Round 3 of the season · 24 March 2024Official result

Australian Grand Prix 2024

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
0:02:15	2	Sainz overtakes Verstappen – P1
0:06:08	5	Retirement Verstappen
0:10:15	8	Pit stop Magnussen
0:11:32	9	Pit stop Stroll
0:12:48	10	Pit stop Leclerc
0:12:49	10	Pit stop Piastri
0:12:57	10	Pit stop Tsunoda
0:19:43	15	Pit stop Norris
0:19:51	15	Pit stop Pérez
0:22:20	17	Pit stop Sainz
0:22:53	17	Retirement Hamilton
0:23:11	17	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:24:13	18	Pit stop Alonso
0:24:16	18	Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
0:24:35	18	Pit stop Hülkenberg
0:47:04	34	Pit stop Magnussen
0:47:40	35	Pit stop Leclerc
0:49:24	36	Pit stop Pérez
0:49:46	36	Pit stop Hülkenberg
0:51:04	37	Pit stop Tsunoda
0:52:25	38	Pit stop Stroll
0:54:39	40	Pit stop Piastri
0:55:52	41	Pit stop Norris
0:57:03	42	Pit stop Sainz
0:57:43	42	Pit stop Alonso
1:05:57	48	Penalty Gasly: 5 s
1:18:38	58	Retirement Russell
1:18:49	58	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
1:20:27		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 (GMT)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 22 Mar · 01:30
Local time 12:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Fri 22 Mar · 05:00
Local time 16:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Sat 23 Mar · 01:30
Local time 12:30
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 23 Mar · 05:00
Local time 16:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 24 Mar · 04:00
Local time 15:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	Thu 9:30 pm	Thu 6:30 pm	12:30	07:00	12:30
Free Practice 2	1:00 am	Thu 10:00 pm	16:00	10:30	16:00
Free Practice 3	Fri 9:30 pm	Fri 6:30 pm	12:30	07:00	12:30
Qualifying	1:00 am	Fri 10:00 pm	16:00	10:30	16:00
Race	12:00 am	Sat 9:00 pm	15:00	09:30	15:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2	58	1:20:26.843	25
2	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	4	58	+2.366s	19
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	3	58	+5.904s	15
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	58	+35.770s	12
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	6	58	+56.309s	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9	58	+93.222s	8
7	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	8	58	+95.601s	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	10	58	+100.992s	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	16	58	+104.553s	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	14	57	+4.081s	1
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	57	+5.009s	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	18	57	+11.508s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	17	57	+40.953s	0
14	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	13	57	+42.326s	0
15	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	19	57	+44.293s	0
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	15	57	+53.979s	0
17	George Russell	Mercedes	7	56	+-142.109s	0
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	15	Retired	0
19	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	3	Retired	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:16.819	1:16.387	1:15.915
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.731	1:16.189	1:16.185
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:16.805	1:16.631	1:16.274
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.430	1:16.750	1:16.315
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.984	1:16.304	1:16.435
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.369	1:16.601	1:16.572
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.062	1:16.901	1:16.724
8	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:17.356	1:16.791	1:16.788
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.376	1:16.780	1:17.072
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:16.991	1:16.710	1:17.552
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.499	1:16.960	–	Q2
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.130	1:17.167	–	Q2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:17.543	1:17.340	–	Q2
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:17.709	1:17.427	–	Q2
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.617	1:17.697	–	Q2
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:17.976	–	–	Q1
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:17.982	–	–	Q1
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:18.085	–	–	Q1
19	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:18.188	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.564		23
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:18.582	+0.018s	19
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:18.597	+0.033s	21
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.599	+0.035s	22
5	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:18.621	+0.057s	26
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:18.642	+0.078s	23
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.667	+0.103s	26
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:18.686	+0.122s	23
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.771	+0.207s	20
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.918	+0.354s	25
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:19.274	+0.710s	25
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:19.443	+0.879s	11
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:19.489	+0.925s	21
14	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:19.519	+0.955s	22
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.561	+0.997s	25
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:19.604	+1.040s	21
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.622	+1.058s	25
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.716	+1.152s	16
19	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:19.989	+1.425s	23
20	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:20.014	+1.450s	21

