Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Circuit Facts
- First Grand Prix: 1996
- Laps: 58
- Circuit Length: 5.278 Km or 3.279 Miles
- Race Distance: 306.124 Km or 190.216 Miles
- Lap Record: 1:20.235 by Sergio (Checo) Perez
Practice:
| FP1 | FP2 | FP3 |
| 1. Lando Norris | 1. Charles Leclerc | 1. Charles Leclerc |
| 2. Max Verstappen | 2. Max Verstappen | 2. Max Verstappen |
| 3. George Russell | 3. Carlos Sainz | 3. Carlos Sainz |
| 4. Charles Leclerc | 4. Lance Stroll | 4. Lewis Hamilton |
| 5. Yuki Tsunoda | 5. Fernando Alonso | 5. George Russell |
| 6. Sergio (Checo) Perez | 6. George Russell | 6. Fernando Alonso |
| 7. Lance Stroll | 7. Oscar Piastri | 7. Sergio (Checo) Perez |
| 8. Carlos Sainz | 8. Sergio (Checo) Perez | 8. Oscar Piastri |
| 9. Lewis Hamilton | 9. Lando Norris | 9. Lance Stroll |
| 10. Oscar Piastri | 10. Yuki Tsunoda | 10. Lando Norris |
Qualifying
| 1. Max Verstappen | 2. Carlos Sainz |
| 3. Lando Norris | 4. Charles Leclerc |
| 5. Oscar Piastri | 6. Sergio (Checo) Perez |
| 7. George Russell | 8. Yuki Tsunoda |
| 9. Lance Stroll | 10. Fernando Alonso |
| 11. Lewis Hamilton | 12. Alexander Albon |
| 13. Valtteri Bottas | 14. Kevin Magnussen |
| 15. Esteban Ocon | 16. Nico Hulkenberg |
| 17. Pierre Gasly | 18. Daniel Ricciardo |
| 19. Zhou Guanyu | 20. Logan Sargent DNS |
The Race:
Race Recap:
- Because of Alexander Albons crash in Friday’s practice, he was not meant to race in the Australian GP. However, the Williams team decided to take Logan Sargent out of the race and put Alex in his car instead. They did this because they believed Alex was the stronger driver and could give them more. points.
- Zhou Guanyu started the race in the pit lane.
- lap 2: Carlos overtook Max.
- lap 3: Max then retires his car from the race. This was due to a right rear brake problem. His car also caught fire in the pit lane!
- Lewis Hamilton also had to retire his car in lap 17 due to engine failure.
- lap 29: Oscar was told to swap places with Lando Norris to “Avoid discomfort” is what the McLaren team replied with when questioned about the teams. orders.
- Lap 49: Pierre Gasly was given a 5 second time penalty for not listening to orders in the pit lane.
- lap 58: He lost control chasing Alonso heading into the turn 6 and 7. George then went off into the gravel trap. Losing downforce, he oversteered and went wide, catching the wall and ending up with the car on its side.
Fastest lap:
- Charles Leclerc: 1:19. 813 Lap 56
- That lap beat the lap record from 2023
Driver of the Day:
- Carlos Sainz
Race Results:
| Driver | Time | Points |
| 1. Carlos Sainz | 1:20:26.843s | 25 |
| 2. Charles Leclerc | + 2.366s | 19 (Fastest Lap +1) |
| 3. Lando Norris | + 5.904s | 15 |
| 4. Oscar Piastri | + 35.77s | 12 |
| 5. Sergio (Checo) Perez | + 56.309s | 10 |
| 6. Lance Stroll | + 93.222s | 8 |
| 7. Yuki Tsunoda | + 95.601s | 6 |
| 8. Fernando Alonso | + 100.992s | 4 |
| 9. Nico Hulkenberg | + 104.553s | 2 |
| 10. Kevin Magnussen | + 1 Lap | 1 |
| 11. Alex Albon | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 12. Daniel Ricciardo | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 13. Pierre Gasly | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 14. Valtteri Bottas | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 15. Zhou Guanyu | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 16. Esteban Ocon | + 1 Lap | 0 |
| 17. George Russell | DNF | 0 |
| 18. Lewis Hamilton | DNF | 0 |
| 19. Max Verstappen | DNF | 0 |
| 20. Logan Sargent | DNS | 0 |
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