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【Australian Grand Prix F1】8 Drivers Retire and Three Red Flags in a Chaotic Race.

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[Sports News]The F1 Australian Grand Prix was held in Melbourne on Sunday (2nd). There was a big scuffle in the 56-lap race. It went through 3 red flags and 4 static starts before it ended under the leadership of the safety car, and 8 of them Famous drivers withdrew from the race, and in the end Max Verstappen was the hottest champion. “Black Emperor” Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) beat Fernando Alonso to win the runner-up, making his debut this season The top three is also his 17th consecutive season on the podium.

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

Luke (right) retired shortly after the start.  (Picture: F1 Twitter)

Luke (right) retired shortly after the start. (Picture: F1 Twitter)

The main race was staged on the alber park track which was cleared again. George Russell, who ranked second, performed strongly. At the start, he held the inside line at the first turn and surpassed Westaben to rise to the first place. Hamilton Not long after, he also climbed over “Wei Shao” and took the lead with his teammates. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fourth, and his teammate Charles Leclerc continued with “Black Boy”, and Lance Stroll After a slight collision, the rear chariot rushed into the gravel area and had no choice but to retire. The safety car was dispatched. On the seventh lap, it was Williams’ Alex Albon’s turn to fire the car and trigger the safety car. Due to the large amount of debris and gravel left on the track, the yellow flag changed to a red flag after two laps. Russell entered the pit to change tires before the red flag , only ranked 7th after the restart, but “Xianzai” earned the leading position. However, Westaben used DRS and strong tail speed to easily surpass Hamilton to regain the first position on the 12th lap.

The Russell tank was on fire.  (Picture: F1 Twitter)

The Russell tank was on fire. (Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

Although Russell caught up to the fourth place, he had an engine problem on the 18th lap, and the rear of the car caught fire at the pit exit, and was forced to retire. Lap 54! Kevin Magnussen made a mistake and hit the wall, causing the right rear wheel to fall off. Although the race was initially responded to by the safety car, a second red flag was shown after 1 lap due to a large number of debris on the track, which brought the race back to the timetable The length is only 2 turns and DRS cannot be used. After the third start, “Wei Shao” continued to take the lead, followed by “Xianzai”. Unexpectedly, the chariot behind collided again, which caused the race to show the red flag for the third time with the last lap remaining, and was interrupted After 30 minutes, the ranking of the remaining cars before the third start was completed with the lead of the safety car.

Accidents happen frequently.  (Picture: F1 Twitter)

Accidents happen frequently. (Picture: F1 Twitter)

Wei Shao won the championship.  (Picture: F1 Twitter)

Wei Shao won the championship. (Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

(Picture: F1 Twitter)

In the end, only 12 drivers crossed the finish line. Westaben won the championship in Australia for the first time, Hamilton kept the runner-up, and made his first podium this season. Er, Sergio Pérez who won the fastest lap, Lando Norris, Nico Hülkenberg, Oscar Piastri, Zhou Guanyu and Kadota Yuki, It also allows all teams to pocket points in the opening month.

After three races in the opening season, “Wei Shao” leads the driver standings with 69 points, followed by Red Bull teammate Perez (54 points), Alonso (45 points) and Hamilton (38 points) with 54 points. Ranked 3rd and 4th.

This article was sponsored by “Sportsroad“Originally published on “【F1 Australian Grand Prix】Big melee!Three-time Red Flag 8 players retired, Wei Shaofeng and Wang Hamilton won the second place

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