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Charles Leclerc topped Friday practice for Ferrari at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live radio coverage of every practice, qualifying and race for the 2022 F1 season will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra or via the BBC Sport website. Coverage of Australian GP qualifying will start at 6:55am BST on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra and the BBC Sounds app. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, every F1 practice, qualifying and race is broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, with Australian GP qualifying coverage starting at 6am BST.

Lewis Hamilton's seven title-winning Formula 1 cars are set to be displayed together for the first time at this year's Silverstone Classic.

In addition to the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association and Masters Historic Formula One contests, tin-tops and GTs will be represented in the Masters Endurance Legends, Royal Automobile Club Historic Tourist Trophy and Adrian Flux Trophy for Transatlantic Pre '66 Touring Cars grids. The anniversaries of the launch of the MGB, Austin 7, Ford Cortina and AC Cobra are all also set to be commemorated at the event. The McLaren MP4-23 that powered Hamilton to his first title in 2008 will be in attendance, alongside the six Mercedes cars that have carried him to championship crowns between 2014 and 2020.

Russell finished 11th in FP2, with Hamilton down in 13th as Leclerc set the pace for Ferrari at Albert Park.

“They’re quick again, but on the long run everything was quite stable and nice so I’m happy about that, so we definitely made some good improvements today. It is easy to get things wrong.” We need to try to get on top of things and understand why.” It’s probably the most severe I’ve experienced, but it’s just something we have to deal with for the time being. - Kevin Magnussen (Haas) +2.213 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +1.543 - George Russell (Mercedes) +1.234 - Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) +1.225 - Lando Norris (McLaren) +1.164 - Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.398 - Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:18.978 “It was a difficult session.

Lewis Hamilton is nonplussed after the reiteration of Formula One's ban on jewellery - amid his continued struggles continued in practice for the Australian ...

There is just not a lot we can do. Hamilton, who has nose and ear piercings, shrugged off the clampdown. “It is frustrating because you are trying to push and trying to catch and even when you do a decent lap, I am 1.2 seconds down.”

Ferrari are hoping to hold off Red Bull's power advantage to maintain their hefty lead atop the Formula One Constructors' Championship.

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Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has refuted suggestions that his winning form in 2022 reflects a transition to a “2.0” version of himself.

How much everyone has of margin, it's difficult to know. It's great to be back here. “It's still very clear to me where I need to work on this car to get better and better,” he said. “Obviously seeing the last few years that have been very difficult, and now to be back at the top, gives a lot of motivation to the whole team, to me and yeah, it's good to be here.” And also fighting in between seventh and fourth position, whenever you are doing very good performance, nobody's noticing it, which makes it quite tricky. “I never particularly struggled with pressure, I have a mindset that is just focusing on myself, on the job I have to do in the car, and not thinking too much about results and all that is around.

Lewis Hamilton says nothing that Mercedes does to try to improve its Formula 1 car is working in helping it deliver progress it needs to make.

So we need to try and get on top of things and understand why." "We need to keep digging into the data and understand it. "It's just nothing we change on the car makes a difference at the moment," explained Hamilton after Friday running.

Follow for the latest news and updates ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix as practice gets underway in Melbourne.

“It is just nothing you change on the car makes a difference at the moment so that is the difficult thing. “Turn 11, it is much different, much more square and a bit more bumpy on the apex. Additionally, there was a problem with his radio volume, which was also noted by the Stewards in their review, that prevented him from hearing calls from his team about ZHO’s approach. “It could be like a MotoGP race where you could be changing two or three times a lap. “So more to come from that tyre but otherwise, I felt like I was getting on the limit. So, the distances of these DRS zones are going to be quite interesting to see. “I think we found a good set in the afternoon. “Obviously there is financial interest in new places that we are going to and F1 is a business. “It stopped our running, which was painful and unfortunately cost us the whole session in the afternoon, which is not ideal. It has left Mercedes and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton with significant work to do, as the team struggle to overcome the difficulties they’ve been having with the aerodynamics of their W13 car. I haven’t been in the car for a while, plus the track is different. The 19-turn 3.385km Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR became the second longest track in Formula E history after a series of changes for Season 7, with only Beijing longer.

Formula 1 drivers have praised changes at Albert Park making the track faster and more fun, but they remain sceptical about them helping produce more ...

