Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc has won the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in dominant fashion while the man who would be his nearest rival, Max Verstappen, failed to make the finish. Leclerc in fact achieved a grand slam at Albert Park, qualifying his Ferrari on pole position, leading all the way, and setting the fastest lap when he clocked a 1:20.260s on the 58th and final lap. Verstappen looked like finishing a relatively distant second until a technical problem for Car #1 with 20 laps remaining, and it was Red Bull Racing team-mate Sergio Perez who was ultimately the runner-up. Perez took the chequered flag 20.524s back from Leclerc, with Mercedes’ George Russell also on the podium...
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