Lando Norris de McLaren has produced an assailant return to claim the Pole Position for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prize 1 on Sunday.
Norris imposed on his teammate Oscar Piastri for 0.084 seconds to ensure a block of the first row of McLaren for the Sunday Grand Prix.
The four -time world Red Bull champion, Max Verstappen, was the fastest third, while it was faster in the second sector of the Albert Park circuit.
Norris, Piastri and Verstappen exchanged faster turns during the qualification session, but it was the British who gathered the fastest lap at the end, with the additional pressure of his first flying round in the third quarter that was annulled to annul the track limits.
But last year’s finalist in the pilot championship said that he is not advancing, with a rain forecast in Melbourne for the Sunday Grand Prix.
“The car is extremely fast and when you join it, it is incredible, but it is difficult to assemble it,” he said,
“I will never get ahead. I am sure that the car is in a good place, but we have never handled it in the wet.”
Oscar Piastri has been on top of the timing leaves throughout the weekend in Melbourne. (Getty Images: Speed Media/Icon Sportswire, Ivica Glavas)
Piastri had some complicated moments in the final sector of the circuit throughout Saturday, saying that it could have been faster, but distrust of making a big mistake.
“It is quite happy, it’s great to start the year in the first row. Very happy how the qualification was, but not enough in the third quarter, but it is a long season, so a good start.
“Maybe I left a little on the table, but I’m happy to be in the first row and have a good start.”
There was drama of the initial stages of Q1, with the shocking weekend of the rookie in English Oliver Bearman.
Bearman was barely practice on Friday after crashing early, then did not complete a return in Saturday’s practice when he entered the gravel.
Oliver Bearman has had a torrid weekend in Melbourne for Haas. (Getty images: Clive Ros)
The 19 -year -old did not put a while in the qualification, entering the wells after telling his team: “He is broken” on the radio.
Meanwhile, Liam Lawson and the debutant of Mercedes of Red Bull, Kimi Antonelli, were eliminated from the first quarter.
Lawson, who did not establish any time in the third practice, left the track twice in a bad session.
“I have not done much high fuel in operation. We believe that we took a step with the car today regardless of this. The weather is variable tomorrow, so we see,” Lawson told medium after his early departure.
Antonelli was driven by the final place in the second quarter for only 0.009 seconds of the debutant partner Gabriel Bortoleto, driving for Sauber.
Mercedes reported that the teenager had damaged the slop of his car, a small but key aerodynamic component in the front of the car, which affected his rhythm.
Lewis Hamilton, in his debut for Ferrari, described the eighth, with his teammate Charles Leclerc seventh faster.
Hamilton had a sincere moment at the end of Q2, turning his car to curve 11 in his final career.
Fortunately for the seven times world champion, the return time he had achieved was previously good enough to reach the third quarter.
Australian rookie Jack Doohan was the fastest 14th for Alpine, a respectable performance for the queenslander who is competing in his second race weekend.
