Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-03-06
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) took pole for the 2005 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:28.289 lap.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) joined the front row, 0.870s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Williams) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.780s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.272s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |