Round 1 of the season · 8 March 2026Official result

Australian Grand Prix 2026

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Melbourne

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Relive the race

Lap – / 580:00:00
Events Race
TimeLapEvent
0:00:00Start
0:02:302Russell overtakes Leclerc – P1
0:10:498Leclerc overtakes Russell – P1
0:11:299Russell overtakes Leclerc – P1
0:11:369Leclerc overtakes Russell – P1
0:15:2911Retirement Hadjar
0:15:4112Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:16:1412Pit stop Norris
0:16:2012Pit stop Gasly
0:17:4913Pit stop Russell
0:18:3313Pit stop Antonelli
0:19:4014Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
0:26:0818Retirement Bottas
0:26:2818Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:27:2319Pit stop Bearman
0:27:4019Pit stop Lindblad
0:27:4619Pit stop Verstappen
0:28:5920Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
0:37:2126Pit stop Leclerc
0:37:2326Pit stop Leclerc
0:41:3729Pit stop Hamilton
0:41:5229Pit stop Hamilton
0:48:5334Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:49:2734Pit stop Bortoleto
0:49:3134Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
0:49:4234Pit stop Bortoleto
0:50:1435Retirement Alonso
0:50:4035Pit stop Norris
1:00:3042Pit stop Verstappen
1:24:30Chequered flag
1:24:3859Retirement Stroll

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)

  1. ✓Free Practice 1Live
    Local time 12:30
  2. ✓Free Practice 2Live
    Local time 16:00
  3. ✓Free Practice 3Live
    Local time 12:30
  4. ✓QualifyingLive
    Local time 16:00
  5. ✓RaceLive
    Local time 15:00
Other time zones
SessionUS Eastern (ET)US Pacific (PT)Australia (Sydney)India (IST)Local time
Free Practice 1Thu 8:30 pmThu 5:30 pm12:3007:0012:30
Free Practice 212:00 amThu 9:00 pm16:0010:3016:00
Free Practice 3Fri 8:30 pmFri 5:30 pm12:3007:0012:30
Qualifying12:00 amFri 9:00 pm16:0010:3016:00
RaceSat 11:00 pmSat 8:00 pm15:0009:3015:00

Result

Race

Race result
PosDriverTeamGridLapsTime / gapPoints
1George RussellMercedes1581:23:06.80125
2Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes258+2.974s18
3Charles LeclercFerrari458+15.519s15
4Lewis HamiltonFerrari758+16.144s12
5Lando NorrisMcLaren658+51.741s10
6Max VerstappenFastest lapRed Bull Racing2058+54.617s8
7Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1257+4.593s6
8Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls957+11.816s4
9Gabriel BortoletoAudi1057+12.775s2
10Pierre GaslyAlpine1457+29.027s1
11Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1357+29.850s0
12Alexander AlbonWilliams1557+56.075s0
13Liam LawsonRacing Bulls857+57.173s0
14Franco ColapintoAlpine1656+8.487s0
15Carlos SainzWilliams2156+36.886s0
16Sergio PérezCadillac1855+7.850s0
17Lance StrollAston Martin2243Retired0
18Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1721Retired0
19Valtteri BottasCadillac1915Retired0
20Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing310Retired0
21Oscar PiastriMcLaren50Withdrawn0
22Nico HülkenbergAudi110Withdrawn0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Eliminated in
1George RussellMercedes1:19.5071:18.9341:18.518
2Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:20.1201:19.4351:18.811
3Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:20.0231:19.6531:19.303
4Charles LeclercFerrari1:20.2261:19.3571:19.327
5Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:19.6641:19.5251:19.380
6Lando NorrisMcLaren1:20.0101:19.8821:19.475
7Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:19.8111:19.9211:19.478
8Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:20.4911:20.1441:19.994
9Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:20.4091:19.9711:21.247
10Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:20.4951:20.221–
11Nico HülkenbergAudi1:21.0241:20.303–Q2
12Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:21.2471:20.311–Q2
13Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:20.7591:20.491–Q2
14Pierre GaslyAlpine1:21.1381:20.501–Q2
15Alexander AlbonWilliams1:21.0511:20.941–Q2
16Franco ColapintoAlpine1:21.2001:21.270–Q2
17Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:21.969––Q1
18Sergio PérezCadillac1:22.605––Q1
19Valtteri BottasCadillac1:23.244––Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1Charles LeclercFerrari1:20.26733
2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:20.736+0.469s30
3Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:20.789+0.522s27
4Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:21.087+0.820s24
5Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:21.313+1.046s22
6Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:21.342+1.075s21
7George RussellMercedes1:21.371+1.104s26
8Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:21.376+1.109s24
9Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:21.696+1.429s23
10Nico HülkenbergAudi1:21.969+1.702s21
11Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:22.161+1.894s28
12Carlos SainzWilliams1:22.323+2.056s30
13Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:22.613+2.346s28
14Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:22.682+2.415s25
15Alexander AlbonWilliams1:23.130+2.863s24
16Franco ColapintoAlpine1:23.325+3.058s26
17Valtteri BottasCadillac1:24.022+3.755s24
18Pierre GaslyAlpine1:24.035+3.768s27
19Lando NorrisMcLaren1:24.391+4.124s7
20Sergio PérezCadillac1:24.620+4.353s14
21Lance StrollAston Martin1:50.334+30.067s3

