Overview
- Theophile Nael set a 1:34.187 to take the season’s first pole at Albert Park, edging teammate Ugo Ugochukwu by 0.021 seconds.
- Ugochukwu clipped the Turn 10 DRS board and damaged his front wing before returning to post a 1:34.208 for second.
- Rookies impressed with Trident’s Freddie Slater qualifying third and ART Grand Prix’s Maciej Gładysz fourth.
- Qualifying was red-flagged after Matteo De Palo crashed at Turn 10, triggering deletion of his best lap under F3 rules.
- Bruno Del Pino’s P12 puts him on Sprint Race pole via the reverse grid, with Enzo Deligny starting alongside.