Ronda 3 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2023-04-02
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2023 con un crono de 1:16.732.
George Russell (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.236s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) se quedó fuera por 0.033s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.003s — de la pole a P10 — con Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.384 | 1:17.056 | 1:16.732 | 1:16.732 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:17.654 | 1:17.513 | 1:16.968 | +0.236 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.689 | 1:17.551 | 1:17.104 | +0.372 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Aston Martin |
| 1:17.832 |
| 1:17.283 |
| 1:17.139 |
| +0.407 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:17.928 | 1:17.349 | 1:17.270 | +0.538 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:17.873 | 1:17.616 | 1:17.308 | +0.576 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.218 | 1:17.390 | 1:17.369 | +0.637 |
| 8 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:17.962 | 1:17.761 | 1:17.609 | +0.877 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.312 | 1:17.574 | 1:17.675 | +0.943 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.029 | 1:17.412 | 1:17.735 | +1.003 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.770 | 1:17.768 | — | +1.036 |
| 12 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18.471 | 1:18.099 | — | +1.367 |
| 13 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.243 | 1:18.119 | — | +1.387 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.159 | 1:18.129 | — | +1.397 |
| 15 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:18.450 | 1:18.335 | — | +1.603 |
| 16 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:18.517 | — | — | +1.785 |
| 17 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.540 | — | — | +1.808 |
| 18 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:18.557 | — | — | +1.825 |
| 19 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.714 | — | — | +1.982 |
| 20 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | — | — | — | — |