This is the place to discuss everything related to the 3rd round of the 2023 season taking place in Australia between the 31st of March and 2nd of April.
The event timetable for the Australian Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 12:30 local time - 02:30 GMT
2nd Practice 16:00 local time - 06:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 12:30 local time - 02:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 06:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 06:00 GMT
The 2023 Australian Grand Prix Thread
Moderators: cmlean, Ed, The Qualiflyer, The Heretic
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This weekend, the grand prix circus arrives in Melbourne, Australia.
Red Bull will again be the team to beat after having dominating both previous rounds in the 2023 season.
Will Fernando Alonso in his Aston Martin keep punching above his weight? What of his team mate Lance Stroll? Will he be pushing Fernando Alonso across the line or will the unthinkable happen where either Ferrari or Mercedes will finish on the podium?
And what of the other end of the grid? Have McLaren identified some of their problems? All other teams seemed to have moved forward so it will be interesting to see just where they will fall at the end of the event.
Watch this space......
Red Bull will again be the team to beat after having dominating both previous rounds in the 2023 season.
Will Fernando Alonso in his Aston Martin keep punching above his weight? What of his team mate Lance Stroll? Will he be pushing Fernando Alonso across the line or will the unthinkable happen where either Ferrari or Mercedes will finish on the podium?
And what of the other end of the grid? Have McLaren identified some of their problems? All other teams seemed to have moved forward so it will be interesting to see just where they will fall at the end of the event.
Watch this space......
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FP1 Results
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:18.790 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:19.223 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 1:19.293 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
4 1:19.317 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
5 1:19.378 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
6 1:19.505 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
7 1:19.536 Lando Norris McLaren
8 1:19.646 Pierre Gasly Alpine
9 1:19.699 George Russell Mercedes
10 1:19.766 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
11 1:19.766 Alexander Albon Williams
12 1:19.777 Oscar Piastri McLaren
13 1:19.806 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
14 1:19.933 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri
15 1:20.074 Logan Sargeant Williams
16 1:20.175 Esteban Ocon Alpine
17 1:20.399 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
18 1:20.419 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
19 1:20.569 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
20 1:21.147 Kevin Magnussen Haas
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FP2 and the rain has come. Don't you love Melbourne 
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FP2 Results
Logan Sargeant had problems at the end of FP1 and never took to the circuit in FP2
This session became a test for intermediates as it was the first time many had used them in 2023.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:18.887 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
2 1:19.332 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
3 1:19.502 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
4 1:19.672 George Russell Mercedes
5 1:19.695 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
6 1:19.725 Esteban Ocon Alpine
7 1:20.083 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
8 1:20.176 Lando Norris McLaren
9 1:20.194 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
10 1:20.206 Pierre Gasly Alpine
11 1:20.220 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
12 1:20.312 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
13 1:20.323 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
14 1:20.380 Oscar Piastri McLaren
15 1:20.470 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
16 1:20.579 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
17 1:20.600 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri
18 1:21.182 Alexander Albon Williams
19 1:21.266 Kevin Magnussen Haas
This session became a test for intermediates as it was the first time many had used them in 2023.
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FP3 Results
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:17.565 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:17.727 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
3 1:17.938 Esteban Ocon Alpine
4 1:17.955 George Russell Mercedes
5 1:18.094 Pierre Gasly Alpine
6 1:18.123 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
7 1:18.127 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
8 1:18.138 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
9 1:18.198 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
10 1:18.330 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
11 1:18.410 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
12 1:18.553 Alexander Albon Williams
13 1:18.691 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
14 1:18.713 Oscar Piastri McLaren
15 1:18.809 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
16 1:18.901 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
17 1:18.947 Logan Sargeant Williams
18 1:19.056 Kevin Magnussen Haas
19 1:19.092 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri
20 1:19.146 Lando Norris McLaren
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Qualifying
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:16.732 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:16.968 George Russell Mercedes
3 1:17.104 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
4 1:17.139 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
5 1:17.270 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
6 1:17.308 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
7 1:17.369 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
8 1:17.609 Alexander Albon Williams
9 1:17.675 Pierre Gasly Alpine
10 1:17.735 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
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11 1:17.768 Esteban Ocon Alpine
12 1:18.099 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
13 1:18.119 Lando Norris McLaren
14 1:18.129 Kevin Magnussen Haas
15 1:18.335 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri
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16 1:18.517 Oscar Piastri McLaren
17 1:18.540 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
18 1:18.557 Logan Sargeant Williams
19 1:18.714 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
20 No Time Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
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Race
Next: Round of Azerbaijan '23
Date: 28-30 April 2023
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Pos Driver Team
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
4 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
5 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
6 Lando Norris McLaren
7 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari
8 Oscar Piastri McLaren
9 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri
11 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo
12 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
DNF Pierre Gasly Alpine
DNF Esteban Ocon Alpine
DNF Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri
DNF Logan Sargeant Williams
DNF Kevin Magnussen Haas
DNF George Russell Mercedes
DNF Alexander Albon Williams
DNF Charles Leclerc Ferrari
Date: 28-30 April 2023
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Well, what a race. Yes it did end as a parade but, for the first time in history we had 3 red flags in a race.
