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QUALIFYING
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Round 1 - AUSTRALIA, Melbourne - Race Results
Conditions: dry; Air 22°C, Track 41°C
| Posn |
Driver |
Car |
Time/Retirement |
Laps |
Pitstops |
Grid |
| 1 |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
Ferrari |
1h 25m 28.770s |
58 |
2 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fernando ALONSO |
McLaren Mercedes |
+ 0m 07.242s |
58 |
2 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis HAMILTON |
McLaren Mercedes |
+ 0m 18.595s |
58 |
2 |
4 |
| 4 |
Nick HEIDFELD |
BMW Sauber |
+ 0m 38.763s |
58 |
2 |
3 |
| 5 |
Giancarlo FISICHELLA |
Renault |
+ 1m 06.469s |
58 |
2 |
6 |
| 6 |
Felipe MASSA |
Ferrari |
+ 1m 06.805s |
58 |
1 |
22 |
| 7 |
Nico ROSBERG |
Williams Toyota |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
12 |
| 8 |
Ralf SCHUMACHER |
Toyota |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
9 |
| 9 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Toyota |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
8 |
| 10 |
Heikki KOVALAINEN |
Renault |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
13 |
| 11 |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Honda |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
16 |
| 12 |
Takuma SATO |
Super Aguri Honda |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
10 |
| 13 |
Mark WEBBER |
Red Bull Renault |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
7 |
| 14 |
Vitantonio LIUZZI |
Toro Rosso Ferrari |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
2 |
19 |
| 15 |
Jenson BUTTON |
Honda |
+ 1 lap |
57 |
3 |
14 |
| 16 |
Anthony DAVIDSON |
Super Aguri Honda |
+ 2 laps |
56 |
2 |
11 |
| 17 |
Adrian SUTIL |
Spyker Ferrari |
+ 2 laps |
56 |
4 |
20 |
| Not classified |
| Ret |
Alex WURZ |
Williams Toyota |
Accident |
48 |
1 |
15 |
| Ret |
David COULTHARD |
Red Bull Renault |
Accident |
48 |
2 |
18 |
| Ret |
Robert KUBICA |
BMW Sauber |
Gearbox |
36 |
2 |
5 |
| Ret |
Scott SPEED |
Toro Rosso Ferrari |
Tyre deflation |
28 |
1 |
17 |
| Ret |
Christijan ALBERS |
Spyker Ferrari |
Spin |
10 |
0 |
21 |
Grid penalties: Massa started from back of grid (qualified 16th) after late engine change
Race penalties: Button: drive-thru penalty for pitlane speeding
Sutil: drive-thru penalty for ignoring blue flags
Race notes:
Clean start for front of field, with a very composed Hamilton on his debut going round the outside of T1 to pass teammate Alonso for 2nd. Raikkonen easily retains lead. Davidson fails to get away immediately, dropping from a creditable 11th on the grid to 21st.
Davidson's misfortunes continue as he tangles with the Spyker of Sutil and drops to dead last. Albers is the first retirement on lap 11 as he runs wide at T3 and hits the tyre wall. Button is struggling with the poorly-handling Honda and is clearly holding up teammate Barrichello.
Barrichello finally gets past Button shortly before the first round of pitstops, during which Button gets a pitlane speeding penalty to add to his misery. Speed is the next retirement on lap 29, suffering a sudden deflation of his right front tyre, sending him into the tyre barriers.
Hamilton briefly leads the race during the pitstops - a very promising start from the youngster, hopefully there is much more to come. Kubica cruises into the pits and retirement with a gearbox problem on lap 37.
Massa, on a one-stop strategy, is making his way through the field on route to a 6th place finish, but suffers the indignity of being lapped by his teammate on the way. Kovalainen spins and recovers but loses a place to Massa and is under pressure from Trulli.
As the second round of stops gets underway, Hamilton is the first of the McLarens to stop but is badly held up by Sato on his outlap and loses 2nd to Alonso who runs slightly longer in the middle stint. Apart from Heidfeld, who started on the softer compound tyres to hold off the McLarens at the start, most cars switch to the softer compound for the final stint.
Webber spins on the pitlane entry lane but manages to end up pointing in the right direction and continues into the pits. Nasty incident as Coulthard tries a "last of the late brakers" move up the inside of Wurz. Wurz doesn't see him coming and closes the door, launching Coulthard over the top of his car and into the gravel trap. Wurz keeps running and steers into the escape road, probably thanking his lucky stars that his head didn't make contact with Coulthard's wheels.
A smooth run to the finish for the front of the field sees Raikkonen comfortably win his first race for Ferrari, ahead of Alonso and Hamilton, on the podium on his debut. |
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