Charles Leclerc dominated the Australian GP to win by greater than 20 seconds from the Red Bull of Sergio Perez in a powerful show that extends his world championship lead.
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Charles Leclerc and Ferrari dominated the Australian GP because the Monegasque driver prolonged his world championship lead with the fourth win of his profession by virtually 20 seconds. He beat Red Bull’s Sergio Perez who managed P2 thanks to a different retirement by defending world champion Max Verstappen who was in scorching pursuit of Leclerc however largely had no solutions to his tempo. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr who had a horrible qualifying session retired within the early part of the race whereas working P9 after working vast and beaching the F1-75 within the gravel. This means George Russell within the Mercedes got here P3 forward of 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes now sits behind Ferrari as P2 in constructors forward of Red Bull.
The McLaren duo of Lando Norris and homeboy Daniel Ricciardo managed some tempo to get P5 and P6 respectively. Alpine’s Esteban Ocon got here P7 whereas his teammate Fernando Alonso who was wanting good for a top-five place for the massive a part of the race simply managed simply P17 after a variety of pit stops. Valtteri Bottas within the Alfa Romeo Sauber got here P8 forward of Pierre Gasly within the AlphaTauri who managed P9. Alex Albon within the Williams drove brilliantly to handle P10 as he pitted for the necessary tire change solely within the final lap of the race.
The Haas duo have been combating one another this weekend
Guanyu Zhou managed P11 for Alfa Romeo whereas Lance Stroll completed P12 because of a five-second penalty for weaving through the race. Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen did not have a merry time for the Haas in P13 and P14. Yuki Tsunoda got here P15 forward of Nicholas Latifi. Vettel within the Aston Martin in his first race of the season did not end the race except for Sainz and Verstappen.
The huge underlying theme for the race was Leclerc’s dominant tempo within the Ferrari which additionally allowed him to get the quickest lap of the race and was voted driver of the day. Ferrari’s tempo was spectacular contemplating there are energetic rumors that it has huge updates within the works for Imola and Barcelona. At Imola, a brand new ground is anticipated which is lighter and makes it simpler to run with the bouncing impact. At Barcelona, ​​it’s anticipated to show up its engine after finishing its reliability validation program. Mercedes and McLaren have additionally discovered some tempo which and now that Mercedes is P2 within the constructors Red Bull can have a tough time catching as much as Ferrari if the 8-time world champions are again within the combine as properly.
Red Bull can be fearful as Verstappen’s retirement pointed towards one more energy unit concern which implies there could possibly be bother with the brand new E10 gasoline as it’s in its first yr as an engine producer.
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
2 Sergio Perez Red Bull +20.524s
3 George Russell Mercedes +25.593s
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +28.543s
5 Lando Norris McLaren +53.303s
6 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +53.737s
7 Esteban Ocon Alpine +61.683s
8 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Racing +68.439s
9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +76.221s
10 Alex Albon Williams +79.382s
11 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo Racing +81.695s
12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +88.598s
13 Mick Schumacher Haas +1 LAP
14 Kevin Magnussen Haas +1 LAP
15 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1 LAP
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams +1 LAP
17 Fernando Alonso Alpine +1 LAP
Did not end
Max Verstappen Red Bull engine
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin crash
Carlos Sainz Ferrari crash
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1 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 71
2 George Russell GBR MERCEDES 37
3 Carlos Sainz ESP FERRARI 33
4 Sergio Perez MEX RED BULL RACING RBPT 30
5 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 28
6 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING RBPT 25
7 Esteban Ocon FRA ALPINE RENAULT 20
8 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 16
9 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 12
10 Valtteri Bottas FIN ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 12
11 Daniel Ricciardo AUS MCLAREN MERCEDES 8
12 Pierre Gasly FRA ALPHATAURI RBPT 6
13 Yuki Tsunoda JPN ALPHATAURI RBPT 4
14 Fernando Alonso ESP ALPINE RENAULT 2
15 Zhou Guanyu CHN ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1
16 Alexander Albon THA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1
17 Mick Schumacher GER HAAS FERRARI 0
18 Lance Stroll CAN ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 0
19 Nico Hulkenberg GER ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 0
20 Nicholas Latifi CAN WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
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