Lando Norris won the Formula One season opening Australian Grand Prix after a dramatic, incident-packed race in Melbourne. The McLaren driver prevailed after a close fight with his teammate Oscar Piastri, who went off late in the race and could recover only to ninth.
Norris also had to see off a strong challenge from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who was second, with Mercedes’ George Russell in third and his rookie teammate Kimi Antonelli making a superb recovery drive to claim fifth from 16th on the grid. Alex Albon returned an excellent fourth for Williams.
Ferrari endured a tougher opening to the season with Lewis Hamilton 10th in his debut in the car and his teammate Charles Leclerc in eighth.
McLaren had enjoyed an enormous advantage over the rest of the field after an opening in wet, windy conditions which had bat...
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