Sainz brings home Ferrari 1-2 at Australian Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc to a Ferrari one-two in the Australian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen’s domination of Formula 1 stalled. The Red Bull driver was forced out of the race with a brake issue while McLaren’s Lando rounded out the podium ahead of his teammate and home favourite Oscar Piastri. Sergio Perez finished fifth while Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was demoted from sixth to eight for a late incident.

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Verstappen secures pole position for Australian Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fought off a challenge from Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz to take pole position for the Australian Grand Prix. Sainz was quickest in the first two parts of qualifying but the world champion bounced back in the top 10 shootout to take pole by 0.27 seconds. McLaren’s Lando Norris will start third ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after a grid penalty for Red Bull’s Sergio Perez for impeding.

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Albon to take Sargeant’s car as crash leaves Williams with one chassis

Logan Sargeant will miss the Australian Grand Prix after Williams gave his team-mate Alex Albon their sole remaining car for the rest of the weekend following the Thai driver’s crash in practice. Albon caused irreparable damage to his car in a huge shunt during first practice on Friday, after which it emerged that Williams do not have a spare chassis with them in Melbourne.

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Laurent Mekies to replace Franz Tost as AlphaTauri Team Principal

Franz Tost will be replaced at the end of this season as team principal of Red Bull’s Alpha Tauri team by Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies. Peter Bayer, previously F1 executive director and secretary general for motorsport at the FIA, will become the team’s chief executive.

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F1 announces changes to F1 Sprint format

Formula 1 is to introduce a new format for ‘sprint’ races, starting at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The ‘sprint’ – a shorter race held on Saturday – has been made independent of the grand prix and will have its own qualifying session, known as the ‘sprint shootout’.

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