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Australian Grand Prix

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026

Round 1 of 23Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, MelbourneMar 8 202657 lapsQualifying telemetry →

Podium

ANTMercedes
2
RUSMercedes
1
LECFerrari
3

Key facts

WinnerRUS1:23:06.801 from P1
PoleRUS1:18.518
Fastest lapVER1:22.091 on lap 43
On-track passes299position changes on track
Pit stops360 SC · 3 VSC
Finishers16 / 22classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lapStops
1RUSGeorge RussellMercedes1–581:23:06.801251:22.6701
2ANTAndrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes2–58+2.974s181:22.4171
3LECCharles LeclercFerrari4▲158+15.519s151:22.5792
4HAMLewis HamiltonFerrari7▲358+16.144s121:22.4232
5NORLando NorrisMcLaren6▲158+51.741s101:22.3582
6VERMax VerstappenRed Bull20▲1458+54.617s81:22.0912
7BEAOliver BearmanHaas F1 Team12▲557+4.593s61:24.0201
8LINArvid LindbladRB F1 Team9▲157+11.816s41:24.1821
9BORGabriel BortoletoAudi10▲157+12.775s21:23.2572
10GASPierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team14▲457+29.027s11:24.4861
11OCOEsteban OconHaas F1 Team13▲257+29.850s1:24.4241
12ALBAlexander AlbonWilliams15▲357+56.075s1:24.3752
13LAWLiam LawsonRB F1 Team8▼557+57.173s1:23.7832
14COLFranco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team16▲256+8.487s1:22.9262
15SAICarlos SainzWilliams21▲656+36.886s1:23.5903
16PERSergio PérezCadillac F1 Team18▲255+7.850s1:26.0702
DNFSTRLance StrollAston Martin2243Lapped1:25.4106
DNFALOFernando AlonsoAston Martin1721Retired1:25.7132
DNFBOTValtteri BottasCadillac F1 Team1915Retired1:27.3641
DNFHADIsack HadjarRed Bull310Retired1:25.239
DNSPIAOscar PiastriMcLaren50Did not start–
DNSHULNico HülkenbergAudi110Did not start–

Lap chart

Virtual safety carVirtual safety carVirtual safety carP1P5P10P15P20051015202530354045505557LapRUSANTLECHAMNORHADPIAVERBEALINBORGASOCOHULALBLAWCOLSAIPERSTRALOBOT
Running order at the end of each lap (lap 0 = starting grid). Shaded laps: safety car (amber), virtual safety car (blue), red flag.

Gap to leader

Virtual safety carVirtual safety carVirtual safety car0s20s40s60s80s51015202530354045505557LapRUSANTHADLECHAMNORVERBEALINBORGASOCOALBLAWCOLSAIPERSTRALOBOT
Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends. Gaps above 90s are clipped (lapped cars).

Tyre strategy

HHardSSoftMMedium?UnknownStriped = used set
1RUS
11
47
2ANT
11
47
3LEC
24
34
4HAM
27
31
5NOR
10
23
25
6VER
17
23
18
7BEA
17
40
8LIN
17
40
9BOR
17
15
25
10GAS
10
47
11OCO
10
47
12ALB
11
21
25
13LAW
10
22
25
14COL
8
37
11
15SAI
10
22
12
12
16PER
17
25
13
RSTR
10
15
8
5
5
RALO
10
9
RBOT
11
4
RHAD
10
WHUL
Lap 12957

Race pace

Drivers

1:241:261:281:301:32ANT: median 1:23.017, middle half 1:22.889–1:23.260, best 1:22.417 (45 laps)ANT1:23.017LEC: median 1:23.094, middle half 1:22.952–1:23.511, best 1:22.579 (41 laps)LEC+0.077RUS: median 1:23.096, middle half 1:22.889–1:23.500, best 1:22.670 (44 laps)RUS+0.080HAM: median 1:23.129, middle half 1:22.677–1:24.045, best 1:22.423 (41 laps)HAM+0.112NOR: median 1:23.474, middle half 1:22.942–1:24.076, best 1:22.358 (44 laps)NOR+0.457VER: median 1:23.510, middle half 1:23.109–1:24.595, best 1:22.453 (41 laps)VER+0.493BOR: median 1:24.541, middle half 1:24.329–1:25.198, best 1:23.257 (42 laps)BOR+1.524BEA: median 1:24.627, middle half 1:24.483–1:25.356, best 1:24.020 (43 laps)BEA+1.610LIN: median 1:24.863, middle half 1:24.658–1:25.407, best 1:24.205 (43 laps)LIN+1.846GAS: median 1:25.149, middle half 1:24.805–1:25.965, best 1:24.486 (42 laps)GAS+2.132LAW: median 1:25.168, middle half 1:24.252–1:25.883, best 1:23.783 (42 laps)LAW+2.151OCO: median 1:25.228, middle half 1:24.811–1:25.814, best 1:24.424 (43 laps)OCO+2.211ALB: median 1:25.564, middle half 1:24.859–1:26.424, best 1:24.702 (42 laps)ALB+2.546COL: median 1:25.707, middle half 1:25.174–1:26.665, best 1:23.259 (37 laps)COL+2.690SAI: median 1:25.765, middle half 1:25.166–1:26.853, best 1:23.590 (38 laps)SAI+2.748STR: median 1:27.495, middle half 1:26.422–1:28.077, best 1:25.707 (22 laps)STR+4.479PER: median 1:27.595, middle half 1:27.058–1:28.872, best 1:26.070 (38 laps)PER+4.578
Clean laps only: lap 1, in/out laps, safety car laps and laps slower than 107% of the driver's median are dropped. Box = middle half, line = median.

Teams

1:241:261:281:301:32Mercedes: median 1:23.069, middle half 1:22.889–1:23.486, best 1:22.417 (89 laps)Mercedes1:23.069Ferrari: median 1:23.096, middle half 1:22.839–1:23.771, best 1:22.423 (82 laps)Ferrari+0.027McLaren: median 1:23.474, middle half 1:22.942–1:24.076, best 1:22.358 (44 laps)McLaren+0.405Red Bull: median 1:23.510, middle half 1:23.109–1:24.595, best 1:22.453 (41 laps)Red Bull+0.441Audi: median 1:24.541, middle half 1:24.329–1:25.198, best 1:23.257 (42 laps)Audi+1.472Haas: median 1:25.024, middle half 1:24.579–1:25.659, best 1:24.020 (86 laps)Haas+1.955RB: median 1:25.041, middle half 1:24.523–1:25.792, best 1:23.783 (85 laps)RB+1.972Alpine: median 1:25.281, middle half 1:24.933–1:26.253, best 1:23.259 (79 laps)Alpine+2.212Williams: median 1:25.675, middle half 1:24.924–1:26.546, best 1:23.590 (80 laps)Williams+2.606Aston Martin: median 1:27.495, middle half 1:26.422–1:28.077, best 1:25.707 (22 laps)Aston Martin+4.426Cadillac: median 1:27.595, middle half 1:27.058–1:28.872, best 1:26.070 (38 laps)Cadillac+4.526
Both drivers' clean laps combined, ordered by median lap.

Fastest pit stops

#DriverLapPit laneStationary
1LEC2517.6s
2NOR3417.6s
3LEC1817.7s2.2s
4HAM1817.7s2.3s
5HAM2817.7s
6RUS1217.8s2.3s
7VER4118.0s
8ALB1218.1s2.7s
9NOR1118.2s
10LAW3318.2s2.8s
11ALB3318.4s2.5s
12OCO1118.5s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Overtakes

SAI
24 made · 17 lostBEA
22 made · 19 lostCOL
21 made · 18 lostVER
20 made · 11 lostGAS
20 made · 16 lostALO
20 made · 21 lostBOT
20 made · 20 lostBOR
19 made · 17 lostALB
18 made · 15 lostOCO
17 made · 16 lostPER
16 made · 13 lostLAW
14 made · 17 lostSTR
12 made · 7 lostLIN
11 made · 12 lost

On-track position changes recorded by the timing system (pit stops excluded).

