Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2025-03-16
Lando Norris (McLaren) took pole for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:15.096 lap.
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.084s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Isack Hadjar (RB F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.113s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.966s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:15.912 | 1:15.415 | 1:15.096 | 1:15.096 |
| 2 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:16.062 | 1:15.468 | 1:15.180 | +0.084 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.018 | 1:15.565 | 1:15.481 | +0.385 |
| 4 |
| 63George Russell |
| Mercedes |
| 1:15.971 |
| 1:15.798 |
| 1:15.546 |
| +0.450 |
| 5 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 1:16.225 | 1:16.009 | 1:15.670 | +0.574 |
| 6 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:16.245 | 1:16.017 | 1:15.737 | +0.641 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:16.029 | 1:15.827 | 1:15.755 | +0.659 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:16.213 | 1:15.919 | 1:15.973 | +0.877 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:16.328 | 1:16.112 | 1:15.980 | +0.884 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:16.360 | 1:15.931 | 1:16.062 | +0.966 |
| 11 | 6Isack Hadjar | RB F1 Team | 1:16.354 | 1:16.175 | — | +1.079 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:16.288 | 1:16.453 | — | +1.357 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:16.369 | 1:16.483 | — | +1.387 |
| 14 | 7Jack Doohan | Alpine F1 Team | 1:16.315 | 1:16.863 | — | +1.767 |
| 15 | 5Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:16.516 | 1:17.520 | — | +2.424 |
| 16 | 12Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:16.525 | — | — | +1.429 |
| 17 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:16.579 | — | — | +1.483 |
| 18 | 30Liam Lawson | Red Bull | 1:17.094 | — | — | +1.998 |
| 19 | 31Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.147 | — | — | +2.051 |
| 20 | 87Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | — | — | — | — |