6 h. ago F1 Australian Grand Prix 2025: Ferrari back Lewis Hamilton after finishing fifth in first practice

Charles Leclerc sets the pace ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris

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10 h. ago Lewis Hamilton finishes fifth in second practice session behind Charles Leclerc

Leclerc finished Formula One’s first running of the new season 0.124 seconds ahead of McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.

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40 h. ago ‘I enjoy being the hunted’: Oscar Piastri takes his place among Formula One title contenders | Jack Snape

The Australian is out to challenge for the driver’s championship in 2025 after helping McLaren to the Formula One constructors’ crown last year He has the face of a child and the nutritional preferences to match, but nobody doubts Oscar Piastri deserves his place at the Formula One grown-ups’ table. The 23-year-old helped McLaren to the constructors’ championship with two race victories last year, and has emerged as a genuine contender for the driver’s crown in 2025.Days before this week’s first race of the season in Melbourne, the chocolate milk-loving, chicken parmigiana-ordering Victorian isn’t tempering expectations. “It’s hard to not be confident when you’ve got the championship-winning team around you,” Piastri said at his latest sponsor’s engagement on Wednesday evening, for McLaren partner Airwallex. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Red Bull ask FIA for same special permission granted to Mercedes thanks to new F1 rule

Mercedes have already taken advantage of a new rule implemented in Formula 1 last year and Red Bull hope to do the same this term to help boost their chances of success

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4 d. ago Lewis Hamilton shares true feelings about Max Verstappen with new F1 season days away

Lewis Hamilton is set for his first season as a Ferrari driver and the seven-time F1 world champion has given his thoughts on Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

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4 d. ago Why Lando Norris knows there is ‘no excuses’ now – he has to win 2025 F1 title

Now or never? Norris fell short of Max Verstappen last year but, as Kieran Jackson explains, the British star must make it count this year, even with teammate Oscar Piastri chomping at the bit to catch him

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4 d. ago Why Lando Norris knows there are ‘no excuses’ now – he has to win 2025 F1 title

Now or never? Norris fell short of Max Verstappen last year but, as Kieran Jackson explains, the British star must make it count this year, even with teammate Oscar Piastri chomping at the bit to catch him

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8 d. ago James Vowles: ‘This is why Williams and Carlos Sainz will be F1 title contenders again’

The popular F1 team principal and unlikely star of Drive to Survive tells Kieran Jackson why Williams are well-placed for the future – and what he learned from 10 years of working with Lewis Hamilton

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1 week ago F1 testing: what we learned from our first look at the class of 2025 in Bahrain

McLaren the frontrunners in a tight title race, Hamilton reborn at Ferrari and Williams hoping for big thingsConstructors’ champions last season, McLaren finished strongly and the winter has been productive. The MCL39 appears to have a genuine edge on a competitive field. Both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were circumspect about their car and it did demonstrate a spot of instability in the rear but their confidence on track has been palpable. They look to have taken the stable platform of last season and improved it with the long-run race simulations presenting a fearsome pace, even given all the usual caveats of fuel loads, temperatures and card-holding in testing. When off the leash for a burst of potentially qualifying pace it was impressive on the brief occasions McLaren opted to show their hand, Norris aborting one flying lap that would have set tongues wagging. That early show of pace has not gone unnoticed by the other teams, with Lewis Hamilton among others acknowledging th...

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2 w. ago AD FEATURE: Head to Gower Christmas Tree Farm this Easter for some fantastic family fun

You can enjoy egg hunts, foam parties, fun characters, reindeer and a field of 200,000 tulips

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2 w. ago How Dyson Daniels’ home town became an unlikely hotbed of Australian basketball talent | Jack Snape

Bendigo has long had fertile sporting soil but has now produced one of the NBA’s best defensive players as well as successful WNBL and NBL 1 teamsDyson Daniels opened his sparkling silver jacket on NBA draft night in 2022. Under the bright lights of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the lining on his right breast revealed the names of his parents and brothers. On Daniels’ left was stitched a map of Bendigo.About two hours’ drive north-west of Melbourne and with a population of 122,000, Bendigo is no Brooklyn. But thanks to Daniels and a dominant professional women’s team, the regional centre generously described by some as a city has emerged this year as a genuine power in global basketball. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lando Norris prediction made by F1 insider is bad news for McLaren racer

McLaren have two rising stars on their hands in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, but the Woking-based team could be forced to make a decision on which driver to favour as the 2025 season edges closer

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3 w. ago Carlos Sainz names his four F1 title contenders – and Lewis Hamilton is ignored

Hamilton has replaced Sainz at Ferrari for the 2025 season while the Spaniard has moved to Williams

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3 w. ago St Cuthbert Wanderers’ youngsters stand tall to draw with Nithsdale Wanderers

The Kirkcudbright side fought back to take a 3-3 draw against one of the contenders for the South of Scotland League title.

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3 w. ago Machine Gun Kelly, Take That, Kane Brown to perform at London Formula 1 event at The O2

Machine Gun Kelly, Take That, Kane Brown to perform at London Formula 1 event at The O2  NME

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