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Lando Norris claimed a dramatic victory in the opening race of this year’s Formula One season in Australia on Sunday.
The British driver managed to stop the challenging conditions and the four -time champion Max Versestapin in the podium with a maximum of 25 points to stop the risk of starting their season.
Nuris started the race in the pole after dominating McLaren over Saturday’s qualifying.
But even after McLaran’s unpleasant qualifying form, Norris was cautious of the risk of Verstepen in the third on the grid – and he was fine.
Protective cars have a lot of effect and – in the last stage – rain, vertepen never allowed Nuris to rest the big superiority and brought it to a bitter end.
When the checker flag was eventually hoisted, Virtan was just 0.895 seconds from Norris, which acknowledged that he had to check his mirror a few more times.
“It was amazing,” the 25 -year -old told the broadcast after his victory. “A hard race, especially with me, was pushing. It was, especially the last two laps, a little pressure, I would not lie, but was the amazing way to start the year.
Nuris acknowledged that it was not a great race, but he did a lot of work in terms of winning with his team.
He added, “We have gone wrong last year, so I think we learned from our mistakes.”
George Russell of Mercedes, his teenage teammate, Kimi Antonily, completed the third -ranked podium with a racing to reach the fourth. Antoni was actually a time fine which was later reversed.
In addition to the race, it was a poor day for Lewis Hamilton as it started a disappointing start for Ferrari in the tenth.
After spending a successful 12 years with Mercedes, the 40 -year -old joined Ferrari before the 2025 season.
However, if he increases the world championship of seven drivers since 2007, and Ferrari’s first film, he is hoping for a wider improvement.
An honest hamilton Told After Sky Sports, he described the season as a “very difficult” first race.
“Today, the car was really difficult to drive. For me, I’m just grateful that I kept it off the wall because he really wanted to go mostly.
Hamilton and Ferrari will be hoping for an immediate change before next week’s race.
The F -One season turns to China at the second weekend of the racing after a short turn. The race will take place on March 23 at 2pm.
