2026 Australian Grand Prix: F1 Schedule, Results & Data

Round 1 · Melbourne · March 8, 2026

The 2026 Australian Grand Prix, round 1 of the 2026 Formula 1 season at Melbourne, was won by George Russell (Mercedes). The fastest racing lap in PITWALL's timing data was Max Verstappen's 1:22.091. Below: the result, fastest laps, pit stops and tyre strategies, with session times in Taiwan and local time. Replay the whole race on the PITWALL wall.

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Session times

Session	Taiwan time (UTC+8)	Local time
Practice 1	2026-03-06 09:30	2026-03-06 12:30 (UTC+11)
Practice 2	2026-03-06 13:00	2026-03-06 16:00 (UTC+11)
Practice 3	2026-03-07 09:30	2026-03-07 12:30 (UTC+11)
Qualifying	2026-03-07 13:00	2026-03-07 16:00 (UTC+11)
Race	2026-03-08 12:00	2026-03-08 15:00 (UTC+11)

Race result

Official classification from Jolpica, penalties included. Best lap, pit stops and tyres are from PITWALL timing data.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Best lap	Stops	Tyre strategy
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1	58	1:23:06.801	25	1:22.670	1	Medium 12 laps → Hard 46 laps
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	58	+2.974	18	1:22.417	0	Hard 58 laps
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	58	+15.519	15	1:22.579	0	Hard 58 laps
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	7	58	+16.144	12	1:22.423	0	Hard 58 laps
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	58	+51.741	10	1:22.358	0	Medium 58 laps
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	20	58	+54.617	8	1:22.091	0	Hard 58 laps
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	12	57	+1 lap	6	1:24.020	1	Medium 18 laps → Hard 39 laps
8	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	9	57	+1 lap	4	1:24.182	0	Hard 57 laps
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	57	+1 lap	2	1:23.257	1	Medium 18 laps → Hard 39 laps
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	14	57	+1 lap	1	1:24.486	0	Hard 57 laps
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	13	57	+1 lap	0	1:24.424	0	Hard 57 laps
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+1 lap	0	1:24.375	1	Hard 33 laps → Soft 24 laps
13	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	8	57	+1 lap	0	1:23.783	0	Soft 57 laps
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	16	56	+2 laps	0	1:22.926	1	Hard 46 laps → Soft 10 laps
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	21	56	+2 laps	0	1:23.590	1	Hard 45 laps → Soft 11 laps
16	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	18	55	+3 laps	0	1:26.070	1	Hard 43 laps → Soft 12 laps
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	43	+15 laps	0	1:25.410	1	Medium 11 laps → Soft 32 laps
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	17	21	Retired	0	1:25.713	0	Soft 21 laps
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	15	Retired	0	1:27.364	0	Hard 15 laps
20	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	3	10	Retired	0	1:25.239	0	Medium 10 laps
21	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	0	Did not start	0
22	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11	0	Did not start	0

Fastest laps

Best clean racing lap per driver (in- and out-laps excluded).

#	Driver	Team	Lap time	On lap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:22.091	43
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:22.358	53
3	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:22.417	57
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:22.423	55
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.579	38
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:22.670	21
7	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:22.926	48
8	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:23.257	45
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:23.590	52
10	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:23.783	47

Pit stops

8 stops. Stationary time is the time the car stood still in its box; pit-lane time is the whole trip from pit entry to pit exit. Fastest 8 shown.

#	Driver	Team	Lap	Stationary (s)	Pit lane (s)
1	George Russell	Mercedes	12	2.3	17.794
2	Alexander Albon	Williams	33	2.5	18.404
3	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	18	2.8	18.916
4	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	46	2.9	18.561
5	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	43	3.2	18.951
6	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	18	3.3	18.774
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	16.9	36.686
8	Carlos Sainz	Williams	45	19.8	34.615

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Official results, standings and session times: Jolpica (Ergast-compatible F1 database). Lap times, pit stops and tyre strategies: PITWALL timing data from the official F1 live timing archive. Unofficial; not affiliated with Formula 1 or the FIA.