Piastri back in the points

After his horror mistake earlier, Piastri has managed to get his car back into the points which will be vital in the constructor's championship.

Meanwhile, Verstappen is now within a second of Norris going into the final two laps and has DRS.

Double Ferrari move

A cool move from Ferrari as both Leclerc and Hamilton profit from a Gasly wobble to move up to P8 and P9 respectively.

Six lap shootout

Norris leads away from Verstappen and punches a 1.2 second gap by the halfway point of the lap.

Hamilton has lost a place to team-mate Leclerc at Turn 1 of the restart.

Safety car ending

We're about to get back underway with the safety car coming in.

Norris leads from Verstappen and Russell, with Tsunoda in P4 and Antonelli in P5.

Hamilton is now back in P9 after Ferrari's strategy disasterclass.

Ferrari disaster

The gamble for Ferrari did not work out as Hamilton and Leclerc come in for a pit stop and drop down the order to ninth and 10th respectively.

Oscar Piastri is in a whopping 13th place, as Norris leads from Max Verstappen and the Mercedes of George Russell.

Kimi Antonelli has done well on his debut for Mercedes and is now up to fifth.

Ferrari blow it

Lando Norris is now leading as Max Verstappen came in to change to inters.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc stayed out but Verstappen reemerged from the ptis and then the Ferraris had to pit and lost the positions they gained.

Safety car and another crash!

Lap 47 - Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto are both out of the Australian Grand Prix meaning SIX drivers are out of the race.

LEWIS HAMILTON LEADS THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Lap 47- It's chucking it down but Lewis Hamilton has stayed out and leads while Verstappen pitted.

Ferrari are rolling the dice big time!

More on the Piastri chaos...

Lap 44 - Lando Norris and Oscar Pisatri both ran wide at the third to last corner. Pisatri went off at the penultimate turn and fell into last place.

Norris pitted onto the intermediates after going off with Max Verstappen leading. The script has been flipped.

LEWIS HAMILTON PODIUM?

Lewis Hamilton is into SECOND aon his debut race for Ferrari after the chaos involving Piastri.

He stayed out along with Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda after likes of Norris pitted.

OSCAR PIASTRI NIGHTMARE

Lap 45 - Yellow flag as Australian driver Oscar Piastri swerved off the track and onto the grass at his home race, having nearly lead at one point.

Max Verstappen soars into first and Lando Norris pits.

Rain on the way...

Lap 40 - The wind is picking up and dark clouds are are looming as rain looks on the cards.

First ever female F1 race engineer

It is worth remembering that Haas' Esteban Ocon's race engineer Laura Mueller is in action and is the first ever female race engineer in the sport.

SAFETY CAR DELAYS

Fernando Alonso's car is still on the track waiting to be removed. It crashed in an awkward spot where the barriers are at Turn Five, making it difficult to get rid of.

TOP THREE PIT

Lap 35 - The two McLarens and Verstappen come into the pits.

Red Bull's Verstappen opts for the medium tyres while the Mclarens go for the hards.

Meanwhile Russell and Leclerc opt for the hards from fourth and fifth.

Chance for Lewis Hamilton

Lap 34 - The safety car has handed Hamilton a boost as he pits and Ferrari put the hard tyres on his car.

Yuki Tsunoda and Alex Albon in front of him put the mediums on.

ANOTHER SAFETY CAR

This time two-time world champion Fernando Alonso spins and turns into the wall in his Aston Martin. The Spanish driver is out of the race, making it FOUR drivers out, including Sainz, Doohan and Hadjar.

Piastri now told "free to race"

Lap 33- Oscar Piastri has now been told he is "free to race" as he closes in on his teammate Lando Norris.

Oscar Piastri told to stand down

Lap 30 - The Australian McLaren driver is told to "hold his position" by his team as he snaps at the heels of his teammate Lando Norris and gets into DRS range at his home race.

Lewis Hamilton sass

Lap 30 - The seven-time world champion is doing all he can to nip past Alex Albon, but he just can't manage it.

He's almost 40 seconds off the lead, and 15 seconds back from his team-mate Charles Leclerc in fifth.

The engineers are trying to give Hamilton information about DRS but he says on his team radio: "Leave it guys, leave it. I'm learning the car as I go mate, just leave me to it with the DRS. It's not an issue."

Hilarious Charles Leclerc team radio exchange

Leclerc: "Is there a leakage?"

Engineer: "A leakage where?"

Leclerc: "I have a seat full of water. Like full of water"

Engineer: "Must be the water"

Leclerc: "Let's add that to the words of wisdom"

Mclarens flying

Lap 26 - The two McLarens are pulling away with blistering pace from Max Verstappen, with the gap to Oscar Piastri nearly a whoping 13 seconds.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe in Mercedes' garage

The Manchester United co-owner has been pictured in the Mercedes garage.

He must feel at home in the rain in Melbourne, given Old Trafford's leaky roof.

Lewis Hamilton cleared

All four drivers has been cleared for the safety car infringements.

Hamilton is snapping at Alex Albon's heels in P8.

Lewis Hamilton safety car infringement

Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon are the latest drivers to be noted for safety car infringements. 

Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda are already under investigation.