Summary

Lando Norris takes Australian GP pole
Oscar Piastri completes all-McLaren front row
Verstappen third, Russell fourth, Tsunoda fifth, Albon sixth
Ferraris of Leclerc and Hamilton seventh and eighth
Antonelli and Lawson eliminated in Q1
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Lorraine McKenna

Lap time deleted for Norrispublished at 05:53 Greenwich Mean Time
McLaren CEO Zak Brown tells Sky Sports on the pit wall Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are getting a banker lap in early in this final qualifying session. Piastri can't hook up a clean lap and goes P2 as Norris goes on to provisional pole.
But it's all change as Charles Leclerc goes top, then George Russell beats the Ferrari driver's time and now Max Verstappen jumps the two of them with a 1:15.671.
And now Norris has his lap deleted for exceeding track limits.
Team radio - Gasly to Alpinepublished at 05:50 Greenwich Mean Time
"It looks pretty dark."
Go! Go! Go!published at 05:49 Greenwich Mean Time
Here we go then. First pole position of the 2025 season is up grabs.
Postpublished at 05:48 Greenwich Mean Time
The stewards have taken a very rapid look at an impeding incident involving George Russell and Charles Leclerc during Q2 but have decided to take no further action against the pair.
Who is through to the pole fight?published at 05:46 Greenwich Mean Time
Here are your 10 drivers who will be fighting for pole position shortly.
1. Lando Norris (McLaren)
2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
4. George Russell (Mercedes)
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
7. Carlos Sainz (Williams)
8. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls)
9. Alex Albon (Williams)
10. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
'It made my life very difficult' - Bearmanpublished at 05:44 Greenwich Mean Time
Speaking to BBC 5 Live's Rosanna Tennant, Haas driver Oliver Bearman, who didn't set a time in Q3, said: "I would have liked to do some laps in qualifying, it made my life very difficult by performing badly and not up to standard in the practice sessions.
"I lost a lot of laps and the issues with the gearboxes pretty much sums up the weekend."
If it can be fixed for the race on Sunday, he added: "I hope so, we haven't understood exactly what happened but I think we will be able to."
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Out in Q2published at 05:43 Greenwich Mean Time
11. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
12. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
14. Jack Doohan (Alpine)
15. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)
Norris goes fastestpublished at 05:41 Greenwich Mean Time
Lando Norris sneaks through with the quickest time at the death but Fernando Alonso is out in Q2, only improving to 12th place.
Postpublished at 05:41 Greenwich Mean Time
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are taking these final laps on the same set of tyres. The seven-time world champion brings out the yellow flags as he spins in the Ferrari. The chequered flag falls and he stays in sixth spot.
Postpublished at 05:39 Greenwich Mean Time
Three rookies are down in the danger zone - can any of them make it through to the top 10 shootout. Gabriel Bortoleto narrowly avoids the wall as he pushes hard in the Sauber. The garage were relieved to the Brazilian stay out of trouble.
Postpublished at 05:36 Greenwich Mean Time
Charles Leclerc fails to improve and stays fifth on the timesheets, while Lewis Hamilton can only climb a couple of places to sixth as both drivers are struggling to find performance in the final sector.
Drop zonepublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time
11. Isack Hadjar
12. Lance Stroll
13. Gabriel Bortoleto
14. Fernando Alonso
15. Jack Doohan
'I shouldn't be going off in qualifying' - Lawsonpublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time
Red Bull's Liam Lawson spoke to Sky Sports after getting knocked out of Q1: "We expected the start of qualifying to be tough, the first laps we expected to be off and then we were planning on building throughout the session.
"Obviously going off in that second lap put everything out of the water, the last lap was good until the last sector where I had a big drop. Missing FP3 doesn't help any of us but I also shouldn't be going off in qualifying."
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Postpublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time
Carlos Sainz takes a big of chunk of kerb on his flying lap and has to head back to the Williams garage for q check-up. Lewis Hamilton is eighth and Charles Leclerc is sitting fifth, the Ferraris yet to knock on the door if the top times.
Yuki Tsunoda, meanwhile, puts his Racing Bulls car between Leclerc and seventh-placed Alex Albon Albon in sixth.
Piastri beats Verstappen's timepublished at 05:31 Greenwich Mean Time
The home driver is bringing the fight to Max Verstappen. Oscar Piastri's latest lap earns him top spot in the leaderboard with a time of 1:15.468. He's two-tenths faster than Verstappen and 0.088 seconds better off than his team-mate Lando Norris, who now sits second.
Postpublished at 05:30 Greenwich Mean Time
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
You can never, ever rule out Max Verstappen.
Verstappen goes quickestpublished at 05:29 Greenwich Mean Time
One Red Bull left then. Max Verstappen is purple in the opening two sectors but he has to make a little correction towards the final part of the lap. It doesn't hinder the four-time world champion, however, and he pops in the quickest time to go top of the timesheets.
The time to beat is 1:15.688.
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Postpublished at 05:27 Greenwich Mean Time
Red Bull's Liam Lawson is chatting to Sky Sports and says he had a "big drop" in the last sector on his final lap, before adding: "But I shouldn't be going off in quali".
'Bortoleto given himself a good chance'published at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Gabriel Bortoleto has been impressive all weekend.
Nico Hulkenberg is one of the most experienced drivers on this grid and Bortoleto has come in and given himself a good chance of putting a strong weekend together.
Go! Go! Go!published at 05:25 Greenwich Mean Time
Q2 is green.

2025 Australian Grand Prix

3rd Practice

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, 15 March 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:15.921	16
2	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:15.960	17
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:16.002	18
4	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:16.188	22
5	Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:16.206	20
6	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:16.252	23
7	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:16.258	21
8	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:16.378	21
9	Yuki Tsunoda RB	22	1:16.455	17
10	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:16.597	20
11	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:16.707	18
12	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:16.719	22
13	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:16.732	18
14	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:16.948	22
15	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	1:16.993	18
16	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:17.146	15
17	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:17.270	22
18	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:17.373	18
19	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	not available	2
20	Liam Lawson Red Bull	30	not available	2

Last updated 15th March 2025 at 02:38

Second Practice

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, 14 March 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:16.439	32
2	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:16.563	30
3	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:16.580	30
4	Yuki Tsunoda RB	22	1:16.784	29
5	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:16.859	31
6	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:17.019	30
7	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:17.063	22
8	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:17.161	24
9	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:17.279	28
10	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:17.282	30
11	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:17.302	30
12	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:17.302	28
13	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:17.330	27
14	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	1:17.394	30
15	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:17.493	30
16	Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:17.634	31
17	Liam Lawson Red Bull	30	1:17.640	30
18	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:17.847	29
19	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:18.034	31
not available	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	not available	not available

Last updated 14th March 2025 at 06:38

First Practice

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, 14 March 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:17.252	21
2	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:17.401	25
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:17.461	21
4	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:17.670	20
5	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:17.696	21
6	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:17.713	18
7	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:17.716	26
8	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:17.736	23
9	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:17.847	25
10	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:18.057	20
11	Yuki Tsunoda RB	22	1:18.061	23
12	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:18.071	20
13	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	1:18.232	20
14	Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:18.390	25
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:18.438	22
16	Liam Lawson Red Bull	30	1:18.455	22
17	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:18.505	23
18	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:18.586	18
19	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:19.139	16
20	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:19.312	12

Last updated 14th March 2025 at 02:36

Qualification

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, 15 March 2025

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 2	Qualifying 3	Qualifying 3	Time
1	Lando Norris McLaren	4	fastest lap 1:15.912	fastest lap 1:15.912	fastest lap 1:15.415	fastest lap 1:15.415	fastest lap 1:15.096	fastest lap 1:15.096	Qualifying 3, fastest lap 1:15.096
2	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:16.062	1:16.062	1:15.468	1:15.468	1:15.180	1:15.180	Qualifying 3, 1:15.180
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:16.018	1:16.018	1:15.565	1:15.565	1:15.481	1:15.481	Qualifying 3, 1:15.481
4	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:15.971	1:15.971	1:15.798	1:15.798	1:15.546	1:15.546	Qualifying 3, 1:15.546
5	Yuki Tsunoda RB	22	1:16.225	1:16.225	1:16.009	1:16.009	1:15.670	1:15.670	Qualifying 3, 1:15.670
6	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:16.245	1:16.245	1:16.017	1:16.017	1:15.737	1:15.737	Qualifying 3, 1:15.737
7	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:16.029	1:16.029	1:15.827	1:15.827	1:15.755	1:15.755	Qualifying 3, 1:15.755
8	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:16.213	1:16.213	1:15.919	1:15.919	1:15.973	1:15.973	Qualifying 3, 1:15.973
9	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:16.328	1:16.328	1:16.112	1:16.112	1:15.980	1:15.980	Qualifying 3, 1:15.980
10	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:16.360	1:16.360	1:15.931	1:15.931	1:16.062	1:16.062	Qualifying 3, 1:16.062
11	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:16.354	1:16.354	1:16.175	1:16.175	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:16.175
12	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:16.288	1:16.288	1:16.453	1:16.453	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:16.453
13	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:16.369	1:16.369	1:16.483	1:16.483	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:16.483
14	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	1:16.315	1:16.315	1:16.863	1:16.863	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:16.863
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:16.516	1:16.516	1:17.520	1:17.520	not available	not available	Qualifying 2, 1:17.520
16	Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:16.525	1:16.525	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:16.525
17	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:16.579	1:16.579	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:16.579
18	Liam Lawson Red Bull	30	1:17.094	1:17.094	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:17.094
19	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:17.147	1:17.147	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, 1:17.147
not available	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	not available	not available	not available	not available	not available	not available	Qualifying 1, not available

Last updated 15th March 2025 at 06:34

Race

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, 16 March 2025

= Fastest lap

Rank	Driver	Number	Grid	Fastest Lap	Race Time
1	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1	not available	no time
2	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	2	not available	no time
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	3	not available	no time
4	George Russell Mercedes	63	4	not available	no time
5	Yuki Tsunoda RB	22	5	not available	no time
6	Alexander Albon Williams	23	6	not available	no time
7	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	7	not available	no time
8	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	8	not available	no time
9	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	9	not available	no time
10	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	10	not available	no time
11	Isack Hadjar RB	6	11	not available	no time
12	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	12	not available	no time
13	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	13	not available	no time
14	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	14	not available	no time
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	15	not available	no time
16	Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	16	not available	no time
17	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	17	not available	no time
18	Liam Lawson Red Bull	30	18	not available	no time
19	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	19	not available	no time
20	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	20	not available	no time

Last updated 15th March 2025 at 06:07

All times are UK and subject to change. BBC is not responsible for any changes.

How Australian GP qualifying unfolded with Norris on pole

Summary

Live Reporting

Lap time deleted for Norrispublished at 05:53 Greenwich Mean Time

Team radio - Gasly to Alpinepublished at 05:50 Greenwich Mean Time

Go! Go! Go!published at 05:49 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:48 Greenwich Mean Time

Who is through to the pole fight?published at 05:46 Greenwich Mean Time

'It made my life very difficult' - Bearmanpublished at 05:44 Greenwich Mean Time

Out in Q2published at 05:43 Greenwich Mean Time

Norris goes fastestpublished at 05:41 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:41 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:39 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:36 Greenwich Mean Time

Drop zonepublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time

'I shouldn't be going off in qualifying' - Lawsonpublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:34 Greenwich Mean Time

Piastri beats Verstappen's timepublished at 05:31 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:30 Greenwich Mean Time

Verstappen goes quickestpublished at 05:29 Greenwich Mean Time

Postpublished at 05:27 Greenwich Mean Time

'Bortoleto given himself a good chance'published at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time

Go! Go! Go!published at 05:25 Greenwich Mean Time

2025 Australian Grand Prix

3rd Practice

Second Practice

First Practice

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Race

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