V Albert Parku už tento víkend burácajú motory Formuly 1. V sobotu ráno nášho času bola na programe kvalifikácia.
Víťazom kvalifikácie sa stal úradujúci majster sveta Sebastian Vettel v monoposte Red Bull RB7. Ten nadelil aj svojmu kolegovi Webberovi skoro 8 desatín sekundy.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Austrálie:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:25,296 | 1:24,090 | 1:23,529 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25,384 | 1:24,595 | 1:24,307 | 0,778 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:25,900 | 1:24,658 | 1:24,395 | 0,866 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25,886 | 1:24,957 | 1:24,779 | 1,250 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25,707 | 1:25,242 | 1:24,974 | 1,445 |
| 6 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:25,543 | 1:25,582 | 1:25,247 | 1,718 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:25,856 | 1:25,606 | 1:25,421 | 1,892 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26,031 | 1:25,611 | 1:25,599 | 2,070 |
| 9 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25,717 | 1:25,405 | 1:25,626 | 2,097 |
| 10 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:26,232 | 1:25,882 | 1:27,066 | 3,537 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:25,962 | 1:25,971 | ||
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:26,620 | 1:26,103 | ||
| 13 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25,812 | 1:26,108 | ||
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27,222 | 1:26,739 | ||
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:26,298 | 1:26,768 | ||
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26,245 | 1:31,407 | ||
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:26,270 | |||
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27,239 | |||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:29,254 | |||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:29,342 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:29,858 | |||
| 22 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:30,822 | |||
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:32,978 | |||
| 24 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:34,293 |
