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We are thirty minutes away from the start of the Australian GP F1 Qualifying. Who will come on top? Will Hamilton reign supreme or can the local boy Oscar Piastri enthrall the home crowd? Wait and watch

A Formula One Qualifying takes place a day prior to Main Race and is split into three stages – Q1, Q2 and Q3 – which last 18 minutes, 15 minutes and 12 minutes respectively.

• First Grand Prix – 1996 (first Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide in 1985)

• Track Length – 5.278km

• Lap record – 1m 19.813s, Charles Leclerc, 2024

• Most pole positions – Lewis Hamilton (8)

• Most wins – Michael Schumacher (4)

The lights go green, and Q1 is officially a go. The 2025 F1 season is officially underway with the Australian GP. Sebastian Ocon leads the way out, ahead of his team mate.

An 'uh-oh' moment for Haas F1 driver Ollie Bearman, who quickly calls in to report that there's an issue with his gearbox. "I have a problem with the gearbox," radios Bearman.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris lead the charge at the start but its Max Verstappen up to P2 in the early stages.

Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg, Liam Lawson and Sebastian Ocon are all in the drop zone along with Ollie Bearman, who remains in the pits.

Top 10 as it stands: 

1. NOR

2. VER

3. LEC

4. PIA

5. ALO

6. RUS

7. SAI

8. ALB

9. HAD

10. DOO

Lando Norris tops with a timing of 1:15.912 with George Russell (+0.059) in second and followed by Max Verstappen (+0.106).

16. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

18. Liam Lawson (Red Bull)

19. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

20. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

1. NOR 1:15.912

2. RUS +0.059

3. VER +0.106

4. LEC +0.117

5. PIA +0.150

6. HAM +0.301

7. TSU +0.313

8. ALB +0.333

9. ALO +0.376

10. DOO +0.403

11. GAS +0.416

12. HAD +0.442

13. SAI +0.448

14. STR +0.457

15. BOR +0.604

Q2 starts off as drivers start off their engines. HERE WE GO!!!

Reigning WC Max Verstappen goes top by setting the first lap time of the segment - a 1m 15.688s.

The rest of the drivers to join the danger zone are - Hadjar, Stroll and Bortoleto.

Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc with the latter up in fifth, Hamilton sixth. Both the drivers have used fresh tyres for Q2.

11. Isack Hadjar

12. Lance Stroll

13. Gabriel Bortoleto

14. Fernando Alonso

15. Jack Doohan

Yellow flag is out and it seems for Lewis Hamilton. The British driver has some problems with his car and it has stopped. Not a good debut for the former world champion.

Gabriel Bortoleto does a superb save, but it won't improve things as this will be the end of his participation. He will be no better than 13th.

McLaren's Lando Norris the fastest in Q2 with Piastri second and Verstappen in third.

Q2 - Classification

1. NOR 1:15.415

2. PIA +0.053

3. VER +0.150

4. RUS +0.383

5. LEC +0.412

6. HAM +0.504

7. SAI +0.516

8. TSU +0.594

9. ALB +0.602

10. GAS +0.697

1. Lando Norris (McLaren)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

4. George Russell (Mercedes)

5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

7. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

8. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls)

9. Alex Albon (Williams)

10. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

10 drivers are set and we have a green light as we will know within few minutes who starts on pole for the season opener.

Leclerc goes top as Lando Norris gets his lap time deleted. Norris' lap time is deleted for exceeding track limits.

Max Verstappen has taken the provisional pole with a drive of 1m 15.671s. Russell is at second, 0.024s back.

Lando Norris is out and has taken the spot from his teammate Piastri by just eight hundredths of a second.

Verstappen is third and Russell is fourth.

Lando Norris has taken provisional pole. However, things are shaping up below with Tsunoda ahead of the Ferraris.

There you go! A McLaren 1-2, ahead of Red Bull's reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen and Mercedes' George Russell.

Q3 - Classification

1. NOR 1:15.096

2. PIA +0.084

3. VER +0.385

4. RUS +0.450

5. TSU +0.574

6. ALB +0.641

7. LEC +0.659

8. HAM +0.877

9. GAS +0.884

10. SAI +0.966

"It was good, yesterday was quite tough so for us to be P3 today, I'd take that. Quali laps are exciting, good grip around here and some fast corners.

"Dry or wet, in the wet crazy things can happen and around here it could be quite slippery but it is the same for everyone so we'll see what happens tomorrow."

1. Lando Norris (McLaren)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

4. George Russell (Mercedes)

5. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls)

6. Alex Albon (Williams)

7. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

8. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

9. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

10. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

"I mean, it is the perfect way to start the year. A big congrats to the team, everyone has done an amazing job to start with a 1-2. But it is just quali right, let's see tomorrow.

"The car is extremely quick and when you put it together it is unbelievable, but it is hard to put it together. I'm never going to get ahead of myself, I'm confident the car is in a good place but we have never run it in the wet..."

11. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

12. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

14. Jack Doohan (Alpine)

15. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)

16. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

18. Liam Lawson (Red Bull)

19. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

20. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

Signs are not good for the weather tomorrow at Albert Park. The rain clouds are inbound, with the chance of rain across the afternoon sitting at 80%. As per F1 site, it could be heavy downpour with some thundering which could bring in the possibility of Safety Cars and red flags into play.

“I thought it was going to be close, to be honest, with the three teams after McLaren and that is how it turned out to be. Q3 was a really tricky session. McLaren is super impressive, we knew that but tomorrow is another day and it라이브 바카라 going to be wet and all to play for.”