Lando Norris holds off Max Verstappen to win wet Australian Grand Prix

Norris took the chequered flag just 0.8 seconds clear of world champion Verstappen with George Russell.

Lando Norris got off the mark in style (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Lando Norris survived a rain shower and late charge from Max Verstappen to open his season in style by winning a wild, wacky and thrilling Australian Grand Prix.

With 13 laps remaining, both Norris and Oscar Piastri, who was running behind his McLaren team-mate in second place, ran off the road and through the gravel in the slippery conditions.