Formula 1: Verstappen won the Australian GP with a chaotic finish

Formula 1: Verstappen won the Australian GP with a chaotic finish

The Dutchman climbed the podium again and was accompanied by the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) in second place and the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martín) in third.

Doubt. Will Red Bull, with its reigning world champion Max Verstappen, be able to continue to reign in Formula 1? The new season starts this weekend in Bahrain and will have 23 competitions. A whole record.

the dutch pilot Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won today the Australian Grand Prixthird test of Formula 1 World Cupwhich had to be interrupted three times to finish with the cars entering the finish line behind the safety car.

Verstappenthe current two-time world champion, was once again on the podium and was accompanied by the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) in second place and Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) In the third.

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Formula 1: Verstappen prevailed in Australia

The first red flag came on the eighth lap at the circuit of Albert Park after the thai Alex Albon (Williams) lose the rear of his car when he hit the barriers at turn 6.

Verstappen he was then second behind hamilton and he had problems at the restart, but he found his rhythm and a short time later he passed Hamilton.

As the defending champion was about to celebrate victory, with only two laps to go, the race had to be interrupted again as the Dane Kevin Magnussen (Haas) he hit a wall and lost his right rear tire.

The race authorities decided to resume it with a new start, but a multiple accident with the Alpine by Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly and the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) led to a third arrest.

The top ten places in the race were as follows: 1) Max Verstappen (Red Bull); 2) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 3) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin); 4,) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin); 5) Sergio Perez (Red Bull); 6) Lando Norris (McLaren); 7) Nico Hulkenberg (Haas); 8) Oscar Piastri (McLaren); 9) Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and 10) Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri).

The next competition will be Azerbaijan Grand Prixto dispute the April 30 at the Baku circuit.

Source: Ambito

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