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Mar201026

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Australia Practice 2 – Lewis Hamiton and Jenson Button take McLaren to the top

The second practice session in Melbourne was affected by the rain as the teams hit in the garages for some of the session and practised pit stops. The session ended with all the teams trying to put in some times but it was Lewis Hamilton and McLaren that came out on top closely followed by Jenson Button.
Mark Webber showed the pace of the Red Bull by taking the second slot and Michael Schumacher took the fourth spot and finally beat Rosberg in the times. Vitaly Petrov underlined the fact that the Renault seems hooked up at the Australian circuit by posting the fifth fastest time – even if they are running light that’s better than last time out.
The Virgins and the HRT Cosworths/Hispania Racing cars didn’t really make an appearance either – finishing the race is going to be an uphill struggle for both these teams this weekend. Lotus however [...]

Mar201026

Rob

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Australia Practice 1 – Robert Kubica takes the top spot for Renault

Robert Kubica has put himself and Renault at the top of the timesheets in the first practice session at the Albert Park circuit in Melborne. Rosberg, Button and Massa take the next three spots with Vettel taking the fifth place all with very similar times.
With the teams all using different fuel loads it’s hard to compare the times at the sharp end but further down the grid the Force India reserve driver Paul di Resta acquitted himself well finishing the session just a third of a second behind Liuzzi in his role as Friday tester for the team in place of Sutil.
The Sauber’s times mask a dreadful session for them where Kobayashi caused two red flag, de la Rosa’s car stopped out on track and the stewards want a word about one of the Kobayashi accidents, not the start to the weekend that they would have wanted given their poor [...]

Mar201013

Rob

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Bahrain qualifying, Red Bull and Sebastien Vettel storm to Pole ahead of the Ferraris

Sebastien Vettel took pole position with an outstanding lap to ensure that the Red Bull has a chance in the race tomorrow. It seems that the team that finished last year strongest continues that form. The Ferrari looks quick though so watch out tomorrow Sebastien.
Q1
The first session saw the elimination of all the new teams cars along with Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso. Senna beat Chandhok, Timo Glock beat both the Lotus‘ along with his Virgin team mate and Trulli outqualified Kovalainen.
Q2
Q3 saw all the teams go for the soft tyres as they are all unsure of everybody elses pace, this is the key session for the midfield teams and it was the Renault of Kubica and the Force India of Sutil that managed to get through. Jenson Button only just squeezed through in the last few seconds as the McLarens still seem berift of pace today.
Q3
In the final [...]

Mar201013

Rob

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Free Practice 3, Alonso and Ferrari take the honours

The last free practice session has finished and Fernando Alonso underlined the pace of the Ferrari by topping the times in the last free practice session for the Bahrain GP, he beat Nico Rosberg into second place in the Mercedes.
Red Bull finally move to the sharp end of the times taking 3rd and 5th places and pushing the McLarens down to 7th and 12th. The Mercedes still look strong with Rosberg their fastest driver. The Sauber still seems to be disappointing with only managing 13th and 17th after the pace that they showed in pre-season testing.
Karun Chandhok still didn’t get the HRT car out of the garage, hopefully he’ll be able to complete a lap in qualifying so that he can compete in the race otherwise it makes a bit of a mockery of the team getting to the race.
Times in full:
1. Alonso Ferrari 1:54.099
2. Rosberg Mercedes 1:54.368
3. Webber Red [...]

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