2010 FORMULA 1 Australian Grand Prix Thread

[b555]

here are the standings after qualifying : 1.Sebastian Vettel 2.Mark Webber 3.Fernando Alonso 4.Jenson Button 5.Felipe Massa 6.Nico Rosberg 7.Michael Schumacher 8.Rubens Barrichello 9.Robert Kubica 10.Adrian Sutil

[Clarke]

If they do not face reliability issues, Red Bull are the champs this yr. Lets hope Sutil gains some positions.

[jusarrived]

surprised to see Karun actually marched Brunos pace here & they have closed the gap from pole to 5 seconds . both the cars should have been in q3 , Liuzzi was quite unlucky . Hopefully points for both the drivers here . FI has agood chance of finishing in top5 for Constructors c'ship

[b555]

Lap 39: Just under 20 laps to go now... McLaren looking very strong here following Vettel's retirment. Hamilton sets the fastest lap but Webber goes even quicker! button is leading schumi in 12th :((

[b555]

button of mclaren wins the australian grand prix

[cндябеяs]

vettel can keep his finger up his *** now:hehe: even when sutil doesnt do anything wrong he cant catch a break!:cantstop:

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           1h33:36.531
 2.  Kubica        Renault                    +    12.034
 3.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    14.488
 4.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    16.304
 5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    16.683
 6.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    29.898
 7.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +    59.847
 8.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:00.536
 9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +  1:07.319
10.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:09.391
11.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:11.301
12.  De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:14.084
13.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    2 laps
14.  Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps

Fastest lap: 

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              41
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             26
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              25
Sutil         Force India-Mercedes         12
Petrov        Renault                      10
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 5
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           1
Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth            1
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               1


World Championship standings, round 2:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Alonso        37        1.  Ferrari                    70
 2.  Massa         33        2.  McLaren-Mercedes           54
 3.  Button        31        3.  Mercedes                   29
 4.  Hamilton      23        4.  Red Bull-Renault           18
 5.  Rosberg       20        5.  Renault                    18
 6.  Kubica        18        6.  Force India-Mercedes        8
 7.  Vettel        12        7.  Williams-Cosworth           5
 8.  Schumacher     9       
 9.  Liuzzi         8       
10.  Webber         6       
11.  Barrichello    5       

[b555]

how did u insert the table as u did above ??

[Roshanrocks]

Liuzzi at number 7..... whiste whistle....

[b555]

Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions that Formula One racing is boring. A rain shower just before the start saw the field start on intermediate Bridgestone tyres, and after a brush between Button, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher, then a heavy crash involving BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi and Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg in Turn Six, the safety car was deployed. When racing resumed on Lap Five drivers then had to judge the best time to switch to slick tyres as the track began to dry out in places. Button made the decision first, but it seemed premature as he momentarily slid off the road as he rejoined from his pit stop on Lap Six. By Lap Eight, however there were wholesale pit stops as the road dried out, by which time the Englishman had climbed back up the order. When the final stops had been completed by Lap 11 Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel had a one-second lead over Button, with hard-tyred Robert Kubica third for Renault ahead of a mighty scrap between Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, fast-starting Felipe Massa for Ferrari, Red Bull’s Mark Webber and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton as, further back, Alonso recovered having been spun to the back of the pack at the start. Soon Vettel and Button had left Kubica to his own devices, and the Red Bull driver seemed to have things under control. But on the 20th lap the German speared off into the gravel in Turn 13, handing Button the lead he held comfortably until the end. It is possible that the Red Bull suffered a brake failure. Behind Button, Kubica drove a brilliant race to hold off Hamilton, who had fought up to third after passing Webber and Massa. But a second tyre stop dropped the 2008 champion back and obliged him to fight again to catch Massa and Alonso who moved to third and fourth places. Hamilton and Webber had a fabulous fight as they drew closer and closer to the red cars, with Rosberg pulling up to join them and make the fight for second a six-car affair in the closing stages. On Lap 56 Hamilton got alongside and fractionally ahead of Alonso, but the Spaniard braked super late, locked up and just maintained the position, and as Hamilton was obliged to back off a fraction Webber charged into the back of him, spinning them both off. more

[Clarke]

Poor Vettel, kid must be devastated yet again .. Sutil deserves a better deal as well :hitler: Was a fantastic race though, so much action :--D

[jusarrived]

Btw Narain had a pretty good NASCAR debut , finished 13th of 40 drivers & I read he was leading for a long time .