Lando Norris' impressive Australian Grand Prix victory in Melbourne turned out to be special in more ways than one for the McLaren star. Norris produced a composed performance in challenging conditions at the 2025 Formula 1 season opener to convert Saturday's pole into a thoroughly deserved win.

Lando Norris showed he and favourites McLaren had learned from last year by taking the lead in the Formula One drivers' championship for the first time and ending Max Verstappen's tenure at the top.

McLaren ace Lando Norris sped to victory in the Australian Grand Prix, then paid tribute to his team for making key strategy calls at the right time to secure t

Lando Norris took his first win of the season in his shiny new McLaren, followed closely by Verstappen in second and George Russell in third. Which isn’t the full picture by any stretch, of course. Because for large parts of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix – the bits that weren’t under a safety car because another rookie or Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso had binned it – the picture was really rather wet.