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2023 Australian Grand Prix

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

The 2023 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,082nd World Championship race
  • 37th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT582hr 32m 38.371s25
2+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+0.179s18
3+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes58+0.769s15
4+2(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes58+3.082s12
5PL(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT58+3.320s11 FL
6+7(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes58+3.701s8
7+3(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari58+4.939s6
8+8(AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes58+5.382s4
9+8(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari58+5.713s2
10+2(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT58+6.052s1
11PL(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari58+6.513s 
12-7(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari58+6.594s (5.000s) 
13-4(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault56DNF 
14-3(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault56DNF 
15 (NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT56DNF 
16+2(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes56DNF 
17-3(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari52DNF 
R (GBR) George RussellMercedes17DNF 
R (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes6DNF 
R (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari0DNF 

Notes

  • Carlos Sainz received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso. He originally finished P4.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT
2 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
3 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes
5 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
6 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
7 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
8 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
9 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault
10 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari
11 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
12 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
13 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
14 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
15 (NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
16 (AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes
17 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
18 (USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes
19   
20   
Started from the pit lane
  (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
  (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:16.732 
2(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:16.9680.236
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:17.1040.372
4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes1:17.1390.407
5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:17.2700.538
6(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:17.3080.576
7(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:17.3690.637
8(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:17.6090.877
9(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:17.6750.943
10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari1:17.7351.003
Q2
11(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:17.768 
12(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:18.099 
13(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:18.119 
14(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:18.129 
15(NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:18.335 
Q1
16(AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:18.517 
17(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:18.540 
18(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:18.557 
19(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:18.714 
20(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen69
2(MEX) Sergio Perez54
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso45
4(GBR) Lewis Hamilton38
5(ESP) Carlos Sainz20
6(CAN) Lance Stroll20
7(GBR) George Russell18
8(GBR) Lando Norris8
9(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg6
10(MCO) Charles Leclerc6
11(FIN) Valtteri Bottas4
12(FRA) Esteban Ocon4
13(AUS) Oscar Piastri4
14(FRA) Pierre Gasly4
15(CHN) Guanyu Zhou2
16(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda1
17(DNK) Kevin Magnussen1
18(THA) Alexander Albon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda RBPT123
2Aston Martin-Mercedes65
3Mercedes56
4Ferrari26
5McLaren-Mercedes12
6Alpine-Renault8
7Haas-Ferrari7
8Alfa Romeo-Ferrari6
9AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1
10Williams-Mercedes1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
350th for Red Bull (9th constructor to start 350 races)
Wins
37th for Max Verstappen
95th for Red Bull
Podiums
192nd for Lewis Hamilton
101st for Fernando Alonso
80th for Max Verstappen (8th driver to score 80 podiums, 1st Dutch driver)
282nd for Mercedes
239th for Red Bull
4th for Aston Martin
Poles
22nd for Max Verstappen
84th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
10th for Sergio Perez (37th driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st Mexican driver)
86th for Red Bull
Front row starts
44th for Max Verstappen
7th for George Russell
Points finishes
1st for Oscar Piastri (349th different point scorer, 6th Australian driver)
Pole & win
17th for Max Verstappen