Australian GP 2014 – Qualifying – Results

Lewis Hamilton takes the pole of the Australian Grand Prix while home favourite Daniel Ricciardo is second for Red Bull Racing.

Qualifying has been revised very slightly for 2014, with Q1 shortened by two minutes to 18 minutes, and Q3 extended by two minutes to 12 minutes.

To encourage Q3 running, all drivers in Q3 will get an extra set of option tyres for that session. They will start the race on the tyres they used to set their best Q2 time.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton denied home favourite Daniel Ricciardo a maiden pole position in a thrilling rain-affected qualifying session in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. The Red Bull driver looked to have done enough to grab the top spot with his final effort, but Hamilton wasn’t to be denied, taking his Mercedes around 0.317s quicker than the Australian. The other Mercedes of Nico Rosberg was third fastest.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:44.231	22
02.	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:44.548	20
03.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:45.595	21
04.	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:45.745	19
05.	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:45.819	21
06.	Jean Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:45.864	21
07.	Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:46.030	20
08.	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:47.368	20
09.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:48.079	21
10.	Valtteri Bottas*	Williams Martini Racing	1:48.147	19
11.	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:44.437	13
12.	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:44.494	13
13.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:44.668	13
14.	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:45.655	12
15.	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:45.268	13
16.	Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:47.293	13
17.	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:34:293	5
18.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:34:794	5
19.	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:35:117	7
20.	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:35:157	5
21.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:36:993	6
22.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	no time	3
	Q1 107% Time:		1:37.129
* Valtteri Bottas – Will start the race from 15th position because of his penalty.