Australian Grand Prix 2013, Melbourne - Race 1/19

Duke · 10 Mar 2013 at 17:41

Melbourne

When Formula One came to Australia in 1985 it set up home in Adelaide. However, ex-racer-turned-entrepreneur Bob Jane wanted a race in Melbourne. He created a huge 'thunderdome' and invented the AUSCAR series, bringing NASCAR action to Australia.

The desire to have a race in Melbourne did not wane. Despite the popular end of season slot for the Adelaide race, pressure was growing from the Melbourne motor sport community, and in 1992 Jeff Kennett was elected the new premier of the State of Victoria. He immediately set about improving Melbourne's profile. First on his list was the Australian Grand Prix.

An agreement was reached with Formula One in 1993, but the contract with Adelaide did not expire until 1995, so Kennett had plenty of time to prepare. A track was developed in Melbourne's beautiful Albert Park, part of it using closed-off public roads, and in 1996 the city held the first round of the world championship. Since then the race has become very popular with drivers and fans alike, and the party atmosphere of Melbourne keeps them coming back year after year.

Session Times

Fri 15 March 2013
Practice 1 01:30 - 03:00
Practice 2 05:30 - 07:00

Sat 16 March 2013
Practice 3 03:00 - 04:00
Qualifying 06:00

Sun 17 March 2013
~~Race 06:00~~

All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here.

Track:

Track Diagram

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m27.211s            16
 2.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m27.289s  + 0.078s  17
 3.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m27.547s  + 0.336s  16
 4.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m27.552s  + 0.341s  18
 5.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m27.668s  + 0.457s  18
 6.  Kimi Räikkönen       Lotus-Renault         1m27.877s  + 0.666s  17
 7.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m28.013s  + 0.802s  17
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m28.426s  + 1.215s  19
 9.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m28.440s  + 1.229s  19
10.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m28.520s  + 1.309s  15
11.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m28.597s  + 1.386s  19
12.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.786s  + 1.575s  19
13.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m28.910s  + 1.699s  18
14.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m29.443s  + 2.232s  20
15.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m29.928s  + 2.717s  19
16.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m30.203s  + 2.992s  17
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m30.729s  + 3.518s  17
18.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m30.969s  + 3.758s  19
19.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.263s  + 4.052s  24
20.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m32.176s  + 4.965s  23
21.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m32.274s  + 5.063s  21
22.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m32.388s  + 5.177s  18

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106030

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time       Gap     Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m25.908            33
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m26.172s  + 0.264  31
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m26.322s  + 0.414  26
 4.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m26.361s  + 0.453  37
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus Renault         1m26.680s  + 0.772  30
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m26.748s  + 0.840  35
 7.  Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m26.772s  + 0.864  28
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m26.855s  + 0.947  32
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m27.435s  + 1.527  34
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.187s  + 2.279  34
11.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m28.294s  + 2.386  30
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m28.311s  + 2.403  37
13.  Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m28.566s  + 2.658  32
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m28.627s  + 2.719  31
15.  Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.772s  + 2.864  33
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m28.852s  + 2.944  36
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m28.968s  + 3.060  35
18.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m29.386s  + 3.478  38
19.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth     1m29.696s  + 3.788  30
20.  Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m30.165s  + 4.257  37
21.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m30.600s  + 4.692  34
22.  Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault      1m32.450s  + 6.542  11

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106037

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time       Gap     Laps[/b]
 1.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus Renault          1m26.929             14
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m27.000s  + 0.071s   7
 3.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m27.241s  + 0.312s  10
 4.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m27.533s  + 0.604s   9
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m27.625s  + 0.696s  12
 6.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m27.849s  + 0.920s  19
 7.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m27.860s  + 0.931s  16
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m28.069s  + 1.140s  15
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.253s  + 1.324s  18
10.  Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m28.253s  + 1.324s  20
11.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m28.486s  + 1.557s  13
12.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m29.808s  + 2.879s   9
13.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m30.073s  + 3.144s  16
14.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m30.388s  + 3.459s  17
15.  Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m30.598s  + 3.669s  20
16.  Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m30.959s  + 4.030s  19
17.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m33.236s  + 6.307s   7
18.  Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m33.527s  + 6.598s   8
19.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m39.232s  + 12.303s 13
20.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m39.779s  + 12.850s 13
21.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m42.872s  + 15.943s 13
22.  Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               1m47.246s  + 20.317s  9

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106072

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time            Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault       1m27.407s          
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault       1m27.827s  + 0.420s
 3.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes               1m28.087s  + 0.680s
 4.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                1m28.490s  + 1.083s
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                1m28.493s  + 1.086s
 6.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes               1m28.523s  + 1.116s
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault          1m28.738s  + 1.331s
 8.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus Renault          1m29.013s  + 1.606s
 9.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes   1m29.305s  + 1.898s
10.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes       1m30.357s  + 2.950s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m37.641s                                   Gap **
11. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m38.067s  + 1.873s
12. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m38.134s  + 1.940s
13. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m38.778s  + 2.584s
14. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m39.042s  + 2.848s
15. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.900s  + 3.706s
16. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m40.290s  + 4.096s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m47.330s                                    Gap *
17. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m47.614s + 4.234s
18. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m47.776s + 4.396s
19. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m48.147s + 4.767s
20. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m48.909s + 5.529s
21. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m49.519s + 6.139s
22. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m50.626s + 7.246s

