Australian GP 2011 - Albert Park, 24-27 March

[marcush.]

the sign of a exceptional F1 driver is that he delivers on a constant basis.We have seen A lot of drivers come in with a bang ...Alesi as one example ,but you just cannot base your judgement on results in lower classes as you cannot based on some occasions.

Rosberg ,Schumacher,Alonso or Heidfeld are not better nor worse due to this one race and it´s the ways of handling the situation that will show their true color.But then we have those who can make a final judgement based on this race ...when we all know that australia is notorious for surprise one off results.

[andartop]

Nick Heidfeld's race was apparently compromised by damage picked up in the first corner:

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2557 ... by-damage/

What on earth was Rubens thinking? The most experienced driver on the grid keeps doing rookie mistakes. I wonder if he's going to write about all that in his book as well...

Massa looks like he's gonna have another year struggling with his tires. Maybe a swap with one of Sauber's drivers wouldn't be a bad idea.

Hats off to RBR, McLaren and Petrov: =D>

Sauber quickly turning into my favourite team!

Can't wait till the next race.

[marcush.]

starting from the back and getting stripped of half of your aero in the first lap may be
an explanation for Petrov being able to drive 2 seconds quicker suddenly.
Still you cannot afford to miss Q2 in a car of the quality of the Renault.
But then Alonso,Massa and Hamilton did things like that not too long ago.It happens even if it is unexcuseable.

[ESPImperium]

Both Saubers excluded:

http://adamcooperf1.com/

[andrew]

Looking at the result (I'm watching the race at the moment) it did give me a smile to see Petrov finish just over a second in front of Alonso. I await the deployment of Alonso's tiny fists of fury!

It was a good bit of racing between Massa and Button. That's what we want to see from Massa! Then Ferrari shot the fox and played the team orders, very sad but legal.

Great result for Vettel and Petrov though.

[beelsebob]

Do we have any news on Hamilton's floor? Is that P2 going to stick or not?

[Gaara]

does anybody know where to get the official results from FIA website..

[andartop]

What do you mean unexcuseable?

A certain 7 time world champion has also done quite a few mistakes lately.

He also happened to be the guy who blocked Nick Heidfeld during Q1, therefore partly to blame for Heidfeld missing out on Q2, but got away with it with a warning.

Not to even mention, as you said, Alonso, Massa, Hamilton, as well as the reigning World Champion and most experienced driver on the grid.

All I'm saying, give the guy a break.

[ESPImperium]

does anybody know where to get the official results from FIA website..

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... _page.aspx

Pretty much the bible page for us tech heads.

[beelsebob]

Ah nice, looks from the technical report that hamilton's car was declared legal. Such a shame about the saubers – that was a great result for them.

[andrew]

Di Resta gets his first point in F1! =D>

[Mr Alcatraz]

Both Saubers excluded:

http://adamcooperf1.com/

....

[zgred]

Saubers disqualified

The FIA has announced that the two Sauber-Ferrari's have been disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix results because the top element of the rear wing was found to not conform with the rules, and were infringing on the dimensions of the bodywork in the diffuser area.

The Sauber team has announced that it intends to appeal the decision.

[andrew]

Good that they are appealing but the rules are the rules, so we will just have to see what transpires.

I'm surprised at Hamilton's result being allowed to stand. The undertray of the car was clearly dislodged and as such dangerous. Now I read that Hamilton was tampering with it in parc ferme?! As pointed out by David Coulthard there have been instances in the past where lesser and accidental damage have led to either someone being hauled into the pits for repairs or even disqualification. I think he was lucky today to not be hauled up for this.

[Goran2812]

I think he was lucky today to not be hauled up for this.

+1

I think he was worried as hell that the car wont pass... Could see it on his face during the press conference...