Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc converted his pole position into a win, using the one-stop strategy that was predicted as being fastest. He started the race on P Zero Yellow medium tyres and then swapped to the P Zero White hard on lap 22: completing a first stint that was four laps longer than that of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who started behind him on the grid.

One lap after Leclerc pitted, there was another safety car: this enabled the majority of the field to complete their stops with comparatively little time loss. All but six of the drivers started the race on the medium tyre, with the highest-placed of them being Williams driver Alex Albon. He finished 10th and scored a point, having started from last on the grid with the hard tyre and made his pit stop to P Zero Red soft on the penultimate lap.

Another unusual strategy was seen from Aston Martin's Lance Stroll: he made three stops in total and re-used the hard tyres he had started the race on for his final stint. That set had only completed three laps before the first safety car, under which Stroll pitted for the medium before moving to the hard just one lap later. By doing this he put himself in a position to run to the end, but he swapped to his scrubbed set of starting tyres when the second safety car presented the opportunity for a ‘free' pit stop.

Today was hotter and less windy than previous days in Melbourne, with the race getting underway in 27 degrees centigrade ambient and 38 degrees of track temperature.

Pos 	Driver 		Team 		Laps 		Gap


1	Leclerc		Ferrari		58	1h 27:46.548
2	Perez		Red Bull	58	+ 0:20.524
3	Russell		Mercedes	58	+ 0:25.593
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+ 0:28.543
5	Norris		McLaren		58	+ 0:53.303
6	Ricciardo	McLaren		58	+ 0:53.737
7	Ocon		Alpine		58	+ 1:01.683
8	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	58	+ 1:08.439
9	Gasly		AlphaTauri	58	+ 1:16.221
10	Albon		Williams	58	+ 1:19.382
11	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	58	+ 1:21.695
12	Stroll		Aston Martin	58	+ 1:28.598
13	Schumacher	Haas		57	+ 1 Lap
14	Magnussen	Haas		57	+ 1 Lap
15	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	57	+ 1 Lap
16	Latifi		Williams	57	+ 1 Lap
17	Alonso		Alpine		57	+ 1 Lap
	Verstappen	Red Bull	38	Retired
	Vettel		Aston Martin	22	Spun Off
	Sainz		Ferrari		1	Spun Off


Fastest Lap: Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:20.260 (Lap 58)

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