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‘I am simply embarrassed’ – robust introduction for F1 rookies
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‘I am simply embarrassed’ – robust introduction for F1 rookies

By Miles Cooper March 16, 2025
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‘I am simply embarrassed’ – robust introduction for F1 rookies

A full-time System 1 drive is what younger drivers dream of, however for many of the class of 2025 the Australian Grand Prix was a brutal introduction to the game.

There are six rookies among the many 20 drivers this season, albeit three have already raced in F1 with out finishing full seasons.

Isack Hadjar, Gabriel Bortoleto, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Jack Doohan, Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman are the brand new boys and it’s truthful to say that they had blended fortunes in Melbourne.

The weekend at Albert Park began off scorching, sunny and dry, nevertheless it was moist, cooler and changeable for the race, which meant they have been thrown in on the deep finish.

The truth of the difficult sport was put into perspective fairly shortly.

Earlier than the grand prix had begun, Racing Bulls’ Hadjar crashed on the formation lap on his debut.

The 20-year-old Frenchman was totally distraught and saved his helmet on and his head down whereas he forlornly made his manner again to the pits.

Struggling for phrases, he instructed BBC Radio 5 Stay: “I am simply embarrassed and I am sorry for the crew, that is it.

“It is less than me to determine how folks consider how good I’m, I am simply going to attempt to come again in China with much less foolish errors.”

Australian Doohan, 22, had loads of consideration in entrance of his house crowd however crashed on the primary lap, which introduced out the primary security automobile.

Doohan, who drove for Alpine within the final race of 2024 in Abu Dhabi earlier than signing a full-time contract with the crew, stated: “I did not actually perceive what occurred to be sincere, whether or not it was a white line, inters [intermediate tyres] less than temperature, it simply appeared as I upshifted to fourth [gear], I misplaced the automobile so it is a lesson learnt.

“I’ll make certain I spend a while with the boys to know and ensure it would not occur once more.”

The stress will proceed to weigh on his shoulders, although, because the crew’s reserve driver Franco Colapinto, who raced for Williams 9 instances final season, is lurking within the background as a possible alternative.

Liam Lawson getting out of his Red Bull after spinning out

One other who did not make it to the top was Crimson Bull’s Lawson, the brand new team-mate of four-time world champion Max Verstappen.

Lawson is essentially the most skilled rookie with 11 races underneath his belt in 2023 and 2024, driving for Alpha Tauri/RB earlier than the crew rebranded to grow to be Racing Bulls.

The New Zealander, 23, spun off with 12 laps remaining, rounding off what he described as “a extremely robust weekend”.

Errors price him in qualifying the place he was knocked out within the first session.

“It is one thing that I’ll mirror on and look over every thing, from qualifying to the race efficiency and myself and reset for China,” Lawson stated.

British 19-year-old Bearman is the third rookie to have already got race expertise from final season, when he changed Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia for Ferrari. He later two drove two races for Haas, who he’s driving for in 2025.

His Friday and Saturday may hardly have gone any worse. He crashed in first apply and the injury led to him lacking out on vital working within the second session.

It did not finish there. Within the last minutes of ultimate apply on Saturday, Bearman misplaced management of his automobile and ended up within the gravel.

Hoping to redeem himself in qualifying, his gearbox failed on his first lap out of the pits so he didn’t set a time.

Bearman did handle to finish Sunday’s race, albeit because the final of the finishers in 14th.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli driving his Mercedes during the Australian Grand Prix

Sauber’s Bortoleto, the back-to-back F2 and F3 champion, had a promising begin to his F1 debut however was one other to be caught out by the rain on Sunday.

The Brazilian, 20, outqualified his extra skilled team-mate Nico Hulkenberg however crashed late through the race and was pressured to retire.

The rookie who bucked the development was 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton’s alternative at Mercedes who made his manner by means of the sector from sixteenth to complete fourth.

He did have a spin and was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe launch from the pit lane, however that was later overturned.

The Italian turned the third-youngest driver in F1 historical past and was “actually joyful” with the end result and thanked the crew for doing a terrific job at “guiding” him by means of.

Regardless of it being a troublesome day on the workplace for a number of of the rookies, they are often comforted by the truth that among the extra skilled drivers have been additionally caught out by the situations.

Final yr’s winner Carlos Sainz, now at Williams, crashed on the primary lap however was capable of present beneficial strategic perception for the rest of the race, serving to team-mate Alex Albon to complete fifth.

In the meantime, essentially the most skilled driver in F1 historical past, 43-year-old Fernando Alonso, could not keep away from the wall both, crashing his Aston Martin to deliver out the second of three security automobiles.

The F1 calendar takes the groups to China subsequent weekend and the rookies may be relieved to know that sunny and dry climate for all three days is the early forecast.

 Isack Hadjar in the wall after crashing out at the Australian Grand Prix

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