Australia, back in the day first race too, is quite tough at the first turn and that's the place where all the "fun" could happen if anything happens. I do not see how that would change any other way, if the first turn of the first lap, like right into the race, nothing big happens then the rest of the race nothing will follow. Because, we already know Red Bull is good, and nobody wants to risk making a pass there, they will just pass at the straight and not really put any danger anywhere else.
I think the race also has pretty good and less risky places to pass all over, so if nothing bad happens at the start then rest of the race will be boring to watch. At this point the only thing we care about will be who will be the second and third team, and Ferrari may actually do better here.
Think it was in the first lap which all the problems started happening to RB & Mercs.
Hadn't watched the race as it was freaking 1 am in the morning and nobody has got time for that nonsense after a fun Saturday night out.
They will re-televise the race in it's entirety so will be able to witness what occurred then.
Don't think they have released who would be racing for Ferrari yet.
As with what happened to him, it wasn't released until the day of qualifying. I remember that cause there was a blank spot on the markets without Sainz name there ahead of the Q1 race for a couple of hours.
I would suspect they will have the rookie continue on until Carlos fully recovers. Why put stress on him since with the sitting in the car and the vibrations of the track while in the cockpit of the F1 car could cause those stiches to reopen.
There is an update on Carlos Sainz's condition.
Source: Formula 1 official websiteIt looks like he is set to be back in his seat for this race week. He made a statement about his current condition and it was positive. This is pretty good news for Ferrari. I really admired Bearman's performance in his first experience but it is much more important for the team to have one of their main drivers back.
We can see Ferrari collecting many more points this week if things don't go south. Because you know how often Ferrari has had problems in the recent years.
He must of recovered quickly enough so that he took this race and on home ground, so well done to Sainz because from what I remember an announcer saying earlier it had been only two weeks since he was cut open to have his appendix removed.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/sainz-wins-melbourne-weeks-appendicitis/story?id=108441778You were spot on with your predictions for a Ferrari collection of points from Melbourne.