But I think it will be to some degree better. "I think we'll get a fun one on Sunday, but I'm cautious to oversell it because I honestly don't know what the facts will be. I think it will be better. It is easy to make mistakes and I think with this car generally compared to last year's, it is a bit easier to make mistakes. To be fair, I don't think there were many overtakes in the past here. I think the track grip is quite nice, the bumps definitely improved.

The FIA is planning a clampdown on the underwear that Formula 1 drivers use on safety grounds following talks in Australia.

“There were a few people with some concerns for various reasons that we shan’t go into on TV,” Piastri added. Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, he reminded drivers in the event notes that wearing jewellery in the car was not permitted due to concerns about safety and extrication from cars. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said that he heard it was an “entertaining drivers’ briefing yesterday”.

Minute-by-minute updates on Saturday practice for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

All changes have been made in the hope of increasing overtaking opportunities and creating more exciting races. Final practice for the Australian GP gets underway at 4am BST (1pm local time), followed by qualifying at 7am BST (4pm local time). Over two years on from the cancelled Australian GP due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, F1 returns to a revamped Albert Park.

The FIA has removed one of the four DRS zones from the Albert Park layout for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, with the move made on safety grounds.

“DRS detection 1 will be moved to before Turn 9, DRS activation 1 will be after Turn 10, DRS detection 2 will remain unchanged, with the following activation zones will be renumbered accordingly.” The remaining two DRS zones and their activation points remain unchanged – with the drivers able to activate the system as they head down the main straight and on the track’s second straight that leads to the tight right of Turn 3. The DRS zone that follows the fast Turns 9 and 10 complex remains unchanged, with the activation point for that run moved to just before Turn 9.

Formula 1 could hold a second race in Singapore should plans for Qatar to replace the cancelled Russian Grand Prix in September fall through, Autosport has ...

The 2021 race started at 5pm local time, 15 minutes after sunset. Another option could be to return to Bahrain to user the outer loop layout of the Bahrain International Circuit, which staged the Sakhir Grand Prix at the end of 2020. A similar approach was taken for the pair of races in Bahrain at the end of 2020, when the Sakhir Grand Prix started a few hours later than the Bahrain Grand Prix one week earlier.

It's time for the third and final free practice session ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Teams and drivers get one last chance to gather data and ...

The first corner and the third corner are wider to allow for different lines. However, there are only two detection points, so the chaser is at a great advantage if he manages to get past in zone one already. Mercedes hopes to make a new step towards the top teams, Aston Martin wants to get rid of the scoreless status as soon as possible, McLaren hopes to live up to the expectations in Australia even more and Haas hopes to maintain the current performance. However, Leclerc has to watch out for the competition. The Ferrari driver is at the top of the world championship after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs, so he will be doing everything he can in Australia to hold on to that position. It's time for the third and final free practice session ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Teams and drivers get one last chance to gather data and make tweaks before qualifying later today.

With the Scuderia on top again on Friday, Lando Norris was top for McLaren in FP3 after a truncated session saw both the returning Sebastian Vettel and Lance ...

A bad start to the season just gets worse for the Silverstone-based team. Now a heavy crash in FP3 that leaves the engineers with a frantic race to get his car ready for qualifying. but will they be ready for qualifying? The session was red-flagged twice after a nightmare for Aston Martin, who had already seen Sebastian Vettel - back behind the wheel this weekend after missing both of the opening races of the season due to Covid-19 - career across the gravel and smash into the wall after a high-speed off at turn 10. Not only did he miss the first two races of the season due to Covid, with reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg stepping up for Aston Martin, but he also had engine trouble after only 18 laps in FP1 and was then fined €5,000 for taking a scooter onto the Albert Park circuit. With the Scuderia on top again on Friday, Lando Norris was top for McLaren in FP3 after a truncated session saw both the returning Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll crash for Aston Martin.

Results from the third and final practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2022 Formula 1 world championship.

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Charles Leclerc leads the drivers' standings after two races, with victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix followed by a second-place finish behind ...

