Round 3 of the season · 2 April 2023Official result

Australian Grand Prix 2023

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Melbourne

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Relive the race

Lap – / 580:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:01:08	1	Safety Car
0:06:03	3	Safety Car coming in
0:10:50	7	Retirement Albon
0:11:05	7	Safety Car
0:13:43	8	Red flag
0:29:24	8	Safety Car coming in
0:29:41	8	Race resumes
0:37:09	12	Verstappen overtakes Hamilton – P1
0:45:06	18	Retirement Russell
0:45:17	18	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:47:19	19	Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
1:34:27	54	Retirement Magnussen
1:35:13	54	Safety Car
1:37:48	55	Red flag
1:47:51	55	Safety Car coming in
1:52:41	55	Race resumes
1:56:53	57	Retirement de Vries
1:56:58	57	Retirement Sargeant
1:57:04	57	Retirement Ocon
1:57:04	57	Retirement Gasly
1:57:07	57	Red flag
2:23:08	58	Penalty Sainz: 5 s
2:29:41	58	Race resumes
2:32:39		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (BST)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 31 Mar · 03:30
Local time 13:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Fri 31 Mar · 07:00
Local time 17:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Sat 1 Apr · 03:30
Local time 13:30
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 1 Apr · 07:00
Local time 17:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 2 Apr · 06:00
Local time 15:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	Thu 10:30 pm	Thu 7:30 pm	13:30	08:00	13:30
Free Practice 2	2:00 am	Thu 11:00 pm	17:00	11:30	17:00
Free Practice 3	Fri 10:30 pm	Fri 7:30 pm	13:30	08:00	13:30
Qualifying	2:00 am	Fri 11:00 pm	17:00	11:30	17:00
Race	1:00 am	Sat 10:00 pm	15:00	10:30	15:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	58	2:32:38.371	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	58	+0.179s	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	4	58	+0.769s	15
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	6	58	+3.082s	12
5	Sergio PérezFastest lap	Red Bull Racing	20	58	+3.320s	11
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	13	58	+3.701s	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10	58	+4.939s	6
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	16	58	+5.382s	4
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	17	58	+5.713s	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	12	58	+6.052s	1
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	19	58	+6.513s	0
12	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	58	+6.594s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	56	+-2154.964s	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	11	56	+-2153.591s	0
15	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	15	56	+-2152.658s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18	56	+-2152.441s	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	14	52	+-3523.761s	0
18	George Russell	Mercedes	2	17	Retired	0
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	8	6	Retired	0
20	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	7	0	Retired	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:17.384	1:17.056	1:16.732
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.654	1:17.513	1:16.968
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.689	1:17.551	1:17.104
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.832	1:17.283	1:17.139
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:17.928	1:17.349	1:17.270
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.873	1:17.616	1:17.308
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.218	1:17.390	1:17.369
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.962	1:17.761	1:17.609
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.312	1:17.574	1:17.675
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:18.029	1:17.412	1:17.735
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.770	1:17.768	–	Q2
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.471	1:18.099	–	Q2
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.243	1:18.119	–	Q2
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:18.159	1:18.129	–	Q2
15	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:18.450	1:18.335	–	Q2
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.517	–	–	Q1
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:18.540	–	–	Q1
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.557	–	–	Q1
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.714	–	–	Q1
20	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	–	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:18.790		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.223	+0.433s	20
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:19.293	+0.503s	19
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.317	+0.527s	23
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.378	+0.588s	16
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.505	+0.715s	20
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.536	+0.746s	16
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.646	+0.856s	22
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.699	+0.909s	23
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.766	+0.976s	19
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:19.766	+0.976s	21
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.777	+0.987s	22
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:19.806	+1.016s	19
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:19.933	+1.143s	25
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:20.074	+1.284s	21
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:20.175	+1.385s	20
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.399	+1.609s	14
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.419	+1.629s	21
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:20.569	+1.779s	22
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:21.147	+2.357s	17

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:18.887		13
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.332	+0.445s	10
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:19.502	+0.615s	12
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.672	+0.785s	20
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.695	+0.808s	12
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.725	+0.838s	12
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:20.083	+1.196s	15
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.176	+1.289s	20
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:20.194	+1.307s	19
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:20.206	+1.319s	12
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.220	+1.333s	18
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.312	+1.425s	22
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.323	+1.436s	17
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:20.380	+1.493s	24
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:20.470	+1.583s	22
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.579	+1.692s	15
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:20.600	+1.713s	8
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.182	+2.295s	18
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:21.266	+2.379s	18

