilton #mclaren #landonorris #oscarpiastri #haas #oliverbearman #maxverstappen #redbull #sauber #audi #nicohulkenberg #liamlawson #williams #alexanderalbon #mercedes #kimiantonelli #francocolapinto #alpine

1,146 Comments

@americoarias4076

3/23/2025

What are you talking about.. Checo got 5th his first race and won his first race in the 5th race. This presenter is a numb nuts

@GroofyMoofy

3/20/2025

Can someone explain which garage each constructer gets? I know it's based on the standings of the previous year, but who decides if you get the first or last boxes? Can McLaren decide?

@Rohansharada

3/20/2025

Perez was better than Lawson.... starting in redbull and even as a rookie

@avinav007

3/20/2025

Antonelli is just like max in his early days, flashes of extreme speed, with some errors here & there.

@hickahickul

3/20/2025

Overrated crymilton <br>Team LH intensifies

@xdR00d

3/20/2025

I like fast cars👍

@fluffyfour

3/20/2025

Oddest thing? How a 40 yr old manages to look like a 25 yr old!

@bitrhbj56

3/20/2025

we have learned that ham is truly a tool

@HeeroAvaren

3/20/2025

1. Checo was right about the Red Bull, that car is completely undrivable for anyone but Max.<br>2. Ferrari is exactly who we think they are.<br>3. McLaren are still 20 seconds per race ahead of everyone.

@vince1229

3/20/2025

Lawson actually posted the second fastest lap time of the Grand Prix, at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO_vCG0e2y0&t=82">1:22</a>.9. Max did a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO_vCG0e2y0&t=83">1:23</a>.0, Lando a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO_vCG0e2y0&t=82">1:22</a>.1.

@kelxostrike

3/20/2025

im so glad that stroll managed to stay away from the troubles and managed to gain some points for aston martin.

@adriandasilva2968

3/19/2025

It's said Melbin, not Melborn. Plz

@guillermodelgado5192

3/19/2025

"Slowson looked worryingly Perez like". its almost like Red Bull has a tremendously tuned car to meet Max' style of driving making it undriveable by other drivers. but Scott is just too obtuse to understand.

@thisis4ever1

3/19/2025

i think ferrari will be fine just clearly some communication issues in the team like always. this week was definitely ba weird one with the rain and so many rookies. this race was good but detracting is always better so i think for a lot of teams round 1 starts china

@SergioC_S117

3/19/2025

We also learned that Hamilton’s race engineer cannot understand english.

@juapara

3/19/2025

"Hamilton accidentally squizzed by Leclerc" accidentally?? havent you learned by now how Leclerc plays the game?

@ZZGinger2789

3/19/2025

What we learned is the so observations on this click bait will change

@savienpressley

3/19/2025

Day 1 of asking for the 10/10 sound effect to make a comeback

@oneshotme

3/19/2025

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@hydrasalesman9629

3/19/2025

Complaining about Lawson right now is daft. He's new to that car, new to the team, new to the track and the Redbull hasn't been a proper frontrunner for a while. Max was just super quick. The weird weather didn't help either.