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
Eddie Cheever started his career in 1978 driving 2 races for Theodore Racing and 1 for Hesketh Racing, then in 1980 he drove for Osella, a new team, his best result that year was 12 at the Italian GP at Imola, here at South Affican GP at Kyalami
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
Mark Blundell started in F1 as test driver for Williams in 1989, but in 1991 he was offered a seat in MRD (Brabham chassis, Yamaha engine) leaving the space open for Damon Hill who tested until becoming Alain Prost teammate in 1993, Ayrton Senna teammate in 1994 and Driver Champion in 1996, here Blundell with Senna and Prost at his first career podium at the 1993 South African GP at Kyalami
Leyton House Racing acquired March Team in late 1989 and raced for 2 seasons, their best result 2nd at the French GP in 1990
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
Mario Andretti started his ‘78 Champion campaign winning the Argentinian GP