Lando Norris matches two Lewis Hamilton feats with Australian GP win

The incredible stats behind Lando Norris's victory at the F1 Australianꦐ Gra🔥nd Prix.

Lando Norris was unbeatable in Melbourne
Lando Norris was unbeatable in Melbourne

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’s victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix not only kicked off his F1 title bid in perfect fashion, but it also🅰 set some fascinating milestones.

Norris’s masterful drive to beat Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in treacherous conditions in Melbourne marked his fifth career win since making his F1ও debut back in 2019.

In winning the F1 2025 curtain-raiser, Norris has become the first McLaren driver to lead the world championship since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton after the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old Briton has also ended Verst꧟appen’s 1,029 day, or 63-race, streak continuously leading the drivers’ standings - which stretched💫 back to the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.

It is also the first time in his F1 career that Norris has won co🌳nsecutive races, following on from his victory at the 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi.

By doing so, he has also became the first dri🐻ver other than Verstappen to win consecutive F1 races since Hamilton in 2021 (Brazil, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia).

Norris admits he and McLaren are favourites

Having previously downplayed McLaren’s pre-season championship favourites tag, Norris has෴ now conceded that they are the team to beat follo♋wing his convincing victory in Australia.

“Max was three-tenths off yesterday,” Norris said after Sunday’s race. “Last year, we were much further off [but] ended up with the bes✅t car by the end of the season.

“We were over hal🐭f a second off at the beginning of last year behind Red Bull and ended up with the quickest car.

“I know George made some comments earlier this weekend that we can just turn our focus to 2026. If that’s their mentality, wonderful, ꩵbut that’s not the mentality to have.

“We know we still have a lot 🍷of work to do on this year’s car. If you relax in this position, you fail. In Formula 1, if you start thinking things are good and groovy, that’🍸s when you get caught.”

Norris added: “I do think we’re favourites because the team has done an amazing job and the car is flying. But we will have races where we struggl♚e.

“If we started the season in Bahrain, I don’t think we would have won, and [I wouldn’ꦗt be asked] this question. Let’s allow a few more races to take place befo☂re making any obvious statements.”

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