The dust has settled on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and we have now had a good look at Formula One’s 10 teams. With that in mind we offer our assessment of how the teams should be feeling after their first real test of 2025.

Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with his new Ferrari team was pressure tested in Australia, where he finished a disappointing 10th on debut, and was frustrated by a bad strategy that cost him a potential victory,

According to Pirelli the most likely tire strategy for the Australian Grand Prix is a two-stop race, such as the one Carlos Sainz Jr. used last year to win. Sainz began on the medium compound, pitted on Lap 16 to bolt on a set of hards, and then pitted again on Lap 41 to finish the race on another set of hards.