Australian Grand Prix

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday, as world champion Max Verstappen was forced to retire his Red Bull after ...

Perez overtook Russell for third at Turn 11 on Lap 37, which became second two laps later when Verstappen was told to stop his car due to a technical failure. He then spun and beached the car at Turn 10 on the second tour, bringing out the safety car. Verstappen was on course for second place when his car failed with 18 laps to go.

Live updates as Charles Leclerc starts the Australian Grand Prix on pole position, with the Ferrari driver aiming to continue his strong start to the 2022 ...

Leclerc holds on to the lead from Verstappen but the big winner is Hamilton who makes up two places to get up to third in his Mercedes. Perez had made a good start from third but found his way blocked at Turn 1 and lost momentum allowing Hamilton through. 15 minutes to race start: After two red flag incidents in qualifying as Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi had a spectacular coming together and then Fernando Alonso crashed, the chances of a safety car period in the race is very likely. 2 minutes to race start: The cars all leave the grid for the final parade lap before the 58 laps of action in Melbourne gets underway. Lap 10: Leclerc has a 1.4 seconds lead over Verstappen as Perez gets the job done and lunges past Hamilton at Turn 3 on Lap 10 to get third place. The world champion is struggling with his tyres but it is too early for an one-stop strategy to work. Lap 17: Behind the front three it is Hamilton leading the best of the rest fight in fourth. He comes out in seventh and this feels like a damage limitation, take second spot and hope for better later on in the season, then an attempt to win today. Hamilton also pits and he leapfrogs Perez and is ahead of the Red Bull but that doesn't last long as the Mexican bravely passes him at Turn 9. At present, with the 18 seconds usually lost for a stop he would drop to 17th and last of the cars still running. Hamilton then passes the Spaniard at the start of Lap 31 and surely the Alpine driver needs to pit soon. Lap 33: Martin Brundle on Sky Sports in the UK has made the valid point that the safety car periods and the improved speed of Mercedes has hurt Red Bull today. There is still a long way to go but Leclerc and Ferrari look the real deal.

Lewis Hamilton credited George Russell after his Mercedes teammate swooped to his first podium finish for the team at the Australian Grand Prix.

We believe we can get there but it’s not going to happen overnight and it will be a number of races before we close the gap.” “I couldn’t fight [Russell] for third because the engine was overheating, so I had to back off. “George did a great job today.

Leclerc, who finished more than 20 seconds ahead of runner-up Sergio Perez, has won twice in three races. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Leclerc's lead was wiped out by the safety car and nearly taken out as Verstappen swooped after the restart but the Monagesque saw off the Dutchman and built his lead to the finish. Alex Albon started 19th on the grid but finished 10th, grabbing a first point for Williams after managing his hard tyres virtually to the finish. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth for Mercedes after starting fifth on the grid, having been passed by Russell due to a safety car deployment.

Charles Leclerc won the 2022 Australian Grand Prix to consolidate his and Ferrari's championship leads as Max Verstappen suffered a second retirement in ...

Behind Stroll was Mick Schumacher, the Haas driver running wide on Lap 12 and again on Lap 50 – but passing Magnussen, who pitted for from hards to mediums with 20 laps remaining, late on. As for McLaren, they ran a lonely race to P5 and P6, Norris just 0.4s ahead of homecoming team mate Ricciardo at the flag – the Australian having run as high as P4 before his Lap 22 stop for hards. Yuki Tsunoda started 13th on mediums and briefly battled for the final points-paying position, but ended up 15th as his pace waned on hard tyres. The Williams driver, having started last thanks to a grid penalty from Saudi Arabia, made it as high as P7 and lost just three places with his late pit stop. The call to box came on Lap 19 – Verstappen coming in for a set of hard tyres and emerging seventh. The VSC was Race Control’s answer to the Dutchman’s bad luck – a second DNF in three races. The race restarted a second time on Lap 27, the whole field on hards, but Leclerc’s start was glacial out of the final corner with Verstappen almost alongside into Turn 1. Hamilton followed suit with Leclerc and, on cold hard tyres, he was just milliseconds ahead of the Mexican – the pair going side by side onto the lakeside run to Turn 9 when Perez made a stunning move around the outside. There was an answer to the Ferrari’s pace – but just how strong was it? Safety Car in for Lap 7, Leclerc dropped the hammer with Verstappen and Hamilton right in his tow down to Turn 1. Driver of The Day Leclerc kept his rival Verstappen at bay through two Safety Cars – the first when team mate Carlos Sainz spun out from P14 on Lap 2, and the second on Lap 23 after Sebastian Vettel’s crash. Meanwhile, Hamilton’s pace on mediums had taken a turn and now Perez was under pressure from the seven-time champ.

Max Verstappen is not thinking about the defence of his world championship after suffering a second DNF in three races at the Australian Grand Prix.

But we need to get the car back and look at what actually is happening. But these kinds of things, if you want to fight for the title, cannot happen." "It's more important to finish races.

MELBOURNE :Charles Leclerc took pole position for Ferrari in crash-laden qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, pipping Red Bull's world ...

Albon, who qualified 16th, was later disqualified as his car had insufficient fuel to extract the required one litre sample after the session. Advertisement Advertisement Of course second is still a good result," he added. Advertisement Advertisement

MELBOURNE: Lewis Hamilton hailed his fourth-place finish behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday (Apr 10) as a "great result" ...

This weekend we were a long way behind our rivals but here we are standing on the podium." Advertisement Advertisement

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Current weather forecasts predict hot, dry and sunny conditions at Albert Park, with a very low chance of rain during the race. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez claimed third place, while the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr endured a tough Q3 session and will start down in ninth. It capped a terrible day for Aston Martin as both Stroll and Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in final practice.

Max Verstappen is not thinking about the defence of his world championship after suffering a second DNF in three races at the Australian Grand Prix.

But we need to get the car back and look at what actually is happening. But these kinds of things, if you want to fight for the title, cannot happen." "It's more important to finish races.

The 2022 Australian Grand Prix has seen a record-breaking 419114 fans attend Albert Park across four days of action.

Aussie driver Daniel Ricciardo got the biggest cheers of the weekend on his home turf and noticed a bump in the crowds from the outset. The Austin GP was Formula 1's most popular event in 2021 with a total crowd figure of 400,000. A race day crowd of 128,294 on Sunday made it the highest attended GP ever held in Melbourne and one of the most popular sporting weekends in Australian history.