Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, team mate Charles Leclerc takes second place. Three time champion Max Verstappen retires early from tyre fire, George Russell crashes out too.
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00:00 This is Max Verstappen, championship leader, going very very slowly and he could well be out of the race here.
00:06 And his suspension?
00:07 Err...
00:09 Err... I...
00:09 Err... I...
00:10 Blue smoke.
00:11 On fire.
00:12 Fire.
00:13 The right rear's on fire.
00:14 The right rear brake is on fire.
00:16 It's completely melted the tyre.
00:18 They're not gonna fix this.
00:19 It's made an absolute mess of the right rear corner.
00:22 The right rear is on fire.
00:24 And, er, yeah, whatever, it's the end of Max Verstappen's Australian Grand Prix.
00:28 Nearly close up behind the Aston.
00:31 Lost downforce and then the wheels tipped the car on its side.
00:36 So it was actually the wheels kept on by the tethers as they should.
00:40 Russell then had to get on the brakes.
00:43 He had oversteer.
00:44 Put him wide.
00:46 But as I say, the tethers keep the wheels in place.
00:48 But at that point, it's the wheels that actually turned the car over.
00:53 Tell Charles to come close to me and we celebrate this one together.
00:58 It's been Red Bull One and Two in the opening two rounds this season.
01:02 It's a standing ovation for Ferrari in Albert Park.
01:05 It's a Ferrari one-two in Australia.
01:09 It's victory for Carlos Sainz.
01:11 What a performance for Carlos Sainz here.
01:16 And I think around the world, everyone should stand up.