Verstappen’s win came on a disappointing day for Oscar Piastri’s McLaren team,as Lando Norris received a five-second penalty for “unsportsmanlike behaviour” and neither driver finished in the points.
McLaren’s downward spiral has continued at the Spanish Grand Prix with a race-ruining early accident for Lando Norris and another afternoon scrabbling in the bottom half of the field for Oscar Piastri.
Max Verstappen has led a soggy Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish to stretch his Formula 1 lead to 39 points and earn Red Bull a sixth win in as many races.
Max Verstappen used an easy drive to keep Red Bull undefeated on the season,as the reigning two-time Formula 1 champion drove from ninth to victory at the Miami Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen swore angrily at Mercedes rival George Russell after a first lap clash in Saturday’s Baku sprint race ripped a hole in the Formula 1 champion’s Red Bull.
A cooling track,a setting sun and a late race re-start that turned the grand prix into a sprint all contributed to an unusually high number of drivers being forced to retire at Albert Park.
It was a Formula 1 race with as many twists and turns as the Albert Park track on which it was run. Let’s take a look at the key moments of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.
Whatever Oscar Piastri achieves in Formula 1,it is safe to say he will never experience anything like his first home grand prix.
Max Verstappen overcame the chaos to win the Australian Grand Prix - his first victory in Melbourne - while hometown driver Oscar Piastri scored his first points in Formula 1,finishing eighth.
It’s not just home-grown stars Daniel Ricciardo and Mark Webber who have a gaping hole in their F1 CVs. The world’s best driver is yet to win the Australian Grand Prix,too,and also has to juggle simmering tensions with his Red Bull teammate.
Favourite Max Verstappen clocked a track record,but Mercedes are optimistic they can gang tackle Red Bull at the top of the grid. Local hope Oscar Piastri had the heartbreak of narrowly missing progress to the second round of qualifying.