Briton Russell won the F1 Australian GP in a Mercedes show of strength
Briton George Russell won this Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season, in a Mercedes one-two...
TL;DR
- George Russell won the Australian Grand Prix, marking his sixth career F1 victory and the first since Singapore last year.
- Mercedes achieved a one-two finish with Kimi Antonelli securing second place.
- Charles Leclerc of Ferrari finished third, despite leading at various points.
- New F1 regulations for cars, including hybrid engines, were tested for the first time.
- Local favorite Oscar Piastri crashed out on the formation lap.
- Lando Norris finished fifth, one place ahead of Max Verstappen, who recovered from a poor qualifying position.
- Sergio Pérez finished sixteenth in Cadillac's debut race.
- Gabriel Bortoleto finished ninth for Audi.
- Franco Colapinto finished fourteenth for Alpine after a pit stop penalty.
- Carlos Sainz finished fifteenth, while Fernando Alonso was among the retirements.
- Sebastián Montoya scored his first F2 points, finishing ninth in both the sprint and feature races.
- Five cars retired from the F1 race, including Piastri, Alonso, Nico Hülkenberg, Isack Hadjar, and Valtteri Bottas.
- The F1 season continues in China and Japan, with potential uncertainty for races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the Middle East conflict.