Mercedes secures third and fourth positions in the Formula One season opener in Australia after challenging an untelevised penalty.

The F1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix was certainly a memorable one, as six drivers failed to finish and one – Isack Hadjar – failed to even reach the start, spinning into the wall on the second corner of the warm-up lap.

Mercedes have won their appeal to overturn the stewards’ decision to award Kimi Antonelli a penalty at the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli was handed a five-second penalty after he was unsafely released into the path of Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.

Kimi Antonelli was given a five-second time penalty in Melbourne, before a successful petition from Mercedes to overturn it.

As for the sixth, he was less than two seconds away from a podium finish in his debut.

A wet and windy Albert Park offered a daunting test for the six drivers starting a Formula One season for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday but Mercedes' teen talent Kimi Antonelli passed his exam with flying colours.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli suffered a major floor damage after going off track during the Australian Grand Prix qualifying.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli classified P5 at the Australian Grand Prix after a 5-second penalty was applied due to an unsafe release in the pit lane. However, the 18-year-old debutant has been restored to P4 after a successful appeal from Mercedes.