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Australia 2023! Everything You Need To Know...

Updated: Apr 2

G'day F1 fans! It's that time of the year where the race is down under and our sleep schedules are wrecked.


This week in Melbourne will be extra special for the McLaren rookie, Oscar Piastri, as it's his first home race in F1.


This post will be updated regularly over the weekend.

 

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Australia Schedule

About The Track

Free Practice Updates

Qualifying Updates

Pre-race Penalties

The Race

Any Other News

Championship Standings

 

Australia Schedule (BST)


Friday 31st March 2023:

Free Practice 1: 02:30-03:30

Free Practice 2: 06:00-07:00


Saturday 1st April 2023:

Free Practice 3: 02:30-03:30

Qualifying: 06:00-07:00


Sunday 2nd April:

The Race: 06:00

 

About The Track


  • The Albert Park Circuit was built in 1993, with the first race in Melbourne being held in 1996.

  • The circuit has 2 DRS zones.

  • The race will have 58 laps of the 5.278km circuit.

  • The lap record was set by Charles Leclerc in 2022 at 1:20.260.


Image taken from official F1 website.
 

Free Practice Updates


Free Practice 1 -


Times By Teams:


Alfa Romeo

  • Valtteri Bottas: P18. 1:20.419. Completed 21 laps.

  • Zhou Guanyu: P19. 1:20.596. Completed 22 laps.


AlphaTauri

  • Yuki Tsunoda: P17. 1:20.399. Completed 14 laps.

  • Nyck De Vries: P14. 1:19.933. Completed 25 laps.


Alpine

  • Esteban Ocon: P16. 1:20.175. Completed 20 laps.

  • Pierre Gasly: P8. 1:19.646. Completed 22 laps.


Aston Martin

  • Fernando Alonso: P4. 1:19.317. Completed 23 laps.

  • Lance Stroll: P10. 1:19.766. Completed 19 laps.


Ferrari

  • Carlos Sainz: P6. 1:19.505. Completed 20 laps.

  • Charles Leclerc: P5. 1:19.378. Completed 16 laps.


Haas

  • Kevin Magnussen: P20. 1:21.147. Completed 17 laps.

  • Nico Hulkenberg: P13. 1:19.806. Completed 19 laps.


McLaren

  • Lando Norris: P7. 1:19.536. Completed 16 laps.

  • Oscar Piastri: P12. 1:19.777. Completed 22 laps.


Mercedes

  • Lewis Hamilton: P2. 1:19.223. Completed 20 laps.

  • George Russell: P9. 1:19.699. Completed 23 laps.


Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen: P1. 1:18.790. Completed 17 laps.

  • Sergio Perez: P3. 1:19.293. Completed 19 laps.


Williams

  • Alex Albon: P11. 1:19.766. Completed 21 laps.

  • Logan Sargeant: P15. 1:20.074. Completed 21 laps.


Overall Rankings for FP1:

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

1:18.790

2

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

+0.433

3

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

+0.503

4

Fernando Alonso

Aston MArtin

+0.527

5

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

+0.588

6

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

+0.715

7

Lando Norris

McLaren

+0.746

8

Pierre Gasly

Alpine

+0.856

9

George Russell

Mercedes

+0.909

10

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

+0.976

11

Alex Albon

Williams

+0.976

12

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

+0.987

13

Nico Hulkenberg

Haas

+1.016

14

Nyck De Vries

AlphaTauri

+1.143

15

Logan Sargeant

Will

+1.284

16

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

+1.385

17

Yuki Tsunoda

AlphaTauri

+1.609

18

Valtteri Bottas

Afla Romeo

+1.629

19

Zhou Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

+1.779

20

Kevin Magnussen

Haas

+2.357


Free Practice 2 -


Times By Teams:


Alfa Romeo

  • Valtteri Bottas: P12. 1:20.312. Completed 22 laps.

  • Zhou Guanyu: P15. 1:20.470. Completed 22 laps.


AlphaTauri

  • Yuki Tsunoda: P11. 1:20.206. Completed 18 laps.

  • Nyck De Vries: P17. 1:20.579. Completed 8 laps.


Alpine

  • Esteban Ocon: P6. 1:19.725. Completed 12 laps.

  • Pierre Gasly: P10. 1:20.206. Completed 12 laps.


Aston Martin

  • Fernando Alonso: P1. 1:18.887. Completed 13 laps.

  • Lance Stroll: P16. 1:20.579. Completed 15 laps.


Ferrari

  • Carlos Sainz: P5. 1:19.695. Completed 12 laps.

  • Charles Leclerc: P2. 1:19.332. Completed 10 laps.


Haas

  • Kevin Magnussen: P19. 1:21.266. Completed 18 laps.

  • Nico Hulkenberg: P9. 1:20.194. Completed 19 laps.


McLaren

  • Lando Norris: P8. 1:20.176. Completed 20 laps.

  • Oscar Piastri: P14. 1:20.380. Completed 24 laps.


Mercedes

  • Lewis Hamilton: P13. 1:20.323. Completed 17 laps.

  • George Russell: P4. 1:19.672. Completed 20 laps.


Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen: P3. 1:19.502. Completed 12 laps.

  • Sergio Perez: P7. 1:20.083. Completed 15 laps.


Williams

  • Alex Albon: 1:21.182. Completed 18 laps.

  • Logan Sargeant: No time set. The car has a suspected electrical issue which prevented Sargeant from going on the track.


Overall Rankings for FP2:

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin

1:18.887

2

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

+0.445

3

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

+0.615

4

George Russell

Mercedes

+0.785

5

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

+0.808

6

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

+0.838

7

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

+1.196

8

Lando Norris

McLaren

+1.289

9

Nico Hulkenberg

Haas

+1.307

10

Pierre Gasly

Alpine

+1.319

11

Yuki Tsunoda

AlphaTauri

+1.333

12

Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo

+1.425

13

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

+1.436

14

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

+1.493

15

Zhou Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

+1.583

16

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

+1.692

17

Nyck De Vries

AlphaTauri

+1.713

18

Alex Albon

Williams

+2.295

19

Kevin Magnussen

Haas

+2.379


Free Practice 3 -


Times By Teams:


Alfa Romeo

  • Valtteri Bottas: P15. 1:18.809. Completed 24 laps.

  • Zhou Guanyu: P10. 1:18.330. Completed 20 laps.


AlphaTauri

  • Yuki Tsunoda: P16. 1:18.901. Completed 22 laps.

  • Nyck De Vries: P19. 1:19.092. Completed 23 laps.


Alpine

  • Esteban Ocon: P3. 1:17.938. Completed 23 laps.

  • Pierre Gasly: P5. 1:18.094. Completed 23 laps.


Aston Martin

  • Fernando Alonso: P2. 1:17.727. Completed 26 laps.

  • Lance Stroll: P9. 1:18.198. Completed 22 laps.


Ferrari

  • Carlos Sainz: P7. 1:18.127. Completed 29 laps.

  • Charles Leclerc: P13. 1:18.691. Completed 28 laps.


Haas

  • Kevin Magnussen: P18. 1:19.056. Completed 26 laps.

  • Nico Hulkenberg: P11. 1:18.410. Completed 24 laps.


McLaren

  • Lando Norris: P20. 1:19.146. Completed 12 laps.

  • Oscar Piastri: P14. 1:18.713. Completed 21 laps.


Mercedes

  • Lewis Hamilton: P8. 1:18.138. Completed 25 laps.

  • George Russell: P4. 1:17.955. Completed 23 laps.


Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen: P1. 1:17.565. Completed 24 laps.

  • Sergio Perez: P6. 1:18.123. Completed 18 laps.


Williams

  • Alex Albon: P12. 1:18.553. Completed 21 laps.

  • Logan Sargeant: P17. 1:18.947. Completed 20 laps.


Overall Rankings of FP3:

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

1:17.565

2

Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin

+0.162

3

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

+0.373

4

George Russell

Mercedes

+0.390

5

Pierre Gasly

Alpine

+0.529

6

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

+0.558

7

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

+0.562

8

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

+0.573

9

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

+0.633

10

Zhou Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

+0.765

11

Nico Hulkenberg

Haas

+0.845

12

Alex Ablon

Williams

+0.988

13

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

+1.126

14

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

+1.148

15

Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo

+1.244

16

Yuki Tsunoda

AlphaTauri