Malaysian GP Qualifying Result

With a later start compared to previous years, the rain didn’t show itself as the Qualifying session kicked off. A Qualifying full of drama as Button takes Pole again after Melbourne. Joining him on the front row is Toyota’s Jarno Trulli. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello were third and fourth, but grid penalties for both mean Toyota’s Timo Glock and Williams’ Nico Rosberg will form row two.Ferrari’s Raikkonen could only land himself in the 9th position while Massa qualifying in 16th. McLaren was 13th and 14th respectively after the controversial Melbourne GP still haunting them.

Button is looking set to show that the win at Melbourne is no fluke while Ferrari and McLaren will be looking to reclaim the throne that Brawn GP so comfortably control this season. Will the April 14th hearing regarding the diffuser affect how the 3 teams running the controversial diffuser perform? It’s all to watch for tomorrow. The Full result of the Qualifying is as follow… (more…)

Australian GP Result

A fantastic win by Jenson Button, a win that’ll make all his critics eat their word. Rubens Barrichello made it a Brawn GP 1 2. In one of the most anticipated World Championships ever in Melbourne after a dramatic winter break, the race proved to be one for the history book with an unfamiliar front row in the make of 2 Brawn GP cars.

Lewis Hamilton started the race at the back of the grid following a five-place penalty for a gearbox change. Toyota elected to start its cars from the pit lane when Glock and Trulli were also relegated for running illegal, flexible rear wing elements during qualifying.

Barrichello made a bad start while Button pulled away comfortably from the rest of the field. Rubens’ action created a chain reaction at Turn 1 as contact from Kovalainen’s McLaren pushed Rubens into Webber’s Red Bull which forced the Australian into Nick Heidfeld. The BMW’s spin, in turn, forced Alonso’s Renault into evacuation across the grass. Webber’s resultant half-spin in the middle of the pack saw him finally collected by Kovalainen, putting Heikki out of the race at the end of the lap with the Red Bull and BMW also out of contention for the remainder of the afternoon

Massa was third for Ferrari during the opening laps while Räikkönen was battling it out for fourth with Kubica. The first of two safety cars was deployed when Kazuki Najajima lost control of his Williams, putting two wheels over the kerb of Turn 4 – the Japanese driver suffered a heavy impact as the car’s front end took off briefly after contact with the concrete wall and a subsequent double spin. (more…)