2026 Australian Grand Prix: Results, Podium and Standings

The 2026 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit was won by from pole position, ahead of Russell. The winning margin was 2.974 seconds.

The race was held on 8 March 2026, as round 1 of the season. Russell took a first win of the season with Mercedes.

Qualifying

Pole position went to Russell (Mercedes): 1:18.518. Second place went to Antonelli, 0.293 seconds behind.

Completing the front of the grid: 3. Hadjar, 4. Leclerc, 5. Piastri, 6. Norris.

Race

The race ran to 58 laps, roughly 306.1 kilometres. The winner Russell was credited with a total race time of 1:23:06.801.

Second on the podium was Antonelli (Mercedes), with Leclerc (Ferrari) third.

Russell turned Saturday’s pole into a win. The biggest mover was Verstappen, who started P20 and finished P6, a gain of 14 places.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Verstappen 1:22.091 ile. Stroll (lapped), Alonso, Bottas, Hadjar, Piastri (başlamadı) ve Hülkenberg (başlamadı) did not finish; 16 drivers saw the chequered flag.

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / Gap	Points
1	Russell	Mercedes	1	1:23:06.801	25
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	2	+2.974	18
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+15.519	15
4	Hamilton	Ferrari	7	+16.144	12
5	Norris	McLaren	6	+51.741	10
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	20	+54.617	8
7	Bearman	Haas F1 Team	12	+4.593	6
8	Lindblad	RB F1 Team	9	+11.816	4
9	Bortoleto	Audi	10	+12.775	2
10	Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	14	+29.027	1
11	Ocon	Haas F1 Team	13	+29.850	–
12	Albon	Williams	15	+56.075	–
13	Lawson	RB F1 Team	8	+57.173	–
14	Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	16	+8.487	–
15	Sainz	Williams	21	+36.886	–
16	Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	18	+7.850	–
DNF	Stroll	Aston Martin	22	Lapped	–
DNF	Alonso	Aston Martin	17	Yarış dışı	–
DNF	Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	Yarış dışı	–
DNF	Hadjar	Red Bull	3	Yarış dışı	–
DNS	Piastri	McLaren	5	Başlamadı	–
DNS	Hülkenberg	Audi	11	Başlamadı	–

About Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit is a circuit 5.278 kilometres long. The circuit lies near Melbourne, within Australia. By the records in our archive, 5 Formula 1 races have been held here since 2022.

The fastest race lap we hold for the circuit is 1:19.813, set by Leclerc in 2024. Among the teams, Ferrari leads with 2 wins. Pole matters here: the driver starting first won 4 of the 5 races on record, roughly %80 of them.

Championship Standings

After round 1, Stroll and Russell are level on 0 points.

In the constructors’ championship Mercedes leads on 43 points, with Ferrari second, 16 points behind.

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
0	Stroll	Aston Martin	0
1	Russell	Mercedes	25
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	18
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	15
4	Hamilton	Ferrari	12
5	Norris	McLaren	10
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	8
7	Bearman	Haas F1 Team	6
8	Lindblad	RB F1 Team	4
9	Bortoleto	Audi	2

The 2026 Australian Grand Prix race page: qualifying, the weekend schedule and circuit information