Posted: 05:09, 10 April 2022 | Updated: 08:27, 10 April 2022
Charles Leclerc roared for the victory in the Australian Grand Prix to extend his lead in the world championship to 34 points. The Ferrari man dominated the pole with a strong move, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen retired when he was second in lap 39 with obvious engine damage. He was the world champion’s second DNF in the first three fights of defending his title. Mercedes’s new boy, George Russell, finished third, behind Leclerc and Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth. Charles Leclerc wins Australian Grand Prix to extend F1 World Cup lead Leclerc completed an impressive victory with flag lights and also got the fastest lap with extra points Mercedes’s new boy, George Russell, took third place, behind Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull World champion Max Ferstappen – running second – was forced to retire with 19 laps remaining The result puts Russell second in the standings, with 34 behind. Hamilton is at 28 points.
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1st – Leclerc 2nd – Peres 3rd – Russell 4th – Hamilton 5th – Norris 6th – Ricciardo 7th – Oct. 8th – Bottas 9th – Gazi 10th – Albon Leclerc, who drove in each lap of 58 after keeping his composure under the only tight control he received from Verstappen after the second safety car of the race was withdrawn, resulted in the two men riding a wheel. in the first corner. It was Leclerc’s second victory of the season, 20 seconds apart. Britain’s Lando Norris finished fifth for McLaren, starting fourth. Hamilton may have finished in front of Russell in addition to assisting the youngster from a “free” pit stop under a security car. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz had a terrible weekend, finishing ninth, falling just below the pitch in 14th place at start-up, losing control and ending up in the sand in the second lap. Sebastian Vettel also suffered a horror show. In lap 22, he ran on the rumble strip, swung, hit the wall at turn 5 and lost his front wing. His day was over. How much longer can this four-time world champion go on? Verstappen withdrew after smelling some “strange liquid”. A marshal sprayed foam to put out an emerging fire. Leclerc Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz out of race in second round of Grand Prix Verstappen watches as Leclerc extends his World Cup lead to 34 points Russell, who was racing in the middle of the race, said from the pit wall: “If you damage your tires to keep Perez back, you can let him pass.” Russell replied, “This is not what I want to hear.” He was held as playfully as he could, but the Mexican finally managed to get through. “You put me in a very difficult position,” said Hamilton, seemingly annoyed by Russell’s good luck piece. ENJOY ALL THE ACTION WITH KIERAN JACKSON OF SPORTSMAIL:
