2019 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 15-17

[Mr.G]

1.20.?? Lap in q1 . Very fast

Pole will be 1.19.7-8xx

Heh, I was too optimistic

[zeph]

So after all the pre-season speculation about Ferrari’s superior car...

....Mercedes front row lockout.

Déja vu all over again.

[FrukostScones]

NOR is the real deal!

[Phil]

Nicely done Mercedes! Very good lap by Bottas too.

[dans79]

So after all the pre-season speculation about Ferrari’s superior car...

....Mercedes front row lockout.

Déja vu all over again.

And unlike last year, it didn't look like there were any mistakes on Ferraris part!

[tranquility2k4]

Maybe Ferrari need to switch to mercedes style front wing urgently

[Restomaniac]

Both the Mercedes have just battered both the Ferrari’s and RedBulls by around 3/4 of a second.

That is VERY ominous even on a track that isn’t the norm.

Oh and BTW Hamilton is a machine.

[matt_b]

What a lap from Lewis under pressure there 8 poles at this track now. The gap to Ferrari 0.704 wow.

[Nathanael F1]

Hopefully Ferrari's race pace is better.

[SmallSoldier]

Interesting analogy. Someone should do this for Mercedes and Ferrari also. FP1 cooler temps, then FP2 hots up. Today again, FP3 cooler temps and weather is expected to hot up later in the day, more than yesterday.

I guess that once again it is proven that FP times aren’t conducive of the pecking order


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[GrandAxe]

Erm ... Ferrari didn't turn up. 8th pole for Lewis.
And what a performance from Merc. Lewis is a whopping 2.295 sec ahead of Perez in p10! This season might turn out as unequal as 2014.

[F1T]

Mercedes stamps advantage in Melbourne qualifying

Mercedes had put an end to doubts that the team might struggle to beat Ferrari. As Hamilton took pole for the Australian Grand Prix and Bottas second, their 0.7s advantage over the competition it particularly telling.

[Schuttelberg]

Extremely close quali today. Mercedes just about locked out the front row. Ferrari are close and with a bit of luck Williams can challenge them in the race.

[yelistener]

Whoever was on the Ferrari hype train, now

[zeph]

I thought Bottas had it today. Didn’t expect Hamilton to top that.