Max Verstappen will start at the back on Sunday after crashing at the start of his first flying lap in qualifying
George Russell took an imposing pole position as Mercedes dominated the first qualifying session of a new era of Formula 1 at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Briton led team-mate Kimi Antonelli by 0.363 seconds and was 0.785secs clear of Red Bull's Isack Hadjar in third place.
Max Verstappen crashed on his first lap to leave a degree of doubt as to the extent of Mercedes' superiority, but it was an impressive start to a new period of regulations by the former champions.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fourth fastest, with the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris separating him from his team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
