Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2019-03-17
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2019 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:20.486 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.112s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (Racing Point) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.295s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Racing Point) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.043 | 1:21.014 | 1:20.486 | 1:20.486 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:22.367 | 1:21.193 | 1:20.598 | +0.112 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:22.885 | 1:21.912 | 1:21.190 | +0.704 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:22.876 |
| 1:21.678 |
| 1:21.320 |
| +0.834 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:22.017 | 1:21.739 | 1:21.442 | +0.956 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:22.959 | 1:21.870 | 1:21.826 | +1.340 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:22.519 | 1:22.221 | 1:22.099 | +1.613 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:22.702 | 1:22.423 | 1:22.304 | +1.818 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.966 | 1:22.349 | 1:22.314 | +1.828 |
| 10 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Racing Point | 1:22.908 | 1:22.532 | 1:22.781 | +2.295 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:22.540 | 1:22.562 | — | +2.076 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:22.921 | 1:22.570 | — | +2.084 |
| 13 | 23Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:22.757 | 1:22.636 | — | +2.150 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.431 | 1:22.714 | — | +2.228 |
| 15 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:22.511 | 1:22.774 | — | +2.288 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:23.017 | — | — | +2.531 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:23.020 | — | — | +2.534 |
| 18 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:23.084 | — | — | +2.598 |
| 19 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:24.360 | — | — | +3.874 |
| 20 | 88Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:26.067 | — | — | +5.581 |