The Formula 1 comes to the circuit Albert Park (Australia) for his third round of the season before taking almost a full month’s break before the next race. For this reason, all the teams want to finish with a good taste in the mouth and a good direction to continue with the development of their single-seaters.
The top favorite for the race is max verstappen. The Dutchman has once again confirmed the notorious superiority of the Red Bull, although his difference in Australia seems less than what he had in Saudi Arabia. In the fastest lap he is indisputable and in rhythm too, but the current world champion continues to complain about the gear changes, something that has been happening all season.
Instead, his teammate Sergio Perez is on the other side of the coin. The Mexican, due to brake problems, got stuck in the gravel in Q1 and will start last on the grid. He will have to come back and score as many points as possible, but first solve a failure in the brakes that they could not solve from Free 3 to ‘qualification’.
The surprise in Australia has been carried out by the Mercedes, who will start second and third. The one that comes second is George Russellwho after having the podium for a few minutes in Jeddah, wants to take the opportunity to get out on the front row (and beat Hamilton again) to really add his first podium, although in rhythm they seem to be far from their rivals.
For his part, lewis hamilton will start third. Despite being beaten again by Russell, the seven-time world champion was very confident with his chances in the race after finishing qualifying and allowed himself the confidence of lthrow a dart difficult to understand at Fernando Alonso.
A alonso who will share a row with the British, he from fourth position. Despite not being the result of Saudi Arabia, the Spaniard stated that he was the best time of the season “in terms of benefits” and that he even dared to mention the championship for the first time. With a higher pace than the Mercedes, second place is not a utopia.
The problems have been brought together by Ferrari. Carlos Sainz will start fifth and Charles Leclerc seventh. The man from Madrid, in addition to almost running over a person in the pitshe took his partner’s anger for bothering him in Q3. And despite the fact that the Scuderia affirm that things are changing for the better, in Australia they are still far from their rivals.
To all the favourites, other pilots can join the show. In Q3, they slipped Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon with two great performances, in addition to the waiting Pierre Gasley. The one who was not so lucky was his partner Esteban Oconwhich was eliminated in Q2 lamenting the traffic.
Schedule and where to watch on TV
The race in Australia will start at 7:00 in the morning peninsular time and can be seen in DAZN F1, prior subscription to the platform. In addition, you will be able to follow the race live through the special coverage that the website of The sixth.
