Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2024-03-24
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2024 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:15.915 lap.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.270s shy of pole, with Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.637s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.819 | 1:16.387 | 1:15.915 | 1:15.915 |
| 2 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:16.731 | 1:16.189 | 1:16.185 | +0.270 |
| 3 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:16.805 | 1:16.631 | 1:16.274 | +0.359 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:17.430 |
| 1:16.750 |
| 1:16.315 |
| +0.400 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:16.984 | 1:16.304 | 1:16.435 | +0.520 |
| 6 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:17.369 | 1:16.601 | 1:16.572 | +0.657 |
| 7 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:17.062 | 1:16.901 | 1:16.724 | +0.809 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 1:17.356 | 1:16.791 | 1:16.788 | +0.873 |
| 9 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:17.376 | 1:16.780 | 1:17.072 | +1.157 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:16.991 | 1:16.710 | 1:17.552 | +1.637 |
| 11 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.499 | 1:16.960 | — | +1.045 |
| 12 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:17.130 | 1:17.167 | — | +1.252 |
| 13 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1:17.543 | 1:17.340 | — | +1.425 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.709 | 1:17.427 | — | +1.512 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.617 | 1:17.697 | — | +1.782 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.976 | — | — | +2.061 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.982 | — | — | +2.067 |
| 18 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | RB F1 Team | 1:18.085 | — | — | +2.170 |
| 19 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 1:18.188 | — | — | +2.273 |