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Team orders and a mistake: The calls that cost pragmatic Piastri a podium in Melbourne
McLaren ordered its drivers to swap positions on lap 28, and the Australian gave himself a slap on the wrist for a clumsy turn.
- by Matthew Clayton
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Told to give way, Oscar refuses to grouch as podium curse continues
Home-town boy Oscar Piastri was driving towards a podium finish – until his McLaren bosses ordered him to give way to teammate Lando Norris.
- by Chip Le Grand
As it happened Grand Prix Melbourne 2024: Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz triumphant amid high-drama
Join us for live coverage of the 2024 Formula 1 race from Melbourne’s inner-city Albert Park circuit. World champion Max Verstappen was hot favourite, but his race finished early.
- by Scott Spits and Roy Ward
2024 Australian Grand Prix in pictures
Photos from the 2024 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne by photographers Eddie Jim and Joe Armao.
Sainz recovers from emergency surgery to win Australian Grand Prix on red-letter day for Ferrari
Carlos Sainz won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix after champion rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton had to bow out in the early laps with car troubles.
- by Carla Jaeger
Russell survives scary crash
George Russell survives a scary crash in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Verstappen bows out in Melbourne
F1 champion Max Verstappen bows out in Melbourne because of mechanical failure.
Doohan 'ready' for F1 callup
Jack Doohan, son of Aussie 500cc motorcycle legend Mick Doohan, has declared he is ready to make the step into F1 if and when the time comes.
SVG penalised after last-lap battle
Shane van Gisbergen finished second on the road after a gripping last-lap battle in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Austin, before he was handed a 30-second post-race penalty for cutting two corners.
‘Like Succession’: Christian Horner and the battle for Red Bull
The Christian Horner saga has fascinated the globe, a clash of sport, celebrity, ego and corporate governance that has a very uncertain outcome.
- by Stephen Brook
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Australian Grand Prix
Verstappen takes pole for Albert Park, Piastri fifth and ‘painful’ spot for Ricciardo
Formula 1 maestro and last year’s Australian Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen will start on pole for this year’s Albert Park race. Australia’s Oscar Piastri qualified in fifth spot.
- by Matthew Clayton