Formula 1 / 2026 / Australian Grand Prix / Fastest laps Australian Grand Prix 2026 — fastest laps George Russell set the fastest lap of the Australian Grand Prix weekend in Melbourne, Australia: 1:18.518 in Qualifying. Below, every driver's quickest lap of each session with the gap to the fastest, the three sector times and the tyre it was set on.
Round 1 · 8 March 2026 · Melbourne, Australia
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 George Russell Mercedes 1:18.518 27.498 17.284 33.736 soft 21 2 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:18.811 +0.293 27.556 17.440 33.815 soft 17 3 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:19.303 +0.785 27.747 17.520 34.036 soft 18 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:19.327 +0.809 27.761 17.505 34.061 soft 23 5 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:19.380 +0.862 27.737 17.655 33.988 soft 25 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1:19.475 +0.957 27.754 17.568 34.153 soft 25 7 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:19.478 +0.960 27.756 17.570 34.152 soft 24 8 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:19.971 +1.453 28.173 17.380 34.418 soft 14 9 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:19.994 +1.476 28.206 17.395 34.393 soft 23 10 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:20.221 +1.703 28.272 17.418 34.531 soft 13 11 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:20.303 +1.785 28.587 17.405 34.311 soft 15 12 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:20.311 +1.793 28.492 17.439 34.380 soft 17 13 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:20.491 +1.973 28.499 17.469 34.523 soft 13 14 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:20.501 +1.983 28.339 17.557 34.605 soft 13 15 Alexander Albon Williams 1:20.941 +2.423 28.292 17.740 34.909 soft 16 16 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:21.200 +2.682 28.515 17.811 34.874 soft 9 17 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:21.969 +3.451 28.797 18.047 35.125 soft 9 18 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:22.605 +4.087 29.138 17.819 35.648 soft 6 19 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:23.244 +4.726 29.198 18.068 35.978 soft 7 20 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:42.025 +23.507 41.429 19.065 41.531 soft 1
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:22.091 28.823 17.616 35.652 hard 43 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:22.358 +0.267 28.979 17.780 35.599 medium 53 3 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:22.417 +0.326 28.926 17.660 35.831 hard 57 4 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:22.423 +0.332 29.094 17.613 35.716 hard 55 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:22.579 +0.488 28.995 17.699 35.885 hard 38 6 George Russell Mercedes 1:22.670 +0.579 28.979 17.717 35.974 hard 21 7 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:22.926 +0.835 29.194 17.380 36.352 soft 48 8 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:23.257 +1.166 29.395 17.800 36.062 hard 45 9 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:23.590 +1.499 29.198 18.018 36.374 soft 52 10 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:23.783 +1.692 29.407 17.848 36.528 soft 47 11 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:24.020 +1.929 29.612 17.740 36.668 hard 22 12 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:24.182 +2.091 29.574 17.755 36.853 hard 21 13 Alexander Albon Williams 1:24.375 +2.284 29.418 18.165 36.792 soft 36 14 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:24.424 +2.333 29.924 17.752 36.748 hard 25 15 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:24.486 +2.395 29.844 17.894 36.748 hard 56 16 Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:25.239 +3.148 29.867 18.795 36.577 medium 9 17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:25.410 +3.319 29.828 18.491 37.091 soft 36 18 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:25.713 +3.622 29.879 18.494 37.340 soft 15 19 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:26.070 +3.979 30.284 18.074 37.712 soft 47 20 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:27.364 +5.273 30.990 18.033 38.341 hard 8
