Australian Grand Prix
2023 · Round 3 · Melbourne, Australia · Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2023Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 1st on the grid), with a 0.179s margin. Pérez made the biggest gain, from 20th on the grid to 5th (up 15 places). Sainz had a difficult race, dropping from 5th to 12th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-3 and on lap 7 and on lap 54. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 18-19. The race was stopped with a red flag on lap 8 and on laps 55-58. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 8 (medium → hard), on lap 55 (hard → soft), on lap 57 (soft → soft). The fastest lap of the race belonged to Pérez (1:20.235).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 58 | 2:32:38.371 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | 58 | +0.179 | 18 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | 58 | +0.769 | 15 |
| 4 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 6 | 58 | +3.082 | 12 |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez 1:20.235 | Red Bull | 20 | 58 | +3.320 | 11 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 13 | 58 | +3.701 | 8 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 10 | 58 | +4.939 | 6 |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 16 | 58 | +5.382 | 4 |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 58 | +5.713 | 2 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 12 | 58 | +6.052 | 1 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 58 | +6.513 | 0 |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | 58 | +6.594 | 0 |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 56 | 0 | |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | 56 | 0 | |
| 15 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 15 | 56 | 0 | |
| 16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | 56 | 0 | |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 14 | 52 | 0 | |
| – | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | 17 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Alexander Albon | Williams | 8 | 6 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 7 | 0 | Retired | 0 |