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Practice 1:

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Robert Kubica Poland Renault 1:26.927
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 1:27.126
3. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.482
4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:27.511
5. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:27.686
6. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 1:27.747
7. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.793
8. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.014
9. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 1:28.114
10. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 1:28.192
11. Paul de Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1:28.537
12. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 1:28.550
13. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.572
14. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:28.683
15. Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:29.465
16. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1:29.712
17. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1:30.249
18. Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.588
19. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 1:31.652
20. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 1:31.654
21. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.831
22. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth 1:33.401
23. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth 1:34.251
24. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1:34.925

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Practice 2:

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.801
2. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.076
3. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:26.248
4. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 1:26.511
5. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 1:26.732
6. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.832
7. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:26.834
8. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 1:26.835
9. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1:26.904
10. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 1:26.956
11. Robert Kubica Poland Renault 1:27.108
12. Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.108
13. Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.455
14. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1:27.545
15. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 1:29.025
16. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:29.134
17. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:29.591
18. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 1:29.860
19. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.510
20. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.695
21. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.117
22. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth No Time
23. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth No Time
24. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth No Time

speedemon90

Is it suppose to rain for the race? Haha i hope it does now since I alrdy picked hamilton as race leader. IMO he is one of the best drivers in the rain, well he is alrdy one of the best but few can compete with him in the rain.

Chief F1 Fan

^^^ Ummm, how 'bout Schumacher, Rubens and Vettel? They've all proven they can drive well in the rain.

speedemon90

Damn it Hamilton qualified 11th!!!! I picked him for fantasy! Knew i should have picked vettel/redbull. Hopefully hamilton can pass some people, but its going to be hard to pass these guys. WHy did hamilton not even make Q3? Something wrong with his car, or having a bad day?

F-C

Are we going to get rain? 40% chance being forcasted right now.

fsttyms1

Agree, i think those 3 are amongst the best in the rain.

Chief F1 Fan

I guess nearly getting arrested the night before will do that to you.

speedemon90

Man I feel really sorry for vettel. I wonder how often this will happen. Hamilton did some amazing driving, sucks though that he ended up in a a pickle between alonso and webber. But like I said hamilton is one of the best drivers in the rain. He was just reeling everyone in one by one. Im sure he would have gotten second if not first if he hadnt switched his tires. But def props to button for conserving those tires sooo well. That was pretty amazing by him. This F1 race was definitely not boring.

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Webber's move on Hamilton.

Hamilton's whining.

Button's drive and decision to change tires. The guy never gets any respect, but he delivered again.

West6MT

Damn it, Webber cost me pool points!!!

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Mee too

lifetimeofwar

what time was the Aus race on? I checked speed at 10am and nothing...

West6MT

Coverage started at 1:30am or 1:55am or something like that. I am DLing the race right now. I am not sure if there was a re-air on Speed.

speedemon90

Since you are in socal the race started at 10:30 PM

speedemon90

Was it Button's own decision to change to slicks? I thought that would come from the team. Ohh dont forget that Alonso played some part in webber hitting hamilton.

And yes button did an amazing job, he is the best when it comes to conserving tires. He changed when? Lap 7 or something like that and went on for the whole race

Still wish Hamilton got to podium, I think he did fantastic driving and if he didnt switch tires, and he didnt really need to, he would have gotten pole.

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Button said during the post race interview that it was his decision to change tires. He said that his car was struggling with the wet tires, and a dry line was forming so he wanted to come in. Most likely he sent that request to the team and the team confirmed that there won't be anymore rain so he came in.

fsttyms1

I applaud Button and ferrari for pushing the tires the whole race. Lewis was whining too much, and feel bad for him with webber taking him out. And damn it Vettel and his bad luck this year, he cost me my points

Chief F1 Fan

Totally agreed on all points. I used to like Hamilton until last year's Aussie GP and he only got worse in my view due to his whining The best he could have hoped for was 3rd as he would not have gotten around Alonso and Massa, they were too far up the track when Hamilton's tires were at their prime. And another thing-he radioed in and said his tires were badly worn before his second stop, how the F was he going to make it to the end w/o changing and pass everyone in the way? HE WASN'T.

Button: totally underrated and overlooked and the smartest guy in the race this day. Very happy he won, have always been a Jense fan.