2019 Australian Grand Prix
The 2019 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 17 March 2019 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was contested at the Albert Park Circuit and was the first round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the 84th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – the 24th time the event was held at the Albert Park circuit and the 35th time the Australian Grand Prix had been a part of the Formula One World Championship. This was the last Grand Prix held on this configuration of the Albert Park Circuit that had been in use since 1996 with the 2020 and 2021 events being cancelled and the 2022 event being run on an adjusted layout.
| 2019 Australian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | ||||
| Race details | ||||
| Date | 17 March 2019 | |||
| Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2019 | |||
| Location |
Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | |||
| Course length | 5.303 km (3.295 miles) | |||
| Distance | 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles) | |||
| Weather | Sunny | |||
| Attendance | 324,100 | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:20.486 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:25.580 on lap 57 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Mercedes | |||
| Second | Mercedes | |||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda | |||
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Lap leaders | ||||
Lewis Hamilton entered the round as the defending World Drivers' Champion and his team, Mercedes, were the defending World Constructors' Champions. Hamilton got pole position for the race, equalling the record for most poles at one Grand Prix (8), but it was his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas who won the Grand Prix from second on the grid.