Round 1 · 2026AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne (Australia) · 08.03.2026 04:00 UTC · background

Lap trace · drawn from raw GPS

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne · the fastest lap of each podium finisher, plotted from OpenF1 positional samples and painted by speed. Black overlay marks where the brake pedal was down.

Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

Lap: 56
Time: 1:22.417
Top: 319 km/h
Slowest: 85 km/h
Samples: 324

speed over the lap

Charles LECLERCFerrari

Lap: 37
Time: 1:22.579
Top: 321 km/h
Slowest: 94 km/h
Samples: 306

speed over the lap

George RUSSELLMercedes

Lap: 20
Time: 1:22.670
Top: 324 km/h
Slowest: 89 km/h
Samples: 323

speed over the lap

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Race classification

#	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1	58	1:23:06.801	25
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	58	+2.974	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	58	+15.519	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	7	58	+16.144	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	58	+51.741	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	20	58	+54.617	8
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	12	57	+4.593	6
8	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	9	57	+11.816	4
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	57	+12.775	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	14	57	+29.027	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	13	57	+29.850	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+56.075	0
13	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	8	57	+57.173	0
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	16	56	+8.487	0
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	21	56	+36.886	0
16	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	18	55	+7.850	0
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	43	Lapped	0
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	17	21	Retired	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	15	Retired	0
20	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	3	10	Retired	0
21	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	0	Did not start	0
22	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11	0	Did not start	0

Qualifying

#	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.507	1:18.934	1:18.518
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:20.120	1:19.435	1:18.811
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:20.023	1:19.653	1:19.303
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.226	1:19.357	1:19.327
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.664	1:19.525	1:19.380
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.010	1:19.882	1:19.475
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:19.811	1:19.921	1:19.478
8	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:20.491	1:20.144	1:19.994
9	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:20.409	1:19.971	1:21.247
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:20.495	1:20.221	—
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:21.024	1:20.303	—
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:21.247	1:20.311	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:20.759	1:20.491	—
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:21.138	1:20.501	—
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.051	1:20.941	—
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:21.200	1:21.270	—
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.969	—	—
18	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:22.605	—	—
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	1:23.244	—	—

Pit stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Duration
F. Colapinto	1	9	27.733
L. Norris	1	11	18.266
E. Ocon	1	11	18.570
P. Gasly	1	11	18.672
C. Sainz	1	11	19.859
L. Lawson	1	11	19.112
F. Alonso	1	11	25.895
L. Stroll	1	11	36.686
G. Russell	1	12	17.794
A. Antonelli	1	12	20.985
A. Albon	1	12	18.118
V. Bottas	1	12	30.387
F. Alonso	2	13	16:12.356
A. Lindblad	1	18	18.506
M. Verstappen	1	18	19.070
O. Bearman	1	18	18.774
G. Bortoleto	1	18	18.916
S. Pérez	1	18	21.371
C. Leclerc	1	25	17.664
L. Stroll	2	26	33.182
L. Hamilton	1	28	17.741
G. Bortoleto	2	33	22.619
A. Albon	2	33	18.404
C. Sainz	2	33	25.939
L. Lawson	2	33	18.190
L. Norris	2	34	17.649
L. Stroll	3	34	18:01.553
M. Verstappen	2	41	18.078
S. Pérez	2	43	18.951
C. Sainz	3	45	34.615
F. Colapinto	2	46	18.561
L. Stroll	4	39	22.469