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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia celebrates after winning the Spanish Grand Prix.

Piastri wins Spanish Grand Prix – and says it was just what he needed

The Australian driver said winning Sunday’s event was a saviour after losing out to McLaren teammate Lando Norris over the previous two weekends.

May

Piastri’s championship lead down to 3 points as Norris wins out

Great Australian hope Oscar Piastri had his overall advantage in the standings trimmed as McLaren team-mate Lando Norris sped to his first win in Monte Carlo.

Enhanced Games head Aron D’Souza (left), and Australian swimmer James Magnussen who was the first athlete who pledged to compete at the event.

Australian founder defends ‘Steroid Olympics’ at Las Vegas launch

Enhanced Games’ Aron D’Souza says science and medicine are simply allowing athletes to perform better for longer, as he launched the inaugural event for next year.

Greencape Capital co-founder Matt Ryland has paid more than $15 million for a Victorian mansion in St Vincent Place South.

Stockpicker sets suburb record as controversial chef exits

Two mansions overlooking Albert Park’s coveted St Vincent Place have sold, with one resetting the suburb record.

Your guide to Australia’s sports rights deals

Inside the broadcast agreements that shape the business of sport.

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Australia’s Oscar Piastri celebrates aftr winning the Miami Grand Prix.

Australia’s highest-paid sports star has 41m reasons to dance

Oscar Piastri just won his fourth grand prix for the year. The 24-year-old has also replaced NBA guard Ben Simmons as the highest-paid Australian sports star.

Piastri overtakes Verstappen in Miami.

Piastri credits hard work for 3rd straight victory

The Australian won the Miami Grand Prix in an utterly dominant McLaren one-two to complete a hat-trick and stretch his Formula 1 championship lead.

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

April

Race winner Oscar Piastri

Piastri on top of the world with a lot more winning to do

It is the first time an Australian has led the drivers’ standings for 15 years, following his manager Mark Webber in 2010.

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Grill’d burnt over pay; Protesters target PM; Forget 60/40 under Trump

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

Australian Oscar Piastri celebrates his win in Bahrain.

‘Pretty damn fun’: Piastri earns serene Bahrain GP win

The Australian became the season’s first repeat winner in four races, while leading McLaren teammate Lando Norris had to settle for third at the desert circuit.

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.

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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.

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