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The Ferrari driver was penalised for contact with Fernando Alonso dropping him from fourth to 12th.

[On the Lap 57 restart following the Kevin Magnussen red flag, ](https://racingnews365.com/verstappen-wins-after-late-race-chaos-in-red-flagged-australian-grand-prix)Sainz tagged Fernando Alonso spinning him out as the race was again suspended following further incidents. [Sainz was later hit with further punishment by the stewards.](https://racingnews365.com/further-punishment-for-sainz-after-australian-gp-time-penalty) [Formula 1](/formula-1) stewards for his [Australian](/formula-1-circuits/australian-gp) Grand Prix penalty, labelling it as "the biggest disgrace."

Max Verstappen claimed victory during a wild and action-packed Australian Grand Prix, overcoming battles with the Mercedes drivers, several Safety Cars and ...

After that, I think the pace of the car was quick, you could see that straight away, we were always there waiting for the DRS to open up, to have a chance to pass. “But with these red flags, the first one maybe you can do it but I think that second one I don’t really understand. They had a long wait for the whole day, so I’ll say a big thank you to them as well for sticking around. “It’s great to win here, my first win as well,” said victor Verstappen. A quick stewards’ investigation settled on no further action. After the delay, the Safety Car led the field out of the pits and back to the grid for the restart, with Hamilton leading a particularly slow formation lap – the knock-on effect being several near-misses towards the rear of the field as cars backed up. As the race neared half-distance, Hamilton expressed concerns over whether his hard tyres would make it the chequered flag, with Verstappen continuing to pull away and look more and more comfortable in the lead with a series of fastest laps. On Lap 18 there was yet more drama as Russell ground to a halt on the start/finish straight with flames coming from the back of his Mercedes, bringing out a Virtual Safety Car and once again stabilising the gaps between cars up and down the order. In the race build-up, there was a change to the grid as both Perez – who slid out of Q1 in qualifying – and Bottas – the slowest of the drivers to post a qualifying time – swapped their starting slots for the pit lane, having made various car changes under parc ferme conditions. A rolling start took the field around to the chequered flag, with Verstappen crossing the line for his first victory in Australia, as Hamilton and Alonso completed the podium ahead of Sainz, Stroll, Perez and Lando Norris. Verstappen brushed off the early drama to move into a comfortable lead as the race developed, while Hamilton held P2 and set about managing the gap back to Alonso, who was joined by the recovering Sainz and Pierre Gasly in a fight for the podium positions. A subsequent red flag for Albon’s incident brought the field back to the pits, with Hamilton leading Verstappen and Alonso, taking advantage of misfortune for Russell and Carlos Sainz, who were the two front-runners to take on fresh tyres just before the stoppage.

It was McLaren's Ron Dennis and Ekrem Sami who decided, back in the 1980s, that sponsors were no longer sponsors. Instead, they were partners. Commercial ...

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Motorsports News: It was Max Verstappen who ended up cruising to a victory in an action-filled race with two Safety Car periods and three red flags.

The penalty saw the Spaniard slide from P4 down to P12 and effectively out of points. What followed were some smooth overtakes all across the grid while Verstappen continued to increase his lead at the front. The race restart saw Lewis Hamilton retain P1 for a few laps before eventually being overtaken by Max Verstappen's Red Bull, thanks to DRS. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton, who started the race from P3, also managed to get ahead of Verstappen before the deployment of safety car. This is his first ever win at the [Formula One](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/formula-one)

Red Bull's Max Verstappen claimed his first Australian Grand Prix in a chaotic Formula 1 race, with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton coming second and Aston ...

Sainz, whose Ferrari showed good speed throughout the race, was issued with a five-second penalty which relegated him to 12th. Verstappen had appeared to be coasting to victory with an eight-second lead when debris from Kevin Magnussen's Haas forced the second of three red flags issued in the race with three laps remaining. Red Bull's Max Verstappen has claimed his first Australian Grand Prix in remarkable circumstances in a chaotic Formula 1 race filled with drama from the green light to the checkered flag.

Verstappen led a topsy-turvy race down under, which saw multiple safety car interruptions and 3 red flag periods.

The session was instantly red flagged, and with neither of the drivers completing even one sector on the restart, the order of the cars from before the restart was reinstated. Charles Leclerc was tapped at the back by Lance Stroll at the first corner, instantly eliminating him from the race and triggering a safety car. The start of the race saw George Russel take the lead ahead of Verstappen after a brilliant start and first corner.

F1: Four cars crashed in the final 2 laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix on Sunday, 2 April. Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the title while Sergio Perez ...

Four cars crashed in a race restart for the final two laps in Albert Park after red flag was shown due to Haas driver Kevin Magnussen's car went into the barrier. Both Alpines, William's Logan Sargeant and AlphaTauri's Nyck de Vries failed to finish in a dramatic first few corners as drivers changed positions throughout the field. Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the title while Sergio Perez finished 5th in the race.

Nico Hulkenberg denied fourth-place finish due to late drama.

