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Round 01 · 2018

AustraliaAustralian Grand Prix

Melbourne, Australia23–25 Mar

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Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1
  1. Practice 1
    Data published
    track 43° ·air 27° ·34% hum ·7.2 km/h wind
  2. Practice 2
    Data published
    track 42° ·air 30° ·25% hum ·3.2 km/h wind
  3. Practice 3
    Data published
    track 25° ·air 20° ·87% hum ·2.5 km/h windwet
  4. Qualifying
    Data published
    track 30° ·air 25° ·61% hum ·2.5 km/h wind
    Fantasy lock
  5. Grand Prix
    Data published
    track 37° ·air 24° ·30% hum ·13.3 km/h windwet

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

PosDriverTeamGridMovedTime / gapPts
1VETFerrari321:29:33.28325
2HAMMercedes11+5.03618
3RAIFerrari21+6.30915
4RICRed Bull Racing84+7.06912
5ALOMcLaren105+27.88610
6VERRed Bull Racing42+28.9458
7HULRenault7+32.6716
8BOTMercedes157+34.3394
9VANMcLaren112+34.9212
10SAIRenault91+45.7221
11PERRacing Point121+46.817
12OCORacing Point142+60.278
13LECSauber185+75.759
14STRWilliams131+78.288
15HARToro Rosso161+1 Lap
16GROHaas F1 Team610Wheel
17MAGHaas F1 Team512Wheel
18GASToro Rosso202Engine
19ERISauber172Steering
20SIRWilliams191Brakes

Qualifying

PosDriverQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1HAM1:22.8241:22.0511:21.164
2RAI1:23.0961:22.5071:21.828+0.664
3VET1:23.3481:21.9441:21.838+0.674
4VER1:23.4831:22.4161:21.879+0.715
5RIC1:23.4941:22.8971:22.152+0.988
6MAG1:23.9091:23.3001:23.187+2.023
7GRO1:23.6711:23.4681:23.339+2.175
8HUL1:23.7821:23.5441:23.532+2.368
9SAI1:23.5291:23.0611:23.577+2.413
10BOT1:23.6861:22.089+0.925
11ALO1:23.5971:23.692+2.528
12VAN1:24.0731:23.853+2.689
13PER1:24.3441:24.005+2.841
14STR1:24.4641:24.230+3.066
15OCO1:24.5031:24.786+3.622
16HAR1:24.532+3.368
17ERI1:24.556+3.392
18LEC1:24.636+3.472
19SIR1:24.922+3.758
20GAS1:25.295+4.131

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:24.026
Practice 21:23.931−0.095
Practice 31:26.067+2.136
Qualifying1:21.164−4.903
Grand Prix1:25.945+4.781

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.

Practice 1

HAM1:24.026

Single-lap pace

HAM1:24.026
BOT1:24.577+0.551
VER1:24.771+0.745
RAI1:24.875+0.849
VET1:24.995+0.969
RIC1:25.063+1.037
GRO1:25.730+1.704
ALO1:25.896+1.870
SAI1:25.922+1.896
VAN1:26.482+2.456
GAS1:26.494+2.468
SIR1:26.536+2.510
HUL1:26.583+2.557
OCO1:26.605+2.579
STR1:26.636+2.610
PER1:26.767+2.741
MAG1:27.035+3.009
HAR1:27.745+3.719
ERI1:27.964+3.938
LEC1:28.853+4.827

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

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
STR?7*1:28.497±0.626
HAM?5*1:28.958+0.461±0.291
ERI?6*1:29.161+0.664±0.422
VER?5*1:29.285+0.788±0.220
BOT?81:29.607+1.110±0.367+0.121s
LEC?6*1:29.715+1.218±0.636
PER?5*1:30.334+1.837±0.179
OCO?5*1:30.713+2.216±0.341
GAS?6*1:31.459+2.962±0.547

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
HAM27.67922.79433.3751:23.8481:24.0260.178
BOT28.03722.92933.5251:24.4911:24.5770.086
VER27.97823.04833.4821:24.5081:24.7710.263
RAI28.11823.05333.7041:24.8751:24.8750.000
RIC28.20323.04133.7061:24.9501:25.0630.113
VET28.17223.00133.8221:24.9951:24.9950.000
GRO28.20223.16234.1271:25.4911:25.7300.239
ALO28.48523.31234.0121:25.8091:25.8960.087
SAI28.43923.36234.0741:25.8751:25.9220.047
HUL28.61923.42234.3201:26.3611:26.5830.222
VAN28.61123.47034.2891:26.3701:26.4820.112
OCO28.47423.49634.4061:26.3761:26.6050.229
STR28.37423.50534.5041:26.3831:26.6360.253
SIR28.54423.30834.5361:26.3881:26.5360.148
GAS28.63923.34334.5121:26.4941:26.4940.000
PER28.56123.50534.5311:26.5971:26.7670.170
MAG28.68923.47934.4411:26.6091:27.0350.426
HAR28.86023.46835.3101:27.6381:27.7450.107
ERI28.90623.76035.2001:27.8661:27.9640.098
LEC29.29723.90935.4191:28.6251:28.8530.228

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

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

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.551
Red Bull RacingVERahead of RIC+0.292
FerrariRAIahead of VET+0.120
Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+1.305
McLarenALOahead of VAN+0.586
RenaultSAIahead of HUL+0.661
Toro RossoGASahead of HAR+1.251
WilliamsSIRahead of STR+0.100
Racing PointOCOahead of PER+0.162
SauberERIahead of LEC+0.889

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

Stints and compounds

HAM1989
BOT161111
VER1988
RAI17195
VET18184
RIC19447
GRO1887
ALO1186
SAI11876
VAN11310
GAS16179
SIR11176
HUL11779
OCO281010
STR191109
PER2978
MAG1426
HAR16117
ERI11899
LEC118108
SSoft

Practice 2

HAM1:23.931

Single-lap pace

HAM1:23.931
VER1:24.058+0.127
BOT1:24.159+0.228
RAI1:24.214+0.283
VET1:24.460+0.529
GRO1:24.648+0.717
RIC1:24.721+0.790
ALO1:25.200+1.269
MAG1:25.246+1.315
VAN1:25.285+1.354
SAI1:25.390+1.459
PER1:25.413+1.482
HUL1:25.471+1.540
STR1:25.543+1.612
OCO1:25.888+1.957
HAR1:25.925+1.994
GAS1:25.945+2.014
SIR1:25.974+2.043
ERI1:26.814+2.883
LEC1:26.815+2.884

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

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
BOTS7*1:28.508±0.212
VETS6*1:28.772+0.264±0.702
HAM?7*1:29.064+0.556±0.315
VERS81:29.143+0.635±0.458−0.046s
RAI?91:29.369+0.861±0.283−0.033s
HUL?91:29.796+1.288±0.325−0.024s
VAN?6*1:29.993+1.485±0.354
GRO?7*1:30.171+1.663±0.577
SAI?7*1:30.523+2.015±0.410
GASS111:30.574+2.066±0.627−0.036s
ERI?121:30.750+2.242±0.266+0.018s
SIR?91:30.876+2.368±0.496−0.001s
HAR?81:30.952+2.444±0.562+0.156s
STRS91:30.963+2.455±0.557+0.032s
LECS151:31.415+2.907±0.326+0.016s
OCO?5*1:31.751+3.243±1.525

