Australian GP Qualifying report by Pirelli
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claimed his 37th career pole position at the Australian Grand Prix using the P Zero Red supersoft, after an unusual qualifying that was split between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Q1 took place on Saturday as usual with Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg going fastest on the Cinturato Green intermediate in the [...]
Melbourne Qualifying: Vettel takes pole as Red Bull claim front row
World champion Sebastian Vettel will start the Formula One season-opener from pole position on an all-Red Bull front row later on Sunday after posting the fastest time in the rain-delayed qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. The German, chasing a fourth successive world title this year, swept across the line in one minute 27.407 seconds [...]
Sauber: We need to regroup and make the best out of qualifying
Heavy rain influenced qualifying massively. After Q1 had been delayed by 30 minutes, Q2 and Q3 were cancelled and will be taking place tomorrow at 11.00 hours. While the Sauber F1 Team driver Nico Hülkenberg finished 13th in Q1, Esteban Gutiérrez spun on a kerb, hit the barrier and couldn’t continue. He finished 18th and [...]
Ferrari: Right decision to postpone given the track conditions
The starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix will not be decided until after 11 tomorrow morning. The Race Director took the decision to postpone Q2 and Q3 because of a violent storm that hit the Albert Park circuit. At the end of Q1, the only part of the proceedings that went ahead when the [...]
Rookies thrown in the deep end as they begin life in F1
Rookie drivers were almost literally thrown into the deep end on the second day of the Australian Grand Prix weekend – where five are making their Formula 1 race debuts – during a incident packed Saturday afternoon qualifying session cut short by torrential rains. Four of the five rookies were banished during the first round [...]
Caterham: Sometimes qualifying goes like it did today
Caterham team and drivers report from the second day of the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park in Melbourne, Round 1 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Charles Pic: “Sometimes qualifying goes like it did today. We obviously didn’t finish where we wanted to but for much of the session we looked pretty [...]
McLaren: We’re not quick enough to win here tomorrow
McLaren team and drivers report from the second day of the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park in Melbourne, Round 1 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Sergio Perez: MP4-28A-06 “Well, even though we didn’t manage to finish it, that was a really dramatic qualifying session, full of suspense and excitement. But, even [...]
Marussia: We’ll continue to feel encouraged by a very positive start
Qualifying hour for the Australian Grand Prix really couldn’t have presented more challenging circumstances for the Marussia F1 Team driver line-up of Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton. They left the pitlane for their debut shoot-out with their MR02 cars shod in the Pirelli Extreme Wet tyre and took to a track that had been saturated [...]
Lotus: We’ve looked good come both wet and dry
The Melbourne skies offered up their famed four seasons in one day to interrupt and delay qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. An eventful day at Albert Park saw Romain Grosjean top the times in FP3, then set the third fastest lap in Q1 before the remainder of qualifying was postponed. Kimi Räikkönen went fifth [...]