Chris Medland

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Max Verstappen has confirmed he’ll race in the 24h Nurburgring from 14-17 May this year #F1

Star of the weekend might have to be Lindblad though. Great debut, lots of pace throughout, punchy racecraft and a P8 to show for it all #F1 #AusGP

Not pitting at least one car under the VSC periods definitely cost Ferrari the chance to keep that fight going, after a brilliant opening to the race.

Kudos to Audi for its PU scoring points on debut, and Perez seeing the flag three laps down for Cadillac #F1 #AusGP

George Russell wins the Australian Grand Prix!

Kimi Antonelli makes it a Mercedes one-two, and Charles Leclerc holds off Lewis Hamilton by 0.6s for third

Norris, Verstappen, Bearman, Lindblad, Bortoleto and Gasly round out the top ten #F1 #AusGP

Hamilton now 1.4s behind Leclerc for the final podium spot... #F1 #AusGP

Just with reliability on the new cars, you can't quite call it done yet, but Russell leads by 4.5s with two laps to go #F1 #AusGP

Stroll's back out on track too - more data for Aston Martin #F1 #AusGP

Hamilton's closing in on Leclerc for P3, now 3.1s behind his team-mate. The gap to the Mercedes pair just isn't really coming down and those pit calls look increasingly costly #F1 #AusGP

Inside the final 15 laps and the gaps between the top four remain largely the same. It's all about whether the Mercedes tyres hold on the later into the race we go #F1 #AusGP

Verstappen makes his second stop for a set of hards. He's now three seconds behind Norris for P5, and they're half a minute adrift of the top four #F1 #AusGP

Bortoleto was the only driver who made a stop fully under the recent VSC, and he's just cleared Gasly for P9 #F1 #AusGP

Bearman gets Lindblad too after being pushed hard towards the inside on the run to Turn 1 - it continues for a few corners as well, something we've seen a lot of today #F1 #AusGP

Norris passes Lindblad for P6, he's 17.5s behind Verstappen now #F1 #AusGP

Stroll's showing as retired too, after 33 laps #F1 #AusGP

Aston Martin retires Alonso's car "to conserve components" #F1 #AusGP

Order on Lap 37:

Russell
Antonelli
Leclerc
Hamilton
Verstappen
Lindblad
Bearman
Norris
Gasly
Ocon

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Antonelli told Mercedes he thought a one-stop attempt would be "brave". Norris had a few more laps on his hard tyres but didn't consider it #F1 #AusGP

Perez's barge board flies off and we get a brief VSC, now cleared as the second round of pit stops start #F1 #AusGP

Leclerc 7.6s behind Antonelli and 15.2s off the lead, Hamilton 6s back from Leclerc #F1 #AusGP

Russell now in the lead and says he now thinks the one-stop is viable. Mercedes has track position - running one-two but with 16 laps on their hard tyres, and we're only halfway through the 58 laps #F1 #AusGP

Russell passes Hamilton into Turn 9, making sure he got to the inside line. Hamilton pits at the end of the lap #F1 #AusGP

Hamilton stays out for another two laps at least. He wants the tyre offset at the end, but also could slow Russell by fighting him - helping Leclerc too #F1 #AusGP

Hamilton leads the race but might be about to pit as Russell closes in #F1 #AusGP

No further action on Perez and Lawson #F1 #AusGP

Leclerc into the pits for a set of hard tyres to get to the end #F1 #AusGP

Alonso rejoins the race! Aston Martin needs the data, he's 11 laps down #F1 #AusGP

Under investigation. As is a Turn 3 incident between Ocon and Gasly #F1 #AusGP

Perez and Lawson had a punchy battle over P15 a little while ago - Perez noted for forcing another driver off-track.

Contact as Lawson made his way through at Turn 11, too. No love lost there! #F1 #AusGP

Verstappen clears Lindblad at Turn 9 and is up to P6, five seconds behind Norris and on mediums compared to hards for the McLaren and Mercedes pair #F1 #AusGP