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
Great start for Riccardo Patrese at the 1977 Monaco GP driving his Shadow DN8 with Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 engine a car designed by Tony Southgate and Dave Wass
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
Sebastian Vettel was born in Heppenheim, Germany, started in F1 as test driver for BMW Sauber at the 2006 Turkish GP at the Istanbul Park replacing Robert Kubica (then test driver) who got the drive after the team dropped Jacques Villeneuve Vettel made his F1 debut at the 2007 United States GP at the Indianapolis Speedway again replacing Kubica after his accident at the 2007 Canadian GP at Montreal, here with no other than Michael Schumacher
Manfred Winkelhock was a German driver, his first Grand Prix was the 1980 Italian GP at Imola with Arrows, replacing Jochen Mass but didn’t qualify for the race, making that his only appearance in the season, but in 1982 he was offered a seat with ATS where he raced 3 seasons, here at the 1983 German GP at the Hockenheimring with 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
Ross Brawn left Ferrari in 2006 and went to Honda after a sabbatical year, but at the end of 2008 Honda pulled from F1, before the 2009 season started, Brawn and other investors acquired the team, and thanks to a clever double diffuser loophole in the regulations, Brawn GP surprised everyone winning the Drivers title with Jenson Button and with Rubens Barrichello as teammate the Constructor title