He was just immune to any feedback and even today he has not properly reflected that he did something wrong. “With 15 minutes to go I was in the garage thinking ‘we’re not going to win this’,” he remembers. “You’re almost in neutral, you’re thinking this is an early night, that’s the way it goes. It was the best weekend McLaren have had so far this season with Ricciardo picking up his first points of the campaign and Norris grabbing his highest finish. Toto Wolff’s team have been behind the pace all season and haven’t won a race yet. The former Red Bull driver managed to rise 10 places to give his team a point, moving them off the bottom of the constructors table. It’s going to take a number of races.” “I will be chasing the people in the wind tunnel, the aerodynamic guys, and just looking at every single area,” he said. Lewis does it every day, but you are guy who always seems to know better’. This means there will only be one hour of practice on the Friday followed by qualifying. Their situation is still not quite as bleak as the one at Mercedes, though, who appear hardly any closer to finding a solution to their lack of pace. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was left bitterly disappointed after being forced to retire during the Australian Grand Prix when his car suffered further issues with its fueling system.

Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen to pole position in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, which was heavily disrupted by red flags ...

As he returned to the pits at the end of Q1, Albon, who will drop three places on the Melbourne grid as a result of his crash with Stroll in the Jeddah race, was ordered to pull over and stop his car ahead of the penultimate corner when Williams detected a problem. On that, only Gasly and Vettel were able to set personal bests, which meant Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen – one of the most active on the final warm-up lap as he passed the Williams and Ricciardo to head the pack – missing the cut in 16th and 17th behind Schumacher, who out-qualified Magnussen for the first occasion in their time as Haas team-mates. As Latifi was passing by, Stroll turned right – possibly to get out of Zhou’s way as is the requirement for drivers not on a flying lap – and the pair made contact, breaking the Aston’s right-front suspension and sending Latifi spearing into the wall and smashing all the corners on his Williams. Sainz was unfortunate to not complete his first Q3 flying lap just as the red flags were brought out for Alonso’s crash and he could not match his team-mate’s pace in the final minutes. But Leclerc responded with purple sectors in the first and final thirds – Alonso retaining the best time in the middle sector – to post a 1m17.868s and secure his second pole of 2022 by 0.286s. Alonso had just set a then best time in the middle sector when he lost the rear of his Alpine going through Turn 11, the Spaniard saying after he crashed having been sent into the gravel and then into the wall on the outside, that he had “lost the hydraulics” and “could not change gear”.

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel has labelled his €5000 fine for riding a scooter on the Albert Park circuit on Friday a 'joke'.

We are not strong enough for that right now, but still it was a great team effort." I think we are still not aware what happened to the $50,000 that Max or Lewis or one of them had to pay for touching a rear wing." "Today is really a day for the team.

Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for the Australian Grand Prix with an exceptional lap for Ferrari in Melbourne to beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen into ...

Various corners have been reprofiled while the chicane at what was turns nine and 10 has been removed, allowing a long run along the lake to the challenging fast chicane at the back of the circuit. It ends a remarkable streak for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at Albert Park. Hamilton has taken a record eight poles here including the last six in a row. Stroll however set no time and was in 19th with Sebastian Vettel in 18th. On his first hot runs in Q3 Leclerc, who has looked in fine form all weekend, set the pace with a 1minute 18.239sec time but it was only one-tenth up on Pérez, who had been very competitive throughout qualifying. Overtaking has traditionally been very tricky at Albert Park but there is optimism that changes to the circuit this year should make for a more competitive race. Yet Leclerc had even more, his final lap was immense, clocking 1m 17.868sec to leave his rivals reeling, a full three-10ths up on Verstappen.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took the first Australian Grand Prix pole position since 2019 with a blistering performance at Albert Park – with Max Verstappen ...

