QUALIFYING REPORT
L
ewis Hamilton took the first pole position of
the new Formula One season, edging Ferrari’s
Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes team-mate
Valtteri Bottas to take his sixth Australian Grand Prix
pole by three tenths of a second. Home favourite
Daniel Ricciardo crashed out, however, hitting the
wall early in the final part o
driver is set to start tomorr
Hamilton set the pace
10 minutes into the session
That was good enough to
flag, 0.161 of a second ah