In a late restart at Albert Park, Sainz collided with fellow countryman Fernando Alonso, costing the Ferrari driver a five-second penalty that dropped him from P4 to P12.
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Disaster struck at the second restart when Ocon and Gasly collided, leaving Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer to despair.
Wolff later acknowledged that the W14's improved performance in Melbourne may have been track-specific.
Piastri finished only 16th in qualifying after a disappointing Q1 exit, but the home favourite took advantage of several Safety Cars and red flags.
When his engineer informed Sainz of the penalty, the Spaniard was heard yelling over the radio and pleading with the stewards.
At the initial race start, Verstappen was passed by both George Russell and Hamilton.
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The Spaniard set the fastest lap of FP2 just before the Albert Park Circuit began to rain, outpacing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by 0.445 seconds with a time of 1m 18.887s.
After 20 minutes of FP2, Alonso had the fastest lap with a time of 1 minute, 18.887 seconds. Verstappen was in third place, 0.615 seconds behind Alonso and Leclerc.