Vettel wins 2001 F1 season opener in Melbourne

Introduction

After a few month of rest, F1 is finally back. This time , the season opener was in albert park circuit, Melbourne (since they canceled the season opener in Bahrain due to the political situation)…I’ve been here to Albert Park a couple years back(long story) ^_^ and I’m absolutely going there again someday which I don’t know when. Only enough funds would support me to do that again….In 2011, they have introduced some new rules whichj I’ll explain in more details,in my coming entries .

 

For the moment being, I’m Just happy that the F1 is back. Now I have to jugle my life plans with my F1..haha…

Race Report

I was glued on the TV. After a few months of rest, now I find my adrenalin back pumping and I’m simply loving it…Felipe had a good start.from p9 to p5 unfortunately by alonso, but things changed during the race…….In the end I still find that the Red Bull are way ahead the pack. But the fact that vettel for so many seconds in front says it all….Hope better results for Sepang in a forthnight. Below were the results….(congrats to LOTUS RENAULT team for their first podium in a several years, 1st in my lifetime that I can remember). Uncly Tony, don’t worry your Team Lotus will also have it’s fair share of glory hopefully this season ;)

2011 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Provisional Results

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 58 1:29:30.259 1 25
2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +22.2 secs 2 18
3 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 58 +30.5 secs 6 15
4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 +31.7 secs 5 12
5 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 58 +38.1 secs 3 10
6 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 +54.3 secs 4 8
7 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 58 +65.8 secs 13 6
8 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 58 +76.8 secs 9 4
9 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +85.1 secs 8 2
10 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 10 1
11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 16
12 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 14
13 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 12
14 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 57 +1 Lap 18
15 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 56 +2 Laps 20
16 25 Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 54 +4 Laps 22
Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 49 +9 Laps 21
Ret 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 48 +10 Lap 17
Ret 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 22 +36 Laps 7
Ret 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 19 Water leak 19
Ret 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 19 Puncture damage 11
Ret 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 9 +49 Laps 15

 

Above is the drivers line up for 2011. There are few new faces/rookies this season.  I’ll need to recognize in 2weeks time. Reason, Next race in Sepang i’ll be at the circuit for 3days. So stay tune for pictures + vids that I’ll take personally like i always do ever since 2004!

Click here to see 2011 F1 schedule around the globe.

 

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