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2019 Australian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Melbourne

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton edges Ferrari duo in first practice in Melbourne

FP2: Hamilton and Bottas power ahead for Mercedes on Friday

FP3: Hamilton holds his own in FP3 but Vettel in the hunt

Qualifying: Emphatic Aussie front-row lock-out for Hamilton and Bottas

Race: Bottas starts 2019 with big win over Hamilton in Australia

Photos

Gallery: All the helmets from the class of 2019

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Melbourne

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.599s		26
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.637s	+ 0.038s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.673s	+ 0.074s	18
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.792s	+ 0.193s	22
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.866s	+ 0.267s	30
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.816s	+ 1.217s	18
7	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:24.832s	+ 1.233s	30
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:24.932s	+ 1.333s	23
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:24.934s	+ 1.335s	24
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:25.015s	+ 1.416s	11
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:25.166s	+ 1.567s	23
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:25.224s	+ 1.625s	18
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:25.230s	+ 1.631s	21
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:25.285s	+ 1.686s	19
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:25.288s	+ 1.689s	26
16	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:25.498s	+ 1.899s	21
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:25.634s	+ 2.035s	16
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:25.966s	+ 2.367s	31
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:27.914s	+ 4.315s	25
20	George Russell	Williams	1:28.740s	+ 5.141s	25

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.600s		33
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:22.648s	+ 0.048s	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.400s	+ 0.800s	33
4	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:23.442s	+ 0.842s	31
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.473s	+ 0.873s	35
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:23.572s	+ 0.972s	40
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:23.574s	+ 0.974s	37
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:23.644s	+ 1.044s	31
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.754s	+ 1.154s	35
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:23.814s	+ 1.214s	37
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:23.933s	+ 1.333s	36
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:23.988s	+ 1.388s	27
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:24.011s	+ 1.411s	38
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:24.133s	+ 1.533s	26
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:24.293s	+ 1.693s	37
16	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:24.401s	+ 1.801s	34
17	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:24.675s	+ 2.075s	40
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.733s	+ 2.133s	26
19	George Russell	Williams	1:26.453s	+ 3.853s	32
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:26.655s	+ 4.055s	33

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.292s		12
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:22.556s	+ 0.264s	12
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.749s	+ 0.457s	12
4	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:23.112s	+ 0.820s	17
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:23.334s	+ 1.042s	15
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:23.367s	+ 1.075s	17
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.422s	+ 1.130s	17
8	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:23.442s	+ 1.150s	16
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.481s	+ 1.189s	19
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:23.695s	+ 1.403s	14
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:23.737s	+ 1.445s	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:23.831s	+ 1.539s	16
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:24.049s	+ 1.757s	21
14	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:24.082s	+ 1.790s	18
15	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:24.328s	+ 2.036s	15
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:24.345s	+ 2.053s	16
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.402s	+ 2.110s	18
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.568s	+ 2.276s	16
19	George Russell	Williams	1:25.944s	+ 3.652s	14
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:26.589s	+ 4.297s	16

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.043s	1:21.014s	1:20.486s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:22.367s	1:21.193s	1:20.598s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:22.885s	1:21.912s	1:21.190s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:22.876s	1:21.678s	1:21.320s
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.017s	1:21.739s	1:21.442s
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:22.959s	1:21.870s	1:21.826s
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:22.519s	1:22.221s	1:22.099s
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:22.702s	1:22.423s	1:22.304s
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:22.966s	1:22.349s	1:22.314s
10	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:22.908s	1:22.532s	1:22.781s
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:22.540s	1:22.562s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:22.921s	1:22.570s
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:22.757s	1:22.636s
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:22.431s	1:22.714s
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:22.511s	1:22.774s
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:23.017s
17	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:23.020s
18	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:23.084s
19	George Russell	Williams	1:24.360s
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:26.067s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58 laps - 1:25:27.325s	1
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 20.886s	1
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 22.520s	1
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 57.109s	1
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 58.230s	1
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 87.156s	1
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+ 1 lap	1
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
13	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
14	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
16	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 3 laps	3
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	1
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	DNF	2
20	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	DNF	0

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