Formula 1: Australian GP results of qualifications Menghadirkan
formula 1: Australian GP results of qualifications
during the inaugural race of all formula 1 season really you have never know where each team stands in terms of performance. Of course, there are favorites, too - tracks, the back markers and often, the jokers.
well well, the qualifying race for the Grand Prize of Australia which began season of F1 this certainly had all the above . But not necessarily the way the most seasoned F1 fans could have imagined.
Lewis Hamilton claimed the 20th pole position of his career and Jenson Button lined up right next to him, making it an all-McLaren front row. Not too surprising, because despite the fact that Sebastian Vettel took most of the poles last year, the McLarens proved to be very fast during the tests.
"It's an incredible feeling to get off to such a good start," said Hamilton. Teammate Button added, "obviously, this is only the beginning, but I think that we did a good job this winter and we proved that today ' hui.»
for the rest of the official qualifying session, it is difficult to tell who was the biggest surprise.
Romain Grosjean, who confuse a lot as a rookie, ran indeed in F1 with Renault, though his last event was in 2009. Nevertheless, he brought Lotus in the third position, justifying a lot like Red Bull Racing Christian Horner who believe that Lotus could be outsider in this year.
Unfortunately, Horner's own pilots were clearly off the pace compared to the McLaren. Mark Webber has recorded the fifth fastest lap, despite a KERS failure, while the defending champion Sebastian Vetell finished sixth.
Michael Schumacher got his best qualifying result since its 2011 return to Formula 1, winning the fourth place. Seven-time world champion was pleased with the performance of the Mercedes W03 : "our performance is a huge step forward, given where we were in qualifying last year," said the German, referring to his departure in 2011 from 11th place.
if Ferrari thought that the performance of last year was a fluke and 2012 will mark a return to form, they may have to reconsider. Fernando Alonso spun on Q2 and don't make it to Q3! So he will start in 12th place, while Felipe Massa was a second slower than his teammate and finished 17th.
Technical Director of the Scuderia Pat Fry was simply being apparently sincere when he said that the performance of the Ferrari are far from the pace setters.
team principal Stefano Domenicali said: "I understand that for the moment our fans are disappointed but I urge them to exercise caution before making any final decision. We have a lot of work to do and our engineers are well aware of this, as indeed they were even before his departure for Melbourne. "
with the two HRT being disqualified for not having, for the second year in a row in Melbourne for a time within 107% of pole position, as prescribed by the rules, 22 drivers will start tomorrow's race.
