{"id":28690,"date":"2024-03-25T18:58:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sainz-wins-australian-grand-prix-after-verstappen-retires"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:53:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:53:37","slug":"sainz-wins-australian-grand-prix-after-verstappen-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/sainz-wins-australian-grand-prix-after-verstappen-retires","title":{"rendered":"Sainz wins Australian Grand Prix after Verstappen retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc to a Ferrari one-two in the Australian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen\u2019s domination of Formula 1 stalled.<\/p>\n

Sainz swept by the world champion\u2019s Red Bull into the lead on the second lap before the Dutchman retired with a brake failure after just four laps.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard then controlled the race as Leclerc passed McLaren\u2019s Lando Norris in the first pit-stop period.<\/p>\n

The race ended under a virtual safety car after a crash for George Russell.<\/p>\n

Chasing Fernando Alonso\u2019s Aston Martin for sixth place, the Mercedes driver lost control at Turn Six on the final lap and suffered a crash, the car coming to rest on its side, held up in the air by landing on its left-front wheel. Russell was unhurt.<\/p>\n

Alonso and Russell were called to the stewards, who penalised the Spaniard 20 seconds, dropping him to eighth place, and gave him three penalty points on his licence for what stewards said driving \u201cin a manner that was at very least \u2018potentially dangerous\u2019 given the very high speed nature of that point of the track\u201d.<\/p>\n

Alonso admitted slowing too early and then accelerating again before braking, but said he got the manoeuvre \u201cslightly wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was a difficult end to a sobering day for Mercedes, on which their status as also-rans was apparently confirmed \u2014 Lewis Hamilton retired after 16 laps with an engine failure.<\/p>\n

Norris led Oscar Piastri to a McLaren three-four ahead of Red Bull\u2019s Sergio Perez, anonymous on a day on which he was unable to capitalise on Verstappen\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n

In front of a record Melbourne crowd of 132,106 \u2014 and a weekend high of 452,055 \u2014 Sainz was in imperious form, just 16 days after having surgery to remove his appendix that forced him to miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old – who has been describing the \u201cweird\u201d feeling of \u201ceverything in the inside just feels like it\u2019s moving more than normal\u201d after his operation – tracked Verstappen around the opening lap. And after Verstappen made a mistake at Turn Three on the second lap, Sainz was able to pass the Red Bull down the curving \u2018straight\u2019 to Turns Nine and 10.<\/p>\n

Verstappen immediately came on the radio to say he had \u201clost the rear – weird\u201d, and before long it was apparent why.<\/p>\n

A lap later, he swore over the radio and said: \u201cThe car is loose.\u201d And a lap after that smoke started to pour from his right rear wheel.<\/p>\n

Verstappen slowed down and as he entered the pit lane, with his brakes now on fire, a clump of material flew out of his wheel on to the grass.<\/p>\n

Underlining the strength of Red Bull in the last two years, it was his first retirement since this race two years ago.<\/p>\n

It left Sainz in control and he never showed any indication he would let the grand prix out of his grasp.<\/p>\n

Sainz was the only non-Red Bull driver to win last year, when he triumphed in Singapore in a race that ended with him holding off a train of cars featuring Norris, Lewis Hamilton and Russell.<\/p>\n

Now he has become the man to end Verstappen\u2019s chances of equalling his own record of winning 10 races in a row – and just three races into a season he started knowing he would lose his seat at Ferrari at the end of it to Hamilton. Sainz had Leclerc\u2019s measure from the start of qualifying and was never under threat in the race.<\/p>\n

He took advantage of Leclerc being stuck behind Norris in the first stint to build an advantage.<\/p>\n

Ferrari brought Leclerc in for a relatively early stop on lap nine to undercut him past Norris, a strategy that succeeded when the McLaren stopped five laps later and emerged behind the Ferrari.<\/p>\n

Sainz stopped on lap 16 and emerged just a second ahead of his team-mate, slowly building an advantage that extended to nearly nine seconds before Leclerc made his second stop.<\/p>\n

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