Formula One - Australian GP ( Spoilers )

[Jester]

I didn't see a thread on the race this weekend, but it was a damn good one to watch.  Lots of overtaking, crashes, wet/dry strategy.  Loved it.     Button took his slicks before the field and turned it into a nice victory... and Hamilton is just a wild man, that is all.  Too bad for Schumi getting caught up in the first turn crash.  He made a nice recovery for 10th after heading to the back of the field and taking 3 stops.  When is the luck going to go Vettel's way?  Poor guy.

1 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 1:33:36.531 4 25
2 11 Robert Kubica Renault 58 +12.0 secs 9 18
3 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +14.4 secs 5 15
4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +16.3 secs 3 12
5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 58 +16.6 secs 6 10
6 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +29.8 secs 11 8
7 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 58 +59.8 secs 13 6
8 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 58 +60.5 secs 8 4
9 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 58 +67.3 secs 2 2
10 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 58 +69.3 secs 7 1
11 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 58 +71.3 secs 17 
12 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 58 +74.0 secs 14 
13 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 56 +2 Laps 19 
14 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 53 +5 Laps 22 
Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 41 Suspension 23 
Ret 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 26 Hydraulics 24 
Ret 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 25 Wheel issue 1 
Ret 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 9 Engine 10 
Ret 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 9 Spin 18 
Ret 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 4 Hydraulics 21 
Ret 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 0 Accident 12 
Ret 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 0 Accident 15 
Ret 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 Accident 16 
Ret 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 0 Hydraulics 20

[kopfjäger]

One of the best races in a long time. 

[pennyrobber]

One of the best races in a long time. 

+1. There was some good passing and it was nice to see the overall aggression.

[Oldfisti]

I can see how no refuelling can put a team at a disadvantage in certain situations.  Look what happened to Shuey.  Lap 2 nose change and now you can't top off the tank and change the fuel strategy to get some position back.


FAIL.


Great race tho...     

[superjohn]

Much better racing this time. Both Alonso and Hamilton having to come back through the field. Button making the call to go out on slicks (which I thought at the time, "they should have done that with Hamilton instead", and then when Jenson was sliding all over the place I thought, "Oh that was a stupid call, he's going to bin it for sure" and then he wins!!

Great drama, great strategy, and great racing.