06:23
Constant improvements
Albon moves up to third in the Williams ahead of Sainz.
Hulkenberg is now into fifth for Haas.
How qualifying for the 2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix unfolded
How qualifying for the 2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix unfolded.
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01 Apr 2023
06:26
Chequered flag
A lot of green sectors coming out there...
06:21
Current top 10
Verstappen, Alonso, Stroll, Russell, Albon, Hamilton, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Norris and Ocon.
06:20
Alonso takes to the top
Alonso topples Verstappen by 0.2s.
06:19
Albon goes P2
The Williams is cooking out there!
06:17
Verstappen goes quickest
Verstappen beats Hulkenberg by 0.3s to take top spot.
Stroll into third.
06:15
Qualifying back underway
17 of the 20 cars are out on track.
06:14
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06:12
Session restart
Qualifying will get back underway in three minutes.
06:09
Perez is out!
He's out of his car and he's out of qualifying.
06:07
Red flag
Perez in the gravel trap at Turn 3. He's beached.
06:05
Hulkenberg takes to the top
He goes 0.5s clear of Albon at the top of the timesheets.
06:05
Albon goes quickest
Albon beats Magnussen by 0.4s to take top spot in the Williams.
06:04
Magnussen leads the way
It's a 1m19.392s for Magnussen 0.2s clear of Norris.
06:02
Who's on track?
The top five teams are still in the pit lane. Everyone else is out there.
06:00
Qualifying is underway!
A busy track already with the two Williams cars leading the pack away.
05:48
Risk of rain
The FIA say the risk of rain is 90 percent for qualifying!
05:42
Not long to go now
Just under 20 minutes until the start of qualifying.
Hearing there's some drizzle at the moment in Melbourne which could make for an interesting qualifying.
05:26
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05:25
What happened in FP3?
03:30
Chequered flag
Verstappen, Alonso, Ocon, Russell, Gasly, Perez, Sainz, Hamilton, Stroll and Zhou.
03:29
Another off for Perez
A miserable session for the Red Bull driver - this time off at Turn 1.
03:25
Perez
"I cannot believe this session" - he's currently down in P17 after another off at the penultimate corner.
03:23
Current top 10
Verstappen, Alonso, Ocon, Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Hamilton, Stroll, Zhou and Albon.
03:20
Verstappen beats Alonso to top spot
One tenth between the two drivers now.
Ocon 0.4s off in third.
