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Today's post-race press conference with Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris.

Full credit to both drivers, who converted our grid positions into points, making use of two very different tyre strategies.

Our first podium of the season has come with a very strong performance. Albert Park definitely seemed to suit the MCL38.

Fernando Alonso drops to 8th after being given a 20s time penalty for "potentially dangerous" driving.

That was a disappointing race to end a difficult weekend.

A very positive result for us today. Yuki executed a fast and well-controlled race to top the whole midfield group and got us our first points of the season.

We have been quick all weekend right fromfirst free practice and we have made a good step forward compared to where we were one year ago, when we left Melbourne having failed to score points.

The car wasn't quick enough in race trim this weekend, which left Alex having to find the laptime by pushing the tyres, which accelerated the degradation.

Details of each driver's tyre strategy during the Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

Today's race showed that our decision to bring a trio of softer compounds here compared to last year was the right one.

While we did not score points in today's race, we are making progressive steps forwards.

We had implemented mitigation measures for our pit stop issue, something that has improved the situation but, as we have seen, not completely solved the problem.

Our first DNF since 2022 which coincidently was also here in Melbourne. It was not the race we were looking to run.

It was a great day with a double points finish, the first time since Austria 2022.

Recommending that his rivals have their appendices removed over the winter, Carlos Sainz scores a popular win as Max Verstappen suffers brake fire and both Mercedes fail to see the chequered flag.