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2026 Australian Grand Prix

6 March 2026 — Melbourne, Australia — Won by George RUSSELL (Mercedes)

The story in three sentences

George RUSSELL (Mercedes) won the 2026 Australian Grand Prix ahead of Kimi ANTONELLI by +2.974s. Fastest median race pace went to ANT (Mercedes) at 1:23.034 per lap on clean laps — track position and strategy decided the result.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	0
2	Kimi ANTONELLI	Mercedes	2.974
3	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	15.519
4	Lewis HAMILTON	Ferrari	16.144
5	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	51.741
6	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	54.617
7	Oliver BEARMAN	Haas F1 Team	+1 LAP
8	Arvid LINDBLAD	Racing Bulls	+1 LAP
9	Gabriel BORTOLETO	Audi	+1 LAP
10	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	+1 LAP

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	ANT	Mercedes	1:23.034	—
2	RUS	Mercedes	1:23.093	+0.059s
3	LEC	Ferrari	1:23.167	+0.133s
4	HAM	Ferrari	1:23.310	+0.276s
5	NOR	McLaren	1:23.534	+0.500s

"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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