Rain threatens to set up the Australian Grand Prix season start of F1

The start of the season of Formula One 2025, the Australian Grand Prix, already directs alarms of an exciting racing spectacle with a high level of rainy probability, which could affect the racing result with a significant lead.

The coming weekend is the first race of the year, and preparations are going well on Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit.

The race day falls on Sunday, March 16, but with different weather forecasts in all three days, the teams could be forced to adapt their race strategies all weekend.

Australian Grand Prix Weather forecast

The weather forecast for the race in Melbourne is given below:

Free training – Friday, March 14th: Weather.com indicates that warm daily temperatures occur at 25 degrees Celsius, while the nights are cooler. In view of the two free exercise sessions in the afternoon (FP1 at 12:30 p.m.-13: 30 local time and FP2 at 4:00 p.m.-17: 00 local time), the drivers will also be exposed to high humidity and are expected to reach a climax with 72 percent.

Qualifying – Saturday, March 15th: The F1 drivers will contest local time from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for free training 3, followed by the qualifying session, which lasts one hour from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. However, the day is expected to be hotter than on Friday, with the temperatures probably reaching 32 degrees Celsius, while the minimum is expected to be 22 degrees. The air humidity will float the 50 percent brand all day long.

Grand Prix – Sunday, March 16: The race day is expected to experience a remarkable decline in maximum temperature compared to Saturday. The forecast highest temperature is 24 degrees Celsius with a humidity of 73 percent. With an 86 percent probability of rain during the day, the F1 team will keep their wet tires at hand. The race should begin at 3:00 p.m. local time.

The Formula 1 pre-season tests in Bahrain indicated that Ferrari and McLaren could be the favorites for the Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen can recently exclude that Red Bull can be excluded from a strong performance in Melbourne that the 2025 car, the RB21, needed more work and thus excluded a potential racing victory at the start of the season. Newsweek Sports reported:

“(There is work to do).

“I think McLaren is the favorite when you look at the lap times, and not everything went completely smoothly for us.

“On the other hand, I think we have some ideas on how to improve the car. I also spent a lot of time in the simulator, for example with the team yesterday.

“I don’t think we can fight for victory in Melbourne, but hopefully we can make improvements in a few races.”