F1 2026 Australia GP live: Qualifying result, lap times and schedule

We shall see. They’re all out on track, preparing for the final laps of the session…

Russell clear of the rest so far, even with a slower time than Q2!

Norris is five-tenths off, with Hadjar in third for Red Bull.

4-6: Leclerc, Piastri, Hamilton

Antonelli made a mistake, while Lindblad and Lawson opted to stay in the garage and will set just one lap.

So we’ll see what happens to Antonelli afterwards…

Meanwhile, Norris’s car is fine and we have nine cars back out on track.

Given another car drove over the cooling device – and McLaren are working hard on Norris’s car – Mercedes and Antonelli could get a grid penalty.

Session resuming in three minutes.

What a screw-up from Mercedes!

A cooling device was left on Kimi Antonelli’s car as he left the pits!

And Lando Norris drove right over it with his front-left tyre.

Debris on track. RED FLAG with 9:47 left – no times on the board.

So just nine drivers are involved in the first pole position shootout of the season:

Drivers involved: Russell, Leclerc, Antonelli, Piastri, Norris, Hamilton, Lindblad, Lawson, Hadjar

A transmission issue means his Audi car has sparked out. And given he didn’t quite make it into the pits, he’s been wheeled away from the pits and theere’l be just nine cars in the Q3 shootout!

Gosh, almost a huge crash after Q2!

Lindblad speeds into the pit-entry, avoids teammate Lawson but Bortoleto stops in the pit-lane, having qualified P10!