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Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2023

02 Apr 2023Melbourne306.124 km (5278 m x 58 Laps)

 Pole Position: Max Verstappen, Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT, 1:16.732 (247.626 km/h) Fastest Lap: Sergio Pérez, Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT, 1:20.235 (236.814 km/h lap 53) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 2:32:38.371 120.332 km/h 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 2:32:38.550 120.330 km/h 3 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 2:32:39.140 120.322 km/h 4 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 2:32:41.453 120.292 km/h 5 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 2:32:41.691 120.289 km/h 6 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 2:32:42.072 120.284 km/h 7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 2:32:43.310 120.267 km/h 8 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 2:32:43.753 120.261 km/h 9 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 2:32:44.084 120.257 km/h 10 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 2:32:44.423 120.253 km/h 11 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 2:32:44.884 120.247 km/h 12 55 Carlos Sainz* Ferrari SF-23 2:32:44.965 120.246 km/h 13 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 56 Collision with Ocon 14 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 56 Collision with Gasly 15 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 56 Collision with Sargeant 16 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 56 Collision with de Vries Did Not Finish: 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 52 Spun off 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 17 Engine 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 6 Spun off 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 0 Collision with Stroll Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1-6 6 1-3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 7-11 5 7-8 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 12-58 47 18-19 (VSC), 54-55 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:20.235 236.814 53 2 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:20.342 236.499 49 3 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:20.467 236.132 53 4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:20.476 236.105 53 5 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:20.613 235.704 49 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:20.934 234.769 50 7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:20.995 234.592 47 8 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:21.124 234.219 46 9 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:21.173 234.078 46 10 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:21.183 234.049 50 11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:21.203 233.991 44 12 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:21.335 233.612 53 13 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:21.456 233.265 50 14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:21.685 232.611 52 15 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:21.789 232.315 52 16 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:21.819 232.230 48 17 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:22.233 231.061 46 18 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:22.680 229.811 16 19 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:23.349 227.967 6 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:16.732 247.626 Oracle Red Bull Racing 2 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:16.968 246.866 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.104 246.431 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.139 246.319 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 5 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:17.270 245.901 Scuderia Ferrari 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.308 245.781 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 7 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:17.369 245.587 Scuderia Ferrari 8 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:17.609 244.827 Williams Racing 9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.675 244.619 BWT Alpine F1 Team 10 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:17.735 244.430 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.768 244.327 BWT Alpine F1 Team 12 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.099 243.291 Scuderia AlphaTauri 13 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.119 243.229 McLaren F1 Team 14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.129 243.198 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 15 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.335 242.558 Scuderia AlphaTauri 16 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.517 241.996 McLaren F1 Team 17 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.540 241.925 Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 18 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:18.557 241.873 Williams Racing 19 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.714 241.390 Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 20 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT - - Oracle Red Bull Racing Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:16.732 247.626 2 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:16.968 246.866 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.104 246.431 4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.139 246.319 5 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:17.270 245.901 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.308 245.781 7 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:17.369 245.587 8 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:17.609 244.827 9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.675 244.619 10 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:17.735 244.430 11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.768 244.327 12 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.099 243.291 13 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.119 243.229 14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.129 243.198 15 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.335 242.558 16 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.517 241.996 17 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.540 241.925 18 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:18.557 241.873 19 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.714 241.390 Penalty/Pit lane 20 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT - - Penalty/Pit lane 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:17.384 245.539 9 2 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.654 244.685 11 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.689 244.575 10 4 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.770 244.320 10 5 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.832 244.126 11 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.873 243.997 11 7 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:17.928 243.825 10 8 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:17.962 243.719 12 9 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.029 243.509 10 10 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.159 243.104 10 11 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:18.218 242.921 9 12 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.243 242.843 13 13 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:18.312 242.629 9 14 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.450 242.203 12 15 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.471 242.138 12 16 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.517 241.996 12 17 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.540 241.925 12 18 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:18.557 241.873 12 19 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.714 241.390 12 20 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT - - 2 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:17.056 246.584 7 2 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.283 245.860 7 3 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:17.349 245.650 10 4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:17.390 245.520 9 5 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:17.412 245.450 9 6 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.513 245.130 10 7 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.551 245.010 10 8 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.574 244.938 8 9 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.616 244.805 9 10 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:17.761 244.349 9 11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.768 244.327 8 12 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.099 243.291 10 13 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.119 243.229 11 14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.129 243.198 8 15 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.335 242.558 11 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:16.732 247.626 8 2 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:16.968 246.866 8 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.104 246.431 8 4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.139 246.319 8 5 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:17.270 245.901 8 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.308 245.781 6 7 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:17.369 245.587 7 8 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:17.609 244.827 6 9 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.675 244.619 8 10 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:17.735 244.430 7 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:18.790 241.158 17 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:19.223 239.839 20 3 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:19.293 239.628 19 4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:19.317 239.555 23 5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:19.378 239.371 16 6 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:19.505 238.989 20 7 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:19.536 238.896 16 8 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:19.646 238.566 22 9 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:19.699 238.407 23 10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:19.766 238.207 19 11 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:19.766 238.207 21 12 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:19.777 238.174 22 13 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:19.806 238.087 19 14 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:19.933 237.709 25 15 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:20.074 237.291 21 16 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:20.175 236.992 20 17 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:20.399 236.331 14 18 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:20.419 236.273 21 19 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:20.569 235.833 22 20 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:21.147 234.153 17 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:18.887 240.861 13 2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:19.332 239.510 10 3 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:19.502 238.998 12 4 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:19.672 238.488 20 5 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:19.695 238.419 12 6 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:19.725 238.329 12 7 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:20.083 237.264 15 8 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:20.176 236.989 20 9 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:20.194 236.935 19 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:20.206 236.900 12 11 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:20.220 236.859 18 12 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:20.312 236.587 22 13 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:20.323 236.555 17 14 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:20.380 236.387 24 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:20.470 236.123 22 16 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:20.579 235.803 15 17 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:20.600 235.742 8 18 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:21.182 234.052 18 19 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:21.266 233.810 18 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:17.565 244.966 24 2 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:17.727 244.456 26 3 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine A523-Renault 1:17.938 243.794 23 4 63 George Russell Mercedes F1 W14 1:17.955 243.741 23 5 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine A523-Renault 1:18.094 243.307 23 6 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull RB19-Honda RBPT 1:18.123 243.216 18 7 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 1:18.127 243.204 29 8 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W14 1:18.138 243.170 25 9 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR23-Mercedes 1:18.198 242.983 22 10 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.330 242.574 20 11 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:18.410 242.326 24 12 23 Alexander Albon Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:18.553 241.885 21 13 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:18.691 241.461 28 14 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:18.713 241.393 21 15 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C43-Ferrari 1:18.809 241.099 24 16 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:18.901 240.818 22 17 2 Logan Sargeant Williams FW45-Mercedes 1:18.947 240.678 20 18 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-23-Ferrari 1:19.056 240.346 26 19 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri AT04-Honda RBPT 1:19.092 240.237 23 20 4 Lando Norris McLaren MCL60-Mercedes 1:19.146 240.073 12 Notes:
  • Pérez started from pit lane (replaced power unit elements and changed suspension under parc fermé).
  • Bottas started from pit lane (changed suspension setup under parc fermé).
  • Race was interrupted on lap 9 for 16 minutes (Albon's crash). Restarted for remaining distance (standing start).
  • Race was interrupted on lap 55 for 15 minutes (Magnussen's crash). Restarted for remaining distance (standing start).
  • Race was interrupted on lap 56 (massive crash). Restarted for remaining distance under pace car.
  • Sainz got 5 seconds added to his race result (causing a collision with Alonso).
  • Weather: Sunny, Dry.
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