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1RUSGeorge RussellMercedes1:19.5071:18.9341:18.518
2ANTAndrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:20.1201:19.4351:18.811+0.293s
3HADIsack HadjarRed Bull1:20.0231:19.6531:19.303+0.785s
4LECCharles LeclercFerrari1:20.2261:19.3571:19.327+0.809s
5PIAOscar PiastriMcLaren1:19.6641:19.5251:19.380+0.862s
6NORLando NorrisMcLaren1:20.0101:19.8821:19.475+0.957s
7HAMLewis HamiltonFerrari1:19.8111:19.9211:19.478+0.960s
8LAWLiam LawsonRB F1 Team1:20.4911:20.1441:19.994+1.476s
9LINArvid LindbladRB F1 Team1:20.4091:19.9711:21.247+2.729s
10BORGabriel BortoletoAudi1:20.4951:20.221–+1.703s
11HULNico HülkenbergAudi1:21.0241:20.303–+1.785s
12BEAOliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:21.2471:20.311–+1.793s
13OCOEsteban OconHaas F1 Team1:20.7591:20.491–+1.973s
14GASPierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team1:21.1381:20.501–+1.983s
15ALBAlexander AlbonWilliams1:21.0511:20.941–+2.423s
16COLFranco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team1:21.2001:21.270–+2.752s
17ALOFernando AlonsoAston Martin1:21.969––+3.451s
18PERSergio PérezCadillac F1 Team1:22.605––+4.087s
19BOTValtteri BottasCadillac F1 Team1:23.244––+4.726s

Sectors & speed

#DriverS1S2S3Ideal lap
1VER28.82317.53635.6521:22.011
2ANT28.85617.46135.7041:22.021
3HAM28.86717.50535.7161:22.088
4RUS28.85717.45835.8621:22.177
5NOR28.97917.64435.5991:22.222
6LEC28.99517.59835.8481:22.441
7COL29.04217.38036.3521:22.774
8BOR29.39517.72136.0621:23.178
9SAI29.17117.80536.3741:23.350
10LAW29.40417.67936.4391:23.522
11OCO29.82817.38836.3541:23.570
12BEA29.56717.57836.5631:23.708
13LIN29.50717.64536.6781:23.830
14GAS29.63317.64736.7481:24.028
15ALB29.41818.01136.7421:24.171
16HAD29.86718.57536.4451:24.887
17STR29.69418.46736.9431:25.104
18ALO29.87918.26237.0691:25.210
19PER29.95218.01137.7091:25.672
20BOT30.77818.03338.1561:26.967

Speed trap (race best)

RUS
321 km/hHAM
317 km/hVER
313 km/hANT
306 km/hCOL
306 km/hBOR
306 km/hGAS
306 km/hLEC
305 km/hOCO
304 km/hSAI
304 km/hHAD
302 km/hSTR
302 km/hBEA
301 km/hLIN
301 km/hPER
298 km/hLAW
297 km/hNOR
297 km/hBOT
291 km/hALB
291 km/hALO
289 km/h

Best race sectors per driver; the ideal lap adds them up. Purple = fastest in that sector.

Weather

Temperature

25°27.5°30°32.5°35°37.5°°C
Minutes from the race start.

Conditions

Track33–39°°C
Air24°average °C
Humidity54%average
Wind2.5m/s average
RainNodry race

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

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Racing line from the pole lap (RUS); the amber dot is the start/finish line. Corner numbers from MultiViewer.

Previous winners here

2025Lando NorrisMcLaren
2024Carlos SainzFerrari
2023Max VerstappenRed Bull
2022Charles LeclercFerrari
2019Valtteri BottasMercedes
2018Sebastian VettelFerrari
2017Sebastian VettelFerrari
2016Nico RosbergMercedes
2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2014Nico RosbergMercedes

Race control

03:08PINK HEAD PADDING MATERIAL MUST BE USED
L1 03:20GREEN LIGHT - PIT EXIT OPEN
L1 03:21DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 6
L1 03:21CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 6
L1 03:21YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 7
L1 03:21DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 6
L1 03:21DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 7
L1 03:21MEDICAL CAR DEPLOYED
L1 03:29YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 03:30PIT EXIT CLOSED
L1 03:30DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 03:30CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 03:32CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 03:33INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 27 (HUL) NOTED - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L1 03:37CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 7
L1 03:37CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 6
L1 03:38FIA STEWARDS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 27 (HUL) UNDER INVESTIGATION - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L1 03:40DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 15
L1 03:40CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 15
L1 03:45RISK OF RAIN FOR THE F1 RACE IS 0%
L1 03:55FIA STEWARDS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 27 (HUL) NO FURTHER ACTION - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L1 03:57OVERTAKE DISABLED
L1 04:01INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 43 (COL) NOTED - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L1 04:03SESSION STARTED
L1 04:03GREEN LIGHT - PIT EXIT OPEN
L1 04:03FIA STEWARDS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 43 (COL) UNDER INVESTIGATION - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L1 04:04OVERTAKE ENABLED
L6 04:11CAR 10 (GAS) TIME 1:27.040 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 10 LAP 5 15:10:17
L7 04:12CAR 5 (BOR) TIME 1:27.463 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 3 LAP 6 15:11:11
L8 04:14FIA STEWARDS: STOP-AND-GO PENALTY FOR CAR 43 (COL) - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L9 04:16TURN 11 INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 16 (LEC) NOTED
L10 04:17FIA STEWARDS: TURN 11 INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 16 (LEC) REVIEWED NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION
L12 04:19VSC DEPLOYED
L12 04:19YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L12 04:19DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L12 04:20MARSHALS ON TRACK AT TURN 9
L13 04:21FIA STEWARDS: PENALTY SERVED - STOP-AND-GO PENALTY FOR CAR 43 (COL) - STARTING PROCEDURE INFRINGEMENT
L14 04:23CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L14 04:23VSC ENDING
L14 04:23TRACK CLEAR
L18 04:28CAR 23 (ALB) TIME 1:28.434 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 3 LAP 16 15:26:48
L18 04:29YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L18 04:29VSC DEPLOYED
L19 04:31PIT LANE ENTRY CLOSED
L19 04:31CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L20 04:32MARSHALS ON TRACK AT PIT ENTRY
L20 04:32PIT LANE ENTRY OPEN
L20 04:32VSC ENDING
L20 04:32TRACK CLEAR
L21 04:34TURN 11 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 11 (PER) AND 30 (LAW) NOTED - FORCING ANOTHER DRIVER OFF THE TRACK
L22 04:35CAR 30 (LAW) TIME 1:29.919 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 3 LAP 16 15:26:58
L23 04:36TURN 3 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 31 (OCO) AND 10 (GAS) NOTED
L23 04:37FIA STEWARDS: TURN 11 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 11 (PER) AND 30 (LAW) UNDER INVESTIGATION - FORCING ANOTHER DRIVER OFF THE TRACK
L24 04:38FIA STEWARDS: TURN 3 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 31 (OCO) AND 10 (GAS) UNDER INVESTIGATION
L25 04:39INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 31 (OCO) NOTED - DRIVING UNNECESSARILY SLOWLY
L26 04:40FIA STEWARDS: TURN 11 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 11 (PER) AND 30 (LAW) NO FURTHER ACTION - FORCING ANOTHER DRIVER OFF THE TRACK
L27 04:43INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 11 (PER) NOTED - IGNORING BLUE FLAGS
L30 04:46FIA STEWARDS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 31 (OCO) WILL BE INVESTIGATED AFTER THE RACE - DRIVING UNNECESSARILY SLOWLY
L33 04:50FIA STEWARDS: TURN 3 INCIDENT INVOLVING CARS 31 (OCO) AND 10 (GAS) NO FURTHER ACTION
L33 04:51TRACK SURFACE SLIPPERY IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L34 04:52VSC DEPLOYED
L34 04:52CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L34 04:52DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L34 04:52MARSHALS ON TRACK AT TURN 8
L34 04:52DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 12
L34 04:52CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L34 04:52CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 12
L34 04:52VSC ENDING
L34 04:53TRACK CLEAR
L35 04:53FIA STEWARDS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 11 (PER) REVIEWED NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION - IGNORING BLUE FLAGS
L56 05:23CAR 55 (SAI) TIME 1:27.961 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 3 LAP 53 16:21:48
L58 05:26CHEQUERED FLAG
L58 05:26SESSION FINISHED
L58 05:29ALL PASS HOLDERS MAY ACCESS THE PIT LANE
L58 05:32DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 19
L58 05:33CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 19

Blue flags omitted. Times are UTC.

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