edited by Jody Scheckter at 7:15 pm, Mar 9
It is hard to believe that Max Verstappen still has firsts to achieve, but after a first pole and front row start in Saudi Arabia, he went on to win, which is the first time he's won the first two races of a season. Ho-hum! There was a thought that Red Bull would be beatable in 2024, but based on the evidence so far it hasn't looked that way, as Sergio Perez has demonstrated that both sides of the garage are pulling their weight this year. Then again, last year also started with two One-Two Red Bull finishes. Third place went to Charles Leclerc, but the driver of the day was stand-in rookie Oliver Bearman, who on short notice jumped into a Ferrari, replacing Carlos Sainz who underwent an appendectomy on Friday. Bearman qualified 11th and drove to an impressive seventh place finish. Not bad after only one hour of practice in FP3.Indocti Discant is also having himself a memorable start to the season, with a dominant second FF1 win, RobM once again comes second, and sperry takes third for the round. Unsurprisingly Indocti Discant and RobM top the overall standings, with curley in third. The F1 circus travels next to Melbourne, Australia in two weeks, where qualifying will be back to a more normal Saturday. Once we know if Carlos Sainz will be able to drive we will update his status here. Stay tuned! Reminder: it is still not too late to sign up to join Fantasy Formula 1 this season given there will be four drops.
Australian Grand Prix 24 MarFORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2024 Melbourne, Australia
Race Distance: 58 laps, 307.574 km The "streets" of the Albert Park Circuit are the venue for the race "down under". Most of the year, this course is a park road, but for the GP weekend, it's converted into a dynamic 3.3 mile circuit amid the Australian fall weather.