Australian GP Qualifying and Grid.

[wombat666]

Qualifying.

1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:24.774 1:24.096 1:23.919 19
2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:25.286 1:24.276 1:24.035 20
3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.082 1:24.335 1:24.111 22
4 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.897 1:24.531 1:24.675 19
5 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.548 1:25.010 1:24.837 24
6 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 1:24.788 1:24.788 1:24.884 26
7 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 1:25.351 1:24.871 1:24.927 24
8 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:25.702 1:25.085 1:25.217 20
9 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:25.588 1:25.122 1:25.372 23
10 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:25.504 1:25.046 1:26.036 24
11 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.046 1:25.184 13
12 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:26.061 1:25.638 17
13 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:26.170 1:25.743 19
14 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.089 1:25.747 15
15 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:25.866 1:25.748 17
16 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.251 1:25.777 16
17 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:26.095 1:26.089 16
18 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:26.471 10
19 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:28.797 9
20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:29.111 8
21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:29.592 8
22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:30.185 8
23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:30.526 10
24 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:30.613 10

Huge effort by Rubens Barrichello to get the Williams-Cosworth (which is a bit of a dog!) up there.
Nice to see Rosberg in front of his 'team mate' again.
P2 for Webber is not all bad, his line will have been rubbered up and pretty clean for the start and he has the inside running for turn 1.
Been a long day, qualifying was entertaining but the support races were better ........:ernae:

 

[Ferry_vO]

Vettel's lap was the fastest F1 lap ever round Albert Park, beating Michael Schumacher's 2004 record..

 

[wombat666]

Vettel's lap was the fastest F1 lap ever round Albert Park, beating Michael Schumacher's 2004 record..

And it looked like it Ferry!!!
Some ragged edge moments indeed.

 

[Cazzie]

Ragged indeed, but what a hoot. SPEED, via Aussie TV, took us on board during that hot lap. Whew, talk about driving on the edge!

Enjoyable hour and fifteen minutes, qualifying at an F-1 event is often better than the race, surely more exciting because you really do not know the outcome until the final car crosses the line after the checker.

Looks like rain for your event and my event wombat. Course rain doesn't upset your event, only makes it better!

But I may be a no-show at Martinsville tomorrow if the forecast holds true, 70% chance of rain, temps in the mid-50s. Good thing is, if I hold and the race is called due to rain and rescheduled tomorrow, I can be a vulture and get a ticket for next to nothing. :ernae:

Caz