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PIASTRI PUTS IT ALL ON PAPAYA

Oscar Piastri is betting his Formula One future, and his hope of becoming a world champion, on McLaren. After two years as part of the Mac attack, he has signed another 'multi-year deal', to cement his future with the team founded by New Zealander Bruce McLaren in the

HOT SHOTS: Piastri has a new look for the AGP.

Oscar Piastri has revealed a special helmet design for his home race at Albert Park.

JUST THE BEGINNING

Valtteri Bottas is back at Mercedes-AMG for season 2025 – but the man with the Aussie mullet is just one cog in a giant machine. Lewis Hamilton has left, Kim Antonelli has arrived, George Russell is the new team leader and Bottas is the reserve driver and hoping for at least

IF . . .

If is the word for the day as the countdown to the 2025 Formula One season reaches the launch phase in Melbourne. There are, as usual, more questions than answers as the Australian Grand Prix jumps back to the top of the F1 calendar thanks to Ramadan in the Middle

HOT SHOTS: Sweary man.

Guenther Steiner is about to begin his second season as not the team boss in the Haas bunker at Albert Park. Even so, he has a huge fan base in Australia and got a very enthusiastic welcome at the Adelaide Festival of Speed. Considering how often and how strongly he

Race Rap: Monday, March 10

It's AGP week. There is no track action for the grand prix cars until Friday practice, but the Formula One drivers will be out and about this week as they prepare for the start of the 2025 season. Homegrown heroes Oscar Piastri and Jack Doohan will open the

DOWNSHIFTING: Harry Bates

1. What makes you laugh? My two kids and their antics. Everyday. 2. What’s on your playlist? Very wide range of things! Big fan of Ludovico Einaudi when I feel like it, but also a bit of R&B. 3. What was the last movie you saw? Fly

HOT SHOTS: Famous faces.

The Race of Champions has brought some champion drivers to Sydney. Who can you identify from this shot on top of the Harbour Bridge? Two Aussies on the left, Seb Vettel on the right, to give you a start.

ALAN HAMILTON GONE

He turned down the chance to be a factory racer with Porsche to run the family business in Melbourne. He finished second at Bathurst in 1977 alongside Colin Bond in the 'other' Falcon. He lost the Australian Touring Car Championship to Norm Beechey in 1970 after scoring more

FOUR AUSSIES AT LE MANS

Yasser Shahin and Matt Campbell will be joined by Stephen and Brenton Grove to fly the Australian flag in France during the most competitive 24-Hour contest in modern history. Aston Martin is back in action as eight contenders – Alpine, Aston, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota – fight for superiority in

COUNTDOWN TO CONTROVERSY

It's that time of the year again – when Netflix drops the latest series of its super-popular F1 soap opera Drive To Survive. The full package will go live on Wednesday, that's March 7, ahead of the first race of the 2025 season at Albert Park. That&

RACE RAP: Monday, March 3

SvG falls at the end. Shane Van Gisbergen was a contender again when the NASCAR circus hit the road course at the Circuit of the Americas. The quick Kiwi qualified sixth and ran in front from the get-go in Texas, but got shuffled back in the pack after the final

HOT SHOTS: Ground shaker.

Yes, the ground truly shakes – and even two pairs of earplugs is not enough – when a Top Fuel dragster launches from the line. This is Peter Xiberras, the Supercars team owner, in action in his preferred style of racing in Perth.

TESTING IS DONE

George Russell edged Max Verstappen for the final bragging rights in pre-season testing in Bahrain. But . . . Russell's benchmark time on the final day of testing was not as quick as Carlos Sainz managed for Williams the previous day, as warmer weather took the edge off cars' one-lap