After the first day of practice session during the 2022 Australian Grand Prix weekend, the new DRS zone was scrapped due to safety concerns raised by some of the drivers.

[11] The Grand Prix chief Andrew Westacott told Melbourne's Herald Sun that the DRS zone would be reimplemented for this edition after receiving positive feedback from the FIA and Formula One.

[2] In the first segment, Sergio Pérez locked up as the result of a technical issue,[13] causing a red flag after he got stuck in the gravel trap.

He was unable to set a representative time and subsequently joined Oscar Piastri, Zhou Guanyu, Logan Sargeant and Valtteri Bottas in being knocked out of the session.

The race was red-flagged to allow marshals to clean up the debris left by Albon's car and gravel that had been strewn on track.

Verstappen would go on to lead the race comfortably, despite a brief moment on lap 46 where he understeered into the grass coming into the final corners.

The race was red-flagged once again on lap 55 after Kevin Magnussen's right-rear wheel made contact with the wall at turn two, damaging his rear suspension and causing the tyre to detach.

[27] Mercedes conducted an investigation of Russell's power unit following his retirement and discovered that a piece of debris had lodged itself inside one of the cylinders, causing it to fail.

This is the second Mercedes-engine mechanical issue of the season after Norris suffered from a loss of engine hydraulic pressure at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix.

After Magnussen crashed out of the race, a fan was struck by loose debris from the stricken Haas car, lacerating his arm.

[35] Another incident involved a crowd of spectators gaining unauthorised access to the track before the race had finished, causing a fourth red flag to be shown.

[36] The FIA came under scrutiny from several drivers due to its handling of the red flags and restarts, which had affected the strategies of Russell, Sainz, Verstappen and Hülkenberg; the Haas driver had been running as high as fourth place before the third red flag came out, with the subsequent restart dropping him down to seventh.