2019 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 17 March 2019
Winner	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 of 21
Race numbers	The 2019 Australian Grand Prix was the: 998th World Championship race 35th World Championship Australian Grand Prix 24th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58	1hr 25m 27.325s	26 FL
2	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+20.886s	18
3	+1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	58	+22.520s	15
4	-1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	58	+57.109s	12
5		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58	+58.230s	10
6	+1	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	58	+1m 27.156s	8
7	+4	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	57	+1 lap	6
8	+1	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1 lap	4
9	+7	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	57	+1 lap	2
10	+5	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	57	+1 lap	1
11	+6	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Red Bull-Honda	57	+1 lap
12	-4	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	57	+1 lap
13	-3	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	57	+1 lap
14	-1	(THA) Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso-Honda	57	+1 lap
15	-1	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1 lap
16	+3	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	56	+2 laps
17	+3	(POL) Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	55	+3 laps
R		(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	29	DNF
R		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	28	DNF
R		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	9	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.486
2	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:20.598	0.112
3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:21.190	0.704
4	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:21.320	0.834
5	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.442	0.956
6	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:21.826	1.340
7	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.099	1.613
8	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:22.304	1.818
9	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.314	1.828
10	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:22.781	2.295
Q2
11	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:22.562
12	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:22.570
13	(THA) Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:22.636
14	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.714
15	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:22.774
Q1
16	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:23.017
17	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Red Bull-Honda	1:23.020
18	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	1:23.084
19	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.360
20	(POL) Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1:26.067

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Alexander Albon (first Thai driver to start a race since 1954); Lando Norris; George Russell; Racing Point
Wins: 4th for Valtteri Bottas (first win since 2017); 88th for Mercedes
Race 1-2: 45th for Mercedes
Podiums: 135th for Lewis Hamilton; 31st for Valtteri Bottas; 23rd for Max Verstappen; 180th & 181st for Mercedes; 162nd for Red Bull
Poles: 84th for Lewis Hamilton; 102nd for Mercedes
1-2 start: 59th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 11th for Valtteri Bottas; 67th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 133rd for Lewis Hamilton; 18th for Valtteri Bottas
Win & fastest lap: 2nd for Valtteri Bottas (first since 2017)