2025 Australian Grand Prix Heroes and Zeroes

[Jericoke]

Heroes

Norris.  Winning a wet race is about as heroic as an F1 driver can get!

Verstappen.  Managed to put a few scary moments behind him for a close second

Antonelli.  Top 5 finish in his first race, a wet race, when other rookies were very much looking the part.

Albon/Williams.  One race a season does not make, but I think it's safe to say the off season talk wasn't just talk.

Hulkenberg.  One race in, already outscored his team's entire output from the previous season!

Zeroes.
In a wet race, it's hard to assign zeroes.  The on track racing is difficult, strategy calls are as reliable as BINGO calls, so getting it right, or wrong isn't really worth highlighting as terrible or enlightened.

That said, I feel like Hamilton and Ferrari have gotten off on the wrong foot.  I wonder if they every actually simulate race conditions in the simulator.  It feels like they've never talked before.  Trust needs to be built up and it's not there yet.

[cosworth151]

Looks like it might be another really long season for us Haas fans.

I originally picked 5 dnf's but thought that might be a little high even in the rain. I changed it to 4. Oh, well........

I did enjoy following K-Mag & Grosjean in GTP class at Sebring Saturday.

[rmassart]

I am going to add all the rookies who spun out to the hero's list, especially Isack Hadjar. I really hope he doesn't dwell on his warm up lap exit for too long (or at all). He's not the first and won't be the last to have that happen.

In a race where experienced drivers like Alonso and Sainz ended in the barriers and pretty much everyone went off track or had a spin, including Norris, Piastri and even Verstappen (very slightly), there's no shame in not finishing this race.

[Jericoke]

I forgot to add Hero: Anthony Hamilton.  My favourite image from the weekend was seeing Hamilton comforting Hadjar on his way back to the pits after spinning out on the formation lap.

We don't talk about racing dads (or family) often (except Verstappen and Stroll), and certainly Hamilton deserves credit as one of the best.