Mercedes opted for two flying efforts, Russell going half a tenth ahead of Hamilton on his first one – with the seven-time champion having made a mistake in Sector 3. That left Alonso 10th – a purple second sector hinting agonisingly at what could have been for the two-time champion. However, there was plenty of time – more than six minutes – for the order to change. Perez, awaiting news of a possible penalty, was 0.372s off pole in a provisional P3. It feels great, and very happy to be on pole tomorrow," said pole-sitter Charles Leclerc. The order however will change as Albon carries a three-place grid penalty for his collision with Stroll in Saudi Arabia. That left the Ferraris third and fourth, Charles Leclerc three-tenths off the pace and Carlos Sainz another tenth away – with Fernando Alonso fifth for Alpine. Alonso’s brilliant run came to a painful end when his Alpine swapped ends at Turn 11, bringing out a red flag with seven minutes remaining. Before Alonso’s unfortunate crash, Leclerc had set the fastest time of 1m 18. They took a provisional 19th and 20th while stewards deliberate. Vettel, having crashed out of FP3, emerged after the red flag thanks to a herculean response from his crew, and managed to jump to P18 with Latifi 19th and Stroll last – piling more pressure on Aston Martin after his FP3 crash – on the provisional grid. Verstappen topped Q1 and Red Bull team mate Perez led Q2 – the Mexican driver under investigation for not slowing for a caution in Q1 – but Ferrari regrouped and it was Leclerc who aced the top 10 shootout with a time of 1m 17.868s to keep Verstappen 0.286s at bay in P2.

Full Q1, Q2 and Q3 results from qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2022 Formula 1 world championship.

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had 'zero idea where the limit of the track was' due to the setting sun late in the disrupted Melbourne Formula 1 qualifying, ...

Didn't get it right [with] the visor." "So, it's just a compromise that we have to find. "So then we went for a darker visor.

Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen to pole position in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, which was heavily disrupted by red flags ...

As he returned to the pits at the end of Q1, Albon, who will drop three places on the Melbourne grid as a result of his crash with Stroll in the Jeddah race, was ordered to pull over and stop his car ahead of the penultimate corner when Williams detected a problem. On that, only Gasly and Vettel were able to set personal bests, which meant Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen – one of the most active on the final warm-up lap as he passed the Williams and Ricciardo to head the pack – missing the cut in 16th and 17th behind Schumacher, who out-qualified Magnussen for the first occasion in their time as Haas teammates. As Latifi was passing by, Stroll turned right – possibly to get out of Zhou's way as is the requirement for drivers not on a flying lap – and the pair made contact, breaking the Aston's right-front suspension and sending Latifi spearing into the wall and smashing all the corners on his Williams. Sainz was unfortunate to not complete his first Q3 flying lap just as the red flags were brought out for Alonso's crash and he could not match his teammate's pace in the final minutes. But Leclerc responded with purple sectors in the first and final thirds – Alonso retaining the best time in the middle sector – to post a 1m17.868s and secure his second pole of 2022 by 0.286s. Alonso had just set a then best time in the middle sector when he lost the rear of his Alpine going through Turn 11, the Spaniard saying after he crashed having been sent into the gravel and then into the wall on the outside, that he had "lost the hydraulics" and "could not change gear".

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, the third round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.

On the first runs, Verstappen lapped in 1m18.399s before Perez circulated 0.001s faster. Time Time Time Time Cla

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Current weather forecasts predict hot, dry and sunny conditions at Albert Park, with a very low chance of rain during the race. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez claimed third place, while the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr endured a tough Q3 session and will start down in ninth. It capped a terrible day for Aston Martin as both Stroll and Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in final practice.

There was drama aplenty in Melbourne as Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll were involved in a controversial collision after Fernando Alonso had already ...

“It is so frustrating. “I don’t know if we could fight for pole but for sure top three. And then yesterday was a difficult day. He wasn’t looking in his mirrors. Fellow Canadian Latifi said: “I don’t understand what he was doing. Aston Martin driver Stroll screamed: “F___ Latifi, man.

Australian GP polesitter Charles Leclerc has been summoned by the FIA Formula 1 stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly on an in-lap during qualifying.

You will be informed of the maximum time after the first day of practice.” The notes say: “In order to ensure that cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in laps during and after the end of qualifying or during reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the Safety Car lines shown on the pit lane map. The article concerned notes that “at no time may a car be driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers or any other person”.

Melbourne plays host to the third race of the 2022 Formula One season on Sunday morning.

How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix F1 have dropped four DRS zones around the circuit to ensure that overtaking levels can match the entertaining start to the new campaign, with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc fighting for wins - and Lewis Hamilton off the pace. How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix: TV channel and live stream for third race of 2022 season

Lewis Hamilton says his top five slot on the grid for Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix has come despite Mercedes making no progress with its car.

“I don't have the confidence to attack with the bouncing. And we can't get rid of it at the moment.” But at the moment we don't.”

