Fernando Alonso was fastest in second practice ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, the Aston Martin driver set an 18.887 going nearly half a second faster than the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Red Bulls Max Verstappen was third six tenths off in another session which saw mix conditions. Alonso set his fastest time in the
Max Verstappen was the fastest in first practice ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver set a 18.705 putting himself four-tenths ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who jumped into second to spilt Red Bulls after going seven-tenths faster than Sergio Perez. The opening session in Albert Park proved to be chaotic and
Round three of the 2023 season marks the final race before the spring break as teams head down under to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. This weekend marks seventy years since the first Grand Prix, then a non-championship round, was held at this circuit. Although the actual date of that first race at Albert
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Melbourne saw the third battle between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in what could be an epic battle. However that early race battle which saw Leclerc successfully defend his position before controlling the race at the front made it a rather tame affair compared to Sakhir and Jeddah. Leclerc launched cleanly to pull across the
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:27:46.548 26 2 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull +00:20.524 18 3 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:25.593 15 4 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:28.543 12 5 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:53.303 10 6 Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren – Mercedes +00:53.737 8 7 Esteban
Charles Leclerc took a dominant victory to move almost two wins ahead of his early championship rival in the Australian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver held the lead at the start and went on to win the race by twenty seconds, ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and his first career grand slam. It
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:18.881 01:18.606 01:17.868 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull 01:18.580 01:18.611 01:18.154 3 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull 01:18.834 01:18.340 01:18.240 4 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:19.280 01:18.340 01:18.703 5 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:19.401 01:19.106 01:18.825 6 George Russell GBR
Charles Leclerc has beaten Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position by three tenths following a heavily interrupted qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The Monacan set an 18.239 on his first run before the session was red-flagged after Fernando Alonso crashed at Turn Eleven. The Alpine driver had just set his best time in
Ferrari is at disadvantage in Melbourne Charles Leclerc believes his Ferrari team will be at a disadvantage compared with rivals Red Bull at the Australian Grand Prix. F1 heads to Melbourne this weekend to a revised Albert Park which is estimated to be around ten seconds a lap faster than the last time F1 raced
