Formula One 2010

[LUKIE]

Fuck that. That was the best thing Webber has ever done. Sadly it didn't knock him out of the race.

Fuck Hamilton.

[Fry_4000]

Fuck that. That was the best thing Webber has ever done. Sadly it didn't knock him out of the race.

Fuck Hamilton.

my thoughts exactly. him complaing on his radio wasnt going to help him, all it did was make him look bad. Overall though it was a really great race and a great drive from Button. Kubica did really well to finish 2nd also.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Yeah Button! Mah boyeeeee!

Loved the plan to stop before everyone else and just keep running. Bad luck on Vettel but Button is just excellent at these kinds of races and is now 2/2 in the last two years in Aus.

[Lineker]

F1 boring? Pah. What a great race - just another reason why Albert Park should always open the season. Shame on the New South Wales announcing plans to steal the race from Melbourne.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS


The Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia;

58 laps; 307.574km;

Weather: Wet then dry.


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       


All timing unofficial[/code]

Really pleased for Chandhok. Finished a race!

[LUKIE]

Don't be pleased for him. He shouldn't even be driving.

[Rich]

Don't be pleased for him. He shouldn't even be driving.

Quiet you!

I loved the race, Webber hitting Hamilton was a bit stupid, but thats racing.

I was so glad Vettel dropped out, I really don't like the guy following a couple of his outbursts last season, and his constant "no.1" gestures yesterday really fucking grated on me. I just laughed at how it meant nothing when he went out. Seriously Fuck Vettel.

But... BUTTON The guy is just fucking immense, and wow, does the guy just continues to impress me.

[Hornswoggle4PM]

Virgin and HRT are embarrassing to watch right now. I can't recall two worse debuts since Mastercard Lola in 1997...

Midland and Super Aguri in the same year? Ide was awful, and an accomplished driver in Sato could do nothing for the Aguri.

And also...

WEBBER! Why do you have to almost get there every time?

Agreeing with everyone who hates Hamilton and loves Kubica. The man didn't flinch when he was about to be passed, just got on with the job. Alguersuari held back Schu for the whole race, but as soon as he got away he overtook de la Rosa. Massa looked really shaky early on but settled down and did well to get back after being passed. The sooner we get a day start back, the better. It's getting too dangerous now.

[LUKIE]

WEBBER! Why do you have to almost get there every time?

Because he is genuinely not that great a driver. Even with some of the best cars behind him, he usually flops. To be honest, he wouldn't even have made it to Formula 1 if it wasn't for his cougar wife.

[Rich]

WEBBER! Why do you have to almost get there every time?

Because he is genuinely not that great a driver. Even with some of the best cars behind him, he usually flops. To be honest, he wouldn't even have made it to Formula 1 if it wasn't for his cougar wife.

Webber isn't that great a driver, but its not like he is awful.

He also go in to F1 because of Eddie Jordan introducing him to Paul Stoddard who then signed him for an intial 3-race contract for his Minardi team, his performance at his first race (in Australia) got him the full-time drive.

He is not married.

His girlfriend (who he lives with along with her son from a previous relationship) is hardly a cougar, in fact she is hardly good looking .

Pic for reference:

[Lineker]

They must really be madly in love.

There can't be any other reason

[Rich]

They must really be madly in love.

There can't be any other reason

My point exactly, either that because he is Australian he is either:

1) Drunk all the time and has perma beer-goggles

2) Is using her for her money, much like all those criminals who live in Australia

I am joking before you all jump on my case.

[LUKIE]

Her family is heavily associated with Formula 3, which lead to Webber getting involved... and then continue on with Richies story.

I never said he was terrible... but he isn't as great as a lot of people make him out to be.

[Lineker]

Sidepod-mounted mirrors are to be banned from post-Malaysia onwards [EDIT - now postponed until the Spanish GP because teams complained to the FIA that there was not enough time to make modifications to their cars in time for the next race], due to safety concerns. Vettel has already come out and said that he fears this will have a big aerodynamic effect on the RB6.

Fairuz Fauzy will be replacing Heikki in a Lotus during one of the practice sessions.

Finally, Michelin are supposedly on the verge of returning from F1 from 2011 onwards, taking the place of the departing Bridgestone. However there may well end up being more than just one sole supplier.

Here are the results of P1 & P2 from Sepang.

P1


Pos  Driver         Team                    Time               Laps

 1.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:34.921  		19 

 2.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:35.106  + 0.185   19

 3.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:35.207  + 0.286   25

 4.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:35.225  + 0.304   14

 5.  Kubica         Renault                 1:35.402  + 0.481   22

 6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:35.479  + 0.558   22

 7.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:35.955  + 1.034   20 

 8.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:35.959  + 1.038   20

 9.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:35.043  + 1.122   19

10.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:36.100  + 1.179   20

11.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:36.451  + 1.530   22

12.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:36.503  + 1.582   28

13.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:36.645  + 1.724   18

14.  Petrov         Renault                 1:36.712  + 1.791    9

15.  di Resta       Force India-Mercedes    1:36.891  + 1.970   25

16.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:36.899  + 1.978   24

17.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:37.802  + 2.881   27

18.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:38.278  + 3.357   18

19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:39.460  + 4.539   21

20.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:39.755  + 4.834   17

21.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:40.159  + 5.238   25

22.  Fauzy          Lotus-Cosworth          1:40.721  + 5.800   19

23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:41.832  + 6.911   27

24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth            1:41.966  + 7.045   24


All Timing Unofficial[/code]




[code]P2


Pos  Driver         Team                    Time                Laps

 1.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:34.175		27 

 2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:34.441  + 0.266   28

 3.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:34.443  + 0.268   30

 4.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:34.538  + 0.363   24

 5.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:34.674  + 0.499   30

 6.  Kubica         Renault                 1:35.148  + 0.973   34

 7.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:35.581  + 1.406   34

 8.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:35.660  + 1.485   39

 9.  Petrov         Renault                 1:35.872  + 1.697   20

10.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:35.957  + 1.782   32 

11.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:36.018  + 1.843   38

12.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:36.221  + 2.046   34

13.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:36.325  + 2.150   33

14.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:36.325  + 2.150   39

15.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:36.602  + 2.427   30

16.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:36.813  + 2.638   26

17.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:37.415  + 3.240   19

18.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:38.454  + 4.279   34

19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:38.530  + 4.355   32 

20.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:38.786  + 4.558   13

21.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:39.061  + 4.886   23

22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:39.158  + 4.983   29

23.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth            1:41.084  + 6.909   27

24.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:41.481  + 7.306   32


All Timing Unofficial

[Lineker]

Incredible what some rain can do to Formula 1 cars. Red flags, both Ferrari's and Lewis out in Q1, Button spinning off and going out in Q2, a Lotus reaching Q2 in their home GP (as well as Glock's Virgin), a strong showing from Hulkenberg, Webber's first pole of 2010 (keeping Red Bull's streak going) and more.

P3


Pos  Driver       Car                   Time       Gap       Laps

 1.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      1m33.542s            17

 2.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.559s  + 0.017s  14

 3.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      1m33.587s  + 0.045s  17

 4.  Alonso       Ferrari               1m33.751s  + 0.209s  19

 5.  Schumacher   Mercedes              1m33.992s  + 0.450s  15

 6.  Rosberg      Mercedes              1m34.090s  + 0.548s  13

 7.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m34.113s  + 0.581s  16

 8.  Massa        Ferrari               1m34.174s  + 0.632s  15

 9.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m34.540s  + 0.998s  13

10.  Kubica       Renault               1m34.549s  + 1.007s  17

11.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m34.623s  + 1.081s  11

12.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.673s  + 1.131s  19

13.  Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth     1m34.882s  + 1.340s  13

14.  Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  1m34.957s  + 1.415s  16

15.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m35.026s  + 1.484s  16

16.  Petrov       Renault               1m35.076s  + 1.534s  17

17.  de la Rosa   Sauber-Ferrari        1m35.477s  + 1.935s  18

18.  Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari        1m36.404s  + 2.862s  19

19.  Glock        Virgin-Cosworth       1m37.299s  + 3.757s  15

20.  Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth        1m37.369s  + 3.827s  16

21.  Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m38.161s  + 4.619s  18

22.  di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth       1m38.783s  + 5.241s  13

23.  Senna        Hispania-Cosworth     1m39.868s  + 6.326s  19

24.  Chandhok     Hispania-Cosworth     1m39.895s  + 6.353s  16


All timing unofficial[/code]




