Australia 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Russell	Mercedes	1:19.507	1:18.934	1:18.518
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:20.120	1:19.435	1:18.811	+0.293
3	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:20.023	1:19.653	1:19.303	+0.785
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.226	1:19.357	1:19.327	+0.809
5	Piastri	McLaren	1:19.664	1:19.525	1:19.380	+0.862
6	Norris	McLaren	1:20.010	1:19.882	1:19.475	+0.957
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:19.811	1:19.921	1:19.478	+0.960
8	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:20.491	1:20.144	1:19.994	+1.476
9	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:20.409	1:19.971	1:21.247	+2.729
10	Bortoleto	Audi	1:20.495	1:20.221		+1.287
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:21.024	1:20.303		+1.369
12	Bearman	Haas	1:21.247	1:20.311		+1.377
13	Ocon	Haas	1:20.759	1:20.491		+1.557
14	Gasly	Alpine	1:21.138	1:20.501		+1.567
15	Albon	Williams	1:21.051	1:20.941		+2.007
16	Colapinto	Alpine	1:21.200	1:21.270		+2.336
17	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.969			+2.462
18	Pérez	Cadillac	1:22.605			+3.098
19	Bottas	Cadillac	1:23.244			+3.737

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1	58	1:23:06.801	1	Mercedes
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	58	+2.974	1	Mercedes
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	58	+15.519	1	Ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	7	58	+16.144	1	Ferrari
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	58	+51.741	2	Mercedes
6	Max VerstappenFastest lapDriver of the Day	Red Bull	20	58	+54.617	2	Red Bull Ford
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas	12	57	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
8	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	9	57	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	57	+1 lap	2	Audi
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	14	57	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas	13	57	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	8	57	+1 lap	2	Red Bull Ford
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	16	56	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	21	56	+2 laps	3	Mercedes
16	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	18	55	+3 laps	2	Ferrari
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	43	+15 laps	3	Honda
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	17	21	Mechanical	1	Honda
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	19	15	Fuel system	1	Ferrari
DNF	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	3	10	Engine	0	Red Bull Ford
DNS	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5		Accident	0	Mercedes
DNS	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11		Hydraulics	0	Audi

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen20→6+14
Sainz Jr.21→15+6
Bearman12→7+5
Gasly14→10+4
Hamilton7→4+3
Albon15→12+3
Ocon13→11+2
Colapinto16→14+2
Pérez18→16+2
Leclerc4→3+1
Norris6→5+1
Lindblad9→8+1
Bortoleto10→9+1
Russell1→10
Antonelli2→20
Lawson8→13-5

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Norris17.649R34
2Leclerc17.664R25
3Hamilton17.741R28
4Russell17.794R12
5Verstappen18.078R41
6Albon18.118R12
7Lawson18.190R33
8Norris18.266R11
9Albon18.404R33
10Lindblad18.506R18

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Russell12461 stop
Antonelli12461 stop
Leclerc25331 stop
Hamilton28301 stop
Norris1123242 stops
Verstappen1823172 stops
Bearman18391 stop · +1 lap
Lindblad18391 stop · +1 lap
Bortoleto1815242 stops · +1 lap
Gasly11461 stop · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

28 races here since 1996Won from pole: 12 of 28

Win from furthest back (P11): David Coulthard 2003

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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