Round 3 · 2 April 2023
2023 Australian Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, round 3 of the championship, held on 2 April 2023 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit (Australia), starting from position 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Sergio Pérez (1:20.235).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 2:32:38.371 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | +0.179 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | +0.769 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 6 | +3.082 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 20 | +3.320 s | 11 | Finished |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 13 | +3.701 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 10 | +4.939 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 16 | +5.382 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +5.713 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 12 | +6.052 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 19 | +6.513 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | +6.594 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | — | — | Retired |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | — | — | Retired |
| 15 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 15 | — | — | Retired |
| 16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | — | — | Retired |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 14 | — | — | Retired |
| 18 | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | — | — | Retired |
| 19 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 8 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 7 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Australian Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-8), hard (laps 9-55), soft (laps 56-58). The top ten used 3 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 29 ± 5.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-8), hard (laps 9-55), soft (laps 56-58)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-8), hard (laps 9-55), soft (laps 56-58)
- 3. Fernando Alonso: medium (laps 1-8), hard (laps 9-55), soft (laps 56-58)
- 4. Lance Stroll: medium (laps 1-8), hard (laps 9-55), soft (laps 56-58)
- 5. Sergio Pérez: hard (laps 1-1), medium (laps 2-2), hard (laps 3-55), soft (laps 56-58)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.