by Ilaria Dardo and Anna Botton
With its surprises and disappointments, we can officially consider the very first one concluded. Great Premio of the 2025 season.. The rain in the Australian GP put many drivers to the test, it allowed others to emerge, but above all it mixed the cards on the table in terms of the odds at the Fantasy F1.
Who's going up?
Lando Norris +1
Lando Norris completed a masterly Grand Prix, as well as an incredible start to the season that saw him lead the championship for the first time, interrupting the dominance Verstappen, the most enduring of all time. In qualifying he takes pole and dominates the race for its entire duration, fighting with his teammate Oscar piastri for the first position, but does not give up. A very promising season is expected at McLaren!
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli +1
Exceptional debut for the very young Bolognese at the helm of the Mercedes. Although the start of the weekend did not look easy, with a sixteenth place in qualifying, in the race his comeback was extraordinary, finishing in fourth position. He was able to make his way among the greats of Formula 1 and did not let himself be intimidated by the wet. At just 18 years, 6 months and 19 days, Antonelli is the second youngest driver in history to score points on his debut.
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Nico Hulkenberg +1
Having qualified seventeenth, just behind Antonelli, he finished Sunday's race in a surprising seventh place. Thus Nico Hulkenberg prove to everyone that the Sauber can still be competitive, unlike how the team concluded the previous season.
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Who's getting off?
Lewis Hamilton -1
The hype surrounding the 7-time world champion should not make us forget that he is making his debut in Ferrari, meaning that he must get into the dynamics of a team that are different from Mercedes and must adapt to a new single-seater. Precisely for this reason, returning to our ranks Australian GP recommendations it was his teammate, Leclerc. And we were right. He certainly imagined his first weekend in red differently, in more relevant positions. Instead he played the race always confined to the midfield, getting into difficulty behind Albon and Gasly. With the rain messing up the cards, it seemed he could find a shred of chance. He could have made his experience count, but, also thanks to the communication with the pit wall, the omelette was made. With a final overtaking conceded that is only worth 1 point gained, like in FantaF1.
Start uphill, to understand how steep it is.
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Carlos Sainz -1
Come pilot not to be deployed in this Grand Prix we were giving his teammate, Alexander Albon. Instead it was the Spaniard who disappointed the expectations of the Williams team, especially the mechanics, and the fantasy managers who had fielded him. In a very positive debut for the team, it was not ideal to see the new acquisition of importance exit the first lap. The good result obtained in qualifying - concluded at 0,086 seconds from Albon - was thrown away by a serious error. Positive note for him the brilliant intuition at the wall regarding the pit stop, which allows his teammate to finish fifth in the race.
Williams is there, the Spaniard less so.
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Fernando Alonso -1
With its teammate proving that, after all, Aston Martin is not as bad as it seemed, Fernando does not take advantage of the opportunity. From an experienced driver like him, one would not expect such mistakes both in qualifying and in the race. The Spaniard threw away an almost certain points zone, losing the car on the exit of turn 6.
Race ended at the wall, he fell on a banana peel.
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