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106091

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault              1h30:03.225
 2.  Alonso         Ferrari                    +    12.451
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault           +    22.346
 4.  Massa          Ferrari                    +    33.577
 5.  Hamilton       Mercedes                   +    45.561
 6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault           +    46.800
 7.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes       +  1:05.068
 8.  Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes       +  1:08.449
 9.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:21.630
10.  Grosjean       Lotus-Renault              +  1:22.759
11.  Perez          McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:23.367
12.  Vergne         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:23.857
13.  Gutierrez      Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
14.  Bottas         Williams-Renault           +     1 lap
15.  Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
16.  Pic            Caterham-Renault           +    2 laps
17.  Chilton        Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
18.  van der Garde  Caterham-Renault           +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:29.274

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106109

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Drivers:                      Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Raikkonen      25        1.  Ferrari                    30
 2.  Alonso         18        2.  Lotus-Renault              26
 3.  Vettel         15        3.  Red Bull-Renault           23
 4.  Massa          12        4.  Mercedes                   10
 5.  Hamilton       10        5.  Force India-Mercedes       10
 6.  Webber          8        6.  McLaren-Mercedes            2
 7.  Sutil           6       
 8.  Di Resta        4       
 9.  Button          2       
10.  Grosjean        1

Duke · 10 Mar 2013 at 17:42

Mike306 can we have a new BBC 2013 TV times thread please?

edit: Good point, will find the times and put in that thread.

Duke · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:45

Mike306 said:
Sorry if my reply was a bit blunt. Didn't think it was needed this year and as the other thread had been started.

No worries, forgot I made that thread so it did make sense

Duke · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:46

Skeeter said:
So whos going to be getting up early? I'm going to record practice and watch both Friday morning before work, and then watch P3 before Quali live. Then at 3:30pm on Saturday the Sebring 12 hours starts so I will watch that all the way through till 3:30am Sunday morning, taking a break to watch the NNS race at Bristol, and then just kill a couple of hours before the race starts Sunday morning!

Then, sleep

Will be up to watch qually and the race live (of course) but will have to watch the practice delayed or on the website later, due to not being able to record Sky Go.

Duke · 10 Mar 2013 at 23:17

Quite a few videos here from Sky - http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/formula-1/8555950/brundle-lewis-looking-fast

Duke · 11 Mar 2013 at 08:20

Very nice Trojan, we expect photos

Duke · 11 Mar 2013 at 14:45

arknor said:
I think you only need the sky account number that's on their bill

Yep think that's all you need. Just create a Sky Go account and see what it asks for.

Duke · 11 Mar 2013 at 20:09

Soon...

http://imgur.com/a/5Iey9

Duke · 13 Mar 2013 at 08:21

Rybo89 said:
Thought they shipped them out in bits and rebuilt them at the circuits? Been said a number of times.

Or is it a team thing? Some can't be arsed to dismantle and rebuild at the weekend.

They will be shipped like this at a guess - http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601052_626525170697697_74129215_n.jpg

Duke · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:40

The sniffpetrol F1 preview is a funny read, can't link directly due to sweary, but isn't hard to find

And interview with Bernie on F1.com - http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2013/3/14326.html

Duke · 13 Mar 2013 at 22:19

Weather update - http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/formula-1/8562254/f1-weekend-weather-australia

Also the first episode of Racers Edge by Peter Windor with F1 Racing -

Duke · 14 Mar 2013 at 17:48

TaKeN said:
Krikey. Mark didn't like that question about Helmut Marko!

So awkward!

Duke · 15 Mar 2013 at 08:14

OP updated with times.

And Ted's Development Corner

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/formula-1/8566881/ted's-development-corner

Duke · 15 Mar 2013 at 14:35

JeditOjanen said:
Or that they're sandbagging.

That would be some award winning trolling.

Duke · 15 Mar 2013 at 22:00

Fantastic close up detail of the Red Bull

So tidy inside, just perfect engineering and why I love F1

Duke · 15 Mar 2013 at 22:04

Also - http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/report-active-suspension-the-key-to-mercedes-speed/

Active suspension? **** going to get real this season!

Duke · 16 Mar 2013 at 05:59

Morning

OP updated with FP3 times

Duke · 16 Mar 2013 at 06:05

Skeeter said:
I predict act least one big shunt...

LEEROY.... MALDONANDO.

Duke · 16 Mar 2013 at 06:09

Nick1881 said:
Morning race fans!

I'm watching in Germany, is there anyway I can stream English commentary to my iPad? I don't speak any German and they will probably bang on about Vettel anyway.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/5livesportsextra ?

Duke · 16 Mar 2013 at 06:12

Tomorrow is meant to be dry (overcast).