‘We are favourites’: McLaren are ‘team to beat’ in F1 title race, admits Lando Norris

British driver won Australian Grand Prix in season opener
Norris wary of complacency: ‘if you relax, you have failed’

Britain’s Lando Norris believes he and his McLaren team are now favourites for the 2025 Formula One world championship after a strong victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix – but Ferrari’s team principal, Frédéric Vasseur, admitted his team had to up their game in working with Lewis Hamilton.

After a dramatic and incident packed race in mixed wet and dry conditions, Norris took the flag for his first victory in Australia, the first time he has won the opening race of a season and the perfect start for the 25-year-old’s title ambitions.

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Norris leads McLaren 1-2 in Melbourne qualifying

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri delivered on McLaren's preseason promise by locking out the front row of the grid for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
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'Copybook victory as Norris and McLaren come through chaos unscathed'

Lando Norris and McLaren were as perfect as it is possible to be in very testing conditions as they won the Australian Grand Prix, writes Andrew Benson.
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'Copybook victory as Norris and McLaren come through chaos unscathed'

Lando Norris and McLaren were as perfect as it is possible to be in very testing conditions as they won the Australian Grand Prix, writes Andrew Benson.
BBC News - 9h
McLaren’s Lando Norris edges Piastri to claim pole for F1 Australian Grand Prix

Norris beat teammate by eight-hundredths of a second Max Verstappen third, Lewis Hamilton eighth in Ferrari When the gloves finally came off for the very first competitive session of the new ...
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Norris' narrow Australian GP win over Verstappen belies McLaren dominance

Lando Norris won by just 0.8 second in Australia, but McLaren is a class apart from the F1 field.
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F1 2025 season: Calendar, driver lineups, sprints and testing

The 2025 Formula One season is under way, with qualifying for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix completed. Lando Norris took pole ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. Defending champion Max ...
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Lando Norris delivers note-perfect performance at drenched Australian Grand Prix

Time will tell just how significant this victory proves to be in the career of Lando Norris. But after holding his nerve to win this chaotic, rain-affected, season opener, and then holding forth in ...
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Formula 1: Lando Norris wins wet Australian Grand Prix to open the 2025 season

Norris won from the pole. But it was hardly a straightforward win.
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Norris holds off Verstappen to win rain-hit Australian Grand Prix

Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut.In the ...
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