Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2004-03-07
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2004 con un crono de 1:24.408.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.074s de la pole, con Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Felipe Massa (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.768s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.889s — de la pole a P10 — con Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:24.408 | — | — | 1:24.408 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:24.482 | — | — | +0.074 |
| 3 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:24.998 | — | — | +0.590 |
| 4 |
| BAR |
| 1:24.998 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.590 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:25.699 | — | — | +1.291 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:25.805 | — | — | +1.397 |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:25.851 | — | — | +1.443 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:25.925 | — | — | +1.517 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:26.290 | — | — | +1.882 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:26.297 | — | — | +1.889 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:27.065 | — | — | +2.657 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:27.294 | — | — | +2.886 |
| 13 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:27.823 | — | — | +3.415 |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:27.845 | — | — | +3.437 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:28.178 | — | — | +3.770 |
| 16 | Giorgio Pantano | Jordan | 1:30.140 | — | — | +5.732 |
| 17 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:30.681 | — | — | +6.273 |
| 18 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | — | — | — | — |