Race · Round 1 of 21 · 17 March 2019

2019 Australian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Albert Park. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 27 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Valtteri BottasMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W10	2	58	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W10	1	58	Finished	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB15	4	58	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF90	3	58	Finished	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF90	5	58	Finished	10
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	7	58	Finished	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.19	11	57	Finished	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C38	9	57	Finished	4
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP19	16	57	Finished	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	15	57	Finished	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	RB15	17	57	Finished	0
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL34	8	57	Finished	0
13	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP19	10	57	Finished	0
14	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	13	57	Finished	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C38	14	57	Finished	0
16	George Russell	Williams	FW42	19	56	Finished	0
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	FW42	20	55	Finished	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	6	29	Wheel	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.19	12	28	Accident damage	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL34	18	9	Power unit	0

F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Valtteri Bottas	2	1	58
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	2	58
Max Verstappen	4	3	58
Sebastian Vettel	3	4	58
Charles Leclerc	5	5	58
Kevin Magnussen	7	6	58
Nico Hulkenberg	11	7	57
Kimi Raikkonen	9	8	57
Lance Stroll	16	9	57
Daniil Kvyat	15	10	57
Pierre Gasly	17	11	57
Lando Norris	8	12	57
Sergio Perez	10	13	57
Alexander Albon	13	14	57
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	15	57
George Russell	19	16	56
Robert Kubica	20	17	55
Romain Grosjean	6	DNF	29
Daniel Ricciardo	12	DNF	28
Carlos Sainz	18	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:22.043	1:21.014	1:20.486	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:22.367	1:21.193	1:20.598	+0.112	7 m	+0.112
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:22.885	1:21.912	1:21.190	+0.704	46 m	+0.592
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:22.876	1:21.678	1:21.320	+0.834	55 m	+0.130
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:22.017	1:21.739	1:21.442	+0.956	63 m	+0.122
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:22.959	1:21.870	1:21.826	+1.340	88 m	+0.384
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:22.519	1:22.221	1:22.099	+1.613	106 m	+0.273
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:22.702	1:22.423	1:22.304	+1.818	120 m	+0.205
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:22.966	1:22.349	1:22.314	+1.828	120 m	+0.010
10	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:22.908	1:22.532	1:22.781	+2.295	151 m	+0.467
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:22.540	1:22.562	—	—	101 m	—
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:22.921	1:22.570	—	—	102 m	—
13	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:22.757	1:22.636	—	—	106 m	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:22.431	1:22.714	—	—	111 m	—
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:22.511	1:22.774	—	—	115 m	—
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:23.017	—	—	—	65 m	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:23.020	—	—	—	65 m	—
18	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:23.084	—	—	—	69 m	—
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:24.360	—	—	—	151 m	—
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:26.067	—	—	—	262 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Valtteri Bottas	1	58	1	23	22.0
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	58	1	15	21.5
Max Verstappen	3	58	1	25	21.2
Sebastian Vettel	4	58	1	14	22.0
Charles Leclerc	5	58	1	28	22.3
Kevin Magnussen	6	58	1	14	22.4
Nico Hulkenberg	7	57	1	13	21.6
Kimi Raikkonen	8	57	1	12	23.3
Lance Stroll	9	57	1	27	22.5
Daniil Kvyat	10	57	1	26	22.1
Pierre Gasly	11	57	1	37	21.3
Lando Norris	12	57	1	15	21.6
Sergio Perez	13	57	1	13	23.2
Alexander Albon	14	57	1	14	21.8
Antonio Giovinazzi	15	57	1	27	27.2
George Russell	16	56	2	26, 42	21.7, 21.5
Robert Kubica	17	55	3	1, 28, 44	33.0, 22.3, 21.9
Romain Grosjean	DNF	29	1	15	30.0
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	28	1	1	33.0
Carlos Sainz	DNF	9	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	2 · 1	15 · 23	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	1 · 4	23 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	1 · 4	2 · 3	15 · 25	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 4	4 · 3	14 · 25	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Charles Leclerc	4 · 5	3 · 5	25 · 28	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Charles Leclerc	3 · 5	4 · 5	14 · 28	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Kevin Magnussen	5 · 7	5 · 6	28 · 14	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 11	6 · 7	14 · 13	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Lando Norris	7 · 8	6 · 12	14 · 15	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	9 · 11	8 · 7	12 · 13	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	10 · 11	13 · 7	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 9	12 · 8	15 · 12	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Lance Stroll	9 · 16	8 · 9	12 · 27	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	9 · 10	8 · 13	12 · 13	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Lance Stroll	15 · 16	10 · 9	26 · 27	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Pierre Gasly	16 · 17	9 · 11	27 · 37	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Daniil Kvyat	14 · 15	15 · 10	27 · 26	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Pierre Gasly	15 · 17	10 · 11	26 · 37	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Pierre Gasly	8 · 17	12 · 11	15 · 37	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Sergio Perez	8 · 10	12 · 13	15 · 13	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Alexander Albon	10 · 13	13 · 14	13 · 14	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Antonio Giovinazzi	13 · 14	14 · 15	14 · 27	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · George Russell	14 · 19	15 · 16	27 · 26	George Russell	Kept their order
