Round 1 · 2026

Australian Grand Prix

Melbourne · Australia

Fri 6 Mar – Sun 8 Mar

Finished

Schedule

Practice 1 ✓Fri 6 Mar01:30
Practice 2 ✓Fri 6 Mar05:00
Practice 3 ✓Sat 7 Mar01:30
Qualifying ✓Sat 7 Mar05:00
Race ✓Sun 8 Mar04:00

Times are shown in the selected time zone.

Results

Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Qualifying Race

Practice 1 Fri 6 Mar 01:30

Pos	Driver	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:20.267		33
2	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:20.736	+0.469	30
3	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:20.789	+0.522	27
4	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:21.087	+0.820	24
5	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:21.313	+1.046	22
6	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:21.342	+1.075	21
7	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:21.371	+1.104	26
8	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:21.376	+1.109	24
9	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:21.696	+1.429	23
10	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:21.969	+1.702	21
11	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:22.161	+1.894	28
12	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	1:22.323	+2.056	30
13	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:22.613	+2.346	28
14	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:22.682	+2.415	25
15	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:23.130	+2.863	24
16	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:23.325	+3.058	26
17	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:24.022	+3.755	24
18	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:24.035	+3.768	27
19	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:24.391	+4.124	7
20	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	1:24.620	+4.353	14
21	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	1:50.334	+30.067	3

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Weather

Air20.2–21.3 °C
Track33.5–38 °C
Humidity71%
Wind1.7 m/s
RainNo

Practice 2 Fri 6 Mar 05:00

Pos	Driver	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:19.729		26
2	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:19.943	+0.214	31
3	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:20.049	+0.320	28
4	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:20.050	+0.321	32
5	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:20.291	+0.562	30
6	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:20.366	+0.637	13
7	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:20.794	+1.065	29
8	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:20.922	+1.193	30
9	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:20.941	+1.212	28
10	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:21.179	+1.450	29
11	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:21.326	+1.597	31
12	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:21.351	+1.622	34
13	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:21.358	+1.629	29
14	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:21.668	+1.939	28
15	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:21.847	+2.118	32
16	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:22.167	+2.438	16
17	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	1:22.253	+2.524	10
18	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:22.619	+2.890	27
19	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:23.660	+3.931	28
20	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:24.662	+4.933	18
21	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	1:25.816	+6.087	13
22	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	–		2

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Weather

Air21.8–22.9 °C
Track31.2–36.3 °C
Humidity64%
Wind2.2 m/s
RainNo

Practice 3 Sat 7 Mar 01:30

Pos	Driver	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:19.053		23
2	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:19.669	+0.616	22
3	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:19.827	+0.774	20
4	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:20.087	+1.034	17
5	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:20.137	+1.084	15
6	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:20.197	+1.144	15
7	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:20.324	+1.271	18
8	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:20.443	+1.390	22
9	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:20.459	+1.406	19
10	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:20.778	+1.725	18
11	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:20.838	+1.785	15
12	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:20.890	+1.837	13
13	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:20.983	+1.930	19
14	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:21.067	+2.014	22
15	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:21.071	+2.018	26
16	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:21.413	+2.360	22
17	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:21.664	+2.611	17
18	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:22.720	+3.667	20
19	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:23.514	+4.461	12
20	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	1:24.397	+5.344	21
21	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	–		1

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Weather

Air20.2–21 °C
Track33.5–39.3 °C
Humidity64%
Wind1.9 m/s
RainNo

Qualifying Sat 7 Mar 05:00

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:19.507	1:18.934	1:18.518	22
2	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:20.120	1:19.435	1:18.811	18
3	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:20.023	1:19.653	1:19.303	19
4	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:20.226	1:19.357	1:19.327	24
5	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:19.664	1:19.525	1:19.380	26
6	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:20.010	1:19.882	1:19.475	26
7	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:19.811	1:19.921	1:19.478	25
8	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:20.491	1:20.144	1:19.994	24
9	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:20.409	1:19.971	1:21.247	25
10	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:20.495	1:20.221		14
11	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:21.024	1:20.303		18
12	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:21.247	1:20.311		18
13	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:20.759	1:20.491		18
14	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:21.138	1:20.501		18
15	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:21.051	1:20.941		19
16	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:21.200	1:21.270		18
17	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:21.969			10
18	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	1:22.605			7
19	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:23.244			8

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Weather

Air20.3–20.6 °C
Track32–37.8 °C
Humidity64%
Wind2.3 m/s
RainNo

Race Sun 8 Mar 04:00

⏱ Fastest lap VER Max VERSTAPPEN · 1:22.091 · lap 42

Pos	Driver	Laps	Time / Gap	Pts
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	58	1:23:06.801	25
2	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	58	+2.974	18
3	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	58	+15.519	15
4	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	58	+16.144	12
5	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	58	+51.741	10
6	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	58	+54.617 ⏱	8
7	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	57	+1 lap	6
8	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	57	+1 lap	4
9	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	57	+1 lap	2
10	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	57	+1 lap	1
11	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	57	+1 lap
12	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	57	+1 lap
13	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	57	+1 lap
14	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	56	+2 laps
15	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	56	+2 laps
16	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	55	+3 laps
NC	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	43	+15 laps
DNF	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	21	DNF
DNF	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	15	DNF
DNF	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	10	DNF
DNS	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	0	DNS
DNS	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	0	DNS

Starting grid

from Qualifying

1RUS1:18.518
2ANT1:18.811
3HAD1:19.303
4LEC1:19.327
5PIA1:19.380
6NOR1:19.475
7HAM1:19.478
8LAW1:19.994
9LIN1:21.247
10BOR
11HUL1:20.303
12BEA1:20.311
13OCO1:20.491
14GAS1:20.501
15ALB1:20.941
16COL1:21.270
17ALO1:21.969
18PER1:22.605
19BOT1:23.244
20VER
21SAI
22STR

Tyre strategy

S Soft
M Medium
H Hard
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RUS?H
ANTMH
LECMH
HAMMH
NORMHM
VERHMH
BEAMH
LINMH
BORMHH
GAS?H
OCO?H
ALB?HS
LAW?HS
COLHHS
SAISHMS
PER?HS
STRMHSSS
ALOSS
BOTH
HADM
HUL

158

Pit stops

36 pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop (s)	Pit lane (s)
9	COL	–	27.7
11	NOR	–	18.2
11	GAS	–	18.6
11	ALO	10.0	25.9
11	STR	16.9	36.7
11	LAW	–	19.1
11	OCO	–	18.5
11	SAI	–	19.8
12	ANT	2.5	21.0
12	ALB	2.7	18.1
12	RUS	2.3	17.8
12	BOT	12.5	30.4
13	ALO	–	972.3
18	VER	–	19.1
18	BOR	5.2	22.6
18	PER	5.5	21.4
18	LEC	2.2	17.7
18	STR	16.4	33.2
18	LIN	2.4	18.5
18	HAM	2.3	17.7
18	BEA	3.3	18.8
25	LEC	–	17.6
26	STR	–	33.1
28	HAM	–	17.7
33	BOR	–	22.6
33	ALB	2.5	18.4
33	LAW	2.8	18.2
33	SAI	8.0	25.9
34	NOR	–	17.6
34	STR	–	1081.5
39	STR	–	22.4
41	VER	–	18.0
43	PER	3.2	19.0
45	SAI	19.8	34.6
46	STR	5.6	22.5
46	COL	2.9	18.6

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Weather

Air23.9–25.3 °C
Track34.3–39.1 °C
Humidity53%
Wind2.7 m/s
RainNo