#F1 #AustralianGP - Can McLaren driver Oscar Piastri become Australia's greatest? The Inside Line

15 March 2025

McLaren's Oscar Piastri is the latest in a long line of great Australians in F1.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has the bit between his teeth this year to become the first Australian to win his home F1 Grand Prix.

Last year, the Melbourne-born pilot came home fourth, equalling the best result any of his countrymen have managed since the first Championship round held in Australia in 1985.

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#USA #trump #economy #canada - ‘Idiotic and dangerous’: Republicans running out of answers for Trump torching the economy: MNSBC

13 March 2025

David Gura, Bloomberg News Anchor and Correspondent and Matina Stevis Gridneff, New York Times Canada Bureau Chief join Nicolle Wallace with the latest impact of Donald Trump’s intentional trade war, the impact it has had on our relationships with our former key trading partners and the negative impact it will have on all Americans as price begin to rise across all aspects of the American marketplace.

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#Turkey #NATO #Ukraine - As Trump pivots to Russia: Will Europe's defenses need Turkey? | DW News

13 March 2025

Turkey has one of the biggest and strongest militaries within NATO. So what role could Turkey's armed forces play in a world without NATO?

It's a question being posed now as doubts grow over America's commitment to protect Europe. What's behind the idea of a Turkish protective shield for Europe?

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#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — March 14, 2025: Democracy Now

14 March 2025

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#USA #DonaldTrump - NATO's 'Trump whisperer' treads carefully on Greenland and defence • FRANCE 24 English

14 March 2025

He's been dubbed the "Trump whisperer," but NATO chief Mark Rutte struggled to get a word in Thursday as the US president mused about annexing Greenland and criticised allies over defence spending.

The former Dutch prime minister visited the White House seeking to convince a skeptical Donald Trump to maintain US commitment to the transatlantic alliance and to Ukraine.

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#F1 - 2025 Australian Grand Prix - Friday "First Friday of the season completed in Melbourne": Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information 14 March 2025

 
F1: Session Report
 
2025 Australian Grand Prix - Friday

 
First Friday of the season completed in Melbourne

• The team began the 2025 season on Friday in Melbourne with our new line-up of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli taking to the circuit.
• The team evaluated all three compounds across the two sessions, although we were an outlier in being the sole team to run the Hard compound in FP2.
• That made the evaluation of relative performance compared to our competitors more challenging across both the single lap and the long runs.
• George ended the day the quickest of our two drivers, with rookie Kimi conducting himself well and gaining valuable data and experience over the course of the day.
• The team will now work hard overnight and in the simulator back at Brackley to evaluate changes ahead of Saturday.
• Tomorrow sees the first Qualifying session of the year take place, with significantly warmer conditions expected and a likely ambient temperature over 30°C.

• Driver	FP1				FP2
  George Russell	26 Laps	1:17.716	P7	Medium, Soft, Medium	30 Laps	1:17.282	P10	Hard, Soft, Hard
  Kimi Antonelli	25 Laps	1:18.390	P14	Medium, Soft, Medium	31 Laps	1:17.534	P16	Hard, Soft, Hard

George Russell
It was an interesting first day of the season. We looked particularly quick on the Hard and Medium compounds, and the overall balance of the car felt strong. On the Soft tyre, we didn't improve as much as you might expect. That is something we will evaluate overnight but, with the track temperature over 40°C today, that may have played a part. It is encouraging that there is inherent pace in the car though, as we've seen on the C3 and C4 compounds. Our focus is now unlocking that pace across all three tyre compounds and hopefully we can do that tomorrow.
 
It felt good to be back out on track here; the fans are always incredible in Melbourne and it's a fun circuit to drive. I had a couple of moments out there but was able to keep it out the wall. I am confident that we can find the improvements we are looking for overnight and have a smoother day on Saturday.
 
Kimi Antonelli
It was a positive first day of the season. Overall, I was pleased with how everything went. I'm getting more and more confident with each lap and continue to build my learning. The long run in FP2 was good and gives us a strong platform for the rest of the weekend. We've got some work to do on the single lap to find a bit more performance; that is mainly linked to getting the tyres in the right window and something we will focus on improving overnight. We've got plenty of data to work with to do that ahead of Saturday.
 
It is slightly too early to make any predictions on our relative performance. We don't know what the other teams are doing, and we were offset on tyre strategy today. The car was feeling good though and we will see what we can do in Qualifying tomorrow.
 
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
Today was a solid start to the new season. We were able to run cleanly in both sessions and gather good data across all compounds. Having come from a surprisingly cold three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain, it was useful to continue building our knowledge of the W16 on a different type of circuit and in warmer conditions.
 
The car was behaving well, particularly on the long run and the harder C3 and C4 compounds. Looking at the headline times, we've got some work to do on improving our single lap performance on the Soft compound ahead of Qualifying. We've already got some areas of focus though and are confident we can take steps to do that overnight.
 
As was expected ahead of the weekend, it looks close between several teams at the front. We were slightly offset with our tyre choice in FP2 so it's hard to predict the relative order. What we can say though is that even small improvements will likely make a big difference. We will be working hard this evening, and in conjunction with the teams back at Brackley and Brixworth, to do this.

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#F1 #AustralianGP - Melbourne is revving up for the F1 Australian Grand Prix | 7.30: ABC News

13 March 2025

There are two Australian drivers starting on the grid this year, meaning local interest in Melbourne's Formula One Grand Prix is bigger than ever.

Norman Hermant reports.

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13 March 2025

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