Lando Norris, a driver of McLaren, kept his calm during a very hot afternoon in the Albert Park circuit, Saturday, to extract the center of the first start in the rehabilitation experiences of the “Australian Grand Prix” race, the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship season for the cars and his colleague Oscar Paffaster was joined to him in the first row.
Max Versaben, Red Paul and Champion Driver will start from third place at the starting point, in front of the Mercedes George Russell driver, who ranked fourth.
But the qualifying experiences have been disappointing for Ferrari, since Charles Locker will start from seventh place and Louis Hamilton will start from the eighth.
The British Norris passed the ring on the banks of the lake in a minute and 15,096 seconds, in view of 0.084 seconds in front of Pusrey from Melbourne, which hopes to become the first Australian to win his land since the race joined the Formula 1 world table in 1985.
Norris said: “It’s the ideal way to start the year … Wait and see tomorrow, I know it will be a difficult race … I’m sure the car is in excellent condition, but we have never run in the rain.”
Tomorrow’s rain expectations could make the race a matter of luck, but the McLaren team was happy with its speed in dry time.
Versabne, who tries to win the title of fifth consecutive drivers, has faced difficulty controlling the car during the free tests; So he was also happy with his presence near the command when he started tomorrow.
He said: “Yesterday was very difficult, so I will accept our presence in third place today”.
He added: “The question is good for me, whether time is dry or rainy, but as far as time is concerned, there are always some crazy things that can occur, especially here, the path can be very slippery”.
Yuki Tsunoda, Tori Rising Bulls driver, arrived Quinto and Alex Albon by Williams was sixth, in front of his teammate Carlos Science.
The disappointing speed of Ferrari was a surprise for its competitors and Hamilton, who were the fastest shots in the last session of the slower rehabilitation experiences of the Noris roll of about 0.9 of a second.
He also lost control and his car diverted himself in the middle of the track at some point during the second session of qualifying tests.
“I didn’t know we would be delayed by 0.9 or 0.8 of the second today, but there is a lot to analyze for sure,” said Hamilton. Tomorrow will be a challenge, I have not already done this car in the rain. I don’t even know the rain settings, so I have to study it tonight.
Pierre Gasli, the ninth place, was classified by a comfortable difference compared to his new teammate Jack Duhan, who arrived at the 14th.
Isaac Hajjar, the growing pilot of Bulls’s team at rest, arrived 11, the best of the 6 pilots in Australia who started the Formula 1 season for the first time.
The performance of others was irregular, since Gabriel Portolito ranked 15th after making it difficult for the second session of rehabilitation experiences.
After causing the red flag twice in two days of free experiences, Oliver Berman suffered the growing driver of the Haas team from a problem in the gearbox during his window to leave the garage and had to return to him without registering at any time.
His teammate Esteban Okun will start from the end of the starting point after qualifying in 19th place.
It was also an unspecified day for Liem Lawson, Red Paul, who came out of the first session of rehabilitation experiences after his absence from the latest free experiences previously; Due to a problem with the energy unit.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a Mercedes pilot, was absent from the second rehabilitation session after his exit from the first 15 places; Due to a final shot by Portolo.