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.277		26
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:17.658	+0.381s	21
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:17.707	+0.430s	25
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.822	+0.545s	29
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.912	+0.635s	31
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.951	+0.674s	24
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.077	+0.800s	29
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:18.090	+0.813s	33
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.155	+0.878s	23
10	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:18.188	+0.911s	27
11	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:18.421	+1.144s	32
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:18.534	+1.257s	30
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.578	+1.301s	23
14	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:18.585	+1.308s	32
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.691	+1.414s	33
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:18.702	+1.425s	28
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.705	+1.428s	32
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.834	+1.557s	23
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:19.275	+1.998s	31

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.714		22
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:16.734	+0.020s	28
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.791	+0.077s	20
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.806	+0.092s	20
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.886	+0.172s	23
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:16.997	+0.283s	20
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:17.014	+0.300s	28
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.087	+0.373s	19
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.341	+0.627s	22
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.490	+0.776s	22
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:17.673	+0.959s	19
12	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:17.752	+1.038s	20
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.759	+1.045s	23
14	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:17.876	+1.162s	19
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.920	+1.206s	18
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:17.941	+1.227s	17
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:17.961	+1.247s	18
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:17.963	+1.249s	20
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.390	+1.676s	19

All 2024 results →

Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:15.915)	Carlos Sainz (1:16.185)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 320 · 190 km/h · gear 5	braking from 325 · 190 km/h · gear 5
The second corner: right-left chicane	braking from 235 · 105 km/h · gear 3	braking from 290 · 105 km/h · gear 3
The third corner: fast right-hander	230 km/h · gear 5	braking from 290 · 230 km/h · gear 5
The fourth corner: slight right kink	265 km/h · gear 7	265 km/h · gear 7
The fifth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 295 · 235 km/h · gear 6	braking from 290 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The sixth corner: slight left kink	braking from 295 · 235 km/h · gear 6	braking from 290 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The seventh corner: fast right-hander	braking from 295 · 275 km/h · gear 7	braking from 290 · 275 km/h · gear 7
The eighth corner: slight right kink	290 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The ninth corner: slight right kink	295 km/h · gear 8	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	320 km/h · gear 8	320 km/h · gear 8
The fourteenth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 300 · 255 km/h · gear 7	braking from 320 · 260 km/h · gear 7
The fifteenth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 300 · 260 km/h · gear 7	braking from 260 · 240 km/h · gear 7
The sixteenth corner: slight right kink	braking from 300 · 280 km/h · gear 7	270 km/h · gear 7
The seventeenth corner: slight right kink	300 km/h · gear 8	285 km/h · gear 7
The eighteenth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 315 · 120 km/h · gear 4	braking from 300 · 130 km/h · gear 3
The nineteenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 250 · 180 km/h · gear 4	braking from 255 · 165 km/h · gear 6
The twentieth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 250 · 155 km/h · gear 3	braking from 255 · 155 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	Carlos Sainz
3	Lando Norris
4	Charles Leclerc
5	Oscar Piastri
6	Sergio Pérez
7	George Russell
8	Yuki Tsunoda
9	Lance Stroll
10	Fernando Alonso
11	Lewis Hamilton
12	Alexander Albon
13	Valtteri Bottas
14	Kevin Magnussen
15	Esteban Ocon
16	Nico Hülkenberg
17	Pierre Gasly
18	Daniel Ricciardo
19	Guanyu Zhou

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
48	Pierre Gasly	Time penalty 5 s	FAILING TO FOLLOW RACE DIRECTORS INSTRUCTIONS – CROSSING THE LINE AT PIT EXIT

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:15.915

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:19.813

Charles Leclerc

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car periods

plus 2 × VSC

Weather at the start

20 °C

Air · track 38 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
51 points
Leader
2
Charles LeclercFerrari
47 points
−4 ▲1
3
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
46 points
−5 ▼1
4
Carlos SainzFerrari
40 points
−11 ▲2
5
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
28 points
−23
6
Lando NorrisMcLaren
27 points
−24 ▲2
7
George RussellMercedes
18 points
−33 ▼3
8
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
16 points
−35 ▼1
9
Lance StrollAston Martin
9 points
−42 ▲3
10
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
8 points
−43 ▼1

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
97 points
Leader
2
FerrariKonstrukteure
93 points
−4
3
McLarenKonstrukteure
55 points
−42
4
MercedesKonstrukteure
26 points
−71
5
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
25 points
−72

Full standings →

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Length

approx. 5.23 km

Lap record

1:19.813

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 2024?

Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) won the Australian Grand Prix 2024.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.