{"id":7673,"date":"2023-04-03T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/formula-1-max-verstappen-wins-delayed-australian-gp-after-three-red-flags\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:26:43","slug":"formula-1-max-verstappen-wins-delayed-australian-gp-after-three-red-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/formula-1-max-verstappen-wins-delayed-australian-gp-after-three-red-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1: Max Verstappen wins delayed Australian GP after three red flags"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The race ended under the safety car following a third red flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Max Verstappen won a chaotic and controversial Australian Grand Prix that finished under a safety car after a crash-affected restart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Red Bull driver led Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso home to set the podium.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That was despite Alonso being tagged into a spin at a restart with two laps to go and dropping to the back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under FIA regulations, the finishing positions were taken from the last restart, with the cars then having to complete a final lap behind the safety car.<\/span><\/p>\n

To add to the controversy, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was given a five-second penalty for causing the decisive crash at the first corner by tagging Alonso’s car, dropping him from fourth to 12th and out of the points.<\/span><\/p>\n

An emotional Sainz described that decision as “unacceptable”, adding: “They need to wait until after the race and discuss with me. Clearly the penalty is not deserved. It is too severe.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Alpine drivers Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon were the other big losers from the official decisions – they took the penultimate restart fifth and 10th but crashed into each other and retired at the second corner.<\/span><\/p>\n

The unprecedented events will lead to controversy that F1 is putting showbusiness before sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a direct line from the final laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2021 – when officials made errors that changed the course of the world championship fight between Verstappen and Hamilton – to these events, as the final two red flags were thrown to try to ensure the grand prix would finish under racing conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically, that desire led to the final, bizarre and confusing climax, and a race that instead ended under a safety car.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first-corner crash led the FIA to make a decision that a lap had taken place but that most of the events during it had had no effect, other than the crash between the Alpines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Verstappen’s win, coupled with a fifth place for his team-mate Sergio Perez after the Mexican started from the back, extended the Dutchman’s championship lead to 15 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

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