[code]Qualifying Grid


Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3

 1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:51.886  1:48.210  1:49.327

 2.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:52.560  1:47.417  1:50.673

 3.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:47.632  1:46.828  1:50.789

 4.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:49.479  1:47.085  1:50.914

 5.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:49.664  1:47.346  1:51.001

 6.  Kubica         Renault                1:46.283  1:46.951  1:51.051

 7.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:50.301  1:48.371  1:51.511

 8.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:52.239  1:48.400  1:51.717

 9.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:48.467  1:47.792  1:51.767

10.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:49.922  1:48.238  1:52.254

11.  Petrov         Renault                1:47.952  1:48.760

12.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:47.153  1:48.771

13.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:48.945  1:49.207

14.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:48.655  1:49.464

15.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:52.875  1:52.270

16.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:52.398  1:52.520

17.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:52.211

18.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:52.884

19.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:53.044

20.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:53.050

21.  Massa          Ferrari                1:53.283

22.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth           1:56.299

23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:57.269

24.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:59.977

In other news, USF1 has shut its doors for good. Good.

[GA!]

I'm surprised nobody made mention of Virgin making it to Q2 too during the BBC footage, despite all the Lotus build-up beforehand. They're much worse than Lotus are.

[Fry_4000]

Amazing what rain can do. Now we get to see alonso, massa and hamilton come through the field. Hopefully they will be some rain tomorrow as well.

[Gazz]

3 races, 3 different winners, 3 different teams doing a 1-2, 8 different drivers on the podium.

Something tells me this season is going to be rather interesting.

[LUKIE]

I can't believe Webber gave up the lead so easily on the first corner.

Disgusting.

[Lineker]

Another good race with lots of great individual drives. Shame about the lack of rain though but I won't complain.

The Malaysian Grand Prix

Sepang F1 Circuit, Malaysia;

56 laps; 310.408km;

Weather: Sunny.


Pos  Driver       Team                  Gap

 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault

 2.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      + 4.8s

 3.  Rosberg      Mercedes              + 13.5s

 4.  Kubica       Renault               + 18.5s

 5.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  + 21.0s

 6.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      + 23.4s

 7.  Massa        Ferrari               + 27.0s

 8.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes      + 37.9s

 9.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    + 1m10.6s

10.  Hulkenberg   Williams              + 1m13.3s

11.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    + 1m18.9s

12.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     + 1 lap

13.  Alonso       Ferrari               + 2 laps

14.  Di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth       + 3 laps

15.  Chandhok     Hispania-Cosworth     + 3 laps

16.  Senna        Hispania-Cosworth     + 4 laps

17.  Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth        + 5 laps


Not classified/retirements:


     Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        46 laps

     Petrov       Renault               32 laps

     Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  12 laps

     Schumacher   Mercedes              9 laps

     Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari        8 laps

     Glock        Virgin-Cosworth       2 laps

     De la Rosa   Sauber-Ferrari        0 laps


Fastest lap: Webber 1m37.054s 


World Championship standings, round 3:


Drivers:                   Constructors:

 1.  Massa         39       1.  Ferrari                    76

 2.  Vettel        37       2.  McLaren-Mercedes           66

 3.  Alonso        37       3.  Red Bull-Renault           61

 4.  Button        35       4.  Mercedes                   44

 5.  Rosberg       35       5.  Renault                    30

 6.  Hamilton      31       6.  Force India-Mercedes       18

 7.  Kubica        30       7.  Williams-Cosworth           6

 8.  Webber        24       8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          2

 9.  Sutil         10

10.  Schumacher     9

11.  Liuzzi         8

12.  Barrichello    5

13.  Alguersuari    2

14.  Hulkenberg     1[/code]


Special mention to Alonso - driving the whole race as he did without a clutch? That's pretty amazing.

[Adam]

3 races, 3 different winners, 3 different teams doing a 1-2, 8 different drivers on the podium.

Something tells me this season is going to be rather interesting.

Did I miss Robert Kubica becoming Jenson Button's teammate in Australia? But you're right, it's looking very open and varied so far, it's far better to have several competitive teams, 5-6 drivers are right in there at the top.

Anyway, only caught the end of Malaysia as I was asleep, but good to see Red Bull finally getting the win they deserve, clearly got the fastest car and it's just been reliability so far. Good to see Alguersuari and Hulkenberg getting their first points too.