Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2005-03-06
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2005 con un crono de 1:28.289.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) completó la primera fila a 0.870s de la pole, con Mark Webber (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) se quedó fuera por 0.780s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.272s — de la pole a P10 — con Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:33.171 | 1:28.289 | — | 1:28.289 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:35.270 | 1:29.159 | — | +0.870 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:36.717 | 1:28.279 | — | — |
| 4 |
| Sauber |
| 1:36.984 |
| 1:29.862 |
| — |
| +1.573 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:38.320 | 1:28.892 | — | +0.603 |
| 6 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:37.486 | 1:29.991 | — | +1.702 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:39.717 | 1:29.413 | — | +1.124 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:41.512 | 1:30.616 | — | +2.327 |
| 9 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:45.325 | 1:29.320 | — | +1.031 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:44.997 | 1:30.561 | — | +2.272 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:45.481 | 1:31.341 | — | +3.052 |
| 12 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:44.357 | 1:32.735 | — | +4.446 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:47.708 | 1:29.758 | — | +1.469 |
| 14 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:46.846 | 1:33.483 | — | +5.194 |
| 15 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:51.495 | 1:31.222 | — | +2.933 |
| 16 | Patrick Friesacher | Minardi | 1:50.864 | 1:37.499 | — | +9.210 |
| 17 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:49.230 | — | — | +20.941 |
| 18 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:57.931 | — | — | +29.642 |
| 19 | Takuma Sato | BAR | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | — | — | — | — |