- Winner
- George Russell
- Winning team
- Mercedes
- Podium
- George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, and Charles Leclerc
- Classification
- Top 10
- Round
- 1
- Circuit
- Melbourne
- Session date
- March 8, 2026
The result at the front
George Russell finished first for Mercedes. Kimi Antonelli was second for Mercedes, while Charles Leclerc completed the podium for Ferrari.
Movement through the order
The published top-10 classification continued with Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Oliver Bearman, Arvid Lindblad, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Pierre Gasly from P4 through P10. Max Verstappen made the biggest recorded gain among the available recap rows, moving from P20 to P6 (14 places).
The top-10 picture
Across the available top 10, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 1 car, Audi placed 1 car, Haas placed 1 car, McLaren placed 1 car, Racing Bulls placed 1 car, and Red Bull placed 1 car. The report stays within the classification and recap facts supplied by the Race Calendar API; it does not assign causes that the data cannot support.
Based on the published classification. If the official result changes, this report is reviewed again before it returns. Source: FIA classification review · updated May 2, 2026.