Charles Leclerc took the lead of the race on Lap 1 after a strong start from George Russell on pole, but as the race wore on, Mercedes took control of the race in the same way as they had done in the qualifying session. However, as Oscar Piastri’s pre-start crash shows, there’s plenty of drama in store for us, and you can watch it live on ESPN:
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Reigning champion Lando Norris – who finished sixth – expressed his disappointment with F1’s new hybrid cars after Saturday’s qualifying session, saying “We’ve come from the best cars ever built in Formula 1 to probably the worst cars ever driven.”
During this time, max verstappen Starts from 20th on the grid after crashing out of Q1. Despite Verstappen’s crash, he actually took part in the session except in the pits, while both lance stroll And carlos saenz He failed to make it on track at all, so he was 20th out of 22 in the final classification.
Charles Leclerc starts from the fourth, while Lewis Hamilton The McLaren pair were seventh, splitting Norris and oscar piastri.
