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Australia, (Albert Park) Melbourne - Race Results

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:29:30.259
2. Lewis Hamilton +22.2
3. Vitaly Petrov +30.5
4. Fernando Alonso +31.7
5. Mark Webber 58 +38.1
6. Jenson Button +54.3
7. Felipe Massa +85.1
8. Sebastien Buemi  +1 Lap
9. Adrian Sutil  +1 Lap
10. Paul di Resta +1 Lap
11. Jaime Alguersuari +1 Lap
12. Nick Heidfeld  +1 Lap
13. Jarno Trulli +2 Laps
14. Jerome d'Ambrosio +4 Laps
NC 24 Timo Glock +9 Laps
DSQ 17 Sergio Perez
DSQ 16 Kamui Kobayashi
Retired: Rubens Barrichello, Nico Rosberg, Heikki Kovalainen, Michael Schumacher, Pastor Maldonado

Qaulifying Melbourne - starting grid 2011(Albert Park)

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:23.529

2. Lewis Hamilton 1:24.307

3. Mark Webber 1:24.395

4. Jenson Button 1:24.779

5. Fernando Alonso 1:24.974

6. Vitaly Petrov 1:25.247

7. Nico Rosberg 1:25.421

8. Felipe Massa 1:25.599

9. Kamui Kobayashi 1:25.626

10. Sebastian Buemi 1:27.066

11. M. Schumacher 12. J. Alguersuari 13. S. Perez 14. Paul di Resta

15. P. Maldonado 16. A. Sutil 17. R Barichello 18. N. Heidfeld

19. H. Kovalainen 20. J. Trulli 21. T. Glock 22. J. d'Ambrosio

23. V. Luizzi 24. N. Karthikeyan

Practice 3 Australia - Results

1. Sebastian Vettel 1:24.507
2. Mark Webber 1:25.364
3. Lewis Hamilton 1:25.553
4. Jenson Button 1:25.567
5. Vitaly Petrov 1:25.906
6. Fernando Alonso 1:26.121
7. Kamui Kobayashi 1:26.417
8. Nico Rosberg 1:26.520
9. Nick Heidfeld 1:26.746
10. Michael Schumacher 1:26.856
11. Sebastian Buemi 1:27.008
12. Felipe Massa 1:27.011
13. Jaime Alguersuari 1:27.066
14. Paul di Resta 1:27.087
15. Adrian Sutil 1:27.180
16. Barichello 17. Perez 18. Kovalainen 19. Trulli 20. Glock 21. Maldonado 22. Dámbrosio 23. Karthikeyan 24. Liuzzi

Photo of the day - Chandhock fucked up his car during the first practice lap

Practice 1 and 2 in Australia - Results

Practice 2:
1. Jenson Button 1:25.854
2. Lewis Hamilton 1:25.986
3. Fernando Alonso 1:26.001
4. Sebastian Vettel 1:26.014
5. Mark Webber 1:26.283
6. Michael Schumacher 1:26.590
7. Felipe Massa 1:26.789
8. Sergio Perez 1:27.101
9. Rubens Barrichello 1:27.280
10. Nico Rosberg 1:27.448
11. Jaime Alguersuari 1:27.525
12. Vitaly Petrov 1:27.528
13. Nick Heidfeld 1:27.536
14. Sebastian Buemi 1:27.697
15. Kamui Kobayashi 1:28.095
16. Paul di Resta 17. Adrian Sutil 18. Pastor Maldonado 19. Heikki Kovalainen 20. Jarno Trulli 21. Jerome d`Ambrosio 21. Timo Glock 22. Vitantonio Luizzi 24. Narain Karhikeyan


Practice 1:
1. Mark Webber 1:26.831
2. Sebastian Vettel 1:27.158
3. Fernando Alonso 1:27.749
4. Nico Rosberg 1:28.152
5. Rubens Barrichello 1:28.430
6. Jenson Button 7. Lewis Hamilton 8. Michael Schumacher 9. Kamui Kobayashi 10. Vitaly Petrov

Preview 2011 Albert Park - Melbourne, Australia or Qantas Australian GP

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit is a street circuit around Albert Park Lake, only a few kilometres south of central Melbourbe, with a length of 308 km, with 58 laps(each lap 5.3km). This GP has 16 curves, 6 highspeed straight lines(between: 16 and 1, 2 and 3, 5 and 6, 8 and 9, 10 and 11, 12 and 13), 2 slow turns(3 and 15), 3 ideal spots for overtaking(1, 3 and 15) and the top speed is arround 300km/h.

First race was held in 1996 woned by Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher has the lap record - 1:24.125.

Ferrari is dominating the Australian GP with 6 victories (1999-E.Irvine, 2000&2001&2002&2004-M.Schumacher, 2007-K.Raikkonen); next in line are Mclaren with 5 victories (1997&2003-D.Coulthard, 1998-M.Hakkinen, 2008-L.Hamilton, 2010-J.Button), Renault with 2 victories (2005-G.Fisichella, 2006-F.Alonso), Williams with 1 victory (1996-D.Hill) and Brawn GP with 1 victory (2009-J.Button).  
                       

When is not racing, in Melbourne the speed limit is generally 50 km/h which is slower than an F1 car under pit lane speed restrictions. Some short sections have a speed limit of 40 km/h. The back of the track, turns 7 to 13 inclusive, is known as Lakeside Drive. Double lines separate the two-way traffic along most of Lakeside Drive with short road islands approximately every 50 metres, which means overtaking is illegal here.

Last year pole - Sebastian Vettel 1:23.919:

Albert Park circuit - preview with Mark Webber

I wonder if this year will be another series of circuit previews with Mark Webber or Sebastian Vettel...

Rear wings and KERS - explained by RedBull

Nice animation..

Photo of the day

Nothing to post - Melbourne first preview on the street