After a week of rest, the Formula 1 has returned to Australian Grand Prixa historic race that had been off the calendar for two seasons due to the COVID-19.
After the first day of action on the track on Friday, the single-seaters returned to the asphalt of the renovated Albert Park on Saturday, April 9 for the third and final free practice session and the classification of the Australian GP, which we will tell you about live here.
The FP3 o Free 3 started at five in the morning from Spain (1:00 p.m. local time in Australia), at a time that in Latin America caught between Friday night and 00:00 on Saturday.
What was the qualifying of the 2022 Australian GP of F1 in Melbourne:
- Day: Saturday April 9, 2022
- Time of the classification of the Australian GP of F1 in Spain: 08:00 a.m. (Spanish peninsular time)
- Time of the classification of the Australian GP of F1 in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama: 01: 00h
- Time of the classification of the Australian GP of F1 in Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay: 02:00h
- Time of the classification of the Australian GP of F1 in Argentina and Uruguay: 03: 00h
The classification started at 08:00 from Spain (4:00 p.m. local time in Australia), with more inconvenient hours for Latin America; at 01:00 a.m. in Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Peru; at 02:00 in Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay; and at 03:00 in Argentina and Uruguay.
Both in the Free Practice 1 with Carlos Sainz as in the Free Practice 2 with Charles Leclerc, Ferrari led the first two free practice sessions of the Australian GP, although until this Saturday we won’t really know where each team is.
In Free 3, Lando Norris surprised everyone with the best time in Albert Park, but also Fernando Alonsowhich was a tenth and a half behind the leader of the session, while the Ferrari and Red Bull remained strong.
Charles Leclerc took a pole position thanks to an incredible lap, but misfortune struck the two Spanish drivers, who stayed in 9th and 10th place. Max Verstappen and Checo Pérez fought until the end of the standings.