2025 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 14 - 16

[Vettel165]

A chance for moderate rain on sunday...

[zibby43]

Melbourne has a tendency to throw up odd results.

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In German F1 media they had a chart of usual team performances in Australia compared to the rest of the season. Based on that, all Ferrari powered teams are usually going strong.



In the past, Bahrain always was a bad track for McLaren though, so there baseline may be high enough to still stay ahead, I guess.

[GrizzleBoy]

If Sunday is wet, Russell will win.

IMO.

[r85]

If Sunday is wet, Russell will win.

IMO.

That Mercedes runs well on any track when it's not hot. It was rapid in the high speed tracks and did enough in the slow speed corners and traction zones in Vegas to dominate the race. I'm expecting Mercedes to be the occasional wild card like last year but less volatile across the season.

[bananapeel23]

In German F1 media they had a chart of usual team performances in Australia compared to the rest of the season. Based on that, all Ferrari powered teams are usually going strong.

https://i.imgur.com/I3hVPWq.png

In the past, Bahrain always was a bad track for McLaren though, so there baseline may be high enough to still stay ahead, I guess.

McLaren has also just had awful season starts throughout this regulation set, so Bahrain being bad historically could just be an artifact caused by their poor season starts. Qatar is a pretty similar track to Bahrain and McLaren has done very well there.

[Emag]

In German F1 media they had a chart of usual team performances in Australia compared to the rest of the season. Based on that, all Ferrari powered teams are usually going strong.

https://i.imgur.com/I3hVPWq.png

In the past, Bahrain always was a bad track for McLaren though, so there baseline may be high enough to still stay ahead, I guess.

McLaren has also just had awful season starts throughout this regulation set, so Bahrain being bad historically could just be an artifact caused by their poor season starts. Qatar is a pretty similar track to Bahrain and McLaren has done very well there.

The only similarity between Qatar and Bahrain is the desert setting of the track. Other than that, they are quite different in terms of package requirements. If the car is not good on critical traction zones at Bahrain (3 of them), that can completely nullify the advantages of a car that is good in high-speed sections. There are no such zones in Qatar and the overall characteristics make it a much more flowing and higher-speed track. It's why McLaren was also good in 2023 at Qatar, even though the car was quite shockingly bad on low-medium speed corners.

[Emag]

A chance for moderate rain on sunday...

https://postimg.cc/McM71hkv

We could have an amazing season opener, but unfortunately rain would kind of render the race useless for data gathering. At least we get another one the week after

[venkyhere]

There are only two "interesting areas" in this track, where huge heap of time can be gained or lost, and the car has opposite needs to be optimal in each of these :

a) the high speed sector from T6 all the way to T11 with the 9-10 "chicane"
b) T13 low speed rotation.

Let's see who gets it right. Drivers like VER/HAM/LEC can make a difference here, even if the car is not the best.

[SonicF1]

Chance of rain 93% on race day
Should be fantastic race as always on full wets!!

[gastonmazzacane]

Chance of rain 93% on race day
Should be fantastic race as always on full wets!!

When was the last time we've seen wets?