Formula One Australian Grand Prix | Carlos Sainz wins after Verstappen retires early with engine fire

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. sprays glowing wine and celebrates on the rostrum after profitable the Australian Grand Prix.
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 profitable streak when the Spaniard took benefit of Max Verstappen’s early retirement to win the Australian Grand Prix simply two weeks after lacking the earlier race in Saudi Arabia as a consequence of an emergency appendectomy.

Sainz, who began on the entrance row alongside Verstappen, saved his place into flip one, however handed the Dutchman on lap two at flip 9 for the lead and took management as soon as his rival retired two laps later with a fiery mechanical failure.

Verstappen had received the primary two F1 races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and was on a nine-race profitable streak.

Sainz completed forward of teammate Charles Leclerc for Ferrari’s first 1-2 consequence because the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix, with McLaren’s Lando Norris ending in third for his first podium at Albert Park.

His teammate, Australian Oscar Piastri, was fourth.

The race completed underneath the digital security automobile, making certain there was no racing for a lot of the remaining lap, after Mercedes’ driver George Russell crashed on flip seven. Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez closed out the highest 5, and made only one place from the place he began in sixth, after he was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hülkenberg in qualifying.

Sainz, who might be changed by Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari from 2025, was thrilled to get his third profession win towards the percentages, his first since final 12 months’s Singapore Grand Prix.

“I felt really good out there,” he mentioned. “Of course, (I felt) a bit stiff, particularly bodily. It wasn’t the best, however I used to be fortunate that I used to be kind of alone so I might simply handle my tempo, handle the tires, handle all the pieces.

“Life generally is loopy, you understand. What occurred originally of the 12 months, then the rostrum in Bahrain, then appendix, the comeback, the win, it is a curler coaster. But I cherished it.”