The rain delivered another F1 thriller in Melbourne, with McLaren-Mercedes' Lando Norris crossing the line to win by only 0.8sec from Red Bull-Honda's Max Verstappen. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished P3-P4 for Mercedes and fifth was the excellent Alex Albon (Williams-Mercedes), ahead of Sauber-Ferrari's Nico Hulkenberg and the two, disappointing, Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Sir Lewis Hamilton. The race was strewn with incident, beginning with Racing Bull-Honda's Isaac Hadjar crashing on the formation lap; Alpine-Renault's Jack Doohan losing control on the straight on the opening lap; Carlos Sainz (Williams-Mercedes) spinning into the barriers due to a Safety Car mode glitch; Aston Martin-Mercedes' Fernando Alonso shunting at high speed on intermediate tyres; and Gabriele Bortoleto (Sauber-Ferrari) and Liam Lawson (Red Bull-Honda) going off-course while running slicks in the semi-wet. In addition, McLaren-Mercedes' Oscar Piastri (who seemed set to finish P2) spun luridly onto the grass and both Leclerc  and Antonelli survived quick track-surface spins without damage.  Peter Windsor in this video looks back at the day's key moments.
With thanks to Jetcraft, the world's largest buyer and seller of executive jets:
https://jetcraft.com
To OEM Exclusive, the passionate suppliers of OEM upgrades for exotic and high-performance vehicles
And to TrackNinja, a lap-timer and data app designed to help users improve their on-track car and driver performance through analysis and an innovative Data Garage. A lite version is free; the loaded edition is US$9.99 pcm or $99.99 yearly
https://trackninja.app
Music: Introspective Taal - Aakash Gandhi
Alpinestars:
https://alpinestars.com
Oscar Razor:
Australia's highly-rated, 5-blade razors for men and women 
https://oscarrazor.com.au.  Watch out for the first edition of Grand Épreuve - your quarterly, F1, super-slick mag!
Follow our Motor Racing with Peter Windsor WhatsApp Channel:
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakyBQT0gcfSyQvrwc0m
Check out the language options on all our YouTube videos: just go to settings and select your preferred audio track
Follow Peter on Bluesky, Twitter (X), WhatsApp Updates and YouTube Community:
@peterdwindsor
And follow our Short Corners podcast - now on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music
We support the Race Against Dementia:
https://raceagainstdementia.com
#standwithukraine - now, more than ever
And #Canada!
Dexter Windsor, a key member of our production team, was adopted as a puppy from the brilliant Álora Dogs Home in Malaga, Spain.  Many of Álora's kennels were destroyed in recent storms, however, so this is a shout-out to anyone who might be able to adopt or sponsor one of our unsheltered friends -  or who could perhaps help the repairs there with a small donation. Thanks, as always.
https://aloradogrescue.com
Nick: you're with us always

Support the show

Visit: https://youtube.com/peterwindsor for F1 videos past, present and future