Australian GP begin marred by heartbreak for F1 rookies

Sunday’s Australian GP started with a wave of heartbreak as treacherous moist situations upended the race earlier than it even began.

Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar suffered a gut-wrenching second on the formation lap, spinning out at Flip 2 and crashing into the wall.

The affect shattered his rear wing, ending his debut race immediately.

Visibly devastated, the Frenchman trudged again by means of the paddock, helmet nonetheless on, solely to be met with a consoling arm from Anthony Hamilton—father of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton—a gesture steeped in empathy from a person acquainted with the game’s highs and lows.

The distress didn’t finish there. As soon as the race started, Alpine’s younger Australian driver Jack Doohan fell sufferer to the identical unforgiving situations, dropping management and slamming into the wall, his house Grand Prix over in a flash.

In the meantime, chaos continued as the sphere lined up behind the Security Automotive.

Final 12 months’s Melbourne victor, Williams’ Carlos Sainz, spun off at Flip 14, including to the early drama.

With groups and drivers untested on moist tracks within the 2025 automobiles – having solely run in dry situations previous to Sunday – the soaked circuit uncovered their inexperience, turning the race’s opening right into a brutal take a look at of survival.

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