this Albert Park circuitMelbourne will host this weekend Australian Grand Prix, It’s the third race of the Formula One World Championship where Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) comes in as a solid leader and is willing to keep Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) away, along with teammate Carlos Sainz.
After the first two races in Asia, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, it was possible to confirm the pre-season insights and what the regulation change could bring. Currently, the show is growing and although the gap between teams remains in many cases, Further equality is suspected in a front that is the private domain of Ferrari and Red Bullbut where you can’t expect Mercedes to stand out.
‘Scuderia’ is experiencing its dream debut. After years of hardship and being unable to resist ‘silver arrows’ and ‘RB’, he stays true to his story again. But after confirming their predictions with 1-2 at Sakhir, Red Bull and Verstappen made it clear in Jeddah that Brit Lewis Hamilton is not as far off as it seems.
The seven-time world champion still cannot be a threat. Although he took the podium in Bahrain, partially ‘helped’ Verstappen leave and Sergio Pérez off the track, he was frustrated in Saudi Arabia and led to the ‘2. He could only finish tenth before he even made it to the quarter.
Therefore, the renewed urban layout of Albert Park, tafter two years due to pandemic and he envisions a new duel between Mattia Binotto’s team and Chris Horner’s team, looking to increase the excitement with four ‘DRS’ zones, but everything seems to indicate that at some point Toto Wolff suffers with the new ‘porpoising’ (aerodynamic effect). cars are jumping), it will make the expected leap and be much more competitive.
A Charles Leclerc took the lead in Australia this year, who was able to beat his teammate. Finally a Carlos Sainz who keeps looking to find himself comfortable in ‘F1-75’ and make the most of it so you can imagine the first victory in F-1 that could finally confirm your championship candidacy.
Monegasque Leader with 45 points, twelve more than the Spaniards and 20 more than the current world champion, He can’t wait to recover the inappropriate ‘0’ he received from Bahrain as soon as possible. Hamilton is already more than one race away before facing a Grand Prix that wasn’t among the ‘best’ ever given to him.
Alonso remains optimistic
In his team’s era of dominance, the race that traditionally opened the previous season has been dominated by drivers four times, but only once from Stevenage and in 2015 with McLaren, adding to 2008. Two more went to Nico Rosberg (2014 and 2016) and one to Valtteri Bottas on his last visit to Melbourne in 2019.
Verstappen wasn’t too good either, taking third place as the best result two years ago, while Ferrari feels hopeful because when it wasn’t that competitive he managed to win both with the Germans at this track in 2017 and 2018. Sebastian Vettel This is exactly one of the novelties of this Grand Prix and will start the season with Aston Martin after missing the first two due to coronavirus.
Leclerc finished fifth in his only participation behind the wheel of a ‘red race car’, Sainz has scored all goals except in 2019although its best result is an eighth place that it hopes to improve significantly this Sunday.
And also wants to develop Fernando Alonsowho didn’t start the season as positive as they wanted. The Asturian driver was forced to leave due to a mechanical problem in the Saudi Arabian Alpine, close to a valuable sixth place, and was only able to finish ninth in Bahrain.
However, the two-time Formula 1 world champion remains optimistic about the single-seater’s performance and continues to think that they are more competitive than the results shown thus far. Now, it will be up to him to prove it on a track he only won in 2006. and where he suffered one of the worst accidents of his career in 2016. He had a fantastic fifth-place finish with McLaren on his last visit in 2018 without qualifying for the 2019 World Cup.