Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Review
F1: Chequered Flag
BBC
4.2 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
So, Mercedes are going to run away with both the drivers’ and constructors’ titles… right? After their dominant display in the first qualifying session of the season, Harry, Jennie and Marc pick through the bones of what happened. They hear from many of the drivers and discuss what it all means heading into Sunday’s race.
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| 0:41.2 | Five Live Formula One. |
| 0:44.1 | First qualifying of the year is done. |
| 0:48.0 | We have our first look at a pecking order in F1, 2026. |
| 0:53.4 | Qualifying is just finished. We've come out to the paddock and it's |
| 0:56.3 | like we're not even in Australia. It feels like it's about to rain. The wind's picked up. It's |
| 1:00.3 | grey and overcast. I've found my McLaren mechanic, Mark Priestley, our BBCF1 reporter Jenny Gow. My name's |
| 1:06.8 | Harry Benjamin. We're around this little table outside the F1 hospitality just before we get to |
| 1:12.5 | the McLaren hospitality at the top end of the paddock. But McLaren aren't there. The reigning |
| 1:18.0 | champions aren't up front. It is George Russell, Mark, and Mercedes. By a country mile. Yeah, by |
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