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    The second Formula One practice is just under way at the Australian Grand Prix

    The second Formula One practice is just under way at the Australian Grand Prix


    New Zealand's Liam Lawson will be hoping for some better runs than first practice, when he ran into a spot of bother as he finished 16th-fastest.



    That wasn't the ideal inaugural outing for Red Bull for Lawson ... as ESPN F-1 writer Nate Saunders told Ryan Bridge.



    The red flags are flying in Melbourne - as well as the cars.

    Formula Three qualifying was curtailed by the safety car - rising Kiwi driver Louis Sharp will start 15th from 30 F-Three cars for Sunday's feature race.

    Meanwhile the latest Supercars sprint race at Albert Park saw two incidents as Cam Hill took the chequered flag from fellow Aussie Nick Percat, for his maiden victory in the series.

    The best of the New Zealanders was Andre Heimgartner in fifth place.

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    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Motorsports News
     03 Feb: Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard feels opportunity knocks for Liam Lawson during the looming new Formula One season
     01 Feb: Kiwi motor racing driver Mitch Evans has fought through the spray at a wet Miami E-Prix to win a record-breaking 15th time in the Formula E Championship
     31 Jan: American driver Ugo Ugochukwu has closed in on the overall title with victory in the Saturday race in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy series at Highlands
     27 Jan: Liam Lawson admits there's plenty to learn after his first drive of the new generation Formula One car
     26 Jan: Hayden Paddon has finished sixth in his class and 11th overall at Monte Carlo, the opening event of the World Rally Championship
     25 Jan: A positive end to a disappointing third day for Hayden Paddon at the season-opening event on the World Rally Championship
     23 Jan: Hayden Paddon is up two places to seventh after day two of the World Rally Championship's season-opening event in Monte Carlo
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