Wearing McLaren orange under soaking plastic ponchos, fans turned up in droves to the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Sunday with hope of seeing Oscar Piastri end the nation's 40-year wait for a home winner.

McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri won the first and second starting positions for Sunday's F1 2025 Australian Grand Prix. The post F1 Australian Grand Prix starting grid: Norris, Piastri,

Lando Norris took the first pole position of the 2025 Formula One season and will be joined on the front row by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Lando Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri slid onto the grass in an eventful F1 race in Melbourne. Lewis Hamilton finished 10th in Ferrari debut.

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after he edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. Norris saw off Piastri’s challenge by just 0.084 seconds as McLaren secured an impressive front-row lockout in Melbourne.

McLaren's Lando Norris reacts to his Australian Grand Prix victory after battling against Max Verstappen and teammate Oscar Piastri.

Follow reaction from the first race of the season after Norris wins from Max Verstappen after a dramatic finale

While the McLaren MCL39 is “by a little margin” the fastest car of F1 2025, rivals should not have qualified so far away. That is the blunt verdict issued by Australian Grand Prix winner Lando Norris,

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after he edged out McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Norris saw off Piastri's challenge by just 0.084 seconds as McLaren secured an impressive front-row lockout in Melbourne.