Starting Grid 2019 Australian F1 GP
The grid Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia.
Event: Australian Grand Prix
Track: Albert Park Circuit
Start time: 16:10 (local) | 05:10 GMT | 22:10 PT
Lewis Hamilton will start from pole for the 8th time in his F1 career. Tomorrows 35th 2019 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix will be Hamiltons 12th.
He wasn't very successful in turning all those poles into race wins as he only won twice in Australia. You can find those statistics on the grand prix and circuit page.
Start grid 2019 Australian F1 GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.486 |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:20.598 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:21.190 |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:21.320 |
| 5 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:21.442 |
| 6 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:21.826 |
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:22.099 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:22.304 |
| 9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.314 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:22.781 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:22.562 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:22.570 |
| 13 | 23 | Alex Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:22.636 |
| 14 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.714 |
| 15 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:22.774 |
| 16 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:23.017 |
| 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:23.020 |
| 18 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:23.084 |
| 19 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:24.360 |
| 20 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:26.067 |
Quickest Race Strategy 2019 Australian F1 GP
In theory, the quickest strategy for the 58-lap Australian Grand Prix is actually a two stopper: two stints on the soft tyre of 21 laps each, followed by a shorter 16-lap final stint on the medium.
In practice, the teams are more likely to adopt a one-stopper, which is extremely close in terms of overall time anyway and carries less risk, especially as Albert Park is not so easy to overtake on. The optimal one-stop strategy (from the information we have so far) is to start on the soft tyre for 27 laps, then run 31 laps on the medium tyre to the end.
Very close to that is an alternative one stopper: start on the soft tyre for 24 laps, then go for 34 laps on the hard to the flag.
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