Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-03-20
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:23.837 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.360s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Valtteri Bottas (Williams) missed the cut by 0.096s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.028s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25.351 | 1:24.605 | 1:23.837 | 1:23.837 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.934 | 1:24.796 | 1:24.197 | +0.360 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:26.945 | 1:25.257 | 1:24.675 | +0.838 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.579 |
| 1:25.615 |
| 1:25.033 |
| +1.196 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:26.934 | 1:25.615 | 1:25.434 | +1.597 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:25.918 | 1:25.644 | 1:25.458 | +1.621 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:27.057 | 1:25.384 | 1:25.582 | +1.745 |
| 8 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:26.945 | 1:25.599 | 1:25.589 | +1.752 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:26.607 | 1:25.753 | — | +1.916 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:26.550 | 1:25.865 | — | +2.028 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:27.135 | 1:25.961 | — | +2.124 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:26.537 | 1:26.125 | — | +2.288 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.740 | 1:26.304 | — | +2.467 |
| 14 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:27.241 | 1:27.601 | — | +3.764 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:27.297 | 1:27.742 | — | +3.905 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:27.435 | — | — | +3.598 |
| 17 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:27.958 | — | — | +4.121 |
| 18 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:28.006 | — | — | +4.169 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.322 | — | — | +4.485 |
| 20 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.606 | — | — | +5.769 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:29.627 | — | — | +5.790 |
| 22 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:29.642 | — | — | +5.805 |