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‘We are favourites’: McLaren are ‘team to beat’ in F1 title race, admits Lando Norris

16 mars 2025 à 14:19

British driver won Australian Grand Prix in season opener
Norris wary of complacency: ‘if you relax, you have failed’

Britain’s Lando Norris believes he and his McLaren team are now favourites for the 2025 Formula One world championship after a strong victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix – but Ferrari’s team principal, Frédéric Vasseur, admitted his team had to up their game in working with Lewis Hamilton.

After a dramatic and incident packed race in mixed wet and dry conditions, Norris took the flag for his first victory in Australia, the first time he has won the opening race of a season and the perfect start for the 25-year-old’s title ambitions.

Lando Norris begins season with Australian F1 GP victory ahead of Max Verstappen

The Guardian

Par :Giles Richards at Albert Park

16 mars 2025 à 12:03

Verstappen second, Russell third as Piastri finishes ninth
Lewis Hamilton 10th in Melbourne on Ferrari debut

If he is to make a tilt at this season’s Formula One world championship, Lando Norris can consider that he made the case as leading contender definitively at the very opening meeting of 2025. In weathering the storm for his victory at the Australian Grand Prix, Norris demonstrated control, precision and an iron will under pressure. There is an awful long way to go but at the death on a treacherous wet track and harried by a charging Max Verstappen, Norris held his nerve like a champion.

In the build up to the race, it was weather for the ducks on Albert Park Lake as waves of rain sashayed across the circuit, duly playing a significant part in its outcome.