Liam Lawson also made a return this season with a full-time seat at Red Bull, replacing Sergio Perez. Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg, and Esteban Ocon are all at new teams—Ferrari, Williams, Sauber, and Haas, respectively.

Here are the points standings after the first round of the F1 2025 championship, the Australian Grand Prix. With Lando Norris winning the Australian Grand Prix, here are the points standings after the first round of the F1 2025 championship.

Here are the updated F1 drivers' standings and constructors' standings following the 2025 Australian Grand Prix: Lando Norris leads the F1 drivers' standings for the first time in his career after winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

This is the first time a McLaren driver has held the driver's title lead since Lewis Hamilton did at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen had been leading the world championship since the inception of the current ground effect era in 2022.

After a chaotic Grand Prix in Melbourne, Max Verstappen has lost his streak of consecutive days leading the drivers' standings. That now belongs to Lando Norris, who won the race.