Oscar Piastri started from pole position in his first grand prix since his heartbreak at Albert Park and drove a near-faultless race en route to victory.
A week after failing to snap Australia’s hoodoo of no local driver finishing on the Albert Park podium,Oscar Piastri was utterly dominant in victory in Shanghai.
The Australian superstar will start Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix from pole – the first time he’s ever started an F1 grand prix from the head of the grid.
The first race of the new season delivered on the significant pre-season hype. Lando Norris emerged victorious in the rain to take victory in a crash-strewn Australian Grand Prix.
Former Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has died aged 76,a family statement to the PA news agency says.
McLaren’s Lando Norris won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix,with the Brit just managing to stay ahead of Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in Sunday’s race.
The Age photographer Joe Armao captures all the action and excitement of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia in Melbourne.
The bayside Melbourne product set a blistering 1:15.180 but was pipped at the death of qualifying by his own teammate.
In front of a record Saturday crowd at Albert Park of 136,347 fans,McLaren’s front-row lockout was even more imposing than it was predictable.
The Age photographer Eddie Jim captures fans before final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit today in Melbourne