RACE
2023 Australian GP
DRIVER TIME
1 Max Verstappen 2h32m38.371s
2 Lewis Hamilton + 0.179s
3 Fernando Alonso + 0.769s
4 Lance Stroll + 3.082s
5 Sergio Pérez + 3.320s
6 Lando Norris + 3.701s
7 Nico Hülkenberg + 4.939s
8 Oscar Piastri + 5.382s
9 Guanyu Zhou + 5.713s
10 Yuki Tsunoda + 6.052s
11 Valtteri Bottas + 6.513s
12 Carlos Sainz + 6.594s
13 Pierre Gasly + 2 laps
14 Esteban Ocon + 2 laps
15 Nyck de Vries + 2 laps
16 Logan Sargeant + 2 laps
17 Kevin Magnussen + 6 laps
DNF George Russell Engine
DNF Alexander Albon Spun off
DNF Charles Leclerc Accident
Thierry Boutsen was born in Brussels, Belgium on July 13, 1957 and raced in Formula 1 from 1983 til 1993, his first and last race were in his home country at the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps, he stepped on the podium 10 times and won 3 races, Boutsen and Jackie Ickx are the only Belgian drivers to win races in F1, here at the 1988 Japanese GP at Suzuka with Ayrton Senna
2023 DRIVERS
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
DRIVER PTS
1 Max Verstappen 464
2 Charles Leclerc 308
3 Sergio Pérez 295
4 George Russell 275
5 Carlos Sainz 246
6 Lewis Hamilton 240
7 Lando Norris 122
8 Esteban Ocon 90
9 Fernando Alonso 81
10 Valtteri Bottas 49
11 Daniel Ricciardo 39
12 Sebastian Vettel 37
13 Kevin Magnussen 25
14 Pierre Gasly 23
15 Lance Stroll 18
16 Yuki Tsunoda 12
17 Mick Schumacher 12
18 Guanyu Zhou 6
19 Alexander Albon 4
20 Nyck de Vries 2
21 Nicholas Latifi 2
22 Nico Hülkenberg 0
After starting on Pole at the 1975 Sweden GP at Anderstorp, Vittorio Brambilla led for 15 laps then forced to retire on lap 37, Carlos Reutemann took the lead of the race until lap 69 then Niki Lauda led to the finish line to an amazing fifth career victory, and third of the season that saw him become Champion for the first time, here Carlos Pace leading Reutemann, Lauda and James Hunt
Ayrton Senna will always be remembered, very charismatic, very spiritual, super fast, also controversial, what else can you ask from such a great driver in F1 History, he lost his life in a very unfortunate accident at the 1994 San Marino GP at Imola, here driving for McLaren who gave him 3 World Championships
2023 CONSTRUCTORS
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
CONSTRUCTOR PTS
1 Red Bull 759
2 Ferrari 554
3 Mercedes 515
4 Alpine-Renault 171
5 McLaren-Mercedes 161
6 Aston Martin-Mercedes 55
7 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 49
8 Haas-Ferrari 37
9 AlphaTauri-Red Bull 35
10 Williams-Mercedes 8
11 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 6
Pierluigi Martini achieved his and Minardi’s best grid position sharing front row with Pole sitter Gerhard Berger in the opening round of the 1990 US GP at Phoenix