George Russell of Mercedes won qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix and secured pole position. Russell recorded a time of 1:18.518 minutes, and his performance was 0.293 seconds better than his teammate Kimi Antonelli, who qualified in second place. Mercedes thus dominantly controlled qualifying, with both of its drivers ranking among the fastest. SITA ↗ idnes.cz ↗
Max Verstappen finished qualifying in serious trouble. The Dutch driver crashed and did not record a qualifying time. Despite this disaster, however, the FIA officially permitted him to start in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. The FIA granted Verstappen permission to start along with Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz, who also failed to record times in qualifying. sport.sk ↗ teraz.sk ↗
The qualifying result suggests that Mercedes is entering the season as the strongest team. Ahead of the season, Mercedes was expected to be among the main contenders for the Constructors' Championship title, and the season's first qualifying confirms these predictions. Australia will be the place where it becomes clear whether this dominance is merely a result of qualifying day or whether it will also be confirmed in the race itself. sport.pravda.sk ↗
Russell dominated qualifying in Australia, Verstappen crashed
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Prekvapenia aj katastrofy. Kvalifikáciu na VC Austrálie najlepšie zvládol Mercedes, Verstappen havaroval
SITA
| 10:50 07.03.
Nový vietor vo formule 1. Mercedesy "lietali" v kvalifikácii, Verstappen mal nehodu
sport.pravda.sk
| 08:30 07.03.
Russel vyhral kvalifikáciu na VC Austrálie, Verstappen mal haváriu
teraz.sk
| 09:27 07.03.
Kvalifikace na Velkou cenu Austrálie patřila Mercedesu, Verstappen boural
idnes.cz
| 08:12 07.03.
První letošní pole position patří Russellovi. Verstappen už v úvodní části boural
sport.cz - fotbal
| 07:25 07.03.
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