2025 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 14 - 16

[DGP123]

I think the biggest surprise will be Merc. I think Russell is the dark horse this year.
I think Macca has a .3 - .5 second lead on the field.
I think Red Bull is stronger than most expect.
Ferrari is unknown imo

All in all, you haven’t got a clue

[Cs98]

I think the biggest surprise will be Merc. I think Russell is the dark horse this year.
I think Macca has a .3 - .5 second lead on the field.
I think Red Bull is stronger than most expect.
Ferrari is unknown imo

All in all, you haven’t got a clue

Great contribution to the discussion.

[FW17]

Ferrari 1 2 i.m confident

Yeah F1 wants to create situation like LeMans 2023

[the EDGE]

The forecast for the weekend is looking tricky…

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/foreca ... 2025-03-10

32’ Friday, 37’ Saturday, then a big drop to 25’ for the race

Setting these cars up to get the best in quali and then the race, especially with a chance of rain on Sunday, is going to be a challenge

The tarmac on Saturday is possibly going to be the hottest we are likely to see all year. The rubber is going melt!

I think this will blow the current thinking on pecking order wide open for quali. Who ever manages to get the most from the tyres in these conditions will grab the pole

Sunday will be a lot more representative of the weather for the season I think. If there is rain, and it looks to be about a 50/50 chance, it does t look like it will be heavy and may well not fall during the race, then the competitive order will shuffle from Saturday

I can’t believe we’ve got the first 5 races in just 6 weeks… what a great start to a long season this will be!

[Vettel165]

Max to take pole position and dominate the field on sunday. Everyone after round one will say season over.

I can at least dream of this scenario, but would prove all teams wrong and so called experts. In reality I expect Red Bull better then in testing, but will need few races to fine-tune the car and then they could extract more performance. The point is that we need to wait at least until Q3 to see the real pace of all of the teams.

[Matt2725]

I can see Max on the front row, maybe P3. But I don't think he's winning the race or making the podium.

All fun speculation.

[erudite450]

Anything other than a McLaren front row lockout would be a huge surprise. Behind them, it's a guessing game at this point.

[the EDGE]

The most anticipated season preview of the year is here folks...

[basti313]

Anything other than a McLaren front row lockout would be a huge surprise. Behind them, it's a guessing game at this point.

Yep. That is basically a given.
I think it will be the same especially if the conditions change that much for Sunday. The McL was by far the best/easiest to set up last year, no reason for it losing on this. So I would not even bet on rain magic.

[franbatista123]

Anything other than a McLaren front row lockout would be a huge surprise. Behind them, it's a guessing game at this point.

Yep. That is basically a given.
I think it will be the same especially if the conditions change that much for Sunday. The McL was by far the best/easiest to set up last year, no reason for it losing on this. So I would not even bet on rain magic.

Hard disagree that it's a given, from the big teams it's clear that Ferrari is quite a mystery performance wise. I'd argue that they could be anything from +3 tents to -1 tenth to McLaren on average right now.

[bluechris]

The forecast for the weekend is looking tricky…

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/foreca ... 2025-03-10

32’ Friday, 37’ Saturday, then a big drop to 25’ for the race

Setting these cars up to get the best in quali and then the race, especially with a chance of rain on Sunday, is going to be a challenge

The tarmac on Saturday is possibly going to be the hottest we are likely to see all year. The rubber is going melt!

I think this will blow the current thinking on pecking order wide open for quali. Who ever manages to get the most from the tyres in these conditions will grab the pole

Sunday will be a lot more representative of the weather for the season I think. If there is rain, and it looks to be about a 50/50 chance, it does t look like it will be heavy and may well not fall during the race, then the competitive order will shuffle from Saturday

I can’t believe we’ve got the first 5 races in just 6 weeks… what a great start to a long season this will be!

This is good, i want to see all the test champions of the 17c how they will cope with this temps

[SB15]

Anything other than a McLaren front row lockout would be a huge surprise. Behind them, it's a guessing game at this point.

Yep. That is basically a given.
I think it will be the same especially if the conditions change that much for Sunday. The McL was by far the best/easiest to set up last year, no reason for it losing on this. So I would not even bet on rain magic.

I disagree because the Mercedes was very good in wet weather and also the Redbull. We seen in multiple occasions in 2024 where the Mclaren didn't have its extreme pace advantage over the other teams when the conditions were mixed. Ferrari struggled the most. I would not be surprised if i see Verstappen leading the race at any point of the GP if it's wet.

[f1isgood]

McLaren 1-2. Barring stupidity, easy win for them.

[langedweil]

I disagree because the Mercedes was very good in wet weather and also the Redbull.

Don't forget the Alpines !