The major twists of F1 2025's chaotic first race explained

F1 2025 finally got going with a wild race in Australia. Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell-Malm analyse the pivotal moments as McLaren's Lando Norris took a narrower-than-expected victory over Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Pivotal Norris chaos control
01:36 Piastri's downfall
03:20 Verstappen's overachievement
04:50 Antonelli's penalty overturned
06:15 Ferrari's disasterclass
07:10 Winners and losers from the chaos
08:10 Picking through the crash wreckage

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[User]

Got to feel bad for the rookies, tough conditions to do your first race in. Even Alonso wasnt immune

[Peran]

0:28 I like to believe the wisdom he gained from Russia 2021 helped. Instead of forcing the issue for another lap, he boxed asap. It did help the pit lane entry was at the next corner though!

[TeeRollss]

The guy I feel for is Yuki. Fantastic qualifying and race and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He deserved a bunch of points.

[NaNoTechDisaster]

The moment Piastri passed Verstappen, they make a huge gap on Redbull. McLaren is super strong.

[HSplashy]

You Can tell Lewis already misses Bono

[IanHobday]

Sauber getting more points in the first race than they had all last season. 2025 off to an interesting start!

[yunga]

It’s crazy how Antonella with a spin still finished 4th

[hughjass]

Looks like we're picking up right where we left off last
> McLaren dominating.
> One half of Red Bull overachieving, the other half struggling for relevancy.
> Ferrari, plagued by dumb calls, over promising and under delivering.

[muhdsyahir]

Leclerc Engineer Wisdoms:

2021 Turkish GP: "If you can keep Bottas behind then P1"

2025 Australian GP: "Must be the water"

[Intuition]

did stroll watch the RPM video or something

[torrent]

Max was very good today. Just a natural racer.

[landonmiller]

Piastri fighting back and still getting points is huge

[AutoCAD]

Nobody talks about Antonelli, he climbed !

[FSHY]

Amazing Opening race, Max with an amazing drive on mediums in greasy condition to get p2, Norris learning from Brazil nailing every restart to secure one of his best race wins, Albon keeping Lewis at bay, Kimi ending p5 despite the initial spin and Ferrari returning to their former self where not only the comms are laughable but also their strategy...

[mcza]

Fantastic weekend from Slowson!
Keep it up!

[ThaCampinDutchman]

The McL pace advantage in the dry seems real. So much for the notion that we'd get a fight in the front. The only thing that saved our bacon was the weather this time. If its dry the next few races we're in for a potential snooze.

[SiVlog]

Given all the problems he had (sometimes of his own making, some not), for Ollie Bearman to finish 14th and last, keeping out of trouble at least, must have felt like a victory for him

[abdekoj]

Bortolettos right rear definitely broke just before hitting the barriers, it looked strange.

[LoneWolf-wpdn]

lawson and bearman dug themselves a deep hole to climb out of

[jjnolastname]

My fellow Williams fans, I will partying till Christmas. We might as well have won the constructors and WDC LOL 🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