Summary and highlights of the Formula 1 Race AT the Australian GP

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Victory for Leclerc, who also added the fastest lap, took the pole position and his two main pursuers did not finish the race. On the other hand, Rusell finished ahead of Hamilton and scored his second podium, his first in 2022.

 

All decided and the most surprising thing is that Albon is going to enter the race on the last lap;

Fernando Alonso must be having granning problems because he has had problems with the medium tire and will be out of the points.
 

Sergio Pérez goes to the outside but manages to recover and returns to the track, Rusell is already three and a half seconds behind Sergio Pérez.

Gasly overtakes Stroll on the straight and Bottas and Fernando Alonso come from behind;

Leclerc asks his team to look to go for the fastest lap on the last lap to try to score one more point

Gasly, Bottas, Alonso, Schumarcheer and Magnussen battle for the points

5 seconds penalty for Stroll, while Fernando Alonso is already in twelfth position;

 

Verstappen tiene que abandonar el coche y suma su segundo cero en tres carreras, habrá Virtual Safety Car

Verstappen has to abandon the car and adds his second zero in three races, there will be Virtual Safety Car

 

Sergio Pé rez returns to podium positions after overtaking Rusell, who tried to give it back to him with DRS zone.

Sergio Pérez already has Russell in his sights, the Mexican is very close to the Mercedes, while Ricciardo has already taken Magnussen out of the picture.

Fast lap by Leclerc, who takes more than four seconds from Verstappen, while Norris overtakes Magnusen.
 

Now it is Hamilton who overtakes the Spanish driver and is in fifth position, three seconds behind the Mexican;

Sergio Pérez overtakes Fernando Alonso with DRS to move into fourth position, the Alpine driver has not yet stopped at Bosex.

He tried Max Verstappen who was matched, but the Ferrari driver defended the situation and continues to lead the Australian Grand Prix;
 

Safety Car leaves, there will be a restart of the race 

Rusell has been the one who has taken the best advantage of the situation to stop in bosex and has been placed in third position, ahead of Pérez and Hamilton 

Sergio Pérez passes Hamilton again and Vettel crashes so there will be a safety car.

For Leclerc, who remains in first position and Hamilton stops in bosex and exits ahead of Sergio Pérez.

Now it is Ricciard's turn to stop, good stop for the Mclaren with 2'4 and his teammate, Norris passes in front;

Enter Checo Pérez who was losing pace in these last laps and is placed behind Botts in ninth position;

Fernando Alonso overtakes Gasly and is placed behind the World Champion 

For Max Verstappen, who puts himself in the best position ahead of Gasly and Fernando Alonso 

Bad stop  of Esteban Ocon of four seconds  that takes hard and try á hold with that tire until the end of the race, while his teammate, Fernando Alonso squeezes Gasly.

Bottas overtakes Tsunoda to move into tenth position, while Zhou overtakes Albon 

Latifi makes the first stop of the race, while Leclerc already escapes with a five-second advantage over the driver from Monaco;

 

Sebastían Vettel in turn 11 goes to the ground, but the Germanán fortunately can continue in the race, although it is in 19º posición. 

Sergio Pérez manages to overtake Lewis Hamilton to move back into third place, now in podium positions;

Fast lap for Leclec, and Sergio Pé rez is very close to Hamilton, in the next lap the Mexican will have DRS.

The race restarts with Max Verstappen very close to Leclerc, we will see if he tries when the DRS can be used.

After the Ferrari driver's departure, the safety car had to be brought out until the car could be retired.

