Pit Lane F1
Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1996-03-10
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 1996 con un crono de 1:32.371.
Damon Hill (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.138s de la pole, con Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Mika Salo (Tyrrell) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Olivier Panis (Ligier) se quedó fuera por 0.498s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.461s — de la pole a P10 — con Mika Salo (Tyrrell) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:32.371 | — | — | 1:32.371 |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:32.509 | — | — | +0.138 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:32.889 | — | — | +0.518 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.125 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.754 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:34.054 | — | — | +1.683 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:34.257 | — | — | +1.886 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:34.344 | — | — | +1.973 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:34.474 | — | — | +2.103 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:34.494 | — | — | +2.123 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:34.832 | — | — | +2.461 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:35.330 | — | — | +2.959 |
| 12 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:35.338 | — | — | +2.967 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:35.351 | — | — | +2.980 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:35.453 | — | — | +3.082 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:35.715 | — | — | +3.344 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 1:35.898 | — | — | +3.527 |
| 17 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:36.109 | — | — | +3.738 |
| 18 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:36.198 | — | — | +3.827 |
| 19 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:36.286 | — | — | +3.915 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:36.298 | — | — | +3.927 |