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2023 Australian Grand Prix

31 March 2023 — Melbourne, Australia — Won by Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)

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The story in three sentences

Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) won the 2023 Australian Grand Prix ahead of Lewis HAMILTON by +0.179s. Fastest median race pace went to PER (Red Bull Racing) at 1:21.913 per lap on clean laps — track position and strategy decided the result.

Final classification (top 10)

PosDriverTeamGapStatus
1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing 0
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes 0.179
3 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin 0.769
4 Lance STROLL Aston Martin 3.082
5 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing 3.32
6 Lando NORRIS McLaren 3.701
7 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team 4.939
8 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren 5.382
9 ZHOU Guanyu Alfa Romeo 5.713
10 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri 6.052

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#DriverTeamMedianGap
1 PER Red Bull Racing 1:21.913 —
2 VER Red Bull Racing 1:21.924 +0.011s
3 SAI Ferrari 1:21.930 +0.017s
4 GAS Alpine 1:21.956 +0.042s
5 ALO Aston Martin 1:22.021 +0.108s
"Median pace" filters out outlaps, in-laps, and slow laps (over 7% above the field median). It's the single best indicator of true race pace.

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