Charles Leclerc left new Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton trailing in his wake in free practice at the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix on Friday as defending champion Max Verstappen struggled with the Red Bull car.

Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in practice for the Australian Grand Prix as his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc led the way in Melbourne. Leclerc ended Formula One’s first running of the new season 0.124 seconds ahead of McLaren driver and home favourite Oscar Piastri.

Lewis Hamilton is 12th on his Ferrari debut in first practice for the Australian Grand Prix as Lando Norris sets the pace for McLaren.

The first free practice session of the 2025 session has just finished. Lando Norris finishes in P1 with a 1:17.252, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

McLaren’s Lando Norris topped first practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, with the action disrupted twice by two red flag stoppages. Leclerc led the first quarter of the one-hour session with an early benchmark of 1m17.

Bearman was the first man out of the pits in FP3 on Saturday, but dipped a tyre all the way onto the grass on his first flying lap and spun out into the gravel, where his car beca