Australian GP HIGHLIGHTS: Formula 1 2023 LIVE: Max Verstappen wins in Australia for 1st time after two Safety Car periods and three red flags. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso finish on the podium. George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon were all out early. The third red flag came out for a multi-car crash after a late restart. Follow Formula 1 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Max Verstappen takes his first win Down Under! 😅
The Dutchman’s victory marks @redbullracing‘s best-ever start to a season!! 🙌#AusGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/Lz9Qvv2qF0
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 2, 2023
The Chaos!!!
Chaos. Chaos?! 🤯
An absolutely insane race restart in Australia 🙃#AusGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/hjGrjWBixS
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 2, 2023
12 Cars went over the line
🏁 RACE CLASSIFICATION 🏁
That. was. pure. madness. 😅#AusGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/3wFSxAQvOw
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 2, 2023
Australian GP HIGHLIGHTS
At the initial race start, Verstappen was out-raced by both George Russell and Hamilton. The Safety Car then made two fast visits as a result of Alex Albon’s severe crash and Charles Leclerc’s retirement following a collision with Lance Stroll.
The race returned to the pits after a further red light for Albon’s incident, with Hamilton leading Verstappen and Alonso and taking advantage of Russell and Carlos Sainz’s unfortunate decision to switch to fresh tyres just before the stoppage.
Verstappen quickly moved back into P1 and within DRS range after having a free choice of tyres for the restart, but Russell’s misery was only made worse by what appeared to be an engine issue.
Russell Mercedes on FIRE
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) April 2, 2023
Charles out of race
LAP 1/58
LECLERC IS OUT OF THE RACE!!!
The Ferrari driver spins off into the gravel and it’s all over at Turn 3 😫#AusGP pic.twitter.com/iKwyshR5nR
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 2, 2023
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the last edition of the Australian GP in 2022 and will be hoping to replicate the performance this year despite struggling in the first two races. Talking about the qualifying, Max Verstappen drew level with Fernando Alonso by taking his 22nd career pole position in qualifying for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Mercedes’ George Russell qualified second and his teammate Lewis Hamilton ended up third on the grid.
Very happy with my Quali and to be on Pole here in Melbourne!
Looking forward to tomorrow’s race @redbullracing 💪 pic.twitter.com/1NeVSsLwbd
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) April 1, 2023
Verstappen set a time of 1m 16.732s to take his first Australian Grand Prix pole position ahead of Russell, who was 0.236s off in Q3. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton ended up third on the grid, 0.372s off the pace, while Fernando Alonso was 0.407s off the pace in P4. Carlos Sainz qualified fifth for Ferrari in front of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, while Charles Leclerc struggled on the way to P7.
Where can you watch the Australian GP LIVE on TV?
Unfortunately, there will be no Live Telecast of Formula 1 in India.
