2026 Australian Grand Prix FP3 Results: George Russell Leads After Horrendous Antonelli Crash

FP3 was dominated by Mercedes driver George Russell while his team-mate, Kimi Antonelli, crashed badly. The Brackley outfit now race to get his car ready for qualifying later today.

Australian Grand Prix
Practice 3 — 2026 | 22 drivers | 26 laps
Pos Driver Team Laps Best Time / Gap
1 George Russell RUS #63 FL 1:19.053 Mercedes 231:19.053
2 Lewis Hamilton HAM #44 Ferrari 22+0.616
3 Charles Leclerc LEC #16 Ferrari 20+0.774
4 Oscar Piastri PIA #81 McLaren 17+1.034
5 Isack Hadjar HAD #6 Red Bull Racing 15+1.084
6 Max Verstappen VER #3 Red Bull Racing 15+1.144
7 Kimi Antonelli ANT #12 Mercedes 18+1.271
8 Lando Norris NOR #1 McLaren 22+1.390
9 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR #5 Audi 19+1.406
10 Oliver Bearman BEA #87 Haas F1 Team 18+1.725
11 Arvid Lindblad LIN #41 Racing Bulls 15+1.785
12 Liam Lawson LAW #30 Racing Bulls 13+1.837
13 Esteban Ocon OCO #31 Haas F1 Team 19+1.930
14 Nico Hulkenberg HUL #27 Audi 22+2.014
15 Pierre Gasly GAS #10 Alpine 26+2.018
16 Franco Colapinto COL #43 Alpine 22+2.360
17 Alexander Albon ALB #23 Williams 17+2.611
18 Fernando Alonso ALO #14 Aston Martin 20+3.667
19 Valtteri Bottas BOT #77 Cadillac 12+4.461
20 Sergio Perez PER #11 Cadillac 21+5.344
21 Lance Stroll STR #18 Aston Martin 0No time
22 Carlos Sainz SAI #55 Williams 1No time

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