Starting grid for F1 Australian Grand Prix: How the race will begin
Max Verstappen is on pole position at the F1 Australian Gꦬrand Prix.
Here is the starting grid fo♕r the 2024 F1 Austra𓃲lian Grand Prix.
| 2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix - STARTING GRID | |||
| Pos. | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 3 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 7 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 12 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 17 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 19 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
Verstappen made it three poles in three races as he topped qualifyไing.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz - returning from surgery to remove his appendix - took an impressive second as he emerged ♔as Verstappen’s nearest challenger.
McLaren’s Lando Norris will start third, with Charles Leclerc four🦹th, and Oscar Piastri fifth.
Sergio Perez qualified third but will start sixth after being hit wit𒐪h a three-place grid penalty for blocking Haas driver Nico Hulken✅berg in Q1.
Mercedes' George Russell, RB's Y🍸uki Tsunoda and the Aston Martin pair of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso complete the rest of the top-10 starting order.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will start from a lowly 11th after the seven-time world c♎hampion suffered a shock Q2 elimination.
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