Lando Norris took the first pole position of the 2025 Formula One season and will be joined on the front row by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

For Norris, he believes pole position came down to a willingness to take “a good amount of risks.” Asked in the FIA Press Conference after qualifying about whether he expected a “stronger challenge” from Ferrari, Norris spoke at length about just what it takes to find the time you need as a driver.

A keenly contested Australian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday (March 15, 2025) saw Lando Norris clock 1:15.096 in Q3 to take pole with his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri completing a front row lockout in the season-opening F1 race at Albert Park,