Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-03-07
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:24.408 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.074s shy of pole, with Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.768s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.889s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Jenson Button |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |