McLaren’s hometown hero Oscar Piastri led a super-competitive final practice session Saturday for Sunday's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix with the Australian just 39 one-thousandths of a second ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.

Haas rookie Oliver Bearman has halted final practice for Sunday’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix just four minutes into the session, with the British driver bringing out the red flags after he lost control of his car and buried it in the gravel on turn 11 on the Albert Park circuit.

F1 2025 has officially kicked off in Melbourne with Lewis Hamilton making his long-awaited Ferrari grand prix debut in Melbourne and McLaren remaining favourite for the championship title.Many F1 rookies including Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli,