World champion Max Verstappen admitted that Sunday’s chaotic Australian Grand Prix ended up being a “bit of a mess” after there were multiple red flags.
The first came early on when Charles Leclerc crashed out after a collision with Lance Stroll. But the real drama came in the final stages of the race when with two laps to go Kevin Magnussen crashed out.
Ad That led to a two-lap finale that was also red flagged after chaos on the restart that saw Carlos Sainz spin Fernando Alonso and the two Alpines collide, amongst other things.
Australian Grand PrixChaotic Australian GP finish sees Verstappen take victory ahead of Hamilton5 HOURS AGO After another lengthy delay it was decided that race would restart and the cars would do a formation lap behind the safety car to complete the race.