2026 Australian Grand Prix

Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: George RussellMercedes
Pole: George Russell
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2216 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W17	1	58	Finished	25
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	F1 W17	2	58	Finished	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF-26	4	58	Finished	15
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	SF-26	7	58	Finished	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL40	6	58	Finished	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB22	20	58	Finished	8	fastest lap
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	12	57	Finished	6
8	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	9	57	Finished	4
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	R26	10	57	Finished	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	A526	14	57	Finished	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	13	57	Finished	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW48	15	57	Finished	0
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	8	57	Finished	0
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	A526	16	56	Finished	0
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	FW48	21	56	Finished	0
16	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	CA01	18	55	Finished	0
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR26	22	43	NC	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	AMR26	17	21	Mechanical	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	CA01	19	15	Fuel system	0
DNF	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	RB22	3	10	Engine	0
DNS	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	MCL40	5	—	Accident	0
DNS	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	R26	11	—	Hydraulics	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
George Russell	1	1	58
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	2	2	58
Charles Leclerc	4	3	58
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	4	58
Lando Norris	6	5	58
Max Verstappen	20	6	58
Oliver Bearman	12	7	57
Arvid Lindblad	9	8	57
Gabriel Bortoleto	10	9	57
Pierre Gasly	14	10	57
Esteban Ocon	13	11	57
Alexander Albon	15	12	57
Liam Lawson	8	13	57
Franco Colapinto	16	14	56
Carlos Sainz	21	15	56
Sergio Perez	18	16	55
Lance Stroll	22	NC	43
Fernando Alonso	17	DNF	21
Valtteri Bottas	19	DNF	15
Isack Hadjar	3	DNF	10

