It was business as usual for Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who made it three poles from three races in F1 2024.
Red Bull’s reigning world champion did not top a session in Melbourne until it mattered most as he set a searing pace in Q3 as the only driver to get into the 1m15s.Carlos Sainz impressed as Verstappen’s nearest challenger on his return to action following surgery to remove his appendix, with the Spaniard just 0.270s behind Verstappen as he put his Ferrari between the Red Bulls.
Sixth went the way of Oscar Piastri in the other McLaren, with George Russell once again the fastest Mercedes driver in qualifying as he took seventh. Lewis Hamilton was the big casualty of Q2 as he suffered his worst qualifying around Albert Park since 2010 with a time only good for 11th on the grid.
The sole Williams of Alex Albon was 12th-fastest after the team took the controversial decision to swap Logan Sargeant’s chassis after Albon had written off his car with a huge crash in FP1.
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