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Norris beats Verstappen in dramatic Australia opener
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Norris beats Verstappen in dramatic Australia opener

By Miles Cooper March 16, 2025
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Norris beats Verstappen in dramatic Australia opener

Lando Norris mastered treacherous, altering circumstances in a dramatic, incident-packed race to beat Max Verstappen and win the Australian Grand Prix.

Norris and his McLaren workforce made the suitable calls in a race punctuated by crashes, three security vehicles and an aborted begin because the Briton put collectively an announcement drive at first of a season he intends to finish as world champion.

Norris was pressured to fend off a late risk from Verstappen, introduced again into competition by a late security automotive, however held on to take his fifth profession victory.

Lewis Hamilton, making his debut for Ferrari, completed tenth on a tough day for the workforce, with George Russell third for Mercedes in Melbourne.

Seven-time champion Hamilton was main on lap 46 however solely as a result of Ferrari had made the unsuitable resolution to remain out on dry-weather slick tyres as a heavy bathe hit the observe.

He and team-mate Charles Leclerc then needed to pit as a security automotive was despatched out for the ultimate time following a sequence of crashes and dropped to the underside of the highest 10.

So as to add insult to damage, Hamilton was overtaken by Leclerc on the ultimate restart, the Ferraris touching wheels flippantly within the incident, after which misplaced an extra place as McLaren’s Oscar Piastri sought to get well from a spin that had price him second place within the late rain.

Williams’ Alex Albon completed fourth, forward of Mercedes’ 18-year-old Italian rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who was fourth on the highway however demoted a spot for an unsafe launch penalty.

Lewis Hamilton drives his Ferrari during the Australian Grand Prix with Alpine's Esteban Ocon behind him

McLaren acknowledged a priority that Verstappen could be a significant risk, so good is he so usually in moist circumstances, however Norris and Piastri managed the race from the beginning and had been capable of go away the four-time champion behind them for a lot of the race as chaos unfolded behind them.

The drama started even earlier than the race formally began, when rookie Isack Hadjar spun his Racing Bull automotive at Flip Two on the formation lap. The Frenchman stood together with his head in his palms, apparently crying, earlier than returning to the pits.

After a 15-minute delay, the race lastly acquired beneath approach, just for one other rookie, Australian Jack Doohan, to crash his Alpine on the straight between Turns 4 and Six and convey out the security automotive.

Underlining the problem of the circumstances, Carlos Sainz instantly crashed his Williams on the closing nook as effectively.

The damaged Racing Bulls car of Isack Hadjar lies across the track after he crashed on the formation lap of the Australian Grand Prix

When the race lastly acquired correctly beneath approach, Norris led however Verstappen handed Piastri to run second, solely to lose the place when he ran broad at Flip 11 on lap 17, gifting McLaren a one-two.

The McLarens first stablished their place after which, as they taken care of their intermediate tyres extra successfully than the Crimson Bull, constructed a lead operating nostril to tail. They pulled 16 seconds on Verstappen by the point the security automotive got here out for a second time following a crash by Fernando Alonso within the Aston Martin at Flip Six on lap 33, simply after half distance.

The leaders pitted for slick tyres however there was recent jeopardy as they waited for the restart – a rain bathe was coming in, and the groups may see that it will deliver heavy rain for a brief interval, however lengthy sufficient to require a tyre change.

Norris was eager to pre-empt the circumstances and cease for treaded intermediate tyres early, however was warned that they needed to be on the suitable tyres on the proper time.

When the rain got here on lap 44, with 13 to go, it introduced pandemonium.

Each McLaren drivers spun on the penultimate nook. Norris was capable of rejoin and dive into the pits for intermediate tyres, however Piastri was caught on the grass. There was a level of black comedy as he sat on the grass, his tyres spinning furiously, earlier than lastly managing to reverse again on to the observe.

Verstappen stayed out and took the lead for 2 laps, however because the rain intensified, he ultimately needed to admit defeat and cease.

This was when Ferrari made their fateful error, leaving Hamilton and Leclerc out, to imagine first and second locations, solely to instantly lose them as they scrabbled for grip for a lap and needed to pit anyway.

Liam Lawson then crashed his Crimson Bull, a disappointing finish to a tough first race for the senior workforce, and Gabriel Bortoleto blotted an in any other case robust begin to his profession for Sauber, and the security automotive was deployed once more.

When the race restarted with 5 laps to go, Norris initially made a 3rd consecutive wonderful restart and constructed a lead over Verstappen.

However when he ran slightly broad at Flip Six, he allowed Verstappen to shut inside a second and achieve using the DRS overtaking help, giving Norris a nervous closing couple of laps.

However he held on calmly as Russell adopted Verstappen over the road to take the ultimate podium place.

Lance Stroll made up for Alonso’s error to take sixth for Aston Martin, forward of Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Piastri and Hamilton.

Jack Doohan climbs out of his damaged Alpine after crashing on the opening lap of the Australian Grand Prix

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