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:17.565		24
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.727	+0.162s	26
3	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.938	+0.373s	23
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.955	+0.390s	23
5	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.094	+0.529s	23
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:18.123	+0.558s	18
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:18.127	+0.562s	29
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.138	+0.573s	25
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.198	+0.633s	22
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:18.330	+0.765s	20
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:18.410	+0.845s	24
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:18.553	+0.988s	21
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.691	+1.126s	28
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.713	+1.148s	21
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.809	+1.244s	24
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.901	+1.336s	22
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.947	+1.382s	20
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:19.056	+1.491s	26
19	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:19.092	+1.527s	23
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.146	+1.581s	12

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:16.732)	George Russell (1:16.968)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 315 · 190 km/h · gear 5	braking from 320 · 185 km/h · gear 5
The second corner: right-left chicane	braking from 315 · 105 km/h · gear 3	braking from 280 · 110 km/h · gear 3
The third corner: fast right-hander	225 km/h · gear 5	235 km/h · gear 6
The fourth corner: slight right kink	260 km/h · gear 6	265 km/h · gear 7
The fifth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 275 · 230 km/h · gear 6	braking from 285 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The sixth corner: slight left kink	braking from 275 · 230 km/h · gear 6	braking from 285 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The seventh corner: fast right-hander	270 km/h · gear 7	braking from 285 · 270 km/h · gear 7
The eighth corner: slight right kink	285 km/h · gear 7	290 km/h · gear 8
The ninth corner: slight right kink	290 km/h · gear 7	295 km/h · gear 8
The tenth corner: slight left kink	310 km/h · gear 8	310 km/h · gear 8
The eleventh corner: slight left kink	320 km/h · gear 8	315 km/h · gear 8
The twelfth corner: slight left kink	320 km/h · gear 8	320 km/h · gear 8
The thirteenth corner: slight left kink	325 km/h · gear 8	315 km/h · gear 8
The fourteenth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 315 · 255 km/h · gear 7	braking from 290 · 250 km/h · gear 6
The fifteenth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 315 · 255 km/h · gear 7	braking from 290 · 250 km/h · gear 6
The sixteenth corner: slight right kink	braking from 315 · 275 km/h · gear 7	280 km/h · gear 7
The seventeenth corner: slight right kink	295 km/h · gear 7	295 km/h · gear 8
The eighteenth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 315 · 120 km/h · gear 3	braking from 290 · 120 km/h · gear 3
The nineteenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 210 · 185 km/h · gear 5	230 km/h · gear 6
The twentieth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 210 · 150 km/h · gear 3	braking from 245 · 150 km/h · gear 3

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	Max Verstappen
2	George Russell
3	Lewis Hamilton
4	Fernando Alonso
5	Carlos Sainz
6	Lance Stroll
7	Charles Leclerc
8	Alexander Albon
9	Pierre Gasly
10	Nico Hülkenberg
11	Esteban Ocon
12	Yuki Tsunoda
13	Lando Norris
14	Kevin Magnussen
15	Nyck de Vries
16	Oscar Piastri
17	Guanyu Zhou
18	Logan Sargeant
19	Valtteri Bottas
20	Sergio Pérez

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
58	Carlos Sainz	Time penalty 5 s	CAUSING A COLLISION

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:16.732

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:20.235

Sergio Pérez

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car periods

plus 1 × VSC

red flags

Race stoppage

Weather at the start

17 °C

Air · track 22 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
69 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
54 points
−15
3
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
45 points
−24
4
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
38 points
−31 ▲1
5
Carlos SainzFerrari
20 points
−49 ▼1
6
Lance StrollAston Martin
20 points
−49 ▲1
7
George RussellMercedes
18 points
−51 ▼1
8
Lando NorrisMcLaren
8 points
−61 ▲12
9
Nico HülkenbergHaas F1 Team
6 points
−63 ▲6
10
Charles LeclercFerrari
6 points
−63 ▼2

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
123 points
Leader
2
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
65 points
−58
3
MercedesKonstrukteure
56 points
−67
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
26 points
−97
5
McLarenKonstrukteure
12 points
−111 ▲5

Full standings →

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Length

approx. 5.23 km

Lap record

1:20.235

Safety car rate

50 %

Win from pole

45 %

Full throttle

67.7 %

Top speed

327 km/h

A lap of Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2023?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Australian Grand Prix 2023.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.