Leclerc beats Verstappen to pole in Australia

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc grabbed pole from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the end of a dramatic qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix.  The final session was interrupted by a red flag following a crash for Fernando Alonso’s Alpine after an apparent hydraulic failure.  Leclerc had just set the fastest time when Alonso went off, […]

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc grabbed pole from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the end of a dramatic qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix. 

The final session was interrupted by a red flag following a crash for Fernando Alonso’s Alpine after an apparent hydraulic failure. 

Leclerc had just set the fastest time when Alonso went off, but was beaten by Verstappen when the session resumed. 

But Leclerc pulled out a fine lap at the end to take pole by 0.286 seconds. 

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took third, with McLaren’s Lando Norris fourth ahead of the Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.