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March

Oscar Piastri.

Piastri delivers perfect F1 race to win Shanghai Grand Prix

The Australian coasted to victory in China, sending a warning to his main rivals that he is up for the fight in this year’s world championship.

Scott Farquhar was caught on a diverted Qantas plane overnight.

Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar on very different flight paths

One Atlassian founder has been forced to land in a medical emergency while the other revealed his private jet’s personalised number plate to paparazzi.

McLaren driver Lando Norris (centre) has taken pole position, beating teammate Oscar Piastri (left) and Max Verstappen (right).

Piastri pipped to Aussie GP pole by teammate Norris

Australia’s Oscar Piastri is aiming to become the first Australian driver to stand on the podium in Melbourne, let alone win the race on Sunday.

New Zealander Liam Lawson at practice on Friday - he has the trickiest seat on the grid, lining up at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, who has won the past four driver’s championships.

Grand Prix hits new highs in survival countdown

Fans are flocking to Melbourne’s Albert Park for F1 practice sessions and the final qualifying round that will determine where each driver starts on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton in Monaco at the F1 Grand Prix in May last year.

Behind the business deals bringing new fans to Formula 1

Partnerships between high-speed motorsport and high-end fashion are bringing glamour – and a new wave of style-savvy fans – to the grand prix.

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Australia’s economy grows; Trump awakens investors; Virgin’s new CEO

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Lewis Hamilton makes his debut with Ferrari.

Your essential guide to the 2025 Formula 1 season

Everything you need to know about the top contenders, the wildcard outsiders and the young guns battling it out in motorsports’ biggest league.

Drivers make a start after lights out.

The brands splashing cash on the Formula 1 juggernaut

From LVMH heavyweights TAG Heuer and Louis Vuitton to global payment giants American Express and Mastercard, everyone’s eager to align with F1’s burgeoning Australian audience.

February

Australian Grand Prix CEO Travis Auld at Albert Park. He says the Melbourne track is a blank canvas that keeps evolving.

The biggest worry for the Australian Grand Prix CEO

As the cost of hosting global events skyrockets, Travis Auld’s chief concern has become the challenge of keeping the race on the road.

January

Engineers at F1 team McLaren helped medicine and vaccines company Sanofi with 15 production improvements, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson says.

How Formula 1 engineers turbocharged a $200b public company

Australian CEOs are often shy to talk about how and when they use external consultants. The boss of this big French company, which plays an important role in Australia’s health system, isn’t.

December 2024

“Good looking guys, that sure doesn’t hurt”: The Drive To Survive docuseries has spawned a boom in F1 romance novels.

Formula 1 is booming. So are romance novels about the sport

The sports romance genre is seeing a new trend thanks in part to the popularity of the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive.

A casualty of the Kelly Bayer Rosmarin era: Ash Barty is no longer Optus’ chief inspiration officer

Ash Barty, Daniel Ricciardo lose Optus roles

“The decision was taken as we looked to rebuild customer trust and focus on the fundamentals,” the telco’s spokeswoman said.

November 2024

Former billionaire Nathan Tinkler at the Las Vegas F1 event last weeekend.

Ex-billionaire Nathan Tinkler goes free-riding in Las Vegas

The country’s former youngest billionaire scored tickets to the Las Vegas Grand Prix from the current youngest billionaire.

Melbourne’s Grand Prix has cost Victorian taxpayers nearly $700 million to run since 2014.

Grand prix has cost Victoria nearly $700m in the last decade

This year’s grand prix held at Melbourne’s Albert Park enjoyed a record attendance but cost a record $102.3 million to run.

While being fast and “doing things right technically” are essential to win, Piastri said, the mental game gives you the edge.

Six tricks to focus like a Formula 1 driver

McLaren’s team driver, Australian Oscar Piastri, along with a sports psychologist and an attention expert share their tips for staying on track.

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October 2024

Bernard Arnault

LVMH tycoon doubles down on sport after Olympics triumph

Bernard Arnault, the richest man in Europe and sometimes the world, is following the zeitgeist – and perhaps ironing out a few family issues as well.

Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the McLaren MCL38 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore last month.

Singapore to charge billionaire Ong for scandal over ex-minister

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng worked with the disgraced former minister S. Iswaran to bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to the city state.

September 2024

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ASX nears record; Trump shooting crisis; Bunnings CEO hits back

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Australia’s Oscar Piastri (right) and McLaren race engineer Tom Stallard celebrate on the podium.

Australia’s Piastri clinches F1 win after ‘most stressful’ day

Oscar Piastri delivered a cool performance on the track to win a dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix that helped put McLaren back on top.

Robin Khuda arrived in Australia as an 18-year-old from Bangladesh, and is now at the centre of the year’s biggest deal.

Robin Khuda is the ringleader of this year’s biggest M&A deal

The founder of AirTrunk has cashed in on the inexorable rise in demand for processing power and built a vast fortune on the rise of cloud computing.

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