Lewis Hamilton takes the pole for the Australian Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver put together a brilliant lap and took a stunning pole position for Mercedes beating his teammate with more than a half a second.
Felipe Massa took 3rd position in front of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.
Meanwhile, Button’s fear became real and McLaren produced their worst performance in six years, qualifying at the back of the grid.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. | 44 –  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:26.327 | 16 |
| 02. | 06 –  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:26.921 | 14 |
| 03. | 19 –  Felipe Massa |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:27.718 | 21 |
| 04. | 01 – Sebastian Vettel |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.757 | 12 |
| 05. | 07 –  Kimi Raikkonen |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.790 | 17 |
| 06. | 77 – Valtteri Bottas |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:28.087 | 16 |
| 07. | 03 –  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing | 1:28.329 | 22 |
| 08. | 55 –  Carlos Sainz |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:28.510 | 22 |
| 09. | 08 –  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 Team | 1:28.560 | 20 |
| 10. | 13 –  Pastor Maldonado |
Lotus F1 Team | 1:29.480 | 20 |
| 11. | 40 – Felipe Nasr |
Sauber F1 Team | 1:28.800 | 17 |
| 12. | 33 –  Max Verstappen |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:28.868 | 15 |
| 13. | 26 –  Daniil Kvyat |
Red Bull Racing | 1:29.070 | 9 |
| 14. | 27 – Nico Hulkenberg |
Sahara Force India | 1:29.208 | 14 |
| 15. | 11 –  Sergio Perez |
Sahara Force India | 1:29.209 | 13 |
| 16. | 09 –  Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber F1 Team | 1:31.376 | 10 |
| 17. | 22 – Jenson Button |
McLaren Honda | 1:31.422 | 7 |
| 18. | 20 –  Kevin Magnussen |
McLaren Honda | 1:32.037 | 8 |