Unluckiest driver would have to be Carlos Sainz who was given a 5 second penalty for causing a collision. With ensuing restart being a tour to the finish line, he plummeted from 4th on the road to 12th and last.
Team wise, Alpine were dealt a savage blow with both cars being taken out in the last incident. Before that,it was looking like a good day for points with Ocon and Gasly in point scoring positions.
Of the 8 cars that did not finish, only George Russell's Mercedes was due to a mechanical failure.
Unluckiest driver would have to be Carlos Sainz who was given a 5 second penalty for causing a collision. With ensuing restart being a tour to the finish line, he plummeted from 4th on the road to 12th and last.
Team wise, Alpine were dealt a savage blow with both cars being taken out in the last incident. Before that,it was looking like a good day for points with Ocon and Gasly in point scoring positions.
Of the 8 cars that did not finish, only George Russell's Mercedes was due to a mechanical failure.
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That was farcical! I have no problems with red flagging a race .... if justified. The first red flag was arguable but even for the gravel on the track, it wasn't really much BUT deploying the safety car and a lap later red flagging was wrong, those making those calls should know better than that ... the 2nd red flag for a tyre! I don't think it warranted even a safety car. A virtual one would have sufficed.
Yes it is a bonus for the fans to watch multiple standing starts but please don't transform F1 into a fake sport. Anyone with some sense would have predicted the carnage, creating a show where the cars have 2 laps to go, the drivers will take much bigger risks and we saw what happened ... budget cap I hear ? Will the teams be compensated for all that damage ?
The rules around red flags should be tightened and get reviewed so that any odd and strange case is catered for in the rules. To force a restart of the race knowing that there won't be any racing is a joke as well. Why ? Can't race control say that given there is only one lap remaining, the race will be ended ? If a red flag occurs in qualifying with 1 minute remaining, they end qualifying cause the cars won't have time to get to start a lap.
Now if they want to do something different, they could in such cases add time to the clock or add a lap or two to the race but they have to be in the rules, not made up. I think fans on track and those watching on TV were watching for 30 odd minutes of nothing until the podium ...
Until then the race itself was interesting behind Max, a lot of strategic play to see who can look after the hard tyre for that long, of course it all ended up for nothing as the red flag lost us the opportunity to see if any of the drivers ran out of tyre.
With 3 very different tracks down, Red Bull are unbeatable and unless they take each other out or have reliability issues, can't see any other driver winning a race till summer break. Perhaps Monaco may spring a surprise.
But behind them, it is really interesting, Mercedes will be strong at some tracks, Aston Martin seem to be strong everywhere, Ferrari have work to do and maybe even Alpine can join in the fun.
A long wait till Baku!
Yes it is a bonus for the fans to watch multiple standing starts but please don't transform F1 into a fake sport. Anyone with some sense would have predicted the carnage, creating a show where the cars have 2 laps to go, the drivers will take much bigger risks and we saw what happened ... budget cap I hear ? Will the teams be compensated for all that damage ?
The rules around red flags should be tightened and get reviewed so that any odd and strange case is catered for in the rules. To force a restart of the race knowing that there won't be any racing is a joke as well. Why ? Can't race control say that given there is only one lap remaining, the race will be ended ? If a red flag occurs in qualifying with 1 minute remaining, they end qualifying cause the cars won't have time to get to start a lap.
Now if they want to do something different, they could in such cases add time to the clock or add a lap or two to the race but they have to be in the rules, not made up. I think fans on track and those watching on TV were watching for 30 odd minutes of nothing until the podium ...
Until then the race itself was interesting behind Max, a lot of strategic play to see who can look after the hard tyre for that long, of course it all ended up for nothing as the red flag lost us the opportunity to see if any of the drivers ran out of tyre.
With 3 very different tracks down, Red Bull are unbeatable and unless they take each other out or have reliability issues, can't see any other driver winning a race till summer break. Perhaps Monaco may spring a surprise.
But behind them, it is really interesting, Mercedes will be strong at some tracks, Aston Martin seem to be strong everywhere, Ferrari have work to do and maybe even Alpine can join in the fun.
A long wait till Baku!