P1racenews AI automatic summary:
2024 F1 Australian GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole
Verstappen secured pole position in the one-hour qualifying session, finishing ahead of Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez. The qualifying session comprised three segments, with five cars being eliminated in each of Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout in Q3. Sainz led the first part of qualifying, with Red Bull’s Perez and Verstappen close behind on hard tyres. Hulkenberg, Gasly, Ricciardo, and Zhou were unable to progress to the next stage, while Sargeant’s car was taken over by Albon due to chassis damage. Ferrari remained quickest in Q2, with Sainz leading the charts and Leclerc in second, as Verstappen trailed in third on medium tyres. In the final runs, Verstappen claimed pole with a time of 1m15.915s, with Sainz in second and Perez in third, while Leclerc finished fifth behind the top McLaren of Lando Norris.