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:19.72926
2Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:19.943+0.214s31
3George RussellMercedes1:20.049+0.320s28
4Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:20.050+0.321s32
5Charles LeclercFerrari1:20.291+0.562s30
6Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:20.366+0.637s13
7Lando NorrisMcLaren1:20.794+1.065s29
8Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:20.922+1.193s30
9Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:20.941+1.212s28
10Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:21.179+1.450s29
11Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:21.326+1.597s31
12Nico HülkenbergAudi1:21.351+1.622s34
13Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:21.358+1.629s29
14Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:21.668+1.939s28
15Alexander AlbonWilliams1:21.847+2.118s32
16Pierre GaslyAlpine1:22.167+2.438s16
17Carlos SainzWilliams1:22.253+2.524s10
18Franco ColapintoAlpine1:22.619+2.890s27
19Valtteri BottasCadillac1:23.660+3.931s28
20Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:24.662+4.933s18
21Lance StrollAston Martin1:25.816+6.087s13
22Sergio PérezCadillac2

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1George RussellMercedes1:19.05323
2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:19.669+0.616s22
3Charles LeclercFerrari1:19.827+0.774s20
4Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:20.087+1.034s17
5Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:20.137+1.084s15
6Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:20.197+1.144s15
7Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:20.324+1.271s18
8Lando NorrisMcLaren1:20.443+1.390s22
9Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:20.459+1.406s19
10Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:20.778+1.725s18
11Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:20.838+1.785s15
12Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:20.890+1.837s13
13Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:20.983+1.930s19
14Nico HülkenbergAudi1:21.067+2.014s22
15Pierre GaslyAlpine1:21.071+2.018s26
16Franco ColapintoAlpine1:21.413+2.360s22
17Alexander AlbonWilliams1:21.664+2.611s17
18Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:22.720+3.667s20
19Valtteri BottasCadillac1:23.514+4.461s12
20Sergio PérezCadillac1:24.397+5.344s21
21Carlos SainzWilliams1
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Watch the pole lap