Lewis Hamilton has told Formula One bosses he is ready to defy a ban on jewellery. F1's new race director Niels Wittich has prioritised the clampdown ahead ...

The record-breaking Briton has faced a trying start to the new season in his under-performing Mercedes machinery, and he is braced for further pain here at Melbourne’s Albert Park. While the prohibition of jewellery has been in place since 2004, Wittich – the German who replaced Michael Masi – brought the rule to the fore in his pre-race notes before addressing the subject directly with Hamilton and his peers in Friday night’s drivers’ briefing. The FIA clause states that ‘the wearing of jewellery in the form of body piercing or metal neck chains is prohibited during the competition and may therefore be checked before the start.’

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"So is curing the bouncing the miraculous unlocking of a second within the car? "My time horizon is not a race weekend or a year, it's more like 10 years. But there are many other little improvements that we can make on weight and a few others where we can optimise. When you look at the overlay, sector one, we are very competitive. And that's something that we need to continue to analyse and look at the data. So we are still learning."

Ferrari's Australian GP polesitter Charles Leclerc has been cleared by the FIA Formula 1 stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly on an in-lap during ...

Tsunoda has now collected three reprimands for impeding offences in 2022. "Part way through the lap, the decision was made to come in. As a result, the minimum time was breached.

Just 20 minutes before FP3 in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, Formula 1 teams learned that one of Albert Park's four DRS zones was to be removed.

While dialogue between race control and teams over safety issues is normal, the actual process of the team “vote” on DRS safety was seen by some observers as a little more unusual. I think it's just - if there was a chance of it, they would do it because they're very fast on the straights and it benefits the Alpines quite a bit because of that." “If you compare it to Saudi for instance, you pull just as much G in terms of cornering there, and that is just as much of a speed as you do here. Was it a co-incidence that the man calling for the DRS zone to be culled now had a more competitive package over one lap? The DRS zone in question was the one on a rebuilt part of the track, from Turn 8 to the kink at Turn 9. It wasn’t a vote as such, but in the end five teams expressed support for the idea that there was a safety issue, and five said that there wasn’t. “There was only one team who complained about it and it got removed this morning,” said Max Verstappen, referencing Alonso in the briefing rather than the later team replies. However, when asked about Alonso’s safety campaign the British driver said he would have been happy to see the DRS zone stay. It did not go unnoticed that bouncing has not been a big issue for the Enstone team of late. His message read: “For safety reasons, DRS Zones will be reduced to 3 for the remainder of the event. Taking away one of the zones would thus potentially cost them a lap time advantage that they’d enjoyed on Friday. For some teams, the removal of the fourth DRS zone made no immediate difference.

Pierre Gasly says the FIA can 'check my arse' in response to a clampdown on Formula 1 racers' fireproof underwear discussed at length in Friday's Australian ...

Obviously we wear the leggings, if you want to call it that, but we don't have actual underwear-underwear that's fireproof, so that was just more of a surprise, I'd never heard of it. I guess." "And then I don't really understand the small things they are picking up, like the underwear. "Also, nobody in the drivers' briefing was wearing masks. But we move on." If that makes them happy, feel free."

A car that 'is like a viper' once again struggled in Melbourne and may have already cost Hamilton any hope of an eighth F1 title.

Australia is race three of the season in what is looking like a straight fight between Ferrari and Red Bull with Leclerc and Verstappen at the sharp end. With two races down Hamilton is used to the experience but was illuminatingly descriptive of what this meant in the cockpit. “I’m optimistic that eventually we will get there, whether it is two races or five, or the season,” he said. “The problem is when you push that car a little bit more she is quite spiteful,” he said. This was a small victory then but its context is what really matters for the bigger picture of the season ahead. The race in Melbourne will likely mean a continuation of the fascinating fight between the frontrunners, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who took pole and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who was just behind him.

Pierre Gasly has cheekily told the FIA that if it's so desperate to check on Formula 1 drivers' underwear then it can inspect his private parts when it ...

And I guess it's going to be tailor-made of course!" "If someone says, 'don't drive with a ring', I'm not going to drive with a ring," he said. "I'm not too interested about these things," he said. Obviously we wear the leggings, if you want to call it that, but we don't have actual underwear-underwear that's fireproof, so that was just more of a surprise, I'd never heard of it. "And then I don't really understand the small things they are picking up, like the underwear. "Also, nobody in the drivers' briefing was wearing masks.

