OFFICIAL GRID – Who starts where for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix

02 April 2023

One Red Bull first, one Red Bull last, and a Mercedes on the front row. Those were the headlines from qualifying in Melbourne, but since then there’s been a couple of minor tweaks to the starting line-up for Sunday’s race.

While Max Verstappen sits on pole for the first time in Albert Park, team mate Sergio Perez will start from the pit lane after Red Bull opted to modify his car following his off in Q1 yesterday. Alfa Romeo have made the same call with Valtteri Bottas after the Finn qualified 19th, the slowest driver to set a time.

POSITION	TIME
1 Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing	1:16.732
2 George Russell RUS Mercedes	1:16.968
3 Lewis Hamilton HAM Mercedes	1:17.104
4 Fernando Alonso ALO Aston Martin	1:17.139
5 Carlos Sainz SAI Ferrari	1:17.270
6 Lance Stroll STR Aston Martin	1:17.308
7 Charles Leclerc LEC Ferrari	1:17.369
8 Alexander Albon ALB Williams	1:17.609
9 Pierre Gasly GAS Alpine	1:17.675
10 Nico Hulkenberg HUL Haas F1 Team	1:17.735
11 Esteban Ocon OCO Alpine	1:17.768
12 Yuki Tsunoda TSU AlphaTauri	1:18.099
13 Lando Norris NOR McLaren	1:18.119
14 Kevin Magnussen MAG Haas F1 Team	1:18.129
15 Nyck De Vries DEV AlphaTauri	1:18.335
16 Oscar Piastri PIA McLaren	1:18.517
17 Guanyu Zhou ZHO Alfa Romeo	1:18.540
18 Logan Sargeant SAR Williams	1:18.557