Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-04-02
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:16.732 lap.
George Russell (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.236s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.033s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.003s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.384 | 1:17.056 | 1:16.732 | 1:16.732 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:17.654 | 1:17.513 | 1:16.968 | +0.236 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.689 | 1:17.551 | 1:17.104 | +0.372 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Aston Martin |
| 1:17.832 |
| 1:17.283 |
| 1:17.139 |
| +0.407 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:17.928 | 1:17.349 | 1:17.270 | +0.538 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:17.873 | 1:17.616 | 1:17.308 | +0.576 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.218 | 1:17.390 | 1:17.369 | +0.637 |
| 8 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:17.962 | 1:17.761 | 1:17.609 | +0.877 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.312 | 1:17.574 | 1:17.675 | +0.943 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.029 | 1:17.412 | 1:17.735 | +1.003 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.770 | 1:17.768 | — | +1.036 |
| 12 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18.471 | 1:18.099 | — | +1.367 |
| 13 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.243 | 1:18.119 | — | +1.387 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.159 | 1:18.129 | — | +1.397 |
| 15 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:18.450 | 1:18.335 | — | +1.603 |
| 16 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:18.517 | — | — | +1.785 |
| 17 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.540 | — | — | +1.808 |
| 18 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:18.557 | — | — | +1.825 |
| 19 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.714 | — | — | +1.982 |
| 20 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | — | — | — | — |