Australian Grand Prix to be staged at Melbourne until 2015

australia gp

Formula One Management has agreed with Australian GP team to continue hosting the F1 race in Melbourne until 2015. The new arrangement will see the race now starting at a later time, 5pm. This is to capture more TV audiences in Europe & Asia.

This year Australian Grand Prix 2008 attracted more than 300,000 people to the event where McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won the leg but sadly the home favorite Australian Mark Webber retired due to an accident

Next year Australian Grand Prix 2009 is tentatively will be held from 26th to 29th March, Albert Park

Posted July 5th, 2008 in Australia by unclesha.

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Brazil GP Fri Prac #2 (25 Nov 2011)

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.392 [35 laps]
Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 1:13.559 [41 laps]
Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:13.587 [41 laps]
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:13.598 [35 laps]
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 1:13.723 [38 laps]
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:13.750 [39 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.787 [36 laps]
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:13.872 [42 laps]
Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 1:14.144 [41 laps]
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:14.807 [48 laps]
Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 1:14.856 [38 laps]
Bruno Senna (Renault) 1:14.931 [37 laps]
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:14.970 [32 laps]
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:15.019 [45 laps]
Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 1:15.264 [44 laps]
Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 1:15.388 [41 laps]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 1:15.679 [43 laps]
Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 1:15.903 [40 laps]
Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 1:16.298 [36 laps]
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 1:16.338 [48 laps]
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:18.031 [39 laps]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:18.051 [45 laps]
Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 1:18.367 [42 laps]
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 1:18.476 [42 laps]

Brazil GP Fri Prac #1 (25 Nov 2011)

Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:13.811 [26 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.825 [25 laps]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.961 [20 laps]
Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 1:14.025 [28 laps]
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:14.507 [34 laps]
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:14.541 [26 laps]
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 1:15.162 [28 laps]
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India-Mercedes) 1:15.178 [28 laps]
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:15.241 [31 laps]
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:15.321 [29 laps]
Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 1:15.468 [29 laps]
Romain Grosjean (Renault) 1:15.547 [18 laps]
Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 1:15.663 [27 laps]
Bruno Senna (Renault) 1:15.732 [32 laps]
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:15.747 [31 laps]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 1:15.836 [27 laps]
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:15.979 [35 laps]
Jean-Eric Vergne (STR-Ferrari) 1:16.052 [33 laps]
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 1:16.514 [33 laps]
Luiz Razia (Lotus-Renault) 1:17.595 [31 laps]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:18.140 [29 laps]
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:18.653 [29 laps]
Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 1:18.952 [33 laps]
Jan Charouz (HRT-Cosworth) 1:19.577 [37 laps]

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Brazil GP Sat Qualifying (26 Nov 2011)

Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) Q1 - 1:13.664 / Q2 - 1:12.446 / Q3 - 1:11.918 [17 laps]
Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) Q1 - 1:13.467 / Q2 - 1:12.658 / Q3 - 1:12.099 [16 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.281 / Q2 - 1:12.820 / Q3 - 1:12.283 [18 laps]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.361 / Q2 - 1:12.811 / Q3 - 1:12.480 [22 laps]
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) Q1 - 1:13.969 / Q2 - 1:12.870 / Q3 - 1:12.591 [22 laps]
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) Q1 - 1:14.083 / Q2 - 1:12.569 / Q3 - 1:13.050 [21 laps]
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Q1 - 1:14.269 / Q2 - 1:13.291 / Q3 - 1:13.068 [18 laps]
Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.480 / Q2 - 1:13.261 / Q3 - 1:13.298 [23 laps]
Bruno Senna (Renault) Q1 - 1:14.453 / Q2 - 1:13.300 / Q3 - 1:13.761 [20 laps]
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.694 / Q2 - 1:13.571 / Q3 - No time [18 laps]
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.733 / Q2 - 1:13.584 [17 laps]
Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:14.117 / Q2 - 1:13.801 [17 laps]
Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) Q1 - 1:14.225 / Q2 - 1:13.804 [18 laps]
Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) Q1 - 1:14.500 / Q2 - 1:13.919 [22 laps]
Vitaly Petrov (Renault) Q1 - 1:13.859 / Q2 - 1:14.053 [16 laps]
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) Q1 - 1:14.571 / Q2 - 1:14.129 [18 laps]
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) Q1 - 1:14.430 / Q2 - 1:14.182 [21 laps]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:14.625 [11 laps]
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) Q1 - 1:15.068 [11 laps]
Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) Q1 - 1:15.358 [14 laps]
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:16.631 [8 laps]
Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:16.890 [9 laps]
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:17.019 [10 laps]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) Q1 - 1:17.060 [10 laps]

Brazil GP Sat Prac #3 (26 Nov 2011)

Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 1:12.460 [21 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:12.547 [19 laps]
Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:12.597 [21 laps]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:12.622 [15 laps]
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:12.765 [17 laps]
Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 1:13.113 [22 laps]
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:13.286 [21 laps]
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 1:13.393 [19 laps]
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:13.419 [19 laps]
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:13.583 [18 laps]
Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 1:13.838 [20 laps]
Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 1:14.283 [19 laps]
Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 1:14.286 [20 laps]
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:14.311 [24 laps]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 1:14.454 [22 laps]
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:14.547 [24 laps]
Bruno Senna (Renault) 1:14.551 [15 laps]
Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 1:15.843 [24 laps]
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 1:16.026 [22 laps]
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:16.616 [26 laps]
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 1:17.143 [23 laps]
Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 1:17.296 [23 laps]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:17.984 [23 laps]
Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) No time [3 laps]

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Brazil GP Sun Race (27 Nov 2011)

Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 71 laps [1:32:17.464] 25 pts
Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 71 laps [+16.9 secs] 18 pts
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 71 laps [+27.6 secs] 15 pts
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 71 laps [+35.0 secs] 12 pts
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 71 laps [+66.7 secs] 10 pts
Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 8 pts
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 6 pts
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 4 pts
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 2 pts
Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 1 pts
Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
Bruno Senna (Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 68 laps [+3 Laps]
Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 68 laps [+3 Laps]
Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 61 laps [Retired]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 46 laps [Gearbox Retired]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 26 laps [Spin Retired]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 21 laps [Wheel Retired]

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Driver and Constructor

Constructor pts.
Driver pts.

Season 2011

Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 392 pts
Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 270 pts
Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 258 pts
Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 257 pts
Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 227 pts
Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 118 pts
Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes GP / 89 pts
Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes GP / 76 pts
Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 42 pts
Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 37 pts
Nick Heidfeld (German) Renault / 34 pts
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) Sauber-Ferrari / 30 pts
Paul di Resta (British) Force India-Mercedes / 27 pts
Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 26 pts
Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 15 pts
Sergio Perez (Mexican) Sauber-Ferrari / 14 pts
Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 4 pts
Bruno Senna (Brazilian) Renault / 2 pts
Pastor Maldonado (Venezuelan) Williams-Cosworth / 1 pts
Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts

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