2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix as it happened

Magnussen is out of the race. There's a wheel off the track.

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Norris, Hulkenberg and Ocon.

The McLaren driver finally gets the move done into Turn 10.

Hamilton has extended the gap to Alonso to 1.7s now.

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Hulkenberg, Norris, Ocon, Piastri, Magnussen, Zhou, Tsunoda, Bottas, Sargeant and de Vries.

He ran off the track at Turn 13. He lost around five seconds to Hamilton behind.

Fastest lap from Alonso - he's now 1.2s behind.

Alonso is 1.5s behind Hamilton - could we see a battle at the end of the race?

He gets past Norris with the use of DRS into Turn 9.

Order: Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez, Ocon, Piastri, Magnussen, Zhou, Tsunoda, Bottas, de Vries and Sargeant.

He pulls the gap to alonso to 1.6s now. 

Everyone is pushing at the front of the field with Hamilton just ahead of Alonso, Sainz and Gasly.

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez, Ocon, Piastri, Tsunoda, Zhou, Magnussen, Sargeant, Bottas and de Vries.

LAP 32/58

Could we have a spicy Hamilton vs. Alonso battle on our hands?! 

Only 1.2s separates the two....#AusGP#F1pic.twitter.com/y1I7448YDR

— Formula 1 (@F1) April 2, 2023

Sky Sports' Karun Chandhok reckons some teams might stop again.

When it’s not your day, it’s not your day.

— George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63) April 2, 2023

We're now at half-distance in Melbourne.

Alonso is now 2.0s behind Hamilton in the battle for second; Sainz is running 2.0s behind Alonso.

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Perez and Tsunoda.

A nice dummy from Sainz on Gasly to get up to fourth into Turn 4. Nice move.

Hamilton is now 5.8s behind Verstappen, while Alonso is 2.3s behind the Mercedes.

The Red Bull is incredible on the straights. How far up the order can he get?

Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso, Gasly, Sainz, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Norris, Tsunoda and Perez.

"Alonso's pretty quick."

The race is back underway at Albert Park.