Carlos Sainz spins and is out of the race, problems for the Ferrari driver, who was second in the World Championship standings and today will score zero points;

Good start by Lewis Hamilton who overtook Sergio Pérez to move into third position, while Lecler has launched out 

All set, drivers warm up, 58 laps to go at the Australian Grand Prix

From the organization have announced that this weekend has passed through the Albert Park circuit about 420,000 spectators. Also, the temperature is known right now the temperature of this new asphalt and is 40º Degrees, we will see if this affects the tires 
 

The time is open for the drivers to take the car to the starting grid to finalize the last preparations before the start of the Australian Grand Prix, there are only 30 minutes left before the start;

Albon and Stroll were finally penalized, so they will start in the last positions both, other drivers like Sergio Pérez or Leclerc were saved. This is the final grid: 

The German driver missed the first two Grand Prix after being with COVID-19 and will debut this season with the new Aston Martin. Sebastian Vettel already knows what it is to win at the Australian GP, he has done it in three years: 2011, 2017 and 2018, the first with Red Bull and the following two with the Ferrari team;

Depending on the tire choice, drivers will make one or two pit stops.

In 1 hour starts the Australian Grand Prix, the third race of the 2022 World Championship where Leclerc, who starts from pole position, will defend the World Championship lead. You can follow the preview, the last minute and the minute by minute of the race here on VAVEL.
 

The race the Auatralian GP will start  1: 00 . E.T. and couldá be followed on Sky Sports. 

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This is the start time of the race on April 10th 2022& nbsp;in several countries: .

  Argentina: 02:30 hrs.

Bolivia: 01:00 hrs.

Brasil: 02:00 hrs.

Chile: 00:00 hrs.

Colombia: 00:00 hrs.

Ecuador: 00:00 hrs.

España: 7:00 hrs.

México: 0:00 hrs.

Paraguay: 1:00 hrs.

Peru: 00:00 hrs.

Uruguay: 01:00 hrs.

Greece: 8:00 hrs.  

Serbia: 7:00 hrs.

The Spanish driver in Q3 after purple the second sector had an accident after a breakdown and deprived him to start in top positions, finally he had to leave the top position. This was the Alpine driver's accident

 

1. Charles Leclerc (1'17.868)

2. Max Verstappen (+0.286)

3 Sergio Pérez

4. Lando Norris

5. Lewis Hamilton

6. George Russell

7. Daniel Ricciardo

8. Esteban Ocon

9. Carlos Sainz

10. Fernando Alonso

11. Pierre Gasly

12. Valtteri Bottas

13. Yuki Tsunoda

14. Guanyu Zhou

15. Mick Schumacher

16. Alexander Albon

17. Kevin Magnussen

18. Sebastian Vettel

19. Nicholas Latifi

20. Lance Stroll

Since 1985 Formula 1 races have been held at this circuit. A circuit where the fastest lap has been achieved by Leclerc this year with a lap of 1:17.868. Those who have won the most times at this site have been: Michael Schumacher, with four wins, followed by Button and Sebastían Vettel, who have won on three occasions. 
  These were the winners at the Australian Grand Prix: 1985 Keke Rosberg 1986 Alain Prost 1987 Gerhard Berger 1988 Alain Prost 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Nelson Piquet 1991 Ayrton Senna 1992 Gerhard Berger 1993 Ayrton Senna 1994 Nigel Mansell 1995 Damon Hill 1996 Damon Hill 1997 David Coulthard 1998 Mika Häkkinen 1999 Eddie Irvine 2000 Michael Schumache 2001 Michael Schumacher 2002 Michael Schumacher 2003 David Coulthard 2004 Michael Schumacher 2005 Giancarlo Fisichella 2006 Fernando Alonso 2007 Kimi Räikkönen 2008 Lewis Hamilton 2009 Jenson Button 2010 Jenson Button 2011 Sebastian Vettel 2012 Jenson Button 2013 Kimi Räikkönen 2014 Nico Rosberg 2015 Lewis Hamilton 2016 Nico Rosberg 2017 Sebastian Vettel 2018 Sebastian Vettel 2019 Valtteri Bottas

After the Saudi Arabian GP, Formula 1 returned with the third Grand Prix, the Australian GP where Leclerc arrives as the leader of the World Championship.

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