Formula 1 carries out a ranking after each race scoring the best drivers. and after him Australian Grand Prix has surprised by placing George Russell first of all. That 9 note is surprising because the Mercedes driver didn’t even finish the race due to engine problems.
The competition experts do not care about this abandonment and praise the Briton: “He will return home from Melbourne with head highdespite doing just 17 laps on Sunday.”
“He led the first seven laps of the race, after sticking out his elbows and overtake Verstappen at the exit. Through no fault of his own, however, his day turned sour as he had bad luck with the Safety Car becoming a red flag, before an alleged engine problem,” he says.
Put Russell ahead of Max Verstappen, the winner, and Fernando Alonso, again third with the Aston Martin. Regarding the Spaniard, with a score of 8.4, he says it was the “most challenging podium to date”.
“After benefiting from the pit stop from his compatriot and Russell, he made the most of it to move up to third. He sought to push Hamilton, but could never get close enough. But it was another podium well earned to start the year”, he details about the Asturian.
Ahead of him, names like Nico Hulkenberg or Lando Norris. Also Verstappen, the winner: “Although he dropped to third on the first lap, such is the speed of both Verstappen and the Red Bull RB19, it was hard to find someone in the paddock who didn’t believe he was going to win.”
About Checo Perez, that he had to climb throughout the test, the experts say that he did “a good rescue”: “After winning in Jeddah, this was not the result Perez had in mind going into the weekend, but from where he was on Saturday night, it was a good rescue.”
