If you want to catch the highlights of the main race, they are shown for free on Channel 4 at 1pm on Sunday, showcasing what went down in the first grand prix of the 2025 season. Channel 4 brings you the highlights of every qualifying session, sprint, and race throughout the season for free.

This is the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2025 F1 season. Lando Norris starts on pole position with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri joining him on the front row. Red Bull's Max Verstappen goes from third as he starts his bid to win a fifth successive world title.

It looks like the race-car driver trailblazer may no longer be a major part of Formula 1's most prominent coverage team, after also losing her Netflix gig.

Verstappen’s teammate last year, Sergio Pérez, has been replaced by Liam Lawson this season, with the New Zealand driver set to make his full-time F1 debut in 2025. In the drizzly conditions in Bahrain, Lawson said he was fighting “a few teething gremlins” with his car as he sought to adjust to life alongside Verstappen.

Lewis Hamilton insisted Brad Pitt had to prove he could drive before supporting the F1 movie, believing the film wouldn't work otherwise.

Pitt teams up with Javier Bardem and Damson Idris in the trailer, which features a new look at Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a veteran racer recruited by Bardem's character Ruben Cervantes to join his Formula 1 team and race alongside Idris' character Joshua Pearce.