George Russell · Robert Kubica	19 · 20	16 · 17	26 · 1	Robert Kubica	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:23.599	—	0 m	—	26
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:23.637	+0.038	2 m	+0.038	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:23.673	+0.074	5 m	+0.036	18
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.792	+0.193	12 m	+0.119	22
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:23.866	+0.267	17 m	+0.074	30
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:24.816	+1.217	77 m	+0.950	18
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:24.832	+1.233	78 m	+0.016	30
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:24.932	+1.333	85 m	+0.100	23
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:24.934	+1.335	85 m	+0.002	24
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:25.015	+1.416	90 m	+0.081	11
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:25.166	+1.567	99 m	+0.151	23
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:25.224	+1.625	103 m	+0.058	18
13	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:25.230	+1.631	103 m	+0.006	21
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:25.285	+1.686	107 m	+0.055	19
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:25.288	+1.689	107 m	+0.003	26
16	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:25.498	+1.899	120 m	+0.210	21
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:25.634	+2.035	129 m	+0.136	16
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:25.966	+2.367	150 m	+0.332	31
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:27.914	+4.315	274 m	+1.948	25
20	George Russell	Williams	63	1:28.740	+5.141	326 m	+0.826	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:22.600	—	0 m	—	33
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:22.648	+0.048	3 m	+0.048	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.400	+0.800	51 m	+0.752	33
4	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:23.442	+0.842	54 m	+0.042	31
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:23.473	+0.873	56 m	+0.031	35
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:23.572	+0.972	62 m	+0.099	40
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:23.574	+0.974	63 m	+0.002	37
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:23.644	+1.044	67 m	+0.070	31
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:23.754	+1.154	74 m	+0.110	35
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:23.814	+1.214	78 m	+0.060	37
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:23.933	+1.333	86 m	+0.119	36
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:23.988	+1.388	89 m	+0.055	27
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:24.011	+1.411	91 m	+0.023	38
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:24.133	+1.533	98 m	+0.122	26
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:24.293	+1.693	109 m	+0.160	37
16	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:24.401	+1.801	116 m	+0.108	34
17	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:24.675	+2.075	133 m	+0.274	40
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:24.733	+2.133	137 m	+0.058	26
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:26.453	+3.853	247 m	+1.720	32
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:26.655	+4.055	260 m	+0.202	33

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:22.292	—	0 m	—	12
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:22.556	+0.264	17 m	+0.264	12
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:22.749	+0.457	29 m	+0.193	12
4	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:23.112	+0.820	53 m	+0.363	17
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:23.334	+1.042	67 m	+0.222	15
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:23.367	+1.075	69 m	+0.033	17
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:23.422	+1.130	73 m	+0.055	17
8	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:23.442	+1.150	74 m	+0.020	16
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.481	+1.189	77 m	+0.039	19
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:23.695	+1.403	90 m	+0.214	14
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:23.737	+1.445	93 m	+0.042	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:23.831	+1.539	99 m	+0.094	16
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:24.049	+1.757	113 m	+0.218	21
14	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:24.082	+1.790	115 m	+0.033	18
15	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:24.328	+2.036	131 m	+0.246	15
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:24.345	+2.053	132 m	+0.017	16
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:24.402	+2.110	136 m	+0.057	18
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:24.568	+2.276	147 m	+0.166	16
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:25.944	+3.652	235 m	+1.376	14
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:26.589	+4.297	277 m	+0.645	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2019
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Mar 2019
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.