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Australian Grand Prix

Round 1
Albert Park Circuit · Melbourne, Australia · 5.278 km · 14 turns · semi-street circuit
Sunday 8 March 2026
Finished

Free Practice 1

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Free Practice 2

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Free Practice 3

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Qualifying

P Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 RUS George Russell Mercedes 1:19.507 1:18.934 1:18.518
2 ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:20.120 1:19.435 1:18.811
3 HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:20.023 1:19.653 1:19.303
4 LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:20.226 1:19.357 1:19.327
5 PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:19.664 1:19.525 1:19.380
6 NOR Lando Norris McLaren 1:20.010 1:19.882 1:19.475
7 HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:19.811 1:19.921 1:19.478
8 LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:20.491 1:20.144 1:19.994
9 LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:20.409 1:19.971 1:21.247
10 BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.495 1:20.221 —
11 HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:21.024 1:20.303 —
12 BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:21.247 1:20.311 —
13 OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:20.759 1:20.491 —
14 GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:21.138 1:20.501 —
15 ALB Alexander Albon Williams 1:21.051 1:20.941 —
16 COL Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:21.200 1:21.270 —
17 ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:21.969 — —
18 PER Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:22.605 — —
19 BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:23.244 — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — — —

Race

P Driver Team Grid Gap +/- Pts
1 RUS George Russell Mercedes 1 Leader 0 25.0
2 ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 2 +2.974s 0 18.0
3 LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4 +15.519s +1 15.0
4 HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 7 +16.144s +3 12.0
5 NOR Lando Norris McLaren 6 +51.741s +1 10.0
6 VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 20 +54.617s +14 8.0
7 BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 12 +4.593s +5 6.0
8 LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 9 +11.816s +1 4.0
9 BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 10 +12.775s +1 2.0
10 GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine 14 +29.027s +4 1.0
11 OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 13 +29.850s +2 —
12 ALB Alexander Albon Williams 15 +56.075s +3 —
13 LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 8 +57.173s -5 —
14 COL Franco Colapinto Alpine 16 +8.487s +2 —
15 SAI Carlos Sainz Williams 21 +36.886s +6 —
16 PER Sergio Perez Cadillac 18 +7.850s +2 —
17 STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin 22 — +5 —
18 ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 17 — -1 —
19 BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 19 — 0 —
20 HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 3 — -17 —
21 PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren 5 — -16 —
22 HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi 11 — -11 —

Race Pace Analysis (FP2/FP3)

Driver Compound Avg Lap Best Lap Gap % Laps Std Dev
ANT Kimi Antonelli SOFT 1:21.072 1:19.943 Fastest 10 0.699
VER Max Verstappen SOFT 1:23.975 1:20.197 +3.58% 9 6.888
OCO Esteban Ocon SOFT 1:24.454 1:20.983 +4.17% 4 5.632
NOR Lando Norris HARD 1:25.436 1:21.940 +5.38% 7 5.364
RUS George Russell HARD 1:25.837 1:20.984 +5.88% 14 9.136
ANT Kimi Antonelli HARD 1:27.767 1:20.801 +8.26% 18 9.492
PER Sergio Perez MEDIUM 1:29.543 1:24.397 +10.45% 13 11.709
COL Franco Colapinto SOFT 1:30.480 1:21.413 +11.60% 4 14.228
VER Max Verstappen MEDIUM 1:30.506 1:21.080 +11.64% 6 14.082
ALO Fernando Alonso MEDIUM 1:30.638 1:24.101 +11.80% 3 7.914
PIA Oscar Piastri SOFT 1:30.655 1:19.729 +11.82% 17 13.622
HUL Nico Hulkenberg SOFT 1:30.986 1:21.067 +12.23% 18 12.536
HUL Nico Hulkenberg MEDIUM 1:31.517 1:21.757 +12.88% 16 13.406
GAS Pierre Gasly HARD 1:31.835 1:22.663 +13.28% 13 15.887
BOR Gabriel Bortoleto MEDIUM 1:31.892 1:21.990 +13.35% 9 15.286
LEC Charles Leclerc SOFT 1:32.185 1:19.827 +13.71% 17 13.174
LAW Liam Lawson MEDIUM 1:32.614 1:22.019 +14.24% 16 16.795
ALO Fernando Alonso SOFT 1:32.791 1:22.720 +14.46% 15 11.179
ALB Alexander Albon MEDIUM 1:33.560 1:21.942 +15.40% 9 12.674
ALB Alexander Albon HARD 1:33.633 1:22.860 +15.49% 14 14.246

Pit Stops

Driver Stop Lap Duration Tyres
COL Franco Colapinto 1 9 28.1s H → H
GAS Pierre Gasly 1 11 18.9s M → H
LAW Liam Lawson 1 11 19.3s M → H
ALO Fernando Alonso 1 11 26.0s S → S
NOR Lando Norris 1 11 18.5s M → H
OCO Esteban Ocon 1 11 18.8s M → H
SAI Carlos Sainz 1 11 20.1s S → H
STR Lance Stroll 1 11 36.8s M → H
RUS George Russell 1 12 18.1s M → H
ALB Alexander Albon 1 12 18.4s M → H
ANT Kimi Antonelli 1 12 21.3s M → H
BOT Valtteri Bottas 1 12 30.7s H → H
ALO Fernando Alonso 2 13 972.6s S → S
BEA Oliver Bearman 1 18 19.1s M → H
BOR Gabriel Bortoleto 1 18 19.1s M → H
LIN Arvid Lindblad 1 18 18.6s M → H
PER Sergio Perez 1 18 21.7s M → H
VER Max Verstappen 1 18 19.5s H → M
ALO Fernando Alonso 3 22 — S →
LEC Charles Leclerc 1 25 17.9s M → H
STR Lance Stroll 2 26 33.4s H → S
HAM Lewis Hamilton 1 28 18.0s M → H
LAW Liam Lawson 2 33 18.1s H → S
ALB Alexander Albon 2 33 18.6s H → S
BOR Gabriel Bortoleto 2 33 22.9s H → H
SAI Carlos Sainz 2 33 26.2s H → M
NOR Lando Norris 2 34 17.7s H → M
STR Lance Stroll 3 34 1081.9s S → S
STR Lance Stroll 4 39 22.8s S → S
VER Max Verstappen 2 41 18.3s M → H
PER Sergio Perez 2 43 19.3s H → S
SAI Carlos Sainz 3 45 34.9s M → S
COL Franco Colapinto 2 46 18.8s H → S