race · australian

Antonelli pitted under the first safety car and jumped 12 places for free — then Mercedes kept him out on slicks while everyone else went back to inters.

Leclerc was 2.3 seconds slower than Norris through Sector 3 — the kind of gap that only happens when a driver stops fighting.

Stroll matched Alonso's pace in identical conditions, then drove another 24 laps after his teammate gave up.

Albon was nearly a second faster than Norris through the first two sectors. He lost two seconds in the final third of the lap.