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

Rookie Italian driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli made his F1 debut on March 16, finishing a very impressive fifth, but has moved up a spot after an appeal from Mercedes

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.

A Mercedes Formula 1 driver has been demoted after a late FIA penalty at the Australian Grand Prix. UPDATE: Mercedes have since launched a right of review for the incident and the penalty has now been overturned.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished fourth on the road in Melbourne but dropped to fifth because a penalty given by the stewards which has since been rescinded after an appeal

Kimi Antonelli marked his F1 debut with Mercedes with a remarkable fourth-place finish at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

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

The FIA have announced a huge verdict over an F1 penalty decision that has changed the result of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli had originally been handed a five-second penalty for an unsafe release,