Double Ferrari move
A cool move from Ferrari as both Leclerc and Hamilton profit from a Gasly wobble to move up to P8 and P9 respectively.
Six lap shootout
Norris leads away from Verstappen and punches a 1.2 second gap by the halfway point of the lap.
Hamilton has lost a place to team-mate Leclerc at Turn 1 of the restart.
Safety car ending
We’re about to get back underway with the safety car coming in.
Norris leads from Verstappen and Russell, with Tsunoda in P4 and Antonelli in P5.
Hamilton is now back in P9 after Ferrari’s strategy disasterclass.
Ferrari disaster
The gamble for Ferrari did not work out as Hamilton and Leclerc come in for a pit stop and drop down the order to ninth and 10th respectively.
Oscar Piastri is in a whopping 13th place, as Norris leads from Max Verstappen and the Mercedes of George Russell.
Kimi Antonelli has done well on his debut for Mercedes and is now up to fifth.
Ferrari blow it
Lando Norris is now leading as Max Verstappen came in to change to inters.
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc stayed out but Verstappen reemerged from the ptis and then the Ferraris had to pit and lost the positions they gained.
Safety car and another crash!
Lap 47 – Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto are both out of the Australian Grand Prix meaning SIX drivers are out of the race.