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:19.507	1:18.934	1:18.518	—	—
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:20.120	1:19.435	1:18.811	+0.293	+0.293
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:20.023	1:19.653	1:19.303	+0.785	+0.492
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:20.226	1:19.357	1:19.327	+0.809	+0.024
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:19.664	1:19.525	1:19.380	+0.862	+0.053
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:20.010	1:19.882	1:19.475	+0.957	+0.095
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:19.811	1:19.921	1:19.478	+0.960	+0.003
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:20.491	1:20.144	1:19.994	+1.476	+0.516
9	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:20.409	1:19.971	1:21.247	+2.729	+1.253
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:20.495	1:20.221	—	—	—
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:21.024	1:20.303	—	—	—
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:21.247	1:20.311	—	—	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:20.759	1:20.491	—	—	—
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:21.138	1:20.501	—	—	—
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:21.051	1:20.941	—	—	—
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:21.200	1:21.270	—	—	—
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:21.969	—	—	—	—
18	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:22.605	—	—	—	—
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:23.244	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
George Russell	1	58	1	12
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	2	58	1	12
Charles Leclerc	3	58	1	25
Sir Lewis Hamilton	4	58	1	28
Lando Norris	5	58	2	11, 34
Max Verstappen	6	58	2	18, 41
Oliver Bearman	7	57	1	18
Arvid Lindblad	8	57	1	18
Gabriel Bortoleto	9	57	2	18, 33
Pierre Gasly	10	57	1	11
Esteban Ocon	11	57	1	11
Alexander Albon	12	57	2	12, 33
Liam Lawson	13	57	2	11, 33
Franco Colapinto	14	56	2	9, 46
Carlos Sainz	15	56	3	11, 33, 45
Sergio Perez	16	55	2	18, 43
Lance Stroll	NC	43	3	11, 26, 39
Fernando Alonso	DNF	21	1	11
Valtteri Bottas	DNF	15	1	12
Isack Hadjar	DNF	10	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
George Russell · Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1 · 2	1 · 2	12 · 12	Same lap	Kept their order
Andrea Kimi Antonelli · Charles Leclerc	2 · 4	2 · 3	12 · 25	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sir Lewis Hamilton	4 · 7	3 · 4	25 · 28	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 7	5 · 4	11 · 28	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Liam Lawson	7 · 8	4 · 13	28 · 11	Liam Lawson	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Max Verstappen	6 · 20	5 · 6	11 · 18	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Oliver Bearman · Max Verstappen	12 · 20	7 · 6	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Carlos Sainz	20 · 21	6 · 15	18 · 11	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Arvid Lindblad · Oliver Bearman	9 · 12	8 · 7	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Oliver Bearman · Esteban Ocon	12 · 13	7 · 11	18 · 11	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Liam Lawson · Arvid Lindblad	8 · 9	13 · 8	11 · 18	Liam Lawson	Swapped places
Arvid Lindblad · Gabriel Bortoleto	9 · 10	8 · 9	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Gabriel Bortoleto · Pierre Gasly	10 · 14	9 · 10	18 · 11	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Pierre Gasly	13 · 14	11 · 10	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Alexander Albon	14 · 15	10 · 12	11 · 12	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Alexander Albon	13 · 15	11 · 12	11 · 12	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Liam Lawson · Alexander Albon	8 · 15	13 · 12	11 · 12	Liam Lawson	Swapped places
Alexander Albon · Franco Colapinto	15 · 16	12 · 14	12 · 9	Franco Colapinto	Kept their order
Liam Lawson · Franco Colapinto	8 · 16	13 · 14	11 · 9	Franco Colapinto	Kept their order
Franco Colapinto · Carlos Sainz	16 · 21	14 · 15	9 · 11	Franco Colapinto	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	18 · 21	16 · 15	18 · 11	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:20.267	—	—	33
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:20.736	+0.469	+0.469	30
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:20.789	+0.522	+0.053	27
4	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:21.087	+0.820	+0.298	24
5	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:21.313	+1.046	+0.226	22
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:21.342	+1.075	+0.029	21
7	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:21.371	+1.104	+0.029	26
8	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:21.376	+1.109	+0.005	24
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:21.696	+1.429	+0.320	23
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:21.969	+1.702	+0.273	21
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:22.161	+1.894	+0.192	28
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:22.323	+2.056	+0.162	30
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:22.613	+2.346	+0.290	28
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:22.682	+2.415	+0.069	25
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:23.130	+2.863	+0.448	24
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:23.325	+3.058	+0.195	26
17	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:24.022	+3.755	+0.697	24
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:24.035	+3.768	+0.013	27
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:24.391	+4.124	+0.356	7
20	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:24.620	+4.353	+0.229	14
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:50.334	+30.067	+25.714	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:19.729	—	—	26
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:19.943	+0.214	+0.214	31
3	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:20.049	+0.320	+0.106	28
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:20.050	+0.321	+0.001	32
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:20.291	+0.562	+0.241	30
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:20.366	+0.637	+0.075	13
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:20.794	+1.065	+0.428	29
8	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:20.922	+1.193	+0.128	30
9	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:20.941	+1.212	+0.019	28
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:21.179	+1.450	+0.238	29
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:21.326	+1.597	+0.147	31
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:21.351	+1.622	+0.025	34
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:21.358	+1.629	+0.007	29
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:21.668	+1.939	+0.310	28
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:21.847	+2.118	+0.179	32
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:22.167	+2.438	+0.320	16
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:22.253	+2.524	+0.086	10
18	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:22.619	+2.890	+0.366	27
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:23.660	+3.931	+1.041	28
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:24.662	+4.933	+1.002	18
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:25.816	+6.087	+1.154	13
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:19.053	—	—	23
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:19.669	+0.616	+0.616	22
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:19.827	+0.774	+0.158	20
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:20.087	+1.034	+0.260	17
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:20.137	+1.084	+0.050	15
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:20.197	+1.144	+0.060	15
7	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:20.324	+1.271	+0.127	18
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:20.443	+1.390	+0.119	22
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:20.459	+1.406	+0.016	19
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:20.778	+1.725	+0.319	18
11	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:20.838	+1.785	+0.060	15
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:20.890	+1.837	+0.052	13
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:20.983	+1.930	+0.093	19
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:21.067	+2.014	+0.084	22
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:21.071	+2.018	+0.004	26
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:21.413	+2.360	+0.342	22
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:21.664	+2.611	+0.251	17
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:22.720	+3.667	+1.056	20
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:23.514	+4.461	+0.794	12
20	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:24.397	+5.344	+0.883	21
21	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Timetable

Timetable
Session	At the circuit	UTC
Practice 1	Fri 6 Mar 12:30	Fri 6 Mar 01:30
Practice 2	Fri 6 Mar 16:00	Fri 6 Mar 05:00
Practice 3	Sat 7 Mar 12:30	Sat 7 Mar 01:30
Qualifying	Sat 7 Mar 16:00	Sat 7 Mar 05:00
Race	Sun 8 Mar 15:00	Sun 8 Mar 04:00

Start times on the circuit's clock and in UTC; a session's length and any change on the day are not held here.

Photographs from this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2026
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 6–8 Mar 2026
Layout raced: Reprofiled · 5.278 km · 14 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: —
Confidence: verified

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.