0km/h
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Throttle
Brake
0:00.0000,00 km
Corner data for the lap
CornerGeorge Russell (1:18.518)Andrea Kimi Antonelli (1:18.811)
The first corner: right-left chicanebraking from 280 · 175 km/h · gear 4braking from 270 · 165 km/h · gear 4
The second corner: right-left chicanebraking from 285 · 105 km/h · gear 2braking from 280 · 105 km/h · gear 2
The third corner: fast right-hander225 km/h · gear 5230 km/h · gear 5
The fourth corner: slight right kink255 km/h · gear 6260 km/h · gear 6
The fifth corner: fast right-handerbraking from 260 · 220 km/h · gear 5braking from 245 · 225 km/h · gear 5
The sixth corner: slight left kinkbraking from 260 · 220 km/h · gear 5braking from 245 · 225 km/h · gear 5
The seventh corner: fast right-hander275 km/h · gear 7280 km/h · gear 7
The eighth corner: slight right kink300 km/h · gear 7305 km/h · gear 8
The ninth corner: slight right kink315 km/h · gear 8315 km/h · gear 8
The tenth corner: slight left kink325 km/h · gear 8320 km/h · gear 8
The eleventh corner: slight left kink320 km/h · gear 8300 km/h · gear 8
The twelfth corner: slight left kink295 km/h · gear 8280 km/h · gear 8
The thirteenth corner: slight left kink280 km/h · gear 7265 km/h · gear 7
The fourteenth corner: fast left-hander240 km/h · gear 6braking from 255 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The fifteenth corner: fast right-hander240 km/h · gear 6braking from 255 · 240 km/h · gear 6
The sixteenth corner: slight right kink280 km/h · gear 7280 km/h · gear 7
The seventeenth corner: slight right kink295 km/h · gear 7290 km/h · gear 7
The eighteenth corner: medium-speed right-handerbraking from 255 · 120 km/h · gear 3braking from 275 · 120 km/h · gear 2
The nineteenth corner: right-left chicanebraking from 200 · 170 km/h · gear 3braking from 230 · 195 km/h · gear 5
The twentieth corner: medium-speed right-handerbraking from 200 · 155 km/h · gear 3braking from 230 · 160 km/h · gear 3

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

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Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid positionDriverPenalty
1George Russell
2Andrea Kimi Antonelli
3Isack Hadjar
4Charles Leclerc
5Oscar Piastri
6Lando Norris
7Lewis Hamilton
8Liam Lawson
9Arvid Lindblad
10Gabriel Bortoleto
11Nico Hülkenberg
12Oliver Bearman
13Esteban Ocon
14Pierre Gasly
15Alexander Albon
16Franco Colapinto
17Fernando Alonso
18Sergio Pérez
19Valtteri Bottas
20Max Verstappen
21Carlos Sainz
22Lance Stroll

Penalties

Penalties
LapDriverTypeReason
8Franco ColapintoPenaltySTARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT

The race in numbers

Pole position
1:18.518
George Russell
Fastest lap
1:22.091
Max Verstappen
pit stops
36
across the whole field
Safety Car periods
0
plus 3 × VSC
Weather at the start
24 °C
Air · track 39 °C
Tyres
Hard · Medium · Soft
compounds used

Standings after this race

Drivers

  1. 1
    George RussellMercedes
    25 points
    Leader
  2. 2
    Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
    18 points
    −7
  3. 3
    Charles LeclercFerrari
    15 points
    −10
  4. 4
    Lewis HamiltonFerrari
    12 points
    −13
  5. 5
    Lando NorrisMcLaren
    10 points
    −15
  6. 6
    Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
    8 points
    −17
  7. 7
    Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team
    6 points
    −19
  8. 8
    Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls
    4 points
    −21
  9. 9
    Gabriel BortoletoAudi
    2 points
    −23
  10. 10
    Pierre GaslyAlpine
    1 point
    −24

Teams

  1. 1
    MercedesKonstrukteure
    43 points
    Leader
  2. 2
    FerrariKonstrukteure
    27 points
    −16
  3. 3
    McLarenKonstrukteure
    10 points
    −33
  4. 4
    Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
    8 points
    −35
  5. 5
    Haas F1 TeamKonstrukteure
    6 points
    −37
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Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Length
approx. 5.23 km
Lap record
1:22.091
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 2026?

George Russell (Mercedes) won the Australian Grand Prix 2026.

Who was on pole position?

George Russell started from pole position.