F1 News, Reports and Race Results

2023 Australian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Melbourne.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen tops red-flag halted first practice in Melbourne

FP2: Fernando Alonso tops wet Australian GP second practice

FP3: Verstappen edges Alonso in final practice in Melbourne

Qualifying: Verstappen on pole ahead of Russell and Hamilton

Race: Verstappen wins action-packed Australian GP after chaotic late restart

Photos

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.790s		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.223s	+ 0.433s	20
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.293s	+ 0.503s	19
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.317s	+ 0.527s	23
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.378s	+ 0.588s	16
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.505s	+ 0.715s	20
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.536s	+ 0.746s	16
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.646s	+ 0.856s	22
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.699s	+ 0.909s	23
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.766s	+ 0.976s	19
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:19.766s	+ 0.976s	21
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.777s	+ 0.987s	22
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:19.806s	+ 1.016s	19
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:19.933s	+ 1.143s	25
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:20.074s	+ 1.284s	21
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:20.175s	+ 1.385s	20
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.399s	+ 1.609s	14
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.419s	+ 1.629s	21
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:20.569s	+ 1.779s	22
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:21.147s	+ 2.357s	17

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:18.887s		13
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.332s	+ 0.445s	10
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.502s	+ 0.615s	12
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.672s	+ 0.785s	20
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.695s	+ 0.808s	12
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.725s	+ 0.838s	12
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:20.083s	+ 1.196s	15
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.176s	+ 1.289s	20
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:20.194s	+ 1.307s	19
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:20.206s	+ 1.319s	12
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.220s	+ 1.333s	18
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:20.312s	+ 1.425s	22
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.323s	+ 1.436s	17
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:20.380s	+ 1.493s	24
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:20.470s	+ 1.583s	22
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.579s	+ 1.692s	15
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:20.600s	+ 1.713s	8
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.182s	+ 2.295s	18
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:21.266s	+ 2.379s	18
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams			0

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.565s		24
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.727s	+ 0.162s	26
3	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.938s	+ 0.373s	23
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.955s	+ 0.390s	23
5	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.094s	+ 0.529s	23
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.123s	+ 0.558s	18
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:18.127s	+ 0.562s	29
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.138s	+ 0.573s	25
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.198s	+ 0.633s	22
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:18.330s	+ 0.765s	20
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:18.410s	+ 0.845s	24
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:18.553s	+ 0.988s	21
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.691s	+ 1.126s	28
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.713s	+ 1.148s	21
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.809s	+ 1.244s	24
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.901s	+ 1.336s	22
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.947s	+ 1.382s	20
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:19.056s	+ 1.491s	26
19	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:19.092s	+ 1.527s	23
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.146s	+ 1.581s	12

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.384s	1:17.056s	1:16.732s
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.654s	1:17.513s	1:16.968s
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.689s	1:17.551s	1:17.104s
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.832s	1:17.283s	1:17.139s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:17.928s	1:17.349s	1:17.270s
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.873s	1:17.616s	1:17.308s
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.218s	1:17.390s	1:17.369s
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.962s	1:17.761s	1:17.609s
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.312s	1:17.574s	1:17.675s
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:18.029s	1:17.412s	1:17.735s
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.770s	1:17.768s
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.471s	1:18.099s
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.243s	1:18.119s
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:18.159s	1:18.129s
15	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:18.450s	1:18.335s
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.517s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:18.540s
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.557s
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.714s
20	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	58 laps - 2:32:38.371s	3
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 0.179s	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 0.769s	3
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 3.082s	3
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 3.320s	5
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 3.701s	3
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	+ 4.939s	3
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 5.382s	4
9	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 5.713s	5
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 6.052s	4
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 6.513s	6
12	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 6.594s *	4
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 2 laps	2
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 2 laps	3
15	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 2 laps	4
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 2 laps	6
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	DNF	2
	George Russell	Mercedes	DNF	2
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	2
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNF	0

* Five second penalty for causing a collision

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	69
2	Sergio Pérez	54
3	Fernando Alonso	45
4	Lewis Hamilton	38
5	Carlos Sainz	20
6	Lance Stroll	20
7	George Russell	18
8	Lando Norris	8
9	Nico Hülkenberg	6
10	Charles Leclerc	6
11	Valtteri Bottas	4
12	Esteban Ocon	4
13	Oscar Piastri	4
14	Pierre Gasly	4
15	Zhou Guanyu	2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	1
17	Kevin Magnussen	1
18	Alexander Albon	1
19	Logan Sargeant	0
20	Nyck de Vries	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	123
2	Aston Martin	65
3	Mercedes	56
4	Ferrari	26
5	McLaren	12
6	Alpine	8
7	Haas	7
8	Alfa Romeo	6
9	AlphaTauri	1
10	Williams	1

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