Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-03-16
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:44.231 lap.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.317s shy of pole, with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jenson Button (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.916s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.699 | 1:42.890 | 1:44.231 | 1:44.231 |
| 2 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:30.775 | 1:42.295 | 1:44.548 | +0.317 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.564 | 1:42.264 | 1:44.595 | +0.364 |
| 4 |
| 20Kevin Magnussen |
| McLaren |
| 1:30.949 |
| 1:43.247 |
| 1:45.745 |
| +1.514 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.388 | 1:42.805 | 1:45.819 | +1.588 |
| 6 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.488 | 1:43.849 | 1:45.864 | +1.633 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:33.893 | 1:43.658 | 1:46.030 | +1.799 |
| 8 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:33.777 | 1:44.331 | 1:47.368 | +3.137 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:31.228 | 1:44.242 | 1:48.079 | +3.848 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:31.601 | 1:43.852 | 1:48.147 | +3.916 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.396 | 1:44.437 | — | +0.206 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.439 | 1:44.494 | — | +0.263 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:31.931 | 1:44.688 | — | +0.457 |
| 14 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:33.673 | 1:45.655 | — | +1.424 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:34.274 | 1:45.867 | — | +1.636 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34.141 | 1:47.293 | — | +3.062 |
| 17 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:34.293 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:34.794 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:35.117 | — | — | — |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:35.157 | — | — | — |
| 21 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:36.993 | — | — | — |
| 22 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | — | — | — | — |