Australian GP: Norris and McLaren prove title credentials
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On the ground in Melbourne, Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes to unpick the first race of the 2025 season in Australia.
They discuss how Lando Norris was able to make the race his, McLaren's apparent car advantage over the rest, the team orders call that impacted Oscar Piastri's race, and Max Verstappen's extremely solid run to second.
There's also analysis of Kimi Antonelli's debut for Mercedes, Ferrari's difficult weekend, Williams' strong pace, Sauber's shock points and more.
Plus, Edd, Scott and Mark answer a bumper crop of questions submitted by The Race Members' Club.
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| 1:22.5 | The race is on, and Lando Norris lived up to his and McLaren's favourite tag by winning in Australia, |
| 1:31.9 | but how close did it come to losing it? And was the intervention of team orders that forced Oscar Piastri to hold position entirely necessary? |
| 1:39.4 | I'm Ed Storrho and joining me to unravel a classic chaotic season opener, a Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell Mowm. |
| 1:46.2 | Well, Scott, we did get a race. We were discussing how excited we were to get a season |
| 1:50.0 | open in Australia for the race after what happened last time. There was a bit of a moment where |
| 1:54.4 | it looked a bit dicey with the rain. Yeah, you did point out a few hours before the Grand Prix started |
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