April 20, 2025

The Home Hero Piastri Quickest in Last Practice Session

The last session of the race weekend was mostly uneventful, with two exceptions. Ollie Bearman had another accident, where he dipped a wheel in the grass and ended up beached in the gravel at turn 11. The Brit’s first weekend as a full-time F1 driver has not been going smoothly so far; hopefully qualifying will be better for the young Ollie. A red flag was waved due to the accident and cut the total time of the session to 49 minutes. Another rookie, Liam Lawson, had a Power Unit system problem which caused him to finish at the bottom of the timesheets by the end of the session. On the opposite side, Australian Oscar Piastri set the fastest lap, in the 1:15s, followed by George Russell and Max Verstappen, who seemed to gain a little more pace than he had for the previous two practices.

Below are the complete results from the final practice in Australia.

PositionDriverTeamTime
1Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:15.921
2George RussellMercedes+0.039
3Max VerstappenRed Bull+0.081
4Charles LeclercFerrari+0.267
5Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes+0.285
6Carlos SainzWilliams+0.331
7Alex AlbonWilliams+0.337
8Lewis HamiltonFerrari+0457
9Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls+0.534
10Lando NorrisMcLaren+0.676
11Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber+0.786
12Pierre GaslyAlpine+0.798
13Isack HadjarRacing Bulls+0.811
14Lance StrollAston Martin+1.027
15Jack DoohanAlpine+1.072
16Nico HulkenbergKick Sauber+1.225
17Fernando AlonsoAston Martin+1.349
18Esteban OconHaas+1.452
19Oliver BearmanHaasNo Time
20Liam LawsonRed BullNo Time

Seattle Strayer

Seattle works for the team F1 Dreaming and has been with the team for 1 season. Her favorite current F1 driver is Lando Norris (Mclaren) and her favorite F1 history maker is Ayrton Senna.

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