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2022 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round3 of 22
Race numbers

The 2022 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,060th World Championship race
  • 36th World Championship Australian Grand Prix (first since 2019)
  • 25th World Championship race at Melbourne (first since 2019)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari581hr 27m 46.548s26 FL
2+1(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT58+20.524s18
3+3(GBR) George RussellMercedes58+25.593s15
4+4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+28.543s12
5-1(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes58+53.303s10
6+1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes58+53.737s8
7+1(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault58+1m 01.683s6
8+4(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari58+1m 08.439s4
9+2(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT58+1m 16.221s2
10+10(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes58+1m 19.382s1
11+3(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari58+1m 21.695s 
12+7(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes58+1m 28.598s (5.000s) 
13+2(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari57+1 lap 
14+2(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari57+1 lap 
15-2(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT57+1 lap 
16+2(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes57+1 lap 
17-7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault57+1 lap 
R (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT38DNF 
R (DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes22DNF 
R (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1DNF 

Notes

  • Lance Stroll received a five-second time penalty for weaving whilst defending a position.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT
3 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT
4 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
5 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
6 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
7 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
9 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
10 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
11 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT
12 (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
13 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT
14 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
16 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
17 (DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
18 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
19-3(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
20-3(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes

Notes

  • Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nicholas Latifi in qualifying.
  • Alexander Albon received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Lance Stroll in the previous race.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:17.868 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT1:18.1540.286
3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT1:18.2400.372
4(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:18.7030.835
5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:18.8250.957
6(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:18.9331.065
7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.0321.164
8(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:19.0611.193
9(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:19.4081.540
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault––
Q2
11(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT1:19.226 
12(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:19.410 
13(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT1:19.424 
14(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:20.155 
15(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:20.465 
Q1
DQ(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:20.135 
16(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:20.254 
17(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:21.149 
18(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:21.372 
19(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes– 

Notes

  • Alexander Albon was disqualified from qualifying as Williams were unable to provide a sufficient fuel sample following qualifying.

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(MCO) Charles Leclerc71
2(GBR) George Russell37
3(ESP) Carlos Sainz33
4(MEX) Sergio Perez30
5(GBR) Lewis Hamilton28
6(NLD) Max Verstappen25
7(FRA) Esteban Ocon20
8(GBR) Lando Norris16
9(DNK) Kevin Magnussen12
10(FIN) Valtteri Bottas12
11(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo8
12(FRA) Pierre Gasly6
13(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda4
14(ESP) Fernando Alonso2
15(CHN) Guanyu Zhou1
16(THA) Alexander Albon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari104
2Mercedes65
3Red Bull-RBPT55
4McLaren-Mercedes24
5Alpine-Renault22
6Alfa Romeo-Ferrari13
7Haas-Ferrari12
8AlphaTauri-RBPT10
9Williams-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
4th for Charles Leclerc
240th for Ferrari
Podiums
16th for Charles Leclerc & Sergio Perez
2nd for George Russell (first for Mercedes)
783rd for Ferrari
266th for Mercedes
208th for Red Bull
Poles
11th for Charles Leclerc
232nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
7th for Charles Leclerc
257th for Ferrari
Front row starts
31st for Max Verstappen
12th for Charles Leclerc
Pole & win
4th for Charles Leclerc
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Charles Leclerc
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Charles Leclerc