2025 Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying F1 results (Albert Park)
Marshals watch on as Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber exits Turn 2 in Australia
Here are the complete F1 results from the qualifying session at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix the opening round of the F1 2025 season at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne.
Lando Norris claimed pole position for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, with his fastest time of 1:15.096 seeing off McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by 0.084 seconds.
F1 results: 2025 Australian Grand Prix qualifying
Norris had his first lap deleted after running wide at Turn 4, but hit back hard to head a front-row lockout for F1 2025 title favourites McLaren.
Red Bull driver and reigning World Champion Max Verstappen was forced to settle for third, almost four tenths off Norris’s time, with George Russell’s Mercedes in fourth.
Yuki Tsunoda was arguably the star of qualifying in securing fifth for Racing Bulls, with his last-gasp Q3 lap dropping the impressive Alex Albon to sixth.
Charles Leclerc edged out Lewis Hamilton in their first qualifying session as Ferrari team-mates as the pair took seventh and eighth respectively.
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Williams driver Carlos Sainz completed the top 10.
Elsewhere, it was disappointment for Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman as the three rookies exited in Q1.
Mercedes reported bib damage to Antonelli’s car after his W16 was seen sparking heavily in Q1, while Lawson could only manage 18th on his first visit to Albert Park after an engine issue saw the Red Bull driver fail to set a time on Friday practice.
Bearman failed to set a time in qualifying after his Haas developed a gearbox issue in the early stages of Q1.
It came after the Ferrari junior crashed in FP3, following a similar incident in Friday practice.
F1 results – 2025 Australian Grand Prix qualifying
Australian Grand Prix 2025: Q1 results
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:15.912
2 George Russell Mercedes +0.059
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.106
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.117
5 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.150
6 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.301
7 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls +0.313
8 Alexander Albon Williams +0.333
9 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.376
10 Jack Doohan Alpine +0.403
11 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.416
12 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.442
13 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.448
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.457
15 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +0.604
Out
16 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.613
17 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.667
18 Liam Lawson Red Bull +1.182
19 Esteban Ocon Haas +1.235
20 Oliver Bearman Haas No time
Australian Grand Prix 2025: Q2 results
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:15.415
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.053
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.150
4 George Russell Mercedes +0.383
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.412
6 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.504
7 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.516
8 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls +0.594
9 Alexander Albon Williams +0.602
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.697
Out
11 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.760
12 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.038
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.068
14 Jack Doohan Alpine +1.448
15 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +2.105
Australian Grand Prix 2025: Q3 results
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:15.096
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.084
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.385
4 George Russell Mercedes +0.450
5 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls +0.574
6 Alexander Albon Williams +0.641
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.659
8 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.877
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.884
10 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.966
Read next: Revealed: The curious new rear wings from McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes