Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris both shouldered the blame for their respective disappointing results in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
Mercedes were the big winners on Saturday, given how their campaign has gone so far. George Russell went second fastest with Lewis Hamilton just one place behind to finally give Silver Arrows fans something to cheer about this season.
Ferrari and McLaren were also hoping to have reason to be cheerful after qualifying, given their own tepid starts to the 2023 campaign. But their was little joy for either of them to find as they were off the pace again and left themselves with work to do in the race.
