2013 F1 Australian Grand Prix Review

Kimi Räikkönen rounding turn in 2013 Australian Grand Prix win.
Photo © Paul Crock / Getty Images via Metro.co.UK

Formula One racing is back, as the 2013 Formula One season got started this past Sunday - March 17, 2013, with the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. The Albert Park area's Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, in Melbourne, Australia, was the venue for the season opener, which brought a few surprises to F1 racing experts.

Surprising to probably everyone, was the lack of safety-car involvement in an incident free grand prix. It just doesn't happen very much. If there aren't even any minor crashes, there's usually at least one mechanical failure somewhere on the track, often in a fairly precarious location.

The biggest surprise, at least for the supposed experts, was who came out on top in the end. They couldn't seem to believe who won the race, even though he had been a GP champion, not really all that long ago. Then again, maybe it was the former champ's team organization that was the real surprise. Their name hasn't been anywhere near the top of the class for several years, though they did start to get some attention last season, with this driver's return to Formula One.

The top three finishers on the day, were: 2007 season World Champion Kimi Räikkönen (Finland), driving a Lotus-Renault, won the race; Fernando Alonso (Spain), another former champion, brought his Scuderia Ferrari in second; Third best, was the top guy of the past couple years, Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel (Germany).

Who would have thought that a guy who had 69 previous career podium finishes, and who had already won 19 races over the course of his career, could've managed it? Who would possibly imagine former champion Kimi Räikkönen could manage to win one lousy season opening race? Well, me for one. I mean, why not? It's just one freaking race, anyway. Taking time off from Formula One to try a little WRC rally driving, didn't ruin you. Go Lotus! Go Kimi Räikkönen!

Links to Formula1.com Australian Grand Prix recap, press conference and analysis posts, as well as NBC Sports highlights videos, follow below.


Race - Raikkonen and Lotus triumph in Australia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 17, 2013

Kimi Raikkonen put himself on top Down Under with an emphatic and unexpected victory for Lotus in the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix on Sunday...


FIA post-race press conference - Australia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 17, 2013

...Raikkonen: It’s the first race, so you don’t really know how it’s going to go, how the tyres are going to be. I didn’t really do any long runs in the winter. I knew that I had a good car, so I had a feeling that it was going to be a good race but you have to get through the first laps and then go from there...


Australia analysis - expect the unexpected
Posted at Formula1.com on March 18, 2013

F1 fans look set for a thrilling 2013 season, if Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was anything to go by. After dominating qualifying, reigning champions Red Bull found themselves playing catch-up to Lotus and Ferrari in a race which saw Kimi Raikkonen ease his way to victory. The podium featured three champions, but there were scintillating battles throughout the field, including among 2013’s five rookie drivers, all of who finished their first Grand Prix...

Kimi Räikkönen's final lap at 2013 Australian Grand Prix via NBC Sports



Highlights from 2013 Australian Grand Prