- Carlos completed 19 laps in the MCL34 in the first practice session at the Albert Park Circuit.
- The McLaren driver worked both with the hard and the medium tyre compounds, setting a 1:26.871 on the former and a 1:25.285 on the later.
- He suffered a small issue on the power steering, which the team was able to fix in pits.
- The Spaniard was able to notice how extremely tight the midfield pack is, with less than half a second between the fifth car and him.
- Free Practice 2 is set to take place at 16:00 local time (06:00 Spanish time)
