F1 Qualifying Results: McLarens DESTROY Verstappen in Red Bull disaster session

Australian Grand Prix Qualifying

F1 Qualifying Results: McLarens DESTROY Verstappen in Red Bull disaster session

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Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Saturday 15 March 2025 07:19

McLaren finally showed their true pace on Saturdya at the Australian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris beating the closest non-papaya driver by nearly four tenths of a second to claim the first pole position of the season.

Max Verstappen will start behind Norris and his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, but appeared relatively happy with his performance after some hard work from his engineers overnight.

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Liam Lawson was knocked out of qualifying in his first session as a senior Red Bull driver, having been off the pace all weekend.

The Kiwi driver only set the 16th and 17th fastest times in FP1 and FP2 before being kept off the track for most of FP3 with a power unit issue, and was driving scruffily with his twitchy Red Bull, which he could only put 18th on the grid.

Ollie Bearman's nightmare weekend continued, radioing in to his team about a gearbox issue and being forced to pit before completing his outlap.

Having crashed in FP1 and been forced out of running in FP2 due to the damage, Bearman spun on his first flying lap in FP3 and spent the rest of the session in the garage.

F1 Qualifying Results: Australian Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Time / Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:15.096
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.084sec
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.385sec
4	George Russell	Mercedes	TBC
5	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	+0.574sec
6	Alex Albon	Williams	+0.641sec
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.659sec
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	TBC
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	TBC
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	TBC