Still a chance of rain for the race?published at 06:47 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2018
While we wait for the final part of qualifying to begin, here's a look at how the weather is shaping up for tomorrow.
Australian Grand Prix Forecast
Summary
Hamilton on pole, Bottas crashes heavily
Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Verstappen 4th
Both McLarens out in Q2, Sirotkin, Toro Rossos out in Q1
Still a chance of rain for the race?published at 06:47 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2018
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Fernando Alonso is zen about not reaching the top 10 shootout.
"It's good. It's OK," he says.
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11) Alonso
12) Vandoorne
13) Perez
14) Stroll
15) Ocon
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Sebastian Vettel finishes quickest in the second part of qualifying.
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Sebastian Vettel sneaks in a quick lap to ensure he finishes Q2 quickest ahead of Lewis Hamilton with 1:21.944.
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Good laps by the Renaults as Carlos Sainz goes seventh quickest with Nico Hulkenberg 10th. That pushes Fernando Alonso into the dropzone and the two McLarens are OUT.
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Stoffel Vandoorne has been pushed into the dangerzone while Fernando Alonso is on the bubble...
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Romain Grosjean leaps out of trouble and into seventh with 1:23.468. Good lap, but his team-mate Kevin Magnussen's is even better as replaces Grosjean in seventh with 1:23.300.
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Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, currently fifth and sixth quickest, go out again on supersofts so they will be starting tomorrow's race on that tyre.
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First runs done in Q2 and the five drivers in danger of elimination are:
11) Stroll
12) Grosjean
13) Perez
14) Hulkenberg
15) Ocon
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"Quite dark," says Fernando Alonso, who is seventh quickest after a 1:23.692.
He's right, with clouds having gathered to throw the Albert Park circuit into shade.
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Reece Young: Lewis Hamilton is on another level to Valtteri Bottas and he's showing it this morning
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can't get anywhere near his team-mates time as a 1:22.659 puts him fourth, behind the two Ferraris.
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But a stonking lap by Lewis Hamilton as he goes half a second clear at the top of the order, clocking 1:22.051.
The first real sighting of Hammertime in 2018 right there.
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Nico Hulkenberg scuppers his first lap in Q2 with a massive lock up at Turn 1.
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But both Ferraris, on the quickest compound, go quicker than Max Verstappen. Kimi Raikkonen P1 with 1:22.507 and Sebastian Vettel P2 with 1:22.645.
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Max Verstappen is the first to set a time in Q2 and it's a 1:22.830.
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