Qualifying stats: Red Bull sandwich with Verstappen and Perez
- Russell qualified in first row for 6 times higher. For well 3 times higher, Verstappen He was in pole next to him and has poi won the race (Belgium 2021, Mexico 2022 and Australia 2023).
- Hamilton does not get a pole position in 27 races, Its worst streak together with Europe 2010-Japan 2011.
- Hamilton was beaten in qualifying by his teammate in Australia for the first time since 2010, when Jenson Button put his McLaren into fourth and Hamilton only finished 11th.
- Both Ferrari have qualified outside the top 4 in Melbourne for the first time since 2014 (Alonso P5, Raikkonen P11).
- Verstappen gave a Red Bull la first pole in Australia from 2013. On both occasions, Hamilton finished third.
- With Albon eighth and Hulkenberg tenth, it's the third time in the story that Williams and Haas enter Q3 together, after the GP of Bahrain 2017 (Massa P8, Grosjean P9) and the GP of Italia 2018 (Grosjean P6, Stroll P10).
- With Verstappen's pole and Perez going off the track, for the sixth time since 2010, one team finished qualifying in first and last place. Previous: Ferrari to the GP of Singapore 486066 (Alonso P1, Massa last), Mercedes to the GP of China 2016 (Rosberg P1, Hamilton last) e Brazil 2017 (Bottas P1, Hamilton last), Red Bull to the GP of Monaco 2018 (Ricciardo P1, Verstappen last) e Haas at the GP of Brazil 2022 (Magnussen P1, Schumacher last).
Red Bull and Verstappen keep breaking records, but…
- Red Bull won the first three races of the season for the first time in its history. Also counting the other stables, it is the 16th time that this happens. In 15 occasions, one of the team's drivers graduated World Champion at the end of the year. The only exception is the Ferrari, In which 1976 he won the first three races with Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda, only to see James Hunt's McLaren win the title.
- This is the first victory of a motorized car"Honda"In Australia from 1992. On that occasion, it was Gerhard who won Berger about McLaren.
- Red Bull continues to break record after record, but one remains. The Anglo-Austrian stable has not mai placed both cars on the podium in Australia.
- Verstappen he is the first driver to close in command le free practice 1 e the race Yes… Verstappen at the GP of Canada 2022.
- With the victory in Melbourne, Verstappen has reached quota 17 victories with number 1 on the car. Before him there are only Hag (29) and Michael Schumacher (52)
- With his first win in Australia (Red Bull's second after Vettel in 2011), Verstappen He has reached Senna at altitude 80 podiums e has won in as many circuits as Michael Schumacher.
- Red Bull on the rise in Australia: third place since 2019, according to place in 2022 (no races in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19), first place in 2023.
- From 2021, leader of the world championship after the third round has always obtained the same results: first, second, first. Further curiosity: in the previous two years, the leaders Hamilton and Leclerc have not won the title.
- Recalling the previous statistic, Verstappen has the third-best station start in the hybrid era. 69 points they put it on a par with Hamilton since 2021, behind Leclerc since 2022 (71) ea Rosberg since 2016 (75)
- Although the last restart was under the safety car, the gap between Hamilton and Verstappen under the checkered flag (0.179s) and the minor ninth detachment in the history of Formula 1.
Champions podium
- This is the second time in history that we see 11 world titles on the podium. Before the GP of Australia 2023 (Verstappen 2, Hamilton 7, Alonso 2), had happened on the occasion of the GP of Turkey 2020 (Hamilton 7, Vettel 4, Perez 0).
- Speaking of world champions on the podium, this is the first time three world champions end in the first three positions from the GP of Hungary 2018 (Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen).
- Prior to last weekend, they weren't mai seen so many podiums in the top 3: well 373 divided between Hamilton, Alonso and Verstappen. The previous record belonged to… Hamilton, Alonso and Verstappen, who at the time of the GP Qatar 2021 they counted 336.
- Verstappen and Hamilton they have finished in the first two positions (in any order) well 34 Grand Prix. No other pair of riders had ever done better.
- So far, this year they are gone on the podium only riders with number 1 and/or 4: Hamilton (44), Verstappen (1), Perez (11) and Alonso (14). Will it be Norris' turn (4) soon?
Alonso and Aston Martin on the rise
- Alonso ha 3 podiums in the last 3 races. The last "hat-trick" of the Asturian dates back to 2013 (second in Belgium, Italy and Singapore).
- For number 14, this is it the third year which opens with 3 consecutive podiums. The previous two, 2005 e 2006, saw him crowned world champion at the end of the year.
- Alonso and Stroll placed both Aston Martins in the top 4, a record in the history of the team, demonstrating the excellent work done during the winter break.
- After 3 races, Aston Martin piled up more points than in the entire past season: 65 against 55.
- Alonso he is the first rider to go on the podium in Melbourne with 4 different teams: Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Aston Martin.
- At 41 years and 8 months, Alonso is the Oldest driver to finish on the podium in 3 races in a row by Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957 (46 years and 2 months).
- Alonso is returned to celebrate on the podium with alcohol (banned in Muslim countries such as Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, where the Spaniard recently finished on the podium) for the first time after the GP of Hungary 2014.
Hulkenberg's "records".
- Nico Hulkenberg he passed Nick Heidfeld in second place in the ranking for multiple races held without a win (183). The Haas driver is now only behind Andrea De Cesaris (208)
- Hulkenberg's seventh-place finish was the best result for Haas since the 2022 Austrian GP, which Mick Schumacher closed in sixth position.
- Hulkenberg closed at seventh place well five of his last six Australian GPs. The only exception is the 2017, when he finished in eleventh position.
Ferraristi, don't look here
- Leclerc it's his 10th retirement due to accident/spin since when is it at Ferrari and its fifth retirement on the first lap in career.
- With 6 points in the first 3 races, thestart of season di Leclerc is the worse for a Ferrari driver init was hybrid. Surpassed Raikkonen (7 points) in 2014.
- With 26 points in 3 races, the Ferrari he had never started a season in the hybrid era so poorly. Even the terrible 2020 vintage, which ended in sixth place in the constructors' standings, had started with 27 points and a podium in the first 3 rounds. We have to go back to 2009 (2 points) for finding a worse start.
More curious stats
- Even when he doesn't win, Hamilton keep breaking records. With second place in Melbourne, the Briton became the first rider to finish on the podium and lead a lap in 17 consecutive seasons.
- Speaking of Mercedes, has arrived in Melbourne 250th podium of the hybrid era for the German House. The first always arrived in Australia with Rosberg in 2014.
- After 3 races, each team scored points. A record in the hybrid era: passed the 4 races of 2018 and 2022.
- Guanyu Zhou, ninth at the finish line, conquered his team first points from the GP of Italy to Monza last year. Both races are over behind safety car.
- Il Russell's retreat and its first for mechanical problems and her second overall since in Mercedes (after the 2022 British GP).
- Before his accident, Albon was in sixth place. With 6 laps completed in that position, it has already topped the laps in sixth place (1) in all of last season.
- 8 retreats may seem like a lot (it didn't happen from the GP of Tuscany 2020), but are average for Melbourne. The edition 2008 he even saw some 15.
- This was the first race in the history of Formula 1 with 3 red flags. Breaking the record of 2 belonging to the GPs of Belgium 1981, Japan 2014, Brazil 2016, Tuscany 2020 and Saudi Arabia 2021. Note the fact that 5 out of 6 are hybrid era races and half are races from the last 3 years.
