2024 Australian Grand Prix
The 2024 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the third round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.
| 2024 Australian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 3 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Albert Park Circuit | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 24 March 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024 | ||||
| Location |
Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.278 km (3.280 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 58 laps, 306.124 km (190.217 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 452,055 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
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| Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
| Time | 1:15.915 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:19.813 on lap 56 (lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
After qualifying second, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. won the race, two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy. Pole-sitter Max Verstappen retired on lap four, breaking his streak of nine consecutive wins. Sainz's teammate, Charles Leclerc, followed in second for Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Lando Norris finished third, surpassing Nick Heidfeld for the most podiums without a win in Formula One at fourteen. The event sold out for the first time in its history and set a new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend.