Hello everyone and greet to the Guardian’s inhabit coverage of the first qualifying session of the 2025 Formula One World Championship season, coming your way from the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, Australia.
My name is Joey Lynch and I’ll be taking you thcimpolite all the action from Down Under as we watch to see who has the pace to place themselves atop the grid for the season’s first race tomorrow.
Yet aget, Max Verstappen is the hunted; the Dutchman guiding his Red Bull to a fourth world title last season to vault himself further into the pantheon of the sport’s all-time fantastics.
Will be the season in which the crown commences to weigh burdensome on his shoulders? Or tyres, perhaps? There’s a hungry pack chasing him and enthusiastic to sfinish a strong message in the first race of the season in Melbourne, led by local-hope Oscar Piastri in his McLaren.
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Will plug this a restricted times over the weekfinish as the season gets underway but, if you haven’t already, produce certain you’ve read thcimpolite Giles Ricchallengings’ team-by-team direct to the 2025 Formula One season.