Ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix Jack Doohan, then a reserve driver at Alpine, told me about growing up on Australia’s Gold Coast and dreaming of racing in the Australian Grand Prix one day. Later this week,

Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve had a longer than anticipated “pit stop” as he headed to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. Villeneuve, who captured the F1 Drivers’ Championship in 1997,

With a Sky Sports subscription, you’ll be able to stream 2025 F1 F1 Australian Grand Prix online via Sky Go, and if you’re not in the UK right now you can use ExpressVPN to get around any geo-blocks. To watch the F1 on Sky (£22 per month):

This year, Haas also brings a new driver pairing, as rookie Oliver Bearman joins the team after three super-sub appearances a season ago, two for Haas and one for Ferrari. As for his teammate, Esteban Ocon joins the team after departing Alpine, giving Haas a lineup with a rookie and a veteran driver.

The stars of F1 will return to the track on Friday for the first time since pre-season testing concluded in Bahrain last month. The first practice session is set to take place at 12:30pm local time (AEDT), and currently, the weather looks positively bright with a zero per cent chance of rain for the session and highs of 27 degrees Celsius.

F1 drivers' champ eventually had to kick his way out of the stall after airport security couldn't help him escape.