Australian Grand Prix 2026 Completed
2026 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Melbourne 7 Mar 2026, 16:00 local
George Russell took pole position for the 2026 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. Antonelli qualified second, ahead of Hadjar. Qualifying ran in dry conditions, with track temperatures around 34°C.
- Session
- Qualifying
- Date
- 7 Mar 2026
- Start
- 16:00 local
Qualifying result
Best time in each segment
| Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 George Russell RUS | 1:19.507 | 1:18.934 | 1:18.518 |
| 2 | 12 Kimi Antonelli ANT | 1:20.120 | 1:19.435 | 1:18.811 |
| 3 | 6 Isack Hadjar HAD | 1:20.023 | 1:19.653 | 1:19.303 |
| 4 | 16 Charles Leclerc LEC | 1:20.226 | 1:19.357 | 1:19.327 |
| 5 | 81 Oscar Piastri PIA | 1:19.664 | 1:19.525 | 1:19.380 |
| 6 | 1 Lando Norris NOR | 1:20.010 | 1:19.882 | 1:19.475 |
| 7 | 44 Lewis Hamilton HAM | 1:19.811 | 1:19.921 | 1:19.478 |
| 8 | 30 Liam Lawson LAW | 1:20.491 | 1:20.144 | 1:19.994 |
| 9 | 41 Arvid Lindblad LIN | 1:20.409 | 1:19.971 | 1:21.247 |
| 10 | 5 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR | 1:20.495 | 1:20.221 | — |
| 11 | 27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL | 1:21.024 | 1:20.303 | — |
| 12 | 87 Oliver Bearman BEA | 1:21.247 | 1:20.311 | — |
| 13 | 31 Esteban Ocon OCO | 1:20.759 | 1:20.491 | — |
| 14 | 10 Pierre Gasly GAS | 1:21.138 | 1:20.501 | — |
| 15 | 23 Alexander Albon ALB | 1:21.051 | 1:20.941 | — |
| 16 | 43 Franco Colapinto COL | 1:21.200 | 1:21.270 | — |
| 17 | 14 Fernando Alonso ALO | 1:21.969 | — | — |
| 18 | 11 Sergio Perez PER | 1:22.605 | — | — |
| 19 | 77 Valtteri Bottas BOT | 1:23.244 | — | — |
Conditions
Representative weather across the session
- Air temp
- 20.5°C
- Track temp
- 34.3°C
- Humidity
- 64%
- Rainfall
- None
- Wind
- 2.4 m/s E
- Pressure
- 1014 mbar
Session details
- Meeting
- Australian Grand Prix 2026
- Circuit
- Melbourne
- Session
- Qualifying
- Date
- 7 Mar 2026
- Start
- 16:00 local
- Status
- Completed