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Round 01 · 2026

AustraliaAustralian Grand Prix

Melbourne, Australia6–8 Mar

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Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1
  1. Practice 1
    Data published
    track 35° ·air 21° ·71% hum ·6.1 km/h wind
  2. Practice 2
    Data published
    track 33° ·air 23° ·65% hum ·8.3 km/h wind
  3. Practice 3
    Data published
    track 37° ·air 21° ·64% hum ·6.8 km/h wind
  4. Qualifying
    Data published
    track 34° ·air 21° ·64% hum ·8.3 km/h wind
    Fantasy lock
  5. Grand Prix
    Data published
    track 36° ·air 24° ·54% hum ·9.0 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

PosDriverTeamGridMovedTime / gapPts
1RUSMercedes11:23:06.80125
2ANTMercedes2+2.97418
3LECFerrari41+15.51915
4HAMFerrari73+16.14312
5NORMcLaren61+51.74110
6VERRed Bull Racing2014+54.6178
7BEAHaas F1 Team125+4.5936
8LINRacing Bulls91+11.8164
9BORAudi101+12.7752
10GASAlpine144+29.0271
11OCOHaas F1 Team132+29.850
12ALBWilliams153+56.075
13LAWRed Bull Racing85+57.173
14COLAlpine162+8.487
15SAIWilliams216+36.886
16PERCadillac182+7.850
17STRAston Martin225Lapped
18ALOAston Martin171Retired
19BOTCadillac19Retired
20HADRed Bull Racing317Retired
21PIAMcLaren516Did not start
22HULAudi1111Did not start

Qualifying

PosDriverQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1RUS1:19.5071:18.9341:18.518
2ANT1:20.1201:19.4351:18.811+0.293
3HAD1:20.0231:19.6531:19.303+0.785
4LEC1:20.2261:19.3571:19.327+0.809
5PIA1:19.6641:19.5251:19.380+0.862
6NOR1:20.0101:19.8821:19.475+0.957
7HAM1:19.8111:19.9211:19.478+0.960
8LAW1:20.4911:20.1441:19.994+1.476
9LIN1:20.4091:19.9711:21.247+2.729
10BOR1:20.4951:20.221+1.703
11HUL1:21.0241:20.303+1.785
12BEA1:21.2471:20.311+1.793
13OCO1:20.7591:20.491+1.973
14GAS1:21.1381:20.501+1.983
15ALB1:21.0511:20.941+2.423
16COL1:21.2001:21.270+2.752
17ALO1:21.969+3.451
18PER1:22.605+4.087
19BOT1:23.244+4.726
STR
VER
SAI

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:20.267
Practice 21:19.729−0.538
Practice 31:19.053−0.676
Qualifying1:18.518−0.535
Grand Prix1:22.091+3.573

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Melbourne in earlier seasons

20261:19.053
20251:15.921−3.132
20241:16.714−2.339
20231:17.565−1.488
20221:18.978−0.075
20191:22.292+3.239

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

LEC1:20.267

Single-lap pace

LEC1:20.267
HAM1:20.736+0.469
VER1:20.789+0.522
HAD1:21.087+0.820
LIN1:21.313+1.046
PIA1:21.342+1.075
RUS1:21.371+1.104
ANT1:21.376+1.109
BOR1:21.696+1.429
HUL1:21.969+1.702
OCO1:22.161+1.894
SAI1:22.323+2.056
LAW1:22.613+2.346
BEA1:22.682+2.415
ALB1:23.130+2.863
COL1:23.325+3.058
BOT1:24.022+3.755
GAS1:24.035+3.768
NOR1:24.391+4.124
PER1:24.620+4.353
STR1:50.334+30.067

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
LECM5*1:22.552±0.941
HAMM5*1:22.880+0.328±0.661
OCOM6*1:23.798+1.246±0.595
BEAM5*1:24.139+1.587±0.656
VERM5*1:25.111+2.559±0.367
BOTS5*1:25.169+2.617±0.498
SAIS5*1:26.208+3.656±0.396
LAWM6*1:26.893+4.341±0.565

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
LEC28.20517.47234.5901:20.2671:20.2670.000
HAM28.44817.60734.6811:20.7361:20.7360.000
VER28.36217.67334.7541:20.7891:20.7890.000
PIA28.16617.87934.8891:20.9341:21.3420.408
LIN28.42917.44435.1881:21.0611:21.3130.252
HAD28.62117.62034.8461:21.0871:21.0870.000
RUS28.51717.87034.9841:21.3711:21.3710.000
ANT28.49017.97634.9101:21.3761:21.3760.000
BOR28.43217.95535.3091:21.6961:21.6960.000
OCO28.78917.70435.3341:21.8271:22.1610.334
HUL28.84517.97235.0951:21.9121:21.9690.057
SAI28.86818.08935.3641:22.3211:22.3230.002
LAW28.84618.00835.4691:22.3231:22.6130.290
BEA29.04317.97635.5941:22.6131:22.6820.069
ALB29.11618.17835.6411:22.9351:23.1300.195
COL29.10518.16036.0601:23.3251:23.3250.000
GAS28.98218.42536.2421:23.6491:24.0350.386
BOT29.48618.05336.4831:24.0221:24.0220.000
NOR29.60918.32136.1681:24.0981:24.3910.293
PER29.65518.32936.6361:24.6201:24.6200.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.925(17 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariLECahead of HAM+0.469
Red Bull RacingVERahead of LAW+1.824
McLarenPIAahead of NOR+3.049
MercedesRUSahead of ANT+0.005
AudiBORahead of HUL+0.273
Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+0.521
WilliamsSAIahead of ALB+0.807
AlpineCOLahead of GAS+0.710
CadillacBOTahead of PER+0.598

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

LEC16359
HAM1686
VER103338
HAD93327
LIN1210
PIA3558
RUS1013363
ANT181473
BOR173516
HUL2851113
OCO315334
SAI11469
LAW1387
BEA1636
ALB186
COL6578
BOT4515
GAS11214
NOR214
PER5342
STR3
SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

PIA1:19.729

Single-lap pace

PIA1:19.729
ANT1:19.943+0.214
RUS1:20.049+0.320
HAM1:20.050+0.321
LEC1:20.291+0.562
VER1:20.366+0.637
NOR1:20.794+1.065
LIN1:20.922+1.193
HAD1:20.941+1.212
OCO1:21.179+1.450
BEA1:21.326+1.597
HUL1:21.351+1.622
LAW1:21.358+1.629
BOR1:21.668+1.939
ALB1:21.847+2.118
GAS1:22.167+2.438
SAI1:22.253+2.524
COL1:22.619+2.890
BOT1:23.660+3.931
ALO1:24.662+4.933
STR1:25.816+6.087
PER1:58.806+39.077

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
HAMH5*1:21.372±0.224
RUSH111:24.014+2.642±0.492+0.040s
ANTH121:24.518+3.146±0.496+0.082s
PIAS5*1:24.968+3.596±0.226
HADM7*1:25.008+3.636±0.762
HULM6*1:25.327+3.955±0.428
COLM5*1:25.961+4.589±0.244
LAWM91:26.091+4.719±0.342+0.041s
LINS101:26.270+4.898±0.296−0.002s
OCOH5*1:26.431+5.059±0.440
BORM5*1:26.472+5.100±1.053
BEAH101:26.498+5.126±0.345+0.036s
BOTM7*1:28.469+7.097±0.778

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
PIA27.80317.53834.3881:19.7291:19.7290.000
ANT28.04917.53134.3451:19.9251:19.9430.018
HAM27.90217.53534.5551:19.9921:20.0500.058
RUS28.03717.55534.4571:20.0491:20.0490.000
LEC28.18217.46234.5921:20.2361:20.2910.055
VER28.14917.57034.6471:20.3661:20.3660.000
NOR28.09117.71534.6851:20.4911:20.7940.303
HAD28.26017.76034.6051:20.6251:20.9410.316
LIN28.51317.48434.9251:20.9221:20.9220.000
OCO28.54017.55334.8771:20.9701:21.1790.209
HUL28.62117.58835.0961:21.3051:21.3510.046
BEA28.65217.54435.1301:21.3261:21.3260.000
LAW28.71917.64034.9991:21.3581:21.3580.000
BOR28.34617.76035.4811:21.5871:21.6680.081
ALB28.66817.91835.2611:21.8471:21.8470.000
GAS28.92017.65135.4201:21.9911:22.1670.176
SAI28.98717.86935.3901:22.2461:22.2530.007
COL29.00917.78535.5311:22.3251:22.6190.294
BOT29.35218.02836.2801:23.6601:23.6600.000
ALO29.49318.52836.6411:24.6621:24.6620.000
STR30.00418.76636.8731:25.6431:25.8160.173

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.636(8 drivers ran both)H+1.037(9 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+1.065
MercedesANTahead of RUS+0.106
FerrariHAMahead of LEC+0.241
Red Bull RacingHADahead of LAW+0.417
Haas F1 TeamOCOahead of BEA+0.147
AudiHULahead of BOR+0.317
WilliamsALBahead of SAI+0.406
AlpineGASahead of COL+0.452
CadillacBOTahead of PER+35.146
Aston MartinALOahead of STR+1.154

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

PIA10394
ANT733153
RUS543133
HAM134510
LEC105555
VER535
NOR46316
LIN4111815
HAD9613
OCO1033175
BEA105115
HUL109105
LAW86114
BOR537193
ALB118463
GAS115
SAI37
COL10611
BOT7615
ALO2736
STR283
PER2
SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

RUS1:19.053

Single-lap pace

RUS1:19.053
HAM1:19.669+0.616
LEC1:19.827+0.774
PIA1:20.087+1.034
HAD1:20.137+1.084
VER1:20.197+1.144
ANT1:20.324+1.271
NOR1:20.443+1.390
BOR1:20.459+1.406
BEA1:20.778+1.725
LIN1:20.838+1.785
LAW1:20.890+1.837
OCO1:20.983+1.930
HUL1:21.067+2.014
GAS1:21.071+2.018
COL1:21.413+2.360
ALB1:21.664+2.611
ALO1:22.720+3.667
BOT1:23.514+4.461
PER1:24.397+5.344

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
ANTS5*1:21.636±0.397
RUSS5*1:22.081+0.445±0.168
ALBM5*1:22.702+1.066±0.505
GASH7*1:24.841+3.205±1.240
PERM91:26.658+5.022±0.467−0.063s

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
RUS27.77017.27634.0071:19.0531:19.0530.000
LEC27.78617.54034.2091:19.5351:19.8270.292
HAM27.95717.43134.2281:19.6161:19.6690.053
PIA28.12117.56534.2121:19.8981:20.0870.189
VER27.79817.67134.4971:19.9661:20.1970.231
HAD28.09717.63234.3151:20.0441:20.1370.093
ANT28.23017.58234.5121:20.3241:20.3240.000
BOR28.42017.41134.5341:20.3651:20.4590.094
NOR28.22417.78434.4351:20.4431:20.4430.000
HUL28.38117.59234.7681:20.7411:21.0670.326
BEA28.69617.56734.5151:20.7781:20.7780.000
LIN28.59817.57934.6251:20.8021:20.8380.036
LAW28.57017.55434.7131:20.8371:20.8900.053
OCO28.64317.64534.6951:20.9831:20.9830.000
GAS28.45617.75034.8651:21.0711:21.0710.000
COL28.68417.73934.9901:21.4131:21.4130.000
ALB28.86917.80034.9951:21.6641:21.6640.000
ALO29.18518.17635.3301:22.6911:22.7200.029
BOT29.48118.10935.7961:23.3861:23.5140.128
PER29.86218.15036.3671:24.3791:24.3970.018

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.862(4 drivers ran both)Honly 2 drivers ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesRUSahead of ANT+1.271
FerrariHAMahead of LEC+0.158
McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.356
Red Bull RacingHADahead of VER+0.060
AudiBORahead of HUL+0.608
Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of OCO+0.205
AlpineGASahead of COL+0.342
CadillacBOTahead of PER+0.883

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

RUS34925
HAM8104
LEC4565
PIA1214
HAD114
VER384
ANT4392
NOR5125
BOR6625
BEA372114
LIN8124
LAW9112
OCO5725
HUL74344
GAS811115
COL82714
ALB125
ALO51554
BOT534
PER5124
SAI1
SSoftMMediumHHard