Australian GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

AUSTRALIAN GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton takes the first Pole Position of the 2017 Season while Daniel Ricciardo crashes out of Q3. Antonio Giovinazzi will be filling in for 'unfit' Pascal Werhlein, marking the first time an Italian has started an F1 race since 2011. Stoffel Vandoorne suffered from a fuel-flow issue and didn't make it out of Q1 while Fernando Alonso managed 13th, but moves up to 12 after Ricciardo's grid penalty for a gearbox change.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

6. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

7. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

8. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain

9. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

10. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

11. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

12. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain

13. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

14. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

15. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia*

16. Antonio Giovinazzi / Sauber-Ferrari / Italy**

17. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

18. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium

19. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

20. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada***

* - (Ricciardo) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for gearbox change
** - (Giovinazzi) Filling in for Pascal Wehrlein since FP3

*** - (Stroll) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for gearbox change 

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