2024 Australian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Melbourne.

Session Reports

FP1: Norris tops eventful first practice session as Albon crashes

FP2: Leclerc comfortably leads second practice in Melbourne for Ferrari

FP3: Leclerc edges Verstappen in tight final practice

Qualifying: Verstappen leaves it late to clinch pole in Melbourne

Race: Sainz heads Ferrari 1-2 as Verstappen retires from Australian GP

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday’s build-up in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Melbourne

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.564s		23
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.582s	+ 0.018s	19
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:18.597s	+ 0.033s	21
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.599s	+ 0.035s	22
5	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:18.621s	+ 0.057s	26
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.642s	+ 0.078s	23
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.667s	+ 0.103s	26
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:18.686s	+ 0.122s	23
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.771s	+ 0.207s	20
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.918s	+ 0.354s	25
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:19.274s	+ 0.710s	25
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:19.443s	+ 0.879s	11
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:19.489s	+ 0.925s	21
14	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:19.519s	+ 0.955s	22
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.561s	+ 0.997s	25
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:19.604s	+ 1.040s	21
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.622s	+ 1.058s	25
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.716s	+ 1.152s	16
19	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:19.989s	+ 1.425s	23
20	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:20.014s	+ 1.450s	21

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.277s		26
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.658s	+ 0.381s	21
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:17.707s	+ 0.430s	25
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.822s	+ 0.545s	29
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:17.912s	+ 0.635s	31
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.951s	+ 0.674s	24
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.077s	+ 0.800s	29
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.090s	+ 0.813s	33
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.155s	+ 0.878s	23
10	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:18.188s	+ 0.911s	27
11	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:18.421s	+ 1.144s	32
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:18.534s	+ 1.257s	30
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:18.578s	+ 1.301s	23
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:18.585s	+ 1.308s	32
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.691s	+ 1.414s	33
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:18.702s	+ 1.425s	28
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.705s	+ 1.428s	32
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.834s	+ 1.557s	23
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:19.275s	+ 1.998s	31

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.714s		22
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.734s	+ 0.020s	28
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.791s	+ 0.077s	20
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.806s	+ 0.092s	20
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.886s	+ 0.172s	23
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:16.997s	+ 0.283s	20
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:17.014s	+ 0.300s	28
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.087s	+ 0.373s	19
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.341s	+ 0.627s	22
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.490s	+ 0.776s	22
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:17.673s	+ 0.959s	19
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:17.752s	+ 1.038s	20
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.759s	+ 1.045s	23
14	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:17.876s	+ 1.162s	19
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.920s	+ 1.206s	18
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:17.941s	+ 1.227s	17
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:17.961s	+ 1.247s	18
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:17.963s	+ 1.249s	20
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.390s	+ 1.676s	19

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.819s	1:16.387s	1:15.915s
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.731s	1:16.189s	1:16.185s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:16.805s	1:16.631s	1:16.274s
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.430s	1:16.750s	1:16.315s
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.984s	1:16.304s	1:16.435s
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.369s	1:16.601s	1:16.572s
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.062s	1:16.901s	1:16.724s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:17.356s	1:16.791s	1:16.788s
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.376s	1:16.780s	1:17.072s
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:16.991s	1:16.710s	1:17.552s
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.499s	1:16.960s
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.130s	1:17.167s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:17.543s	1:17.340s
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:17.709s	1:17.427s
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:17.617s	1:17.697s
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:17.976s
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:17.982s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:18.085s
19	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:18.188s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	58 laps – 1:20:26.843s	2
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 2.366s	2
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 5.904s	2
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 35.770s	2
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 56.309s	2
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 93.222s	2
7	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 95.601s	2
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 100.992s *	2
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 104.553s	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	+ 1 lap	2
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 1 lap	2
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
15	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
17	George Russell	Mercedes	+ dnfs	2
	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNF	1
	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1

* 20s post-race penalty for dangerous driving

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	51
2	Charles Leclerc	47
3	Sergio Pérez	46
4	Carlos Sainz	40
5	Oscar Piastri	28
6	Lando Norris	27
7	George Russell	18
8	Fernando Alonso	16
9	Lance Stroll	9
10	Lewis Hamilton	8
11	Yuki Tsunoda	6
12	Oliver Bearman	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	3
14	Kevin Magnussen	1
15	Alexander Albon	0
16	Zhou Guanyu	0
17	Daniel Ricciardo	0
18	Esteban Ocon	0
19	Pierre Gasly	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	0
21	Logan Sargeant	0