Formula 1 2011 Discussion

**RandyRhydah** · 22-03-2011 07:22 PM

I don't follow F1 but i'm amazed theres no talk about button running a 1.48 on the mountain today? He said 1.40s are more than possible with a bit more track time.

Craig lowndes holds the V8 record at 2.06

**1900-hustler** · 22-03-2011 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by RandyRhydah

I don't follow F1 but i'm amazed theres no talk about button running a 1.48 on the mountain today? He said 1.40s are more than possible with a bit more track time.

Craig lowndes holds the V8 record at 2.06

yeah i heard about it earlier today

it was actually just shown on RPM

**Vvvtec** · 25-03-2011 12:20 PM

I've been trackside for 45 minutes and I feel Redbull are going to walk this season... The speed Webber is able to carry through corners 1 & 2 is phenomenal.

**hooyn** · 26-03-2011 04:51 PM

hey vvvtec are you down there with peter or steven?

かむいがすごいよ

**Kenshin3180** · 26-03-2011 08:02 PM

Saw Adrian Sutil's spin in front of us today, was an incredible save and effort not to hit the wall. If anyone was at federation square on thursday to see Alonso, you may have seen me get a photo with him on stage than drive the Ferrari f1 simulator.

**dc2r-0636** · 26-03-2011 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Kenshin3180

Saw Adrian Sutil's spin in front of us today, was an incredible save and effort not to hit the wall. If anyone was at federation square on thursday to see Alonso, you may have seen me get a photo with him on stage than drive the Ferrari f1 simulator.

what a save that was!

**RandyRhydah** · 26-03-2011 08:53 PM

Was that the one down the main straight? my jaw dropped the second i saw it leave the track and it hit the fking ground when he saved it...

**Vvvtec** · 26-03-2011 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by hooyn

hey vvvtec are you down there with peter or steven?

かむいがすごいよ

Nah mate, sorry I'm down with Pat :P

**1900-hustler** · 28-03-2011 02:19 PM

Soo yeah that was a pretty eventful race...

As expected Seb smashed the field and was pretty convincing ..
Hamilton was also on pace which is a good indication that they will be competitive all year long..
Petrov put in an epic drive for 3rd - looks like that Lotus Renault will be up there also (its a shame we wont see Kubica driving it)
Webber was pretty gutted and understandably so - poor guy, cant catch a break in his home GP..

Sauber are appealing a disqualification on both their cars for infringements on their rear wing design.
Its a shame as both Perez and Kobayashi drove well - couldnt believe Perez did a 1 stopper! (could be cos of the rear wing though LOL!)

So the provisional results are as follows:

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
Provisional Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 58 1:29:30.259 1 25
2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +22.2 secs 2 18
3 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 58 +30.5 secs 6 15
4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +31.7 secs 5 12
5 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 58 +38.1 secs 3 10
6 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 +54.3 secs 4 8
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +85.1 secs 8 6
8 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 10 4
9 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 16 2
10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 14 1
11 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 12
12 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 57 +1 Lap 18
13 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 56 +2 Laps 20
14 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 54 +4 Laps 22
NC 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 49 +9 Laps 21
DSQ 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 58 +65.8 secs 13
DSQ 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 58 +76.8 secs 9
Ret 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 48 Transmission 17
Ret 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 22 Accident damage 7
Ret 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 19 Water leak 19
Ret 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 19 Puncture damage 11
Ret 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 9 Transmission 15
Perez and Kobayashi originally finished seventh and eighth, but were disqualified for rear wing infringements.