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
VAN28.12323.19033.9081:25.2211:25.2850.064
MAG28.07723.16534.0041:25.2461:25.2460.000
ALO28.16523.15133.9691:25.2851:25.2850.000
PER28.07523.13634.2021:25.4131:25.4130.000
STR28.17823.08334.2351:25.4961:25.5430.047
OCO28.35423.36034.1281:25.8421:25.8880.046
HAM29.01123.56535.0061:27.5821:27.6020.020
BOT29.05123.57535.2021:27.8281:27.8960.068
RIC29.16323.59535.1271:27.8851:28.0750.190
VET29.15123.66535.1631:27.9791:28.0190.040
VER29.18623.71535.0801:27.9811:28.3010.320
RAI29.22123.73435.2061:28.1611:28.2690.108
GRO29.21823.76035.2591:28.2371:28.2370.000
HUL29.36723.83035.5731:28.7701:28.9240.154
SAI29.46924.00435.5271:29.0001:29.0410.041
HAR29.34223.98335.9211:29.2461:29.2660.020
GAS29.58723.95935.8901:29.4361:29.4480.012
SIR29.72524.09935.9411:29.7651:29.9390.174
ERI29.75724.02136.0041:29.7821:29.8980.116
LEC29.86624.15536.1331:30.1541:30.3360.182

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

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

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.228
Red Bull RacingVERahead of RIC+0.663
FerrariRAIahead of VET+0.246
Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.598
McLarenALOahead of VAN+0.085
RenaultSAIahead of HUL+0.081
Racing PointPERahead of OCO+0.475
WilliamsSTRahead of SIR+0.431
Toro RossoHARahead of GAS+0.020
SauberERIahead of LEC+0.001

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

Stints and compounds

HAM7411282
VER831112
BOT45210103
RAI7611816
VET75116810
GRO104119
RIC10288
ALO75664
MAG9686
VAN755385
SAI7511210
PER81596
HUL751013
STR8251115
OCO462687
HAR105110122
GAS8511213
SIR971614
ERI75118
LEC87119
SSoft

Practice 3

VET1:26.067

Single-lap pace

VET1:26.067
RAI1:28.499+2.432
ERI1:28.890+2.823
VER1:31.680+5.613
SAI1:33.172+7.105
RIC1:34.043+7.976
BOT1:34.174+8.107
HAM1:34.225+8.158
VAN1:34.233+8.166
ALO1:34.298+8.231
GAS1:34.990+8.923
HAR1:35.438+9.371
SIR1:35.589+9.522
STR1:35.828+9.761
GRO1:36.171+10.104
LEC1:36.448+10.381
MAG1:36.807+10.740
HUL1:38.482+12.415

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

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
VET28.92323.19233.9521:26.0671:26.0670.000
RAI29.78023.78934.9301:28.4991:28.4990.000
ERI29.84223.68735.3611:28.8901:28.8900.000
VER30.04924.53537.0961:31.6801:31.6800.000
SAI30.53325.15737.4821:33.1721:33.1720.000
RIC31.03125.11237.9001:34.0431:34.0430.000
BOT31.32625.15037.6981:34.1741:34.1740.000
HAM30.84825.40137.9761:34.2251:34.2250.000
VAN30.87825.27938.0761:34.2331:34.2330.000
GAS31.18725.52138.2821:34.9901:34.9900.000
SIR31.46025.43938.4631:35.3621:35.5890.227
STR31.37825.45438.5801:35.4121:35.8280.416
HAR31.31625.55938.5551:35.4301:35.4380.008
MAG31.70525.76438.5861:36.0551:36.8070.752
GRO31.76725.55338.8511:36.1711:36.1710.000
LEC31.96925.59138.8881:36.4481:36.4480.000

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

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

FerrariVETahead of RAI+2.432
SauberERIahead of LEC+7.558
Red Bull RacingVERahead of RIC+2.363
RenaultSAIahead of HUL+5.310
MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.051
McLarenVANahead of ALO+0.065
Toro RossoGASahead of HAR+0.448
WilliamsSIRahead of STR+0.239
Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.636

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

Stints and compounds

VET1113
RAI17113
ERI1103
VER53
SAI155
RIC113
BOT1922
HAM7
VAN11031
ALO1921
GAS11122
HAR12112
SIR367
STR7
GRO15
LEC183
MAG16
HUL52
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