Adrian Newey, Australian Grand Prix, & The BOSS WI25 Collection

There wasn’t much to suggest that Aston Martin’s Formula 1 driver, Lance Stroll, was just seconds away from making a surprise appearance at Crown Melbourne on Thursday night.

Of course, outside, the foyer glittered with more than half a million dollars’ worth of Aston Martin road-legal supercars – a 2026 Vanquish and Vantage S – patiently waiting for the gaze of the Formula 1 fans that were in town for the Grand Prix.

But this was Melbourne. Just days from the…