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2023 Australian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton at Melbourne.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and George Russell
Classified
Top 20
Round
3
Circuit
Melbourne
Qualifying date
April 1, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. George Russell secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, George Russell, and Lewis Hamilton. P4 through P20 were Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lance Stroll, Charles Leclerc, Alexander Albon, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hülkenberg, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris, Kevin Magnussen, Nyck de Vries, Oscar Piastri, Guanyu Zhou, Logan Sargeant, Valtteri Bottas, and Sergio Pérez.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Apr 2, 2023.

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