Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2000-03-12
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2000 con un crono de 1:30.556.
David Coulthard (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.354s de la pole, con Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Mika Salo (Sauber) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Ralf Schumacher (Williams) se quedó fuera por 0.202s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.462s — de la pole a P10 — con Mika Salo (Sauber) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30.556 | — | — | 1:30.556 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:30.910 | — | — | +0.354 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.075 | — | — | +0.519 |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello |
| Ferrari |
| 1:31.102 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.546 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:31.359 | — | — | +0.803 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:31.504 | — | — | +0.948 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:31.514 | — | — | +0.958 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:31.968 | — | — | +1.412 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:31.992 | — | — | +1.436 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Sauber | 1:32.018 | — | — | +1.462 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:32.220 | — | — | +1.664 |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:32.323 | — | — | +1.767 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:32.477 | — | — | +1.921 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:32.775 | — | — | +2.219 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Prost | 1:33.024 | — | — | +2.468 |
| 16 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:33.117 | — | — | +2.561 |
| 17 | Jean Alesi | Prost | 1:33.197 | — | — | +2.641 |
| 18 | Marc Gené | Minardi | 1:33.261 | — | — | +2.705 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:33.378 | — | — | +2.822 |
| 20 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar | 1:33.638 | — | — | +3.082 |
| 21 | 22Jenson Button | Williams | 1:33.828 | — | — | +3.272 |
| 22 | Gastón Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:34.705 | — | — | +4.149 |