F1 Australian Grand Prix LIVE RESULTS: Norris wins chaotic opening race as Hamilton suffers Ferrari disaster – latest
Safety car ending
We’re about to get back underway with the safety car coming in.
Norris leads from Verstappen and Russell, with Tsunoda in P4 and Antonelli in P5.
Hamilton is now back in P9 after Ferrari’s strategy disasterclass.
Ferrari disaster
The gamble for Ferrari did not work out as Hamilton and Leclerc come in for a pit stop and drop down the order to ninth and 10th respectively.
Oscar Piastri is in a whopping 13th place, as Norris leads from Max Verstappen and the Mercedes of George Russell.
Kimi Antonelli has done well on his debut for Mercedes and is now up to fifth.
Ferrari blow it
Lando Norris is now leading as Max Verstappen came in to change to inters.
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc stayed out but Verstappen reemerged from the ptis and then the Ferraris had to pit and lost the positions they gained.
Safety car and another crash!
Lap 47 – Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto are both out of the Australian Grand Prix meaning SIX drivers are out of the race.
LEWIS HAMILTON LEADS THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
Lap 47- It’s chucking it down but Lewis Hamilton has stayed out and leads while Verstappen pitted.
Ferrari are rolling the dice big time!
More on the Piastri chaos…
Lap 44 – Lando Norris and Oscar Pisatri both ran wide at the third to last corner. Pisatri went off at the penultimate turn and fell into last place.
Norris pitted onto the intermediates after going off with Max Verstappen leading. The script has been flipped.
