F1 News 23/3 – Here is the barrage of all the news published today, Saturday 23 March, by the editorial staff of Formulacritica.
Qualifying day in Melbourne. Ferrari stopped just a whisker away from glory, but nothing is lost. Red Bull is in pole position, with the usual Max Verstappen, but in terms of race pace the RB20 does not seem unbeatable.
Mercedes continues to sink. Maybe it's time to apologize to Mike Elliott.
Carlos Sainz on the verge of beatification, Charles Leclerc under pressure, Sergio Perez "banging" against the match judges... These and other stories in our roundup of news which you can consult below.
![Carlos Sainz](https://www.formulacritica.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Carlos-Sainz-santo-750x375.webp)
F1 News 3/23: all today's news
- Australian GP: a historic turning point for F1. The Australian Grand Prix was the scene of debuts, farewells and stories that characterized the great narrative of F1.
- Australian GP, F1 qualifying results: Max on pole, Sainz stoic second. Very tight qualifying for the Australian GP. In the end Max Verstappen always emerges on Red Bull. But the Ferraris are lurking.
- Carlos Sainz: the MVP. A front row bullied despite a debilitated physical state. Carlos Sainz is the MVP of the day.
- Sergio Perez sanctioned for impeding: Leclerc moves to the second row. Sergio Perez penalized by three positions: Leclerc moves up to the second row. The Mexican driver had hindered Hulkenberg during Q1.
- Blessed Sainz, Leclerc lasts like a Sargeant on the ring road. Vaffaf1anders' video commentary on the qualifying of the Australian GP which saw a sumptuous Sainz and a lost Leclerc.
- Is Charles Leclerc the real convalescent? Provocative title that wants to explain that sometimes, even the best qualifier, namely Charles Leclerc, can suffer the negative effects of pressure.
- Ferrari is thinking big again. Qualifying for the Australian GP brought back a very solid Ferrari that perhaps achieved less than it sowed. The Italian team is not afraid to be ambitious. Red Bull is warned.
- The video comparison between Verstappen's 2023 and 2024 poles. Max Verstappen smashed the track record with his pole lap. Here he is compared to his 2023 performance.
- Apologize to him. Mercedes' crisis seems irreversible. The time has come to apologize to Mike Elliott, long considered the culprit of the team's problems.
- Red Bull: pole Verstappen built during the night between Friday and Saturday. After a difficult Friday. Red Bull found the key to the right set-up thanks to the simulations carried out in Milton Keynes.
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