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And the #AusGP ends with Russell on P1, Antonelli P2 and Leclerc P3. All in all, there are 8 different teams in the points and they delivered an entertaining season start. #F1

Lando Norris has managed to hold on to P5 for longer than I thought he would with Max Verstappen on his tail. #F1 #AusGP

Lance Stroll is back on track. The data gathering and testing at Aston Martin continues ... #F1 #AusGP

Who are we voting for Driver of the Day? I gave my vote to Arvid Lindblad because that was an impressive first outing from him. #F1 #AusGP #DotD

I have to say, even if the cars aren't super reliable right now, I'm not mad at what the new regs have brought us this season. I mean, can you remember the last time we've seen so many overtakes and places swapped on track? #F1 #AusGP

Stroll and Alonso are out of the race by the way. Sorry, didn't pay attention when exactly. #F1 #AusGP

Norris opting for a two-stop-strategy. He's the first among the top drivers to go for that strategy and rejoins on P8. #F1 #AusGP

That was only a very brief virtual safety car. #F1 #AusGP

Looks like there was debris on the track, which they grabbed really quickly. Seemed to be a piece of Sergio Pérez' car.

Another virtual safety car but why? #F1 #AusGP

Kimi Antonelli seems less confident about the state of his tyres than George Russell. #F1 #AusGP

Whatever happened between Ocon and Gasly, with Esteban allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly, will be investigated after the race. I guess they want to hear from the drivers directly. #F1 #AusGP

Lewis Hamilton is now also on hard tyres and on P4 after the pit stop. The Mercedes car are back with a double lead and aiming for a one-stop strategy. #F1 #AusGP

Fernando Alonso rejoining is ... a choice. I guess they want more data? I just hope this isn't detrimental to the health of the Aston Martin drivers that they're still on track ... #F1 #AusGP

Lap 25 and Leclerc has come in for a pit stop. He rejoins on P4 behind Antonelli. #F1 #AusGP

Not Gasly and Ocon being back to fighting on track. Historically, that usually doesn't end well. #F1 #AusGP

Ferrari cannot utilize the virtual safety car as the pit entry is closed due to them rolling Bottas' car in. #F1 #AusGP

Chaos in the pit lane, but Lindblad is doing a great job so far and remains on P6 after his pit stop. #F1 #AusGP

Yellow flag and then virtual safety car as Valtteri Bottas has stopped beside the track. #F1 #AusGP

I can really feel Lewis Hamilton's frustration over the radio and it's so valid. Why didn't they at least split the strategy if they didn't want to change tyres for both cars? #F1 #AusGP

After 13 laps, Fernando Alonso has to stop his car. He's doing so safely in the garage. I guess the 25 laps they announced prior to the race start were really the absolute maximum.

Stroll is still out but there's quite the gap in speed etc. to the rest of the pack. #F1 #AusGP

Virtual safety car has ended. #F1 #AusGP

Okay, maybe some things don't change. Things like Ferrari making questionable strategy decisions ... #F1 #AusGP

It really sounded like that motor just died out of nowhere and Hadjar was doing such a solid job on P5 prior to that ... #F1 #AusGP

Unfortunate for Isack Hadjar, there seems to be an issue with his car. We have virtual safety car to remove the car from the track. A lot of drivers are using this period to change to hard tyres already. #F1 #AusGP

We're not very far into the race, but it feels like it's a lot more about battery management etc. this season. I wish there was a more obvious way for regular viewers to know what the drivers are doing and when they're using the boost and all that. #F1 #AusGP

Franco Colapinto has received a stop-and-go penalty for an infringement at the race start. #F1 #AusGP

Max Verstappen, who started on P20, is now already on P11. #F1 #AusGP

From the replay of the start, you could really see how well those Ferraris worked for the start period. #F1 #AusGP

Fighting and potential back and forth between Leclerc and Russell for the race lead. I think that's what a lot of people were hoping for. #F1 #AusGP