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 Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool Lando Norris topped the timesheet for the first session of the 2025 season with a fastest lap time of 1m 17.252, followed by Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. In a session with two red flags, one for gravel and the other after rookie Bearman had a heavy crash in his Haas. In Free Practice Two, Charles Leclerc ended Friday with the fastest time during both sessions, with a lap time 1m 16.439 on soft tyres. The Ferrari driver managed to set a lap time just over two-tenths quicker than Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, in second and third. With warm blue skies in Albert Park, all twenty drivers took to the track for the two sessions, including some new faces - Oliver Bearman (Haas), Jack Doohan (Alpine), Liam Lawson (Red Bull), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber).  Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool Free Practice OneLando Norris topped the timesheet for the first session of the 2025 season with a fastest lap time of 1m 17.252, followed by Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. With warm blue skies in Albert Park, all twenty drivers took to the track, including some new faces starting a full F1 season for the first time - Oliver Bearman (Haas), Jack Doohan (Alpine), Liam Lawson (Red Bull), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber). Lewis Hamilton also had the moment he had been waiting months for, his first roll out of the garage at a race weekend in his red Ferrari. All the drivers were out on track within ten minutes of the session starting time, but it wasn't without drama, with Lawson brushing the wall at Turn 9 and Verstappen dipping a wheel into the gravel at Turn 6. The first red flag of the season was displayed after drivers, including Doohan, flicked gravel onto the track, resulting in running having to stop as marshals cleaned up the area. Leclerc topped the timesheet early in the session with a lap time of 1m 17.880s, a few tenths ahead of Russell on medium compound tyres. After the session restarted, drivers opted for the soft compound tyres. Verstappen also had his time at the top of the timesheet with a 1m 17.696, as did Sainz, putting his Williams into P1 with a lap time of 1m 17.401s. Ollie Bearman lost control of his Haas exiting Turn 9/10 and hit the concrete wall, bringing out a second red flag of the session. Bearman was unharmed, but his car picked up a lot of damage. In the final few moments of the session, Norris secured the top spot with a lap of 1m 17.252s, a tenth and a half faster than Sainz, with Leclerc rounding out the top three. Top 10 Classification Free Practice One
 Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool Free Practice TwoCharles Leclerc ended Friday with the fastest time during both sessions, with a lap time of 1:16.439 on soft tyres. The Ferrari driver managed to set a lap time just over two-tenths quicker than Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, in second and third. Kick Sauder's Gabriel Bortoleto was first out on the track in the session, which took place at 4pm local time. However, luck wasn't on rookie Oliver Bearman's side, as his car remained in the garage for the entire session after his heavy crash in FP1. Norris and Lawson have a moment early in the session, with Norris attempting to do a practice start at the end of the pit lane exit. Lawson, however, opted to go straight past the McLaren driver, with Norris having to take to the grass to avoid the Red Bull. During the session, several drivers, including Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly, took a trip through the gravel trap at Turn 6, with George Russell venturing into a run-off and having to turn his Mercedes back around. Leclerc, followed by Hamilton, led a Ferrari 1-2 lockout, following initial medium tyre runs before drivers began switching to the soft compound tyres. Yuki was the first soft tyre runner to hit the top of the timesheets but was quickly replaced by Norris with a 1m 16.580 and then Leclerc with a 1m 16.439, which stuck as drivers opted to do long runs during the last part of the session. Top 10 Classification Free Practice Two
 Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool Written by Anny Wooldridge
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