Norris Pips Piastri for post, rookies in the back

Lando Norris has snatched the pole position away from the hero of the hometown, Oscar Piastri, in the second qualification to carry the first McLaren first row blockade around Albert Park since 2012.

Qualification of hot heat conditions and some conductors fail to handle heat.

Ollie Bearman crashed for the second time this weekend in free practice 3 and, therefore, could not make the car work for a competitive moment. Haas looked at Esteban Ocon well joining his teammate in the back row of the network.

Liam Lawson on Red Bull could only handle the 18 and said The roar After the session, the progress had been made with the Red Bull car, but reflected on the difficulty of scoring the points after the disappointment of Saturday.

“The car was in a better window that was positive, simply not doing the turns made it quite difficult,” Lawson said.

“Obviously, where we are starting, it will be very difficult tomorrow.”

Kimi Antonelli was not much better and explained why the progress of the second stage was lost.

“I was wasting a long time in the lines first because the floor was scrubbing on the track,” said Antonelli.

“I lost some aerodynamic load because obviously the floor was not aligned because a part was in the scratch of the track, so it was definitely quite unfortunate.”

The two qualification was a fairly innocuous session with Gabriel Bortoleto of Kick Sauber doing well to do the session in the first place, surpassing the veteran Nico Hulkenberg, but he went at the end of the session. The rookie fellow Isack Hadjar was the best qualified in the session that ended 11 in a great result for the French.

Both Aston Martins will begin behind Hadjar and prove to be indifferent in terms of their rhythm behind an alpine, both races and Williams. Jack Doohan of Australia was unfortunate to show him the door in 14.

Jack Doohan All Smiles (Photo by Michael Potts/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

A late yellow flag for Lewis Hamilton by Ferrari turning was shown, reducing any possibility that the Australian approaches his teammate. However, Doohan showed positive and was happy to have shown performance the first time.

“Yes, it was good. Q1 was strong that Q2 also looked strong, ”Doohan told The roar.

“I think, you know, we had confidence for the third quarter. I just had bad luck with the yellow flag with Lewis, which brought our chances of that.

But in general, you know, he looked very strong. Even in that return, we were two tens before that happened and that was out of our control.

“So I think we did everything possible to position ourselves well and now we just have to put our heads and wait tomorrow.”

The last part of the qualification saw Williams and Racing Bulls position itself strongly by points on Sunday with Yuki Tsunoda achieving the fifth and matching the best classification performance of the Junior team of Red Bull with Max Verstappen for Torro Rosso in 2016.

Alex Albon will start just behind him in sixth place, beating the winner of last year Carlos Sainz in his first teammate Battle of 2025. Ferrari was not so competitive with Hamilton struggling to adapt to his new machinery, handling only the eighth and Charles Leclerc behind Albon and Tsunoda in the seventh.

The ten best shooting had tones of the 2014 Australian Grand Prix classification, with Australian hopes in recent seconds. Oscar Piastri will begin secondly to Lando Norris after being less than a tenth of his teammate, reflecting the shaved closed by Daniel Ricciardo to the Pole against Hamilton more than a decade ago.

Piastri relaxed while talking about the potential to make history on Sunday.

“It would be really special to achieve (the first victory in the Australia Grand Prix). I am not fixing my view too firmly in that, ”said Piastri.

“Obviously, we have a lot of work to do to maximize the race tomorrow and see what the weather makes first. But it would be very special.

“To have an Australian on the podium, it has not been done in a long time, so it would be a good start. If I can stop in the upper step, I will do everything I can to achieve it. Leaving national pride aside, I also want to do it for myself. ”

Piastri will have to deal with Norris on the front, and Verstappen, who is a damp climate specialist behind hindering the task for the Melburnian.

Everything to play Sunday in Albert Park while we wait to see who opens the season by raising the Sir Jack Brabham trophy and getting to the front foot.