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
Jean Eric Vergne infamous accident at the 2012 Singapore GP at the Marina Bay Circuit, he was collected from behind by Michael Schumacher who was unable to stop his Mercedes F1 W03 at turn 14, Schumacher apologized straight away but that didn’t prevent him from being handed a 10 grid penalty for the next race, the Japanese GP at Suzuka
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
Satoru Nakajima best result came early in his career, 4th at the 1987 British GP at Silverstone, here at the start of the race where he started 12th on the grid, a race won by Nigel Mansell
Vittorio Brambilla debut in F1 was during the 1974 South African GP at Kyalami with March Engineering Team, finishing the season with 1 point, the next year, 1975 was the best of his 7 seasons in F1, starting from Pole for the first and only time in his career at the Sweden GP at Anderstorp, sadly he couldn’t finish the race due to transmission problems and the winner was Niki Lauda
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
Thierry Boutsen raced for arrows 4 seasons, in 1987 he moved to Benetton where he raced alongside Teo Fabi but at the final race of the season the 1987 Australian GP at Adelaide, Fabi didn’t let Boutsen lap him, there was a confrontation between them due to a very frustrated Fabi who couldn’t find a seat for the following season and said “…come back and see me when you have a pole position”, Boutsen got 1 Pole during his 11 years in F1