Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing

2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix as it happened

02 Apr 2023
07:41
Red Flag

The race has been halted! Drama...

07:39
Safety Car

Magnussen is out of the race. There's a wheel off the track.

07:37
Order on Lap 53

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Norris, Hulkenberg and Ocon.

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07:36
Norris overtakes Hulkenberg

The McLaren driver finally gets the move done into Turn 10.

07:33
Lap 50/58

Hamilton has extended the gap to Alonso to 1.7s now.

07:31
10 laps to go

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Hulkenberg, Norris, Ocon, Piastri, Magnussen, Zhou, Tsunoda, Bottas, Sargeant and de Vries.

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07:30
A mistake from Verstappen

He ran off the track at Turn 13. He lost around five seconds to Hamilton behind.

07:28
Gap update

Fastest lap from Alonso - he's now 1.2s behind.

07:27
Lap 46/58

Alonso is 1.5s behind Hamilton - could we see a battle at the end of the race?

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07:24
Perez up to eighth

He gets past Norris with the use of DRS into Turn 9.

07:21
Lap 41/58

Order: Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez, Ocon, Piastri, Magnussen, Zhou, Tsunoda, Bottas, de Vries and Sargeant.

07:19
Another fastest lap from Hamilton

He pulls the gap to alonso to 1.6s now. 

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07:16
Hamilton with the fastest lap

Everyone is pushing at the front of the field with Hamilton just ahead of Alonso, Sainz and Gasly.

07:13
Order on Lap 35

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez, Ocon, Piastri, Tsunoda, Zhou, Magnussen, Sargeant, Bottas and de Vries.

07:11
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07:08
More pit stops?

Sky Sports' Karun Chandhok reckons some teams might stop again.

07:06
07:05
Lap 29/58

We're now at half-distance in Melbourne.

Alonso is now 2.0s behind Hamilton in the battle for second; Sainz is running 2.0s behind Alonso.

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07:02
Order on Lap 27

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez and Tsunoda.

06:59
Stunning from Sainz

A nice dummy from Sainz on Gasly to get up to fourth into Turn 4. Nice move.

06:59
Lap 25/58

Hamilton is now 5.8s behind Verstappen, while Alonso is 2.3s behind the Mercedes.

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06:57
Perez up to ninth

The Red Bull is incredible on the straights. How far up the order can he get?

06:55
Order on Lap 22

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Gasly, Sainz, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Tsunoda and Perez.

06:52
Hamilton radio

"Alonso's pretty quick."

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06:51
VSC ending...

The race is back underway at Albert Park.

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