Ferrari's Carlos Sainz won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday in a triumphant return two weeks after appendicitis surgery as Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen suffered his first retirement in two years.
Sainz, the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race last season, held off teammate Charles Leclerc before a final-lap crash by Mercedes driver George Russell triggered a virtual safety car and eased the Spaniard's path to victory.
\"It was a really good race. I felt really good out there,\" said Sainz, who missed the second race of the season in Saudi Arabia while recovering from surgery.
\"Of course a bit stiff and especially physically it wasn't the easiest but I was lucky that I was more or less on my own and I could manage my pace, manage the tires, manage everything, and it wasn't the toughest race of all.
\"But very happy, very proud of the team, and happy to be in a one-two with Charles here.\"
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