Not even two mid-race Full Course Yellow periods could derail the rookie, who secured his maiden victory as the race finished behind a Safety Car. Behind him, a fierce battle for the podium places unfolded throughout the morning.<\/p>\n
Freddie Slater impressed on his debut weekend, taking second position after a polished drive. The 17-year-old Audi Junior Driver snatched the spot from Nael with an opportunistic move at Turn 9 with six laps remaining.<\/p>\n
Th\u00e9ophile Nael initially crossed the line in third but was demoted after receiving a five-second penalty for a jumped start. This triggered a shuffle in the final standings as several other front-runners also faced post-race sanctions.<\/p>\n
Noah Stromsted was briefly promoted to third before receiving a 10-second penalty for causing contact, dropping him to 24th. Nicola Lacorte suffered a similar fate, falling to 24th after being penalized for his own jumped start.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Japan\u2019s Taito Kato was elevated to the final podium position for ART Grand Prix. The Honda-backed driver had made significant progress through the field before the second Safety Car appeared.<\/p>\n
Sprint Race winner Bruno del Pino finished fourth, followed by Maciej Gladysz and Enzo Deligny. Notably, Australians James Wharton and Louis Sharp were both absent from the grid.<\/p>\n
Following a consultation with the FIA Medical Team after their Saturday crash, PREMA Racing made the decision to rest both drivers. With a question mark over the Bahrain round, the championship is expected to resume in Monaco this June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not even two mid-race Full Course Yellow periods could derail the rookie, who secured his maiden victory as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,16483,63,16482,817,16481,813,816,647,85],"class_list":["post-525938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-ausgp","tag-australia","tag-australian-grand-prix","tag-f1","tag-f1-tickets","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-melbourne","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}