Ferrari took residence a one-two end after an eventful Australian Grand Prix held on Sunday at Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit.
Carlos Sainz, in his first race since his current surgical procedure for appendicitis, was the primary to cross the end line, with Charles Leclerc ending simply over two seconds behind. Rounding out the highest three was McLaren’s Lando Norris, roughly six seconds behind the winner.
The race, which served as spherical three of the 2024 System 1 World Championship, began out like all weekend of the previous few seasons, with reigning champion Max Verstappen of Purple Bull Racing on pole place, and Sainz additionally on the entrance of the grid.
Verstappen made a clean begin and was quickly constructing a spot when issues emerged in his automobile. As Verstappen slid at one nook, Sainz was capable of make a transfer and take the lead. Moments later, puffs of smoke began appearing on the rear of Verstappen’s automobile and he quickly retired. It was decided later that there was a brake situation with the automobile. It was the primary time the triple champion had failed to complete a race because the 2022 Australian Grand Prix, when he was sidelined by a gasoline system situation.
2024 System 1 Australian Grand Prix
Leclerc at this level was third within the race, with Norris splitting the 2 Ferrari males. A profitable undercut on lap 9 bought Leclerc forward of Norris, and he drove brilliantly within the ultimate stint to maintain the place away from Norris who was on the brisker tires on the time.
Fellow McLaren driver Oscar Piastri additionally efficiently accomplished an undercut on Norris through the preliminary spherical of pit stops, however would later return the place on workforce orders. Piastri would additionally run off the observe at one level, leaving him in a lonely fourth by the end. Rounding out the highest 5 was Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez who needed to cope with some visitors after beginning at sixth as a result of a three-grid place penalty acquired for impeding Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg throughout qualifying.
The weekend turned out to be a nasty one for Mercedes-Benz AMG. Star driver Lewis Hamilton retired on lap 17 with an influence unit failure, and teammate George Russell suffered a serious crash on the ultimate lap, which ended the race underneath the digital security automobile. Russell crashed after making a transfer on Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso for sixth place. The stewards later deemed that Alonso had performed an element within the incident and gave him a 20-second penalty.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen nonetheless leads the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 51 factors. Leclerc has overtaken Perez to maneuver into second with 47 factors, with Perez only one level behind. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Purple Bull leads with 97 factors, versus the 93 of Ferrari and 55 of McLaren. The subsequent race on the calendar is the Japanese Grand Prix in two weeks.
Carlos Sainz on the 2024 System 1 Australian Grand Prix
Beneath are the complete outcomes from the 2024 System 1 Australian Grand Prix:1) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +2.366 seconds3) Lando Norris, McLaren +5.904 seconds4) Oscar Piastri, McLaren +35.770 seconds5) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing +56.309 seconds6) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +93.222 seconds7) Yuki Tsunoda, RB +95.601 seconds8) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +100.992 seconds9) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +104.553 seconds10) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +1 lap11) Alexander Albon, Williams +1 lap12) Daniel Ricciardo, RB +1 lap13) Pierre Gasly, Alpine +1 lap14) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber +1 lap15) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber +1 lap16) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +1 lap17) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – DNFNC) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – DNFNC) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing – DNF
