Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2000-03-12
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 2000 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:30.556 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.354s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) third on the grid. Mika Salo (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Ralf Schumacher (Williams) missed the cut by 0.202s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.462s — pole to P10 — with Mika Salo (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |