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Austrian Grand Prix

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Sun 30th June 2024 3:00pm Local
Sun 30th June 2024 1:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2024

Round
11

Status
FT

Location
Red Bull Ring
(105,000 Attendance)

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Description

The 2024 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the third round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

After qualifying second, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. won the race, two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy. Pole-sitter Max Verstappen retired on lap four, breaking his streak of nine consecutive wins. Sainz's teammate, Charles Leclerc, followed in second for Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Lando Norris finished third, surpassing Nick Heidfeld's record for the most podiums without a win in Formula One at fourteen; Norris won his first race three Grands Prix later, at the Miami Grand Prix, thereby handing the record back to Heidfeld. The event sold out for the first time in its history and set a new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend.

Background
The event was held at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne for the 27th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 22–24 March. The Grand Prix was the third round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 87th running of the Australian Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:24:22.798
02	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1.906s
03	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+4.533s
04	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+23.142s
05	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+37.253s
06	Nico Hulkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	+54.088s
07	Sergio Perez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+54.672s
08	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	+60.355s
09	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	+61.169s
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	+61.766s
11	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+67.056s
12	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	+68.325s
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+1 lap
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	+1 lap
15	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	+1 lap
16	Valtteri Bottas	Audi Revolut F1 Team	+1 lap
17	Guanyu Zhou	Audi Revolut F1 Team	+1 lap
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+1 lap
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	+2 laps
20	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+7 laps

Result Description

Polesitter Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing led the opening lap before being overtaken by Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari on lap two, after Verstappen reported brake issues. Verstappen soon retired from the race due to a brake failure, returning to the pit lane on the fourth lap. Sainz led for the majority of the race and won his first Grand Prix since the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, with teammate Charles Leclerc taking second after completing an undercut on Lando Norris of McLaren in the early stages of the race. Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri took fourth, followed by the Red Bull Racing of Sergio Pérez in fifth. During the closing stages of the race, George Russell of Mercedes fought for sixth place against Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin. He crashed at turn 6 on the last lap, allowing Alonso and his Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll to finish in sixth and seventh, respectively. Russell joined his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who retired mid-race due to power unit issues. Yuki Tsunoda earned points for RB, finishing eighth on track, for the first time in the season. Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen of Haas scored double points after finishing in ninth and tenth, respectively. Following similar issues during the last two Grands Prix, both Sauber drivers experienced pit stop problems, including wheel nut issues for Bottas, during the race.

Ferrari completed the race with their first one-two finish since the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Norris surpassed Nick Heidfeld for the most podiums by a driver without a win with his fourteenth podium finish. Red Bull Racing's Verstappen missed his tenth consecutive win, having retired for the first time since the 2022 edition of the race. Sainz's victory was the third of his Formula One career and first in Australia, and brought him to fourth in the Drivers' Championship behind Verstappen, Leclerc, and Pérez.

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