Although the teams that are measured in the Formula 1 World Cup have tried to play the dismissal as much as possible during the winter, the first timed of the year has confirmed practically all the omens of those who gave a slightly detailed look at the three days of pre -season trial. McLaren is in advance of the rest and begins The new course exactly as the interior ended: In Melbourne, a traditional starting point of the championship, Papaya racing cars have marked the first line of the grid, with Lando Norris del Pole position, Escorted by Oscar Piastri, his neighbor. The two corridors played it in their last quick return attempt after allowing it in the first, in which one (Norris) exceeded the limits of regulatory tracks and the other (Pestri) went a little for a long time in a braking.
If the superiority of the Woking manufacturer’s cars were seen to come, there were also indications of the skirmishes that should occur behind it. The chronometry of the Australian Grand Prix ratified this sensation, positioning six different cars in the first seven boxes. The second line will be led by Max Verstappen (third), which starts the year again at a significantly level above that offered by the Red Bull leading. The proof of this is the trigger of Liam Lawson, his new partner, who could not even enter the second draw (Q2) and will start on the 19th.
Next to the world tetracampeon will come out George Russell (Mercedes), while Yuki Tsunoda (racing bulls) and Alex Albon (Williams) will form respectively in the third, fifth and sixth, in another champion of the rebellion of the modest that is imposed. Particularly relevant is the maximum of Williams, something that was also intuited, although probably not until the level exposed to Albert Park, where Carlos Sainz will begin the tenth in his first race, wrapped in the monkey of the Grove team.
The biggest surprise is probably Ferrari’s warmth; Not so much from Lewis Hamilton (eighth), who needs time to adapt to the team after an eternity (12 years) in Mercedes, but by Charles Leclerc (seventh), who remained in anyone’s land. Much less surprising was the twelfth place that Fernando Alonso will occupy, that it could not be classified for the third screen of the timetable and even sold above the calculated if we take into account what has been seen in winter.
“It wasn’t bad to start at all. The car works incredible. The car is very fast and when it adapts everything, it is a joy. The difficult thing is, all of it “, Norris agreed, after celebrating the tenth pole of his career. Even more difficult, the first test is expected if we take care of the meteorological forecasts, which include the rain for when the red traffic light is turned off (5:00 hours, DAZN).