[Nico Hulkenberg](/topic/nico-hulkenberg) came home seventh in [Melbourne](/topic/melbourne) on Sunday after a pair of red flags bookended what became a two-lap shootout. [F1](/topic/f1) statement confirmed: “Haas were summoned to the stewards at 1930 local time having lodged a protest over the result of Sunday's race.” [aas](/topic/haas) have protested against the result of the [Australian Grand Prix](/topic/australian-grand-prix) after a chaotic finish to the [Formula One](/topic/formula-one) race.

After a hugely dramatic Australian Grand Prix that featured three red flags, Formula 1's officiators are once more coming under scrutiny for their ...

"How the hell you can put a red flag before?" "(In) the second half, and especially with four laps to go, I feel like you ruin a lot of things. And, because they try and put on a show, you just get unlucky, and everything can get taken away from you all of a sudden. I guess, maybe in the first quarter of the race, I understand it. "I'm not going to disagree with this red flag," Sky Sports F1's David Croft said. "We come all the way to Australia, but it's so much hard work to drive 56, 55 laps perfectly. [Stream the biggest moments on NOW](https://www.nowtv.com/promo/sky-sports?dcmp=articlelink) There was little dispute over the final red flag, with the heavy impact the Alpines experienced and the need to check on their safety - along with all the resulting debris and chaos - a valid reason for the stoppage. It's just strange, but I do understand safety-wise as well." The McLaren driver said: "I kind of hate it. With both the debris and the possibility of the race finishing behind the Safety Car in mind, another red flag was thrown, setting up a theoretical two-lap sprint to the end from a standing start. The clean-up operation began with a recovery vehicle coming on track and lifting the Williams off the ground, but as that was going on, a red flag was thrown with the presence of debris and gravel on track the reason for the decision.

The Australian Grand Prix promoter has been found in serious breach of FIA security protocols and safety measures after Formula 1 fans invaded the track before ...

[PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/the-cycle-of-f1-upheaval-williams-must-end-to-rediscover-past-glories/10449522/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/how-f1s-new-era-has-exposed-the-downside-of-its-most-important-rule/10450392/) the car was in an unsafe condition with possible electrical discharge".

Max Verstappen criticised F1 governing body, the FIA, after he won a chaotic Australian Grand Prix.

“I thought the red flag was totally unnecessary,” he said. “I just didn’t understand why we needed a red flag. The world champion dismissed it as a mess and accused the FIA, the governing body, of being responsible.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who drove superbly in his Mercedes, finished second, while Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso took third spot on the ...

Hamilton was delighted with the improvement Mercedes showed in Melbourne, which included a competitive qualifying performance on Saturday. "It left a lot of drivers confused as to why we needed a second red flag. The race resumed with Verstappen stalking Hamilton at the front of the field and the two-time world champion used his Red Bull's superior speed to take the lead on Lap 12. On the restart on lap 55, Verstappen was able to hold off Hamilton to the first turn as bedlam unfolded behind his Red Bull, resulting in a reshuffle of the finishing order. Verstappen was pleased to clinch victory but queried the decision by stewards to issue a red flag after a crash on lap 55 of the 58-lap race instead of deploying a safety car. Red Bull's Max Verstappen claimed his first Australian Grand Prix on Sunday in remarkable circumstances after a chaotic F1 race filled with drama from the green light to the checkered flag.

All-time great podium features the two-time defending champion, along with Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso.

Rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant had a quiet weekend in the sister car. “With all the accidents, it was a good chance to score points this weekend, so I’m very sorry to the team. Williams’ slippery FW45 was rapid around the streets of Albert Park, particularly in the hands of Alexander Albon, who qualified a promising eighth. When the pack bunched together at the tricky right-hander Leclerc got a tap from Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and wound up beached in the gravel. Leclerc has had a wretched start to the 2023 campaign and his woes continued in Australia, an event he utterly dominated 12 months ago. That restored the spun Alonso up to third, but Sainz was penalized for the incident and handed a five-second penalty, plunging him down the order because of how close the field was over the line. The only certainty at that stage was Verstappen first, Hamilton second, but behind it was a mess. Haas driver Magnussen, running 12th, drifted wide through Turn 2 and clipped the wall, removing his rear-right tire from the wheel rim, and prompting the deployment of the Safety Car. Hamilton held second, keeping a buffer to third-placed Alonso, while Carlos Sainz held fourth for Ferrari. The first red flag came on the eighth lap of 58, after Williams’ Alexander Albon binned it at Turn 6, dragging extensive debris and gravel onto the track. Max Verstappen claimed victory in the Australian Grand Prix to open up a 15-point championship lead over teammate Sergio Perez. Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.

Esteban Ocon says his shunt in the 2023 Australian Grand Prix could have been caused by any number of "suicidal" Formula 1 drivers rather than blaming Alpine ...

[PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/the-state-of-play-in-f1s-technical-silly-season/10449427/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/the-cycle-of-f1-upheaval-williams-must-end-to-rediscover-past-glories/10449522/) [PrimePrimeFormula 1 ](/f1/news/how-f1s-new-era-has-exposed-the-downside-of-its-most-important-rule/10450392/) The incident between Gasly and Ocon is under investigation. "But some drivers were just suicidal a bit in Turn 1, like Nyck on the inside. But what was tricky was a little bit the light being lower, we couldn't really see so well.