2014 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX March 14-16

QUALIFYING

Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes won pole for the AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX in F-1’s new 1.6-litre turbo cars.

In a rain soaked qualifying Q1 session Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault was told to go faster by his engineer & replied no he could not as he spun off 3 times in the session due to the downpour of rain which caused lost traction.

Q2 the biggest surprise was Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault only getting a time of 1:44.668 & not qualifying for the top 10. You could hear some people cheering as he missed the top ten and an end to his qualifying dominance.

Q3 Three way battle between Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes, Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing-Renault and Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton coming out on top.

2014 F-1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING

Position Car #, Driver, Team, Q1, Q2, Q3, Laps

1. Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes, 1:31.699, 1:42.890, 1:44.231, 22

2. Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing-Renault, 1:30.775, 1:42.295, 1:44.548, 20

3. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes, 1:32.564,  1:42.264, 1:44.595, 21

4. Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes, 1:30.949, 1:43.247, 1:45.745, 19

5. Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari, 1:31.388, 1:42.805, 1:45.819, 21

6. Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault, 1:33.488, 1:43.849, 1:45.864, 21

7. Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes, 1:33.893, 1:43.658, 1:46.030, 20

8. Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault, 1:33.777, 1:44.331     1:47.368, 20

9. Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes, 1:31.228, 1:44.242, 1:48.079, 21

10. Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes, 1:31.601, 1:43.852, 1:48.147, 19

11. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes, 1:31.396, 1:44.437, 13

12. Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari, 1:32.439, 1:44.494, 13

13. Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault, 1:31.931, 1:44.668, 13

14. Car 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari, 1:33.673, 1:45.655 12

15. Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault, 1:34.274, 1:45.867, 13

16. Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes, 1:34.141, 1:47.293, 13

17. Car 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari, 1:34.293, 5

18. Car 17 Jules Bianchi, Marussia-Ferrari, 1:34.794, 5

19. Car 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari, 1:35.117, 7

20. Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault, 1:35.157, 5

21. Car 8 Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault, 1:36.993, 6

22. Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault, No time 3

2014 F-1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX RACE

Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes won the 2014 season opening race AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX over the local favourite Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing-Renault who was disqualified from the race putting Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes in 2nd place & Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes in 3rd place.

The race-start was waved off due to cars stalling & 1 lap taken off, with 3 cars starting from the pit lane.

The drama from when the race did start was Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes was slow off the start and by lap 3 pitted with engine problems & an incident in turn 1 between Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari, Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault & Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes. Both Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault & Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes were out the race with Kamui Kobayashi sent to stewards.

The surprise of the race was Champion Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault who was down on power & pitted after 5 laps not to return. This means both Red Bull Racing-Renault team-mates were out of the race one by DQ & the other by Power unit.

With the all the changes in F-1 & the new 1.6-litre turbo cars, it puts all the teams on a level playing field they just do not sound the same way they used to.

2014 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Position Car #, Driver, Team, Laps/Retired, Pts

1. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes, 57, 1:32:58.710, 25

2. Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes, 57, 18

3. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes, 57, 15

4. Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari, 57, 12

5. Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes, 57, 10

6. Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes, 57, 8

7. Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari, 57, 6

8. Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault, 57, 4

9. Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault, 57, 2

10. Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes, 57, 1

11. Car 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari, 56, 13

12. Car 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari, 56

13. Car 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari, 55

NC Car 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari, 49

Ret Car 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault, 43

Ret Car 13 Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault, 29

Ret Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault, 27 Oil pressure

Ret Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault, 3 Power unit

Ret Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2, Engine

Ret Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes, 0, Accident

Ret Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault, 0, Accident

DSQ Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault, 57

Penalty Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault excluded after his car was found to have exceeded the maximum permitted fuel flow rate.

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