Australian Grand Prix 2023 Completed
2023 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Melbourne 1 Apr 2023, 16:00 local
Max Verstappen took pole position for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. Russell qualified second, ahead of Hamilton. Qualifying ran in wet conditions, with track temperatures around 23°C.
- Session
- Qualifying
- Date
- 1 Apr 2023
- Start
- 16:00 local
Qualifying result
Best time in each segment
| Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Max Verstappen VER | 1:17.384 | 1:17.056 | 1:16.732 |
| 2 | 63 George Russell RUS | 1:17.654 | 1:17.513 | 1:16.968 |
| 3 | 44 Lewis Hamilton HAM | 1:17.689 | 1:17.551 | 1:17.104 |
| 4 | 14 Fernando Alonso ALO | 1:17.832 | 1:17.283 | 1:17.139 |
| 5 | 55 Carlos Sainz SAI | 1:17.928 | 1:17.349 | 1:17.270 |
| 6 | 18 Lance Stroll STR | 1:17.873 | 1:17.616 | 1:17.308 |
| 7 | 16 Charles Leclerc LEC | 1:18.218 | 1:17.390 | 1:17.369 |
| 8 | 23 Alexander Albon ALB | 1:17.962 | 1:17.761 | 1:17.609 |
| 9 | 10 Pierre Gasly GAS | 1:18.312 | 1:17.574 | 1:17.675 |
| 10 | 27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL | 1:18.029 | 1:17.412 | 1:17.735 |
| 11 | 31 Esteban Ocon OCO | 1:17.770 | 1:17.768 | — |
| 12 | 22 Yuki Tsunoda TSU | 1:18.471 | 1:18.099 | — |
| 13 | 4 Lando Norris NOR | 1:18.243 | 1:18.119 | — |
| 14 | 20 Kevin Magnussen MAG | 1:18.159 | 1:18.129 | — |
| 15 | 21 Nyck De Vries DEV | 1:18.450 | 1:18.335 | — |
| 16 | 81 Oscar Piastri PIA | 1:18.517 | — | — |
| 17 | 24 Zhou Guanyu ZHO | 1:18.540 | — | — |
| 18 | 2 Logan Sargeant SAR | 1:18.557 | — | — |
| 19 | 77 Valtteri Bottas BOT | 1:18.714 | — | — |
| — | 11 Sergio Perez PER | — | — | — |
Conditions
Representative weather across the session
- Air temp
- 15.2°C
- Track temp
- 22.7°C
- Humidity
- 53%
- Rainfall
- Yes
- Wind
- 1.3 m/s SE
- Pressure
- 1019 mbar
Session details
- Meeting
- Australian Grand Prix 2023
- Circuit
- Melbourne
- Session
- Qualifying
- Date
- 1 Apr 2023
- Start
- 16:00 local
- Status
- Completed
Team radio
Yuki Tsunoda #22 · AlphaTauri 14:59
Lando Norris #4 · McLaren 15:01
Logan Sargeant #2 · Williams 15:05
George Russell #63 · Mercedes 15:07
Sergio Perez #11 · Red Bull Racing 15:09
Valtteri Bottas #77 · Alfa Romeo 15:09
Alexander Albon #23 · Williams 15:14
Zhou Guanyu #24 · Alfa Romeo 15:17
Oscar Piastri #81 · McLaren 15:19
Esteban Ocon #31 · Alpine 15:24
Valtteri Bottas #77 · Alfa Romeo 15:24
Valtteri Bottas #77 · Alfa Romeo 15:28
Max Verstappen #1 · Red Bull Racing 15:29
Lando Norris #4 · McLaren 15:29
Lando Norris #4 · McLaren 15:29
Zhou Guanyu #24 · Alfa Romeo 15:30
Kevin Magnussen #20 · Haas F1 Team 15:30
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 15:34
Yuki Tsunoda #22 · AlphaTauri 15:37
Yuki Tsunoda #22 · AlphaTauri 15:37
George Russell #63 · Mercedes 15:37
Nyck De Vries #21 · AlphaTauri 15:39
Lance Stroll #18 · Aston Martin 15:41
Pierre Gasly #10 · Alpine 15:42
Lando Norris #4 · McLaren 15:50
Esteban Ocon #31 · Alpine 15:50
Kevin Magnussen #20 · Haas F1 Team 15:51
Nyck De Vries #21 · AlphaTauri 15:51
Lando Norris #4 · McLaren 15:52
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 15:52
Fernando Alonso #14 · Aston Martin 15:56
George Russell #63 · Mercedes 15:56
Charles Leclerc #16 · Ferrari 15:57
George Russell #63 · Mercedes 15:58
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 16:00
Fernando Alonso #14 · Aston Martin 16:01
Carlos Sainz #55 · Ferrari 16:02
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 16:02
Max Verstappen #1 · Red Bull Racing 16:04
Max Verstappen #1 · Red Bull Racing 16:09
George Russell #63 · Mercedes 16:09
Alexander Albon #23 · Williams 16:12
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 16:13
Nico Hulkenberg #27 · Haas F1 Team 16:13
Charles Leclerc #16 · Ferrari 16:13
Pierre Gasly #10 · Alpine 16:13
Fernando Alonso #14 · Aston Martin 16:13
Lance Stroll #18 · Aston Martin 16:13
Carlos Sainz #55 · Ferrari 16:15
Lewis Hamilton #44 · Mercedes 16:19