Max Verstappen claimed victory during a wild and action-packed 2023 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, overcoming battles with the Mercedes drivers, several Safety Cars and three red flags to lead home Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Australian Grand Prix for the first time. All the podium finishers ended the race on the P Zero Red soft, following a tyre change one lap from the finish…. The Australian Grand Prix was interrupted by three safety car periods and three red flag periods, including a red flag just a lap from the finish, leading to two standing and a final rolling start. Instead, the last three laps were run on two sets of soft tyres. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the fastest lap of the race, using the hard tyre (1m20.235s), and was also one of the drivers to complete the longest stint on this compound.

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