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2022 Australian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Albert Park in Melbourne.

Session Reports

FP1: Sainz and Leclerc top first practice for Ferrari in Australia

FP2: Ferrari's Leclerc on top in second practice in Australia

FP3: McLaren's Norris fastest in final Melbourne practice as Vettel and Stroll crash

Qualifying: Leclerc takes pole in Australia after disrupted qualifying

Race: Leclerc sails to victory in Melbourne as Verstappen retires

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Wednesday's arrival in Melbourne

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	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.806s		24
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.377s	+ 0.571s	21
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:20.399s	+ 0.593s	20
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.626s	+ 0.820s	22
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.878s	+ 1.072s	22
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:21.004s	+ 1.198s	27
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.027s	+ 1.221s	26
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:21.155s	+ 1.349s	23
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:21.229s	+ 1.423s	21
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:21.247s	+ 1.441s	23
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:21.289s	+ 1.483s	26
12	George Russell	Mercedes	1:21.457s	+ 1.651s	26
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:21.661s	+ 1.855s	18
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:21.701s	+ 1.895s	26
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:21.821s	+ 2.015s	21
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:21.869s	+ 2.063s	24
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:22.754s	+ 2.948s	25
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:23.186s	+ 3.380s	18
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:23.924s	+ 4.118s	25
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:24.349s	+ 4.543s	15

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.978s		27
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.223s	+ 0.245s	22
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.376s	+ 0.398s	27
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:19.537s	+ 0.559s	22
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.658s	+ 0.680s	20
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.842s	+ 0.864s	25
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.055s	+ 1.077s	25
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.100s	+ 1.122s	24
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:20.142s	+ 1.164s	27
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:20.203s	+ 1.225s	24
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:20.212s	+ 1.234s	25
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.424s	+ 1.446s	30
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.521s	+ 1.543s	23
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.611s	+ 1.633s	28
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:21.063s	+ 2.085s	23
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:21.191s	+ 2.213s	23
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.912s	+ 2.934s	28
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:21.974s	+ 2.996s	22
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:22.307s	+ 3.329s	24
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin			0

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.117s		12
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.249s	+ 0.132s	15
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.265s	+ 0.148s	17
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:19.275s	+ 0.158s	15
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.419s	+ 0.302s	17
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.693s	+ 0.576s	14
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.809s	+ 0.692s	16
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.896s	+ 0.779s	13
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.008s	+ 0.891s	17
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.071s	+ 0.954s	12
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:20.096s	+ 0.979s	16
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:20.133s	+ 1.016s	14
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:20.205s	+ 1.088s	14
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.692s	+ 1.575s	17
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:20.836s	+ 1.719s	16
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:20.958s	+ 1.841s	16
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:21.025s	+ 1.908s	14
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:21.050s	+ 1.933s	14
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:21.636s	+ 2.519s	11
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin			5

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.881s	1:18.606s	1:17.868s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.580s	1:18.611s	1:18.154s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.834s	1:18.340s	1:18.240s
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.280s	1:19.066s	1:18.703s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.401s	1:19.106s	1:18.825s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.405s	1:19.076s	1:18.933s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.665s	1:19.130s	1:19.032s
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.605s	1:19.136s	1:19.061s
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:18.983s	1:18.469s	1:19.408s
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:19.192s	1:18.815s
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:19.580s	1:19.226s
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:19.251s	1:19.410s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:19.742s	1:19.424s
14	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:19.910s	1:20.155s
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.104s	1:20.465s
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:20.135s
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:20.254s
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:21.149s
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:21.372s
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58 laps - 1:27:46.548s	1
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 20.524s	1
3	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 25.593s	1
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 28.543s	1
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 53.303s	1
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 53.737s	1
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 61.683s	1
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 68.439s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 76.221s	1
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 79.382s	1
11	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+ 81.695s	1
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 88.598s	3
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	1
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 1 lap	2
	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1
	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	DNF	0
	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	DNF	0

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