F1 Australia: Leclerc wins The Second Place perez verstappen in 11th place

Beijing time on April 10 news, the 2022 F1 third race Australian Grand Prix today in the main competition. Leclerc, who started from pole position, led all the way to win the championship and won his second victory of the season, Perez finished second, Russell successfully appeared on the stage in third place, Hamilton finished fourth, Verstappen withdrew due to racing failure, and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu finally finished 11th, once again missing points.

Pre-match news

1. In the first two races of the season, Leclerc and Verstappen each won one sub-race, while mercedes teams appeared to be struggling.

2. In Saturday's qualifying match, Leclerc scored 1m 17.868, Verstappen finished second, Perez third, followed by Norris, Hamilton and Russell.

3. Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu stopped qualifying Q2 and finished 14th, in front of him was Japanese driver Yui Kakuda.

4. Today Melbourne weather is sunny, the atmospheric temperature is 26 degrees Celsius, the track temperature is 32 degrees Celsius, and the probability of rainfall is 0%.

Departure: Leclerc holds pole position Hamilton moved up to third

At 13:00 Beijing time, the game officially began. After a lap of warm beads, the train starts! Leclerc started off relatively smoothly, holding his pole position against the pressure of Verstappen before entering Turn One. Norris started poorly, losing two positions in a row, while Hamilton showed an experienced side, surpassing Norris and Perez in a row to move up to third.

Zhou Guanyu's start did not have too many problems, he lost a position, but soon returned to 14th place. Sainz did not start well, falling from 9th to 13th. Ricciardo, the darling of Australian car fans, remains in the 7th place.

On lap 2, Sainz made a mistake and his car rushed off the track into a gravel zone and was forced to withdraw from the race, fortunately the accident did not affect the other drivers, the race showed a yellow flag, by which time Leclerc's lead had extended to about 3 seconds.

The race was driven by a safety car due to the need to lift Sainz's car away, and Aston Martin's Stoll seized the opportunity to complete the pit stop first. The race resumed on lap 7, with Leclerc pressing the car desperately, holding his lead after a restart and smoothly brushing off a fastest lap.

Perez overtook Hamilton Leclerc to extend the lead

On lap 10, Perez overtook Hamilton in front of him very beautifully, and the Red Bull car still had a certain advantage in terms of speed.

After ten laps, the top five drivers on the track were Leclerc, Verstappen, Perez, Hamilton and Russell, with Zhou Guanyu still in 14th place. At the bottom are two Aston Martin drivers.

The next few laps were slightly uneventful. Zhou Guanyu overtook Mick Schumacher, who completed the tire change in the subsequent pit stop. On lap 17, Magnussen rushed straight out of the track, and Zhou Guanyu seized the opportunity to complete the overtaking and rise to 13th place, and there is still a possibility of entering the points zone.

On lap 19, Leclerc's lead was close to nine seconds, and Verstappen took the lead in completing the change, and came out in 7th place. With O'Conn and Kakuda Yuyi coming in, Zhou Guanyu's ranking has risen to 11th, but he was subsequently overtaken by Magnussen to fall to 12th.

After 20 laps, the top five drivers on the track are Leclerc, Perez, Hamilton, Russell and Norris.

Vettel hits the wall and withdraws from the race The Vestappen car failed and regrettably withdrew

On lap 21, Perez entered the station, came out and was in 9th place, after one lap, Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu both completed their first pit stops, Zhou Guanyu slipped to 18th place, and Leclerc was still at the top of the table. Hamilton pitted after one lap, and Verstappen rose to 3rd place after brushing the fastest lap, in front of Russell, who had not yet entered.

On lap 24, Vettel's car spun out of control and crashed into the parapet, stopping directly on the edge of the track, showing a yellow flag and safety car at the race, Russell seized the opportunity to complete the pit stop, and after coming out, he was lucky enough to be in third place, in front of Alonso.

The race resumed on lap 27, verstappen attacked Leclerc directly, but Leclerc stubbornly held the position, Red Bull's tyres were at a disadvantage, and Leclerc quickly extended the lead to more than 1 second. Zhou Guanyu is still in 17th place, in front of Mick Schumacher.

On lap 30, Perez directly overtook Alonso, who had not yet changed the tire, to rise to fourth place.

After 30 laps, the top five drivers on the track are Leclerc, Verstappen, Russell, Alonso and Perez. Zhou Guanyu is still in 17th place.

On lap 31, Leclerc brushed a fastest lap and his advantage over Verstappen was already around 4 seconds. Zhou Guanyu then overtook Kakuda Yuyi to move up to 16th, but it was still far from the points zone.

Verstappen made the fastest lap on lap 37, but was still 5.5 feet from top. On lap 39, Verstappen's car suddenly lost power, stopped directly on the side of the track and withdrew from the race, showing a yellow flag and dispatching a virtual safety car, Alonso seized the opportunity to complete the pit stop.

After 40 laps, the top five drivers on the track are Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Hamilton and Norris. Zhou Guanyu is in 14th place, in front of Alonso, a driver he admires very much.

Sprint: Leclerc wins Perez second Russell on stage

On lap 45, Leclerc had an advantage of nearly 15 seconds ahead of Perez behind him, and with the fastest lap in hand, the championship suspense was not great. Zhou Guanyu could not catch up with Alonso in front of him, because the latter's tire advantage was very obvious.

After 50 laps, the top five drivers on the track are Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Hamilton and Norris. Zhou Guanyu is in 13th place after re-overtaking two Haas drivers.

On lap 52, Zhou Guanyu began to attack Alonso in front of him, who successfully overtook and rose to 12th place, in front of Aston Martin's Stol. On lap 55, Albon rushed onto the grass and Bottas managed to overtake.

On lap 57, Zhou Guanyu overtook Stoll in front of him to the 11th place, and there was alpen in front of him who did not pit stop. On the last lap, Albon pitted, but came out just in front of Zhou Guanyu.

In the end, Leclerc crossed the finish line first, winning his second sub-station title of the season, and he also won the fastest lap. Perez finished second, Russell finished third on the podium, followed by Hamilton, Norris and Ricciardo, and Zhou Guanyu finished 11th again to miss the points.