Australian GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the first race of the season while Ricciardo and Bottas suffered grid penalties. 

    Ricciardo was handed a 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under red flags in Free Practice #2 and Bottas ended up with a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty after crashing out of Q3 early on in the session caused damage to the car which resulted in 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. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
3. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
4. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
5. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
6. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France
7. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany
8. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia*
9. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain
10. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain
11. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
12. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
13. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
14. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France
15. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland**
16. Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
17. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
18. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
19. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
20. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

* - (Ricciardo) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for Red Flag infringement
** - (Bottas) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for gearbox change

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