The season of Formula 1 2025 has officially begun and if the Testing in Bahrain they gave us some clues, these three will give us the confirmation free practice sessions in Australia. This night the FP1 were marked by two red flags and the best time of Lando Norris followed by Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Instead during the FP2 All the teams tested both the qualifying lap and the race pace and Ferrari and McLaren proved to be very close.
The early days
At 6:00 the traffic lights come on and the session begins FP2 of the Melbourne GP with Norris e Lawson who have undergone a close encounter at the pit lane exit.
They all start with yellow tyres, except Russell and Antonelli who mount the white ones, to try to get a feeling to set the best time. 10 minutes after the start we see that the drivers have some Difficulty in curve 6 with Norris that loses the rear and Hulkenberg that passes through the gravel.
With 30 minutes to go, everyone starts to return to the pits to put on the red tyres and try the flying lap. And it is immediately Norris with the McLaren who dictates the pace. But shortly after it is Leclerc to be the fastest in 1:16.439 with Piastres behind him and Norris who slips to 3rd position, both just over a tenth off the best time.
Further back we have the two Mercedesif the Red Bull who seem to be a step behind Ferrari and McLaren in qualifying. However, it is Verstappen and Lawson who are having the most difficulty with Max who finished only in 7th position, 6 tenths behind Leclerc.
Race pace simulations
La Ferrari makes a slow introduction before reaching the same times as the Papaya single-seater, but from here Leclerc makes a continuous progression and marks a very fast race pace al Norris' McLaren level.
Also the Mercedes essere essere fast but we must remember that it has a harder rubber and therefore has less degradation.
Instead the Red Bull è still back and has still need to work to find a better set-up for tomorrow's FP3.
McLaren and Ferrari very close
Ferrari e McLaren they seem to have longer than the others ma they remain very close in performance among themselves both in qualifying and in race pace.
Lewis essere essere a little more in difficulty to find a feeling with his car compared to Charles and complains about understeer. In fact, he ends the session 4 tenths behind his teammate.
La Mercedes, on the other hand, seems to have a good race pace but to be a little further away in qualifying.
While it is the Red Bull to appear very difficult to drive and in fact Verstappen and Lawson are forced to make continuous corrections.
The point about the others team
Among others it seems the Williams to have made a biggest step forward compared to last year and it is expected to be the first of the central group. However, we must also underline the excellent performance di Alpine e Racing Bulls
What to expect from the weekend
At the end of these free tests A very close race and qualifying are expected and so now it becomes difficult for Fantasy Managers to decide who to deploy in your own team!
In the meantime, we remind you of the others this weekend's opening hours in the name of early rising:
Saturday March 15
02.30: Free practice 3
06.00pm: Qualifying
Sunday March 16
05.00: Race
Below is the FP2 standings for Australia:
