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	+1.336
17	Logan Sargeant	Willliams	+1.382
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.491
19	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	+1.527
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.581

Qualifying Updates

Eliminated in Q1 -

Sergio Perez

Valtteri Bottas

Logan Sargeant

Zhou Guanyu

Oscar Piastri

Eliminated in Q2 -

Esteban Ocon

Yuki Tsunoda

Lando Norris

Kevin Magnussen

Nyck De Vries

Through to Q3 -

Nico Hulkenberg

Max Verstappen

Pierre Gasly

George Russell

Alex Albon

Lewis Hamilton

Charles Leclerc

Fernando Alonso

Lance Stroll

Carlos Sainz

OVERALL RESULT OF QUALIFYING:

*this does not take into account any penalties, final starting grid can be found under 'The Race' section*

The time listed shows the driver's fastest qualifying lap for their respective final qualifying sessions. Blue is for Q3, red is for Q2, and no background colour is Q1. For the driver's times for Q1, Q2, Q3, see below in 'Qualifying Results by Team'.

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.732
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.968
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.104
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.139
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:17.270
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.308
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.369
8	Alex Albon	Williams	1:17.609
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:17.675
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:17.735
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.768
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.099
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.119
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:18.129
15	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	1:28.335
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.517
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:18.540
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.557
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.714
20	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	DNF

Times By Teams -

Alfa Romeo

Valtteri Bottas: P19. Q1 = 1:18.714.
Zhou Guanyu: P17. Q1 = 1:18.540.

AlphaTauri

Yuki Tsunoda: P12. Q1 = 1:18.471. Q2 = 1:18.099.
Nyck De Vries: P15. Q1 = 1:18.450. Q2 = 1:18.335.

Alpine

Esteban Ocon: P11. Q1 = 1:17.770. Q2 = 1:17.768.
Pierre Gasly: P9. Q1 = 1:18.312. Q2 = 1:17.574. Q3 = 1:17.675.

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso: P4. Q1 = 1:17.832. Q2 = 1:17.283. Q3 = 1:17.139.
Lance Stroll: P6. Q1 = 1:17.873. Q2 = 1:17.616. Q3 = 1:17.308.

Ferrari

Carlos Sainz: P5. Q1 = 1:17.928. Q2 = 1:17.349. Q3 = 1:17.270.
Charles Leclerc: P7. Q1 = 1:18.218. Q2 = 1:17.390. Q3 = 1:17.369.

Haas

Kevin Magnussen: P14. Q1 = 1:18.159. Q2 = 1:18.129.
Nico Hulkenberg: P10. Q1 =1:18.029. Q2 = 1:17.412. Q3 = 1:17.735.

McLaren

Lando Norris: P13. Q1 = 1:18.243. Q2 = 1:18.119.
Oscar Piastri: P16. Q1 = 1:18.517.

Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton: P3. Q1 = 1:17.689. Q2 = 1:17.551. Q3 = 1:17.104.
George Russell: P2. Q1 = 1:17.654. Q2 = 1:17.513. Q3 = 1:16.968.

Red Bull

Max Verstappen: P1. Q1 = 1:17.384. Q2 = 1:17.056. Q3 = 1:16.732.
Sergio Perez: P20. DNF. Perez beached the car at Turn 3 during his first lap.

Williams

Alex Albon: P8. Q1 = 1:17.962. Q2 = 1:17.761. Q3 = 1:17.675.
Logan Sargeant: P18. Q1 = 1:18.557.

Pre-race Penalties

Thankfully, no penalties!

The Race

Starting Grid -

Position	Driver	Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2	George Russell	Mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
8	Alex Albon	Williams
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
13	Lando Norris	McLaren
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
15	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams
19	Valtteri Bottas**	Alfa Romeo
20	Sergio Perez*	Red Bull

*Perez starts from the pits due to not setting a time in qualifying.

**Bottas also had to start from pit after the car was modified under parc ferme.

Race Updates -

Lap 1 - George gets an amazing start and overtakes with Hamilton following shit into P2. Charles Leclerc goes off into the gravel and he’s out after being tagged by Stroll on turn 3.

Lap 2 - Safety car out. Ocon pits onto hards.

Lap 3 - Perez pits onto hards. Bottas, Sargeant and Zhou also go into the pits.

Lap 6 - Perez is starting to make his way through the pack, already at P16. Hamilton is starting to gain on his teammate.

Lap 7 - Alex Albon is out, just clipping the corner and spinning out due to oversteer. Safety car out. Russell pits under safety car as does Sainz. Hamilton is the new race leader.

Lap 8 - Red flag. Restart means there is a free pit stop meaning Sainz and Russell’s strategy has been hurt after putting under the safety car and coming out P11 and P7 respectively.

Lap 9 - Restart at 15:33 local time (06:33 BST). Verstappen on the radio reports that Hamilton is more than 10 car lengths behind the safety car on the formation lap. Restart procedure under investigation for both Hamilton and the cars at the back of the pack slowing each other down.

Restart Order:

Hamilton

Verstappen

Alonso

Stroll

Gasly

Hulkenberg

Russell

Tsunoda

Norris

Piastri

Sainz

De Vries

Ocon

Perez

Zhou

Bottas

Sargeant

Magnussen

Lap 10 - Contact for Nyck De Vries with Esteban Ocon, forcing De Vries into the gravel. De Vries didn’t give Ocon enough room, Ocon tried to back out but couldn’t avoid contact.

Lap 12 - Verstappen with the DRS is able to retake his P1 position.

Lap 13 - Russell makes the overtake on Gasly to take P4, with Stroll gaining.

Lap 15 - Sainz goes down the inside of Stroll to take P6.

Lap 18 - Russell DNF’s as his car catches fire. Virtual Safety Car has been deployed and put lane entry is closed as Russell pulls over towards pit exit.

Lap 19 - Green flag.

Lap 21 - Pit lane entry open again.

Lap 22 - Sainz attempts another overtake on Gasly but can’t quite make it.

Lap 25 - Sainz makes a move again on Gasly and takes P4 once again.

Lap 30 - Piastri goes round the outside of Tsunoda and takes P11.

Lap 42 - Perez chases Norris but Norris is fighting him off and don’t extraordinarily well keeping him begging for the last few laps.

Lap 43 - Perez manage to overtake Norris at turn 8.

Lap 47 - De Vries pits for softs.

Lap 52 - Norris finally manages to overtake Hullenberg when Hulkenberg misses the apex in turn 11. Hullenberg then slides through the gravel and is now P9.

Lap 53 - Magnussen loses his rear right wheel after veering wide into the concrete wall. Safety car deployed. Bottas, Zhou, and Piastri pits.

Lap 54 - Hamilton reports a lot of debris on the track.

Lap 55 - 2nd red flag. Lap 56 will be the formation, leaving 57 and 58 of racing laps left with no DRS. Race will resume at 16:56 local time (07:56 BST).

Restart Order:

Verstappen

Hamilton

Alonso

Sainz

Gasly

Stroll

Perez

Norris

Hulkenberg

Ocon

Piastri

Zhou

Tsunoda

Bottas

Sargeant

De Vries

Lap 56 - Formation lap begins.

Lap 57 - Chaos. Sainz makes contact with Alonso, sending Alonso spinning. Ocon and Gasly collide and both end up in the wall. De Vries also ends up getting caught in the thick of the pack and has to DNF. The race is red flagged and will restart at 17:33 local time (08:33 BST).

Restart order:

Verstappen

Hamilton

Alonso

Sainz

Stroll

Perez

Norris

Hulkenberg

Piastri

Zhou

Tsunoda

Bottas

Lap 58 - Race restarts and is completed as a formation lap under the safety car. Sainz is given a 5 second penalty for the contact with Alonso in lap 57, and Nico Hulkenberg breaks down on track during the cool down lap.

Fastest Lap - Perez: 1:20.235

Race Results -

Position	Driver	Team	Gap	Pit Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull		3
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.179	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.769	3
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.082	3
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+3.320	5
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+3.701	3
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	+4.939	3
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+5.382	4
9	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+5.713	5
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+6.052	4
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+6.513	6
12	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+6.594	4

DNFs -

Charles Leclerc

Alex Albon

Kevin Magnussen

Esteban Ocon

Pierre Gasly

Nyck De Vries

Driver of the Day - Sergio Perez

Any Other News

Piastri took his maiden points today and at his home race! Congratulations to Oscar.

Championship Standings

World Driver Championship

Position	Driver	Points	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	69
2	Sergio Perez	54	+15
3	Fernando Alonso	45	+9
4	Lewis Hamilton	38	+7
5	Carlos SAinz	20	+18
6	Lance Stroll	20	+0
7	George Russell	18	+2
8	Lando Norris	8	+10
9	Nico Hulkenberg	6	+2
10	Charles Leclerc	6	+0
11	Valtteri Botas	4	+2
12	Esteban Ocon	4	+0
13	Oscar Piastri	4	+0
14	Pierre Gasly	4	+0
15	Zhou Guanyu	2	+2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	1	+1
17	Kevin Magnussen	1	+0
18	Alex Albon	1	+0
19	Logan Sargeant	0	+1
20	Nyck De Vries	0	+0

World Constructor Championship

Position	Team	Points	Gap
1	Red Bull	123
2	Aston Martin	65	+58
3	Mercedes	56	+9
4	Ferrari	26	+30
5	McLaren	12	+14
6	Alpine	8	+4
7	Haas	7	+1
8	Alfa ROmeo	6	+1
9	AlphaTauri	1	+1
10	Williams	1	+0

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