melbourne f1 qualifying lap record

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And let's not forget - Vettel won from P3 in Melbourne 12 months ago...“This couldn’t be a better way to start the year. FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2019 - FASTEST LAPS 14 17 Mar 2019 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake, three kilometres south of central Melbourne.

Ferrari in the end were nowhere near the front row. The first lap I made mistake which is unusual for me.

We just kept working away at our pace and laps through weekend. ONBOARD: Lewis Hamilton's Australia Pirelli pole position lap The circuit has an FIAGrade 1 licence. QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS: 2019 Australian Grand Prix Ferrari appeared to struggle in the segment, Leclerc in P4 behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, and some 0.7s off Mercedes’ pace, while Vettel was lucky to escape unscathed after running very wide at Turn 12 on his final run, ending up P6.There was local heartbreak as Daniel Ricciardo dropped out along with his Renault team mate Nico Hulkenberg, while both Haases, the Alfa Romeo of Kimi Raikkonen, the McLaren of Lando Norris and the Racing Point of Sergio Perez progressed to Q3.So it was 1-1 across the first two segments between Ferrari and Mercedes going into Q3 – but who would rise to the top in the one they all really cared about? The first signs of the pace in the Red Bull RB15 indicate that, as expected, it looks to be the third-quickest car in the field, as Verstappen split the red cars, 0.824s off Hamilton.So, after a long wait over the winter, it seems we finally have our answer for who has the advantage heading into 2019.

And if you’re hoping for rain to spice up what looks to be an already spicy prospect, go fish – it’s set to be nice and sunny, with temperatures predicted in the 28 degrees Celsius realm.WATCH: Hamilton’s record-breaking pole lap at Spa for the Belgian Grand PrixNorris blasts Ocon for ‘dangerous’ out lap at Spa after qualifying P10Ricciardo 'stoked' with P4 as he leads Renault’s best qualifying of 2020Belgian GP qualifying facts and stats: No Ferraris in Q3 for first time since 2014© 2003-2020 Formula One World Championship Limited 'I feel better than ever' says Hamilton after sealing 89th F1 victory with textbook win in SpaHIGHLIGHTS: Watch the key moments as Hamilton storms to fourth Belgian GP winRicciardo buzzing after ‘big’ final lap gives him extra point to go with fourth placeBelgian GP ‘not enjoyable’ says Verstappen after ‘lonely’ run to P3'I was pushing too much' – Giovinazzi explains second big Spa crash in two yearsHamilton clocked the lap record of Albert Park with a 1m 20.486s to snatch the initiative away from Bottas and record his sixth consecutive pole at the circuit, and a record-equalling eighth at the Australian Grand Prix.With many having believed that Mercedes and Ferrari were nip-and-tuck going into the session, it was a tough showing for the Scuderia, with Vettel’s team mate Charles Leclerc ending up P5 for the team having been pipped by Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the death.Romain Grosjean was a strong sixth, the Frenchman within 0.4s of Leclerc’s time and one place ahead of his team mate Kevin Magnussen as Haas capitalised on their strong pre-season showing.McLaren rookie Lando Norris was another star of Saturday, making it through to Q3 in his first ever F1 qualifying session – in contrast to his team mate Carlos Sainz, who dropped out in Q1 – and winding up P8 in his MCL34.Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen and Racing Point's Sergio Perez completed the top 10.Local favourite Daniel Ricciardo was unable to make it into Q3 on his first quali outing for Renault, finishing up in P12, one place down on his team mate Nico Hulkenberg, while Pierre Gasly had a terrible start to his Red Bull career proper, failing to make it out of Q1 in his RB15.As all 20 cars headed out on track for the first part of qualifying, it was Leclerc who left it till late in the session to put himself top in Q1 for Ferrari, edging Hamilton by just 0.026s. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position for F1’s Belgian Grand Prix as he smashed the lap record at Spa-Francorchamps.Hamilton dominated qualifying in Belgium to beat teammate It marked the six-times world champion’s sixth pole at the Belgian Grand Prix to make it pole number five for the season.Hamilton, who set two laps in Q3 that were good enough for pole, dedicated the 93rd pole of his career to the late US actor Chadwick Boseman, who died on Saturday morning following a battle with cancer.The rest of the top 10 was made up of McLaren and Racing Point cars, as On what has already been a miserable weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, the Italian outfit’s woes continued in qualifying as it failed to get at least one car into Q3 for the first time this season.The Canadian F1 rookie was only quicker than the Haas of The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form.Hamilton dedicates F1 Belgian GP pole to US actor Boseman OK, I brushed it off and kept moving. Coming from Barcelona, we made some big steps forward in the last couple of days with set up. With the track evolving rapidly throughout the segment, Pierre Gasly was the big shock exit, Red Bull seeming to miscalculate the knock-out delta and failing to send out the Frenchman, leaving him P17 in his first qualifying for the team as a result.Robert Kubica was last for Williams, one place behind team mate George Russell, and compounded his team’s woes by clattering the wall at Turn 10 and getting a right-rear puncture as he tried to improve.Carlos Sainz will also have been disappointed to find himself eliminated, especially given that his team mate Lando Norris, on his qualifying debut, wound up an impressive ninth - although Kubica recovering from his puncture impeded Sainz.Hamilton headed a Mercedes one-two in Q2, setting a new Albert Park record with a 1m 21.014s.