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2025 Australian Grand Prix qualifying: Lando Norris took pole

Lando Norris took pole for McLaren ahead of Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen at Melbourne.

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

Race recap

Pole
Lando Norris
Pole team
McLaren
Front row
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
Classified
Top 20
Round
1
Circuit
Melbourne
Qualifying date
March 15, 2025

The front of the grid

Lando Norris qualified first for McLaren. Oscar Piastri secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and Max Verstappen. P4 through P20 were George Russell, Yuki Tsunoda, Alexander Albon, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr., Isack Hadjar, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Jack Doohan, Gabriel Bortoleto, Kimi Antonelli, Nico Hülkenberg, Liam Lawson, Esteban Ocon, and Oliver Bearman.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls 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 Aug 31, 2025.

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