Lewis Hamilton qualified P8 for the Australian Grand Prix but with a new car to tame, he predicts a challenging wet race on Sunday.

Briton Norris lapped the lakeside circuit in one minute, 15.096 seconds, 0.084 ahead of Melbourne native Piastri, who will hope to become Australia’s first home winner since the race joined F1’s global calendar in 1985.

Lewis Hamilton admitted he “didn’t expect” his Ferrari to be nine tenths away from pole position in Australian Grand Prix qualifying. Hamilton will line up eighth on his first start for the Scuderia,