Lewis Hamilton stormed to his 50th career pole position in F1 ahead of Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.
Kimi Raikkonen will start fourth ahead of Max Verstappen – who was arguably the star of qualifying.
The new ‘elimination’ format has come under strong criticism due to a lack of on-track action during the final part of qualifying. Many fans have called for the return of last year’s format.
Here’s a selection of the best images from qualifying in Melbourne:
