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Russell wins, ‘Mario Kart' row divides paddock
Mar.9 George Russell led home a Mercedes one-two in a chaotic Australian GP on Sunday, but the race that handed him the championship lead for the first time in his career also intensified the growing debate over whether Formula 1's new regulations are producing racing or a video game. Russell's victory from pole, with teammate Kimi Antonelli second, was the easy part. The harder question came from the nature of the race itself, in which the lead swapped repeatedly as drivers cycled through battery management windows. Leclerc captured the mood over team radio: 'This is like the mushroom in Mario Kart.' Max Verstappen, the regulations' most vocal critic, used the same reference afterwards....
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