First F1 points in “crazy race” was good karma for McLaren

Fortune went the way of both McLaren drivers during a hectic event at Albert Park, with the chaotic final restart leaving Piastri in eighth place and his team-mate Lando Norris in sixth.

McLaren didn’t score any points in the first two races, with Piastri retiring with an electrical issue in Bahrain and left stranded at the back of the field in Jeddah after suffering damage on the opening lap and the debris then hitting Norris.

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