Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2007-03-18
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) took pole for the 2007 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:26.072 lap.
Fernando Alonso (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.421s shy of pole, with Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) third on the grid. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.799s — pole to P10 — with Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:26.644 | 1:25.644 | 1:26.072 | 1:26.072 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:26.697 | 1:25.326 | 1:26.493 | +0.421 |
| 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:26.895 | 1:25.358 | 1:26.556 | +0.484 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:26.674 |
| 1:25.577 |
| 1:26.755 |
| +0.683 |
| 5 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:26.696 | 1:25.882 | 1:27.347 | +1.275 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:27.270 | 1:25.944 | 1:27.634 | +1.562 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.978 | 1:26.623 | 1:27.934 | +1.862 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.014 | 1:26.688 | 1:28.404 | +2.332 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:27.328 | 1:26.739 | 1:28.692 | +2.620 |
| 10 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:27.365 | 1:26.758 | 1:28.871 | +2.799 |
| 11 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1:26.986 | 1:26.909 | — | +0.837 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:27.596 | 1:26.914 | — | +0.842 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1:27.529 | 1:26.964 | — | +0.892 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:27.540 | 1:27.264 | — | +1.192 |
| 15 | Alexander Wurz | Williams | 1:27.479 | 1:27.393 | — | +1.321 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.712 | — | — | +0.640 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:27.679 | — | — | +1.607 |
| 18 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso | 1:28.305 | — | — | +2.233 |
| 19 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:28.579 | — | — | +2.507 |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:29.267 | — | — | +3.195 |
| 21 | 99Adrian Sutil | Spyker | 1:29.339 | — | — | +3.267 |
| 22 | Christijan Albers | Spyker | 1:31.932 | — | — | +5.860 |