2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX – PRACTICE
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan driving the (22) Visa Cash App Racing Bulls VCARB 02 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 14, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
YUKI TSUNODA
VCARB OFFICIAL DRIVER
The car definitely looks good, there’s nothing wrong outstanding with the balance
First Practice Session – Pos. 11th, Best Lap: 1:18.061, 23 Laps
Second Practice Session – Pos. 4th, Best Lap: 1:16.784, 29 Laps
“A happy day in the office, it’s obviously a good start for a first day. I’m sure other teams will pick up the pace for tomorrow and for qualifying especially. The car definitely looks good, there’s nothing wrong outstanding with the balance. We just have to keep focused, it’s going to be very very tight in the field, even if we squeeze the last 5 milliseconds, that’ll be quite big. Williams and Haas were fast as well. In FP2 I’m sure we were doing different things, but so far we’re leading, so at the same time we take it as a positive and always looking forward. We’ll push 100% tomorrow.”
ISACK HADJAR
VCARB OFFICIAL DRIVER
It’s just my first Friday in Formula One, but it looked like a good day, as I felt comfortable in the car straight after the first lap in FP1.
First Practice Session – Pos. 9th, Best Lap: 1:17.847, 25 Laps
Second Practice Session – Pos. 6th, Best Lap: 1:17.019, 30 Laps
“It’s just my first Friday in Formula One, but it looked like a good day, as I felt comfortable in the car straight after the first lap in FP1. In fact, this morning we went straight into the pace, and throughout the day, the progress went faster, as I felt confident in both long and short runs. I don’t know how the other teams will react ahead of tomorrow, but we’ll look at the data tonight to try to deliver a good result in Qualifying.”
ALAN PERMANE
RACING DIRECTOR
A normal Friday for us, it went very well and we are very happy with the programme completed on both cars.
“A normal Friday for us, it went very well and we are very happy with the programme completed on both cars. We didn’t do anything out of the ordinary and both drivers were happy with the balance of the car. We are very pleased with the approach Isack’s taken, his performance was very strong, so we are satisfied. For FP2 we ran the medium and the soft tyre and then we did the long run for race work on the medium tyre. We now look forward to another productive day tomorrow.”
