Follow live updates as Lewis Hamilton prepares for his Ferrari debut in F1 at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne to kick off the 2025 season

Reigning champion Max Verstappen has said he does not believe Red Bull has a car capable of challenging for victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Lawson has taken a huge leap into the unknown, without having grit his teeth in the F1 mid-pack with Racing Bulls. A jump from a reserve driver at a lesser team to the number two role at F1's most successful team this decade could leave him feeling like a fish out of water.

Formula One season has all the makings of a white-knuckle 24-race celebration to mark 75 years since the inaugural seven-race championship back in 1950. With the traditional three-week summer break in August the F1 circus pitches up in the desert of Abu Dhabi for its final show on December 7.

Former world champion and departed Sky Sports pundit Damon Hill has said Red Bull are incapable of taking criticism and "cry about it" when pundits speak out against them.