Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-03-17
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2013 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:27.407 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.420s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Jenson Button (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Sauber) missed the cut by 7.710s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.950s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:44.657 | 1:36.745 | 1:27.407 | 1:27.407 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:44.472 | 1:36.524 | 1:27.827 | +0.420 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:45.456 | 1:36.625 | 1:28.087 | +0.680 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:44.635 |
| 1:36.666 |
| 1:28.490 |
| +1.083 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:43.850 | 1:36.691 | 1:28.493 | +1.086 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:43.380 | 1:36.194 | 1:28.523 | +1.116 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:45.545 | 1:37.517 | 1:28.738 | +1.331 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:44.284 | 1:37.641 | 1:29.013 | +1.606 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:45.601 | 1:36.901 | 1:29.305 | +1.898 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:44.688 | 1:36.644 | 1:30.357 | +2.950 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:45.930 | 1:38.067 | — | +10.660 |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:47.330 | 1:38.134 | — | +10.727 |
| 13 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.871 | 1:38.778 | — | +11.371 |
| 14 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:46.450 | 1:39.042 | — | +11.635 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:44.400 | 1:39.900 | — | +12.493 |
| 16 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:47.328 | 1:40.290 | — | +12.883 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:47.614 | — | — | +20.207 |
| 18 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:47.776 | — | — | +20.369 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:48.147 | — | — | +20.740 |
| 20 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:48.909 | — | — | +21.502 |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:49.519 | — | — | +22.112 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:50.626 | — | — | +23.219 |