WOKING, England — Oscar Piastri has signed a “multi-year” contract extension with McLaren, the F1 team said Tuesday. The announcement came five days before the first race of the new season at Piastri’s home Australian Grand Prix.

Australian racer cites long-term contracts for key McLaren F1 staff among "natural" reasons to stay with the team

MELBOURNE, Australia — Lando Norris says it is “short-sighted” to believe McLaren has a clear advantage over its rivals to start the Formula One season, instead anticipating a four-team fight at the front.

Lando Norris has downplayed suggestions McLaren is the team to beat ahead of the new Formula 1 season, saying rivals including Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes looked "extremely strong" in testing.

The F1 2025 season has officially started, with cars hitting the track in Melbourne under glorious sunshine. Friday’s free practices showed that Ferrari will probably be very close to McLaren, that appeared to be the quickest during testing in Bahrain,

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton racing a Ferrari for the first time. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen arriving without a lot of mileage in his Red Bull.