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.

Vettel had joined Ferrari the previous year from Red Bull, where he had won four straight world championships from 2010 to 2013, dominating the sport. Yet for all his success, nothing could match the allure of racing for F1’s most famous,