Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-03-26
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:22.188 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.268s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio PĂ©rez (Force India) missed the cut by 1.092s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.801s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:24.191 | 1:23.251 | 1:22.188 | 1:22.188 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:25.210 | 1:23.401 | 1:22.456 | +0.268 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:24.514 | 1:23.215 | 1:22.481 | +0.293 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:24.352 |
| 1:23.376 |
| 1:23.033 |
| +0.845 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:24.482 | 1:24.092 | 1:23.485 | +1.297 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.419 | 1:24.718 | 1:24.074 | +1.886 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:25.099 | 1:24.597 | 1:24.443 | +2.255 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:25.542 | 1:24.997 | 1:24.487 | +2.299 |
| 9 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:25.970 | 1:24.864 | 1:24.512 | +2.324 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:25.383 | 1:23.989 | — | +1.801 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:25.064 | 1:25.081 | — | +2.893 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:24.975 | 1:25.091 | — | +2.903 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:25.872 | 1:25.425 | — | +3.237 |
| 14 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:26.009 | 1:25.568 | — | +3.380 |
| 15 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:26.236 | 1:26.465 | — | +4.277 |
| 16 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 1:26.419 | — | — | +4.231 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:26.847 | — | — | +4.659 |
| 18 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:26.858 | — | — | +4.670 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:27.143 | — | — | +4.955 |
| 20 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:28.244 | — | — | +6.056 |