Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2022-04-10
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) took pole for the 2022 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:17.868 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.286s shy of pole, with Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by 0.411s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.947s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.881 | 1:18.606 | 1:17.868 | 1:17.868 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.580 | 1:18.611 | 1:18.154 | +0.286 |
| 3 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:18.834 | 1:18.340 | 1:18.240 | +0.372 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:19.280 |
| 1:19.066 |
| 1:18.703 |
| +0.835 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:19.401 | 1:19.106 | 1:18.825 | +0.957 |
| 6 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:19.405 | 1:19.076 | 1:18.933 | +1.065 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:19.665 | 1:19.130 | 1:19.032 | +1.164 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.605 | 1:19.136 | 1:19.061 | +1.193 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18.983 | 1:18.469 | 1:19.408 | +1.540 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.192 | 1:18.815 | — | +0.947 |
| 11 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:19.580 | 1:19.226 | — | +1.358 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.251 | 1:19.410 | — | +1.542 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:19.742 | 1:19.424 | — | +1.556 |
| 14 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.910 | 1:20.155 | — | +2.287 |
| 15 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.104 | 1:20.465 | — | +2.597 |
| 16 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:20.135 | — | — | +2.267 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.254 | — | — | +2.386 |
| 18 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:21.149 | — | — | +3.281 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:21.372 | — | — | +3.504 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | — | — | — | — |