Max Verstappen and Red Bull are therefore not unbeatable.
We do not yet know if this Australian episode of the 2024 Formula 1 season will be a landmark, but it clearly marks a first turning point.
Until then invincible, the Dutch glutton experienced a black Sunday and left victory to Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Lando Norris (McLaren).
A first hitch which occurred in the third round for Red Bull, while the competition had waited until the 15th meeting in 2023 to rub their hands.
And, inevitably, this revives the debates.
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Yet on pole for the 35th time in his career, Max Verstappen was the huge favorite at Albert Park, but this time, the Batavian did not feel comfortable from the start.
Accustomed to the first hot lap in order to get his pursuer out of the DRS zone (more than a second), the three-time world champion was unable to overtake Carlos Sainz.
Back two weeks after an appendicitis operation which forced him…
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