Melbourne

Australia • April 02, 2023 • Race

Worth Watching Score

9.2

If you like chaos, the 2023 Australian GP delivers it in spades: three Safety Cars, four red flags, 206 overtakes, and eight DNFs turned Melbourne into a stop-start thriller. Mercedes briefly stole the spotlight with Hamilton leading early while Russell retired, but once Verstappen hit the front the win was never really in doubt. Multiple late restarts triggered pileups, penalties, and a final neutralized run to the flag that settled the order behind the Safety Car, with Hamilton and Alonso completing the podium. Worth it for the mayhem and restarts; less so if you’re after a clean strategic race—hence the 4.7/10.

Score Breakdown

Dimension Dim	Value Val	Score Scr	Weight Wt	+Score +	vs Avg Avg
Race Interruptions Combined total of safety car deployments, virtual safety car periods, and red flag stoppages that interrupted the race.	8.0	10.0	0.20	+2.0	+233%
Top3 Gap Time gap in seconds between the race winner and the second-place finisher at the checkered flag.	0.2	9.92	0.20	+1.98	+61%
Overtakes Top10 Number of on-track position changes between drivers who finished in the top ten classified positions.	40.0	7.55	0.25	+1.89	+110%
Overtakes Total Total number of on-track position changes recorded throughout the entire race across all positions.	80.0	6.96	0.15	+1.04	+73%
Tyre Strategy Variety Number of distinct tyre compound sequences used by the top 6 finishers, where different pit stop orders count as unique strategies.	2.0	5.0	0.20	+1.0	-23%
Grid Chaos Weighted score measuring dramatic position changes from qualifying grid to race finish, with higher scores for top-five starters who drop back or backmarkers who finish on the podium.	41.5	5.29	0.10	+0.53	+36%
Team Variety Number of different constructor teams represented among the top five finishing positions.	3.0	7.5	0.05	+0.38	-14%
Dnf Factor Combined count of drivers who did not finish (DNF), did not start (DNS), or were disqualified (DSQ) from the race.	8.0	10.0	0.03	+0.3	+131%
Unique Tyre Compounds Number of different tyre compound types (dry, intermediate, wet) used by five or more drivers during the race.	1.0	5.0	0.02	+0.1	-9%
Rain Factor Weather conditions during the race, indicating whether it remained dry or featured rain and mixed wet-dry periods.	N	0.0	0.20	+0.0	-100%

Pos	Driver	Tyre Strategy	Status
1	Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing	M→H→S→S	Finished
2	Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes	M→H→S→S	Finished
3	Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin	M→H→S→S	Finished
4	Lance STROLL Aston Martin	M→H→S→S	Finished
5	Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing	H→M→H→H→S→S	Finished
6	Lando NORRIS McLaren	M→H→S→S	Finished
7	Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team	M→H→S→S	Finished
8	Oscar PIASTRI McLaren	M→H→S→S→S	Finished
9	ZHOU Guanyu Alfa Romeo	S→H→H→S→S→S	Finished
10	Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri	M→H→S→S→S	Finished
11	Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo	S→H→H→S→S→S→S	Finished
12	Carlos SAINZ Ferrari	M→H→H→S→S	Finished
13	Pierre GASLY Alpine	S→H→S	DNF
14	Esteban OCON Alpine	S→H→H→S	DNF
15	Nyck DE VRIES AlphaTauri	H→M→S→S→S	DNF
16	Logan SARGEANT Williams	H→M→H→M→H→S→S	DNF
17	Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team	M→H→H	DNF
18	George RUSSELL Mercedes	M→H→H	DNF
19	Alexander ALBON Williams	M	DNF
20	Charles LECLERC Ferrari	M	DNF