HINCH’S HEROES: Who stood out for Indycar star James Hinchcliffe at the Australian Grand Prix?


The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne served up a superb victory for Carlos Sainz, with plenty of other impressive performances throughout the field. As usual, former IndyCar star and F1 TV pundit James Hinchcliffe was watching closely and has picked out the five drivers who impressed him the most across the race weekend at the Albert Park circuit…
Carlos Sainz – P1
This one is an inevitability, so let’s get it out of the way first. In what many pundits have labeled as Sainz’s greatest drive in F1, the Spaniard capitalised on a rare reliability misstep from Red Bull that eliminated Max Verstappen from contention only a handful of laps into the race.
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