2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

[phil1993]

Driver Ratings

[phil1993]

[iceman1]

Liuzzi is doing a Superb Job, he is just point behind Michael and two ahead of Webber.

Bahrain : he started from P12, finished in P9 (2 points)
Australia : he started from P13, finished in p7 (6 points)

[Zack]

Liuzzi is doing a Superb Job, he is just point behind Michael and two ahead of Webber.

Bahrain : he started from P12, finished in P9 (2 points)
Australia : he started from P13, finished in p7 (6 points)

Yeah, Liuzzi is making his mark. ATM Sutil bit out of luck like Vettel. Overall Force India is in great position this year despite few key personnel departure.

When was the last DNS?

[phil1993]

I think Glock at Japan last year counts as a DNS

Webber has been given a reprimand, no penalty

[Fergie1]

I think Glock at Japan last year counts as a DNS

Webber has been given a reprimand, no penalty

And that is bull.

[phil1993]

Yeah, I can list a few examples in recent years where drivers have been penalised for less but I suppose I'd rather see drivers risk a clash than just immediately get a penalty as F1 in recent years has become too strict and kind of 'OH MY GOD, SLIGHT CORNER CUT, BAN HIM' and we need to go back to reel racin'

[Fergie1]

Actually on second thoughts, and after the anger of waking up at 9am and having to watch the race on a DVD has passed I have to agree with what they were saying on the forum that penalising that would set a bad precedent.

Excellent win for Button and McLaren however.

[phil1993]

Its the third time in four years that the champion's first win of the year came in the second race:

2007 - Alonso (Malaysia)
2008 - Raikkonen (Malaysia)
2010 - Button (Australia)

The other two years, the driver that won the first race: Raikkonen in 07 and Hamilton in 08, won the championship.

Also, the two races so far have been won by drivers who changed teams over the winter, usurping their established team mates

[swca92]

Schumacher was with Alonso after lap 1 - look how far apart they were at the end. Sobering stuff really, he had no pace today at all and so far has been consistently outpaced by Rosberg.

[iceman1]

Fastest Laps

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1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1′28.358	
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1′28.489	0.131
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1′28.506	0.148
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1′29.185	0.827
5	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1′29.210	0.852
6	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1′29.291	0.933
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1′29.537	1.179
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	1′29.570	1.212
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1′29.685	1.327
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1′29.707	1.349
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1′29.713	1.355
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber-Ferrari	1′30.587	2.229
13	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1′31.556	3.198
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1′33.638	5.280
15	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1′34.230	5.872
16	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1′35.045	6.687
17	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1′36.607	8.249
18	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1′43.132	14.774
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1′43.223	14.865
20	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	2′21.240	52.882

[Zack]

Schumacher was with Alonso after lap 1 - look how far apart they were at the end. Sobering stuff really, he had no pace today at all and so far has been consistently outpaced by Rosberg.

Not a big deal. Alonso had Ferrari which is very much faster than Mercedes and level of confidence in the car is not at par with Alonso/Rosberg.

[phil1993]

Lotus still have a 100% finishing record as Trulli did not start the race.

[Zack]

FIA Timing Information

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http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session1-classification.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session1-times.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session2-classification.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session2-times.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session3-classification.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-session3-times.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-qualifying-classification.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-qualifying-times.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-qualifying-speeds.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-qualifying-sectors.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-qualifying-trap.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-classification.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-grid.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-chart.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-analysis.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-laps.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-history.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-speeds.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-summary.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-sectors.pdf
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/aus-race-trap.pdf

[harrisv48]

2 bud for schumi! I hope in the next race will be stronger!