Charles Leclerc's Australian Grand Prix pole position could be at risk after he was summoned to see the stewards on Saturday evening.

"As a result, the minimum time was breached. "The required minimum lap time was breached without good or apparent reason. "Part way through the lap, the decision was made to come in.

Carlos Sainz says a problem with his Ferrari Formula 1 car's starter hampered his tyre warm-up procedure in Australian Grand Prix qualifying and left him ...

You can imagine the anger I have inside me right now. "I'm angry because we shouldn't have these problems with the starter," he said. I nearly crashed twice and you cannot put a lap together.

The FIA has clarified Formula 1's safety car restart rules to prevent drivers employing tactics including the side-by-side move Max Verstappen has used ...

“For sure this is a very driver specific preparation that we go through in every race and we start to understand what other drivers do at the restarts,” Sainz added. “We look at everyone – not only Max, let’s say. Autosport sources have indicated that the clampdown is also related to various manoeuvres drivers have been employing at safety car restarts as well as what Verstappen has been doing in the last three F1 races, but that his tactic is simply a high-profile example of what the FIA no longer wants to occur.

Lewis Hamilton is fifth on the grid for the Melbourne Grand Prix but former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has warned the Mercedes man he will be soon be ...

He added: “I shouldn’t say this - I guess it’s my bad - but what we’ve seen so far is a brilliant reminder of just how good Charles Leclerc is. “Will it be the middle of the year? You can see the profiles of the winning cars. He said: “I think there is cause for concern with Mercedes. They have pedigree and a track record for overcoming issues and producing fast cars. What I think they lose is the need. That told me he had a hunger and a focus.

Formula One returns to Melbourne after a three-year absence for the third round of the 2022 season today. Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole position ...

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We have things in the pipeline I think will help, but we need to put this behind us and move on. “We did’t have the pace to race Ferrari today, but it’s still frustrating not to bag those points. We have a good car so we are there, but today fundamentally we got a few things wrong and paid the price. t. We can’t accept DNFs, we need to understand the issue and get on top of it. If we want to keep that position we have to find more performance in the car. he doesn’t give up and was pushing until the end so I had to keep going to keep him behind. It’s going to take time but there’s so much potential in the car. I couldn’t fight for third because the engine as overheating so I had to sit behind and back off. We need to aprpoach each race track to do the best.” I can’t wait to be there but on the other hand we don’;t need to arrive there with the mindset of trying to do more. The reigning champion ‘smelt some weird fluid’ in his car and had to pull over. Red Bull suffered reliability issues as Max Verstappen was forced to retire for the second time in three races.

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“I think it was a bit of a photo finish. “It is by far our best result of the season, personally and a team result. There was a second safety car on Lap 22 when Sebastian Vettel completed a shocking weekend with a spin and crash into the wall at the exit of Turn 4. Earlier, after a slow start, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz lost control at Turn 9 on the second lap and becahed his car in the gravel, forcing the safety car to come out. I was told Lando was having some issues so the team said be sensible so I had to control myself a little bit but of course a 5th and a 6th is a fantastic result. “I knew there was a problem (before the race). It was always going to be a question finishing the race, but these sorts of things, if you want to fight for the title, cannot happen.”

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So, I hope it continues like this, and if it does, we probably have chances for the championship, which obviously makes me smile after the last two years that have been difficult for the team and, obviously, for myself, so it is great to be back in this position.” Not really, he wants to see if the same problem will affect him, and is assured it won’t. Of course, I did a good job where we can, but it was not possible without the car, and this we especially with the race pace, we were especially strong. Thanks for your company and comments – we’ll be back in a fortnight for the Emilia Romagna Grand prix at Imola, the first of two in Italy. Otherwise, enjoy what might just be the most ludicrous sporting day of the year – and don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. There are “things in the pipeline that’ll help,” he adds. A dominant win from Charles Leclerc, which confirms what we thought we knew: he might just go on and win this thing.

Minute-by-minute updates on race day for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

Alex Albon was disqualified from qualifying due to an insufficient fuel sample left in his Williams and will also start at the back. All changes have been made in the hope of increasing overtaking opportunities and creating more exciting races. Over two years on from the cancelled Australian GP due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, F1 returns to a revamped Albert Park.

F1 2022 season continues today with the world's best drivers heading to Albert Park for the first Australian Grand Prix since 2019. If you want to tune in ...

Sky Sports F1 has all the action live from Melbourne with subscribers able to tune in via channel 406 with pre-race coverage starting from 4.30am and the red lights going out at 6am. It's worth noting that those who are away on holiday and trying to watch outside of the UK won't be able to use Sky Go due to geo-location restrictions. Day passes, which let you add Sky Sports channels for 24 hours, start at £11.98 a day. F1 2022 season continues today with the world's best drivers heading to Albert Park for the first Australian Grand Prix since 2019. If you don't want to miss a single moment of the latest round in the 2022 F1 season then here's how you can tune in online... F1 is back with the best drivers in the world heading to Melbourne for the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. You'll have to set your alarm clocks for lights out as it's at 6am UK time, and if you want to watch all the action live you'll need access to Sky Sports. You can access Sky's Formula One channel via your Sky Q, Virgin Media TV 360 or BT TV box, or alternatively you can take advantage of a bargain NOW deal running at the moment and watch Sky Sports via the NOW app for your smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, games console or laptop.

Charles Leclerc now has a huge lead of just under 12s to Sergio Perez in second, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in third and fourth. Lando Norris and ...

We have things in the pipeline I think will help, but we need to put this behind us and move on. “We did’t have the pace to race Ferrari today, but it’s still frustrating not to bag those points. We have a good car so we are there, but today fundamentally we got a few things wrong and paid the price. t. We can’t accept DNFs, we need to understand the issue and get on top of it. If we want to keep that position we have to find more performance in the car. he doesn’t give up and was pushing until the end so I had to keep going to keep him behind. It’s going to take time but there’s so much potential in the car. I couldn’t fight for third because the engine as overheating so I had to sit behind and back off. We need to aprpoach each race track to do the best.” I can’t wait to be there but on the other hand we don’;t need to arrive there with the mindset of trying to do more. The reigning champion ‘smelt some weird fluid’ in his car and had to pull over. Red Bull suffered reliability issues as Max Verstappen was forced to retire for the second time in three races.

Charles Leclerc extended his lead at the top of the drivers' championship with victory in Melbourne but Max Verstappen was forced out for the second time in ...

Pérez in a clearly quicker Red Bull came back at Hamilton, retaking third with ease on the run to turn three on lap 10. The Briton’s pace had been strong on the final laps before the stops and he emerged in front of Pérez but the Mexican quickly struck to retake the place. Having claimed pole with a mighty lap he went on to prove to have the edge in race pace. The opening for Ferrari with two wins from three races is exactly what the Scuderia required and a statement of intent that cannot be ignored. The win has extended Leclerc’s lead at the top of the championship after three rounds with a planned 20 still to go. Mercedes made the most of his misfortune, with George Russell securing third place and Lewis Hamilton in fourth, as their car showing its best race pace thus far this season.

Charles Leclerc dominated Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix – seemingly with enough pace to comfortably beat Max Verstappen even before the Red Bull ...

Leclerc was easily able to maintain his advantage over Verstappen, despite his car porpoising badly on full tanks at the end of each straight. Perez was clear in second, with Russell third after he was able to stop during the Vettel safety car and get out just ahead of Fernando Alonso – yet to stop after starting on the hard tyres – Perez and Hamilton. Carlos Sainz Jr had started ninth on the hard tyres but got a very poor launch and tumbled down the pack. But the Ferrari was able to stay in front with a solid defence on the inside line, which he repeated on the following straight and so was able to maintain the lead despite the pressure. He continued to grow his lead with a series of fastest laps, metronomic in the 1m23.3s and his advantage reached nearly two seconds by the end of lap 11. The top two eased clear of Hamilton and Perez – the only drivers able to stay in the 1m23s bracket, with Leclerc gaining enough fractions in each sector of the two laps that followed the race resuming to be out of Verstappen’s DRS threat by the time the system was activated.

Leclerc completed an impressive lights-to-flag victory with Sergio Perez runner-up and Max Verstappen retiring.

Hamilton finished fourth and said in the closing laps: “You guys put me in a really difficult position.” Verstappen sensed an opportunity to move ahead of Leclerc, but the Ferrari driver rebuffed the world champion’s advances. Hamilton was set to launch another attack when the safety car was sent out for a second time. Sebastian Vettel, who crashed out of final practice and then qualified only 18th, was in the wars again. Hamilton stopped two laps later and emerged ahead of Perez for a net third. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday, as world champion Max Verstappen was forced to retire his Red Bull after ...

Perez overtook Russell for third at Turn 11 on Lap 37, which became second two laps later when Verstappen was told to stop his car due to a technical failure. He then spun and beached the car at Turn 10 on the second tour, bringing out the safety car. Verstappen was on course for second place when his car failed with 18 laps to go.

Leclerc has 71 points from 78 to start the season, with next best George Russell on 37. Max Verstappen – who retired from the race has 25 with Lewis Hamilton ...

A driver must complete the following to claim a Grand Slam in F1. But he also claimed a Grand Slam in the race, but what must an F1 driver do to claim this accolade? Charles Leclerc claimed a Grand Slam in F1’s Australian Grand Prix, but what did the Ferrari driver have to do to claim it?

Charles Leclerc dominated Formula 1's 2022 Australian Grand Prix, taking a comfortable victory after Max Verstappen retired from the race.

Perez was clear in second, with Russell third after he was able to stop during the Vettel safety car and get out just ahead of Fernando Alonso – yet to stop after starting on the hard tyres – Perez and Hamilton. Leclerc then set about re-establishing his lead – again moving clear of Verstappen seemingly with ease to reach a gap of 3.4s by the end of lap 31, the top duo reaching the 1m22s having spent the early laps after the safety car in the 1m23s and 1m24s respectively as they worked to maintain critical tyre life. But the Ferrari was able to stay in front with a solid defence on the inside line, which he repeated on the following straight and so was able to maintain the lead despite the pressure. But the tricky warm-up on the C4 rubber meant the Red Bull could close in on the sweeping run to Turn 9 and shoot ahead just before the quick left and just before the race was neutralised by the safety car's appearance for a second time. The top two eased clear of Hamilton and Perez – the only drivers able to stay in the 1m23s bracket, with Leclerc gaining enough fractions in each sector of the two laps that followed the race resuming to be out of Verstappen's DRS threat by the time the system was activated. The virtual safety car was briefly activated before the full safety car was called for, which stayed out until the restart at the start of lap seven where Leclerc was easily able to maintain his advantage over Verstappen despite his car porpoising badly on full tanks at the end of each straight.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc explained picking up old rubber before the final corner was behind the poor safety car restart that almost cost him the lead ...

And then we could pull a gap to have a bit more margin." "And then we're side by side with Max for the first corner, I managed to stay in the lead and then it got much better with the tyres. "I tried to prepare the last corner as much as possible, staying on the left, but I actually took quite a bit of old rubber and I just couldn't turn for the last corner, so I lost so much [grip]," Leclerc said.

Lewis Hamilton has explained the background behind his late-race radio message to Mercedes in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix that some had interpreted as ...

I think from my side, I let the team down in the last race and didn't get the points but to come away with this result is great." "It's an amazing result for us as a team," he explained. "Basically, I couldn't race for position because the car was overheating," he explained.

Christian Horner says the fuel system issue that caused Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen's retirement in Australia is “totally separate” to the ...

So I think there’s still a huge amount to go.” When you look at that, both the constructors’ and the drivers’ championship would be a lot different.” Verstappen said after the race it was “unacceptable” to be struggling so much with reliability and that he was “already miles behind” in the battle to defend his championship.

Charles Leclerc says he continues to be surprised by Ferrari's early season pace and called his big championship advantage "crazy" after a dominant victory ...

Paul Di Resta added: "He was in total control and he had an answer to everything. "Leclerc had it all covered," he said. "On the other hand, we don't need to arrive there with the mindset of trying to do more because we have been doing incredibly well since the beginning and we don't want to try and overdo that for a home race. "The mindset of myself and the team at the moment is exactly where it needs to be and it needs to stay there. "It is a good margin but we need to keep pushing and focusing on ourselves." "Now we need to keep pushing, the season is long but it is an extremely good start."