Engine Racing-Leclerc Claims Thumping Win In Australia For Ferrari
Recipe One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - April 10, 2022 Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in real life during the race REUTERS/Loren Elliott
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc asserted his second win of the Formula One season with a pounding, post to-hail triumph at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull's title holder Max Verstappen endured "this feels familiar" with another retirement. 안전놀이터
Leclerc's vehicle was prevailing on the redesigned Albert Park circuit as the Monagesque fixed his fourth vocation win over 20 seconds in front of Red Bull's runnerup Sergio Perez.
Third-set George Russell snatched his subsequent platform and first for Mercedes in a reassuring day for the striving constructors' bosses.
"What a race and what pace," said an excited Leclerc in the group radio, having completed over 20 seconds in front of Perez in the 58-lap race.
"The vehicle was inconceivable today, great folks."
Victor of the time opener in Bahrain, 24-year-old Leclerc has now fabricated a noteworthy lead over Russell to arise as early number one for the drivers' title.
Ferrari's festivals were tempered via Carlos Sainz crashing out soon after the beginning, while four-times title holder Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin crashed his vehicle on his return subsequent to missing the initial races because of COVID-19.
Verstappen was second behind Leclerc when his RB18 vehicle experienced an unwavering quality issue and moved to a stop during his 39th lap with smoke surging.
"I smell some strange liquid," said the Dutchman prior to halting at turn two.
However he would have had little any expectation of pulling in Leclerc.
"I realized I was unable to battle Charles so there was no good reason for attempt and put squeeze on him," Verstappen told Sky.
"However, we didn't complete the race so it's really baffling and inadmissible."
It was a comparable result to the season-opener in Bahrain, where Verstappen resigned three laps from the end while on course briefly place finish.
Lewis Hamilton completed fourth for Mercedes in the wake of beginning fifth on the lattice, having been passed by Russell because of a security vehicle arrangement.
McLaren's Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo completed fifth and 6th individually as the group showed improvement after an unfortunate beginning to the season.
Sainz, who began 10th on the network after set-up inconveniences in qualifying, had a horrible beginning then, at that point, slid into grass prior to turning across the track, some way or another missing approaching vehicles prior to halting in rock at turn 10.
Vettel later secured on a kerb at transform four preceding shunting his Aston Martin into a divider and leaving a path of flotsam and jetsam across the track.
Vettel's accident saw the security vehicle conveyed once more, and Russell promoted by pitting prior to rejoining in third spot in front of Perez and Hamilton.
Leclerc's lead was cleared out by the security vehicle and almost taken out as Verstappen plunged after the restart however the Monagesque saw off the Dutchman and fabricated his lead to the completion.
Alex Albon began nineteenth on the matrix however completed tenth, snatching a primary point for Williams subsequent to dealing with his hard tires practically to the completion.
Coordinators said an expected 420,000 individuals rushed to Albert Park over the race week, making it the greatest participation for an end of the week game in Australia.