2026 F1 Australian GP - Friday practice results

Charles Leclerc took the lead within the opening session of the Australian Grand Prix of the 2026 F1 season, main teammate Lewis Hamilton in a session that noticed a number of groups endure from reliability points.

Leclerc’s effort within the second half of 1 minute 20.267 seconds separated Hamilton from the remainder of the pack by 0.469 seconds, making Purple Bull the most important risk all through the hour-long session. Max Verstappen was third, carefully adopted by new teammate Izak Hajar and Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad.

Oscar Piastri was sixth as McLaren suffered from reliability considerations and each drivers had been pressured to return to the pits. Nonetheless, whereas Piastri was capable of return to competitors, Norris was confined to the storage because the group investigated a potential gearbox drawback, ending nineteenth and lacking out on worldwide time.

The Mercedes and Audi pair accomplished the highest ten, with George Russell main the quartet.

Aston Martin endured an unforgettable session with Fernando Alonso fully absent from the observe, whereas Lance Stroll completed his observe time after only one time. Each gamers’ sending offs had been as a consequence of suspected issues with Honda’s energy unit, elevating additional doubts in regards to the group’s capability to achieve the end line on Sunday.

Williams additionally suffered reliability points, with Alex Albon coming to a halt on observe halfway by the session after his energy steering failed as a consequence of low oil stress.

2026 F1 Australian GP observe outcomes (1)
place	driver	nut.	group	time	wrap
1	charles leclerc	month	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 20.267 seconds	33
2	lewis hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1 minute 20.736 seconds	30
3	max verstappen	NED	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 20 seconds 789	27
4	Isaac Hajar	from	oracle pink bull racing	1 minute 21.087 seconds	twenty 4
5	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Group	1 minute 21.313 seconds	twenty two
6	Oscar Piastri	out of	McLaren Mastercard F1 Group	1 minute 21.342 seconds	twenty one
7	george russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Group	1 minute 21.371 seconds	26
8	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Group	1 minute 21.376 seconds	twenty 4
9	Gabriel Bortleto	bra	Audi Revolut F1 Group	1 minute 21.696 seconds	twenty three
10	Nico Hulkenberg	gel	Audi Revolut F1 Group	1 minute 21.969 seconds	twenty one
11	Esteban Ocon	free	TGR Haas F1 Group	1 minute 22.161 seconds	28
12	Carlos Sainz	spa	Atlassian Williams F1 Group	1 minute 22.323 seconds	30
13	Liam Lawson	new zealand	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Group	1 minute 22.613 seconds	28
14	Oliver Bearman	GBR	TGR Haas F1 Group	1 minute 22.682 seconds	twenty 5
15	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams F1 Group	1 minute 23.130 seconds	twenty 4
16	Franco Colapinto	A.R.G.	BWT Alpine F1 Group	1 minute 23.325 seconds	26
17	valtteri bottas	fin	cadillac f1 group	1 minute 24.022 seconds	twenty 4
18	Pierre Gasly	from	BWT Alpine F1 Group	1 minute 24.035 seconds	27
19	land norris	GBR	McLaren Mastercard F1 Group	1 minute 24.391 seconds	7
20	Sergio Perez	Mexico	cadillac f1 group	1 minute 24 seconds 620	14
twenty one	Lance Stroll	can	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Group	1 minute 50 seconds 334	3
twenty two	Fernando Alonso	spa	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Group	No time setting	0