The British pilot of the McLaren Lando Norris team won the Australian Grand Prix, which opens the World Cup in the Formula 1 championship in class 1.
The first stage of the season, held on the 5.2-kilometer highway Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, consisted of 57 circles.
Norris started from a pole position in a race, in which great excitement reigned from beginning to end.
He graduated from a race marked by changeable weather conditions, accidents, pilots from the race, security cars and command strategies with a result of 1 hour 42 minutes 06.304 seconds, won the 5th victory in his career.
The champion of the last four seasons, Dutchman Max Verstappen from the Red Bull team took second place, lagging behind the leader by 0.895 seconds. British George Russell from Mercedes became the third, losing to the leader 8.481 seconds.
Briton Lewis Hamilton, whose shoulders are 7 world championships, took 10th place in his first race for Ferrari.
The second race of the season, the Grand Prix of China, will take place on March 23.
After the Australian Grand Prix, the five best pilots and commands in the classification are as follows:
pilots
1. Lando Norris (UK) – 25 points
2. Max Ferstappen (Netherlands) -18
3. George Russell (Great Britain) – 15
4. Alexander Albon (Thailand) – 12
5. Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italy) – 10
Teams
1. McLaren – 27
2. Mercedes – 25
3. Red Bull -18
4. Williams -12
5. Aston Martin – 8