Max Verstappen has taken provisional pole position for the Australian Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
| Row 1 | 1. (1) Max Verstappen 1’16.732 Red Bull RB19 |
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| 2. (63) George Russell 1’16.968 Mercedes W14 |
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| Row 2 | 3. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’17.104 Mercedes W14 |
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| 4. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’17.139 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 |
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| Row 3 | 5. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’17.270 Ferrari SF-23 |
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| 6. (18) Lance Stroll 1’17.308 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 |
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| Row 4 | 7. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’17.369 Ferrari SF-23 |
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| 8. (23) Alexander Albon 1’17.609 Williams-Mercedes FW45 |
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| Row 5 | 9. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’17.675 Alpine-Renault A523 |
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| 10. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’17.735 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 |
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| Row 6 | 11. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’17.768 Alpine-Renault A523 |
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| 12. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’18.099 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT04 |
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| Row 7 | 13. (4) Lando Norris 1’18.119 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 |
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| 14. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’18.129 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 |
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| Row 8 | 15. (21) Nyck de Vries 1’18.335 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT04 |
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| 16. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’18.517 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 |
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| Row 9 | 17. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’18.540 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 |
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| 18. (2) Logan Sargeant 1’18.557 Williams-Mercedes FW45 |
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| Row 10 | 19. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’18.714 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 |
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| 20. (11) Sergio Perez No time Red Bull RB19 |
Pit lane starts
Valtteri Bottas
Sergio Perez
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Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
1st April 2023, 7:17
Albon is driver of the weekend so far for me.
I thought he was just there for all the armchair experts to laugh at ;P
My10Point
1st April 2023, 7:22
Did merc bring in upgrade?
While Toto said no upgrade until Emilia-Romagna. LOL!
Sviat
1st April 2023, 7:23
Looks like Leclerc has lost his motivation.
Hulk is again impressive in qualification. So much faster than Magnussen. But the race is tomorrow, and Hulk looked very bad in racing.
Aston Martin start to slip back, slowly but steadily. I don’t think they have any chance for a podium tomorrow, this is not Bahrain where they could do something on the super long straights. They would be fifth at best on a track where overtakes are virtually impossible even with DRS. Especially considering their top speed is very low.
The Cheating Team again destroys the competition. I bet they are focusing on next year already.
Raveen
1st April 2023, 7:37
It’s not Aston Martin are slipping back, these type of circuits with high speed are their weakness due to the drag they produce, one the aero circuits come over they will be more competitive, their base is solid and not weak like the Mercedes, it’s the drag their weakeness and this circuit had 4drs zones if am not wrong.
Desmo696
1st April 2023, 8:35
Or the engines are turned down for reliability