2026 · ROUND 01 · GRAND PRIX

Grand Prix Australia

🇦🇺 AustraliaAlbert Park Grand Prix Circuit8 March 2026 · local dateCOMPLETED

A temporary circuit around Albert Park Lake, where the surface evolves as rubber is laid down. Fast corners demand a car that responds precisely to changes of direction.

Chris Phutully · CC BY 2.0 · Albert Park and its lake in Melbourne, archive photograph from 2014. Crop and WebP conversion; original licence retained. · Photo source ↗ · Licence ↗

CIRCUIT SNAPSHOT

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Melbourne · Australia

Race date · local8 March 2026

FormatGrand Prix

Circuit length5.278 km

Scheduled laps58

Scheduled distance306.124 km

Circuit highlights

Grip evolution on the temporary circuit
Car balance through fast corners

First F1 race at this circuit: 1996. Lap record: 1:19.813 · Charles Leclerc (2024).

Formula 1 · race information ↗

RACE RESULTS · 8 March 2026

Race podium

RACE WINNER

George Russell

Mercedes

1:23:06.80125 PTS · Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

+2.974s18 PTS · Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

+15.519s15 PTS · Grand Prix

Driver portrait credits and licences ↗

George Russell won the round on 2026-03-08. Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc completed the podium. The official classification and points awarded appear below.

POLE POSITIONGeorge Russell1:18.518Official qualifying ↗

FASTEST LAPMax Verstappen1:22.091 · lap 43Official fastest laps ↗

Full classification · 22 drivers

Official race classification
POS	DRIVER / TEAM	PTS	TIME / STATUS
P1	George RussellMercedes Details #63 · RUS · 58 laps · 1:23:06.801	25	1:23:06.801
P2	Kimi AntonelliMercedes Details #12 · ANT · 58 laps · +2.974s	18	+2.974s
P3	Charles LeclercFerrari Details #16 · LEC · 58 laps · +15.519s	15	+15.519s
P4	Lewis HamiltonFerrari Details #44 · HAM · 58 laps · +16.144s	12	+16.144s
P5	Lando NorrisMcLaren Details #1 · NOR · 58 laps · +51.741s	10	+51.741s
P6	Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing Details #3 · VER · 58 laps · +54.617s	8	+54.617s
P7	Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team Details #87 · BEA · 57 laps · +1 lap	6	+1 lap
P8	Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls Details #41 · LIN · 57 laps · +1 lap	4	+1 lap
P9	Gabriel BortoletoAudi Details #5 · BOR · 57 laps · +1 lap	2	+1 lap
P10	Pierre GaslyAlpine Details #10 · GAS · 57 laps · +1 lap	1	+1 lap
P11	Esteban OconHaas F1 Team Details #31 · OCO · 57 laps · +1 lap	0	+1 lap
P12	Alexander AlbonWilliams Details #23 · ALB · 57 laps · +1 lap	0	+1 lap
P13	Liam LawsonRacing Bulls Details #30 · LAW · 57 laps · +1 lap	0	+1 lap
P14	Franco ColapintoAlpine Details #43 · COL · 56 laps · +2 laps	0	+2 laps
P15	Carlos SainzWilliams Details #55 · SAI · 56 laps · +2 laps	0	+2 laps
P16	Sergio PerezCadillac Details #11 · PER · 55 laps · +3 laps	0	+3 laps
NC	Lance StrollAston Martin Details #18 · STR · 43 laps · +15 laps	0	+15 laps
NC	Fernando AlonsoAston Martin Details #14 · ALO · 21 laps · DNF	0	DNF
NC	Valtteri BottasCadillac Details #77 · BOT · 15 laps · DNF	0	DNF
NC	Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing Details #6 · HAD · 10 laps · DNF	0	DNF
NC	Oscar PiastriMcLaren Details #81 · PIA · 0 laps · DNS	0	DNS
NC	Nico HulkenbergAudi Details #27 · HUL · 0 laps · DNS	0	DNS

Full official classification ↗

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEXT

2026 championship

The current standings below were verified after the latest completed race, Sepang, on 7 October 2026. They do not represent the standings immediately after this race.

2026 · VERIFIED 07 OCT

Drivers Championship

1Kimi AntonelliMercedes320 PTS 2George RussellMercedes236 PTS 3Lewis HamiltonFerrari214 PTS 4Charles LeclercFerrari191 PTS 5Lando NorrisMcLaren188 PTS

Official Formula 1 snapshot. Not a live feed. Photo credits

Full standings ↗

Drivers and constructors · 2026 season ↗

F1 EXPLAINED · STRATEGY

Understand the weekend

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Driver profiles ↗Formula 1 teams ↗

VERIFIED · 7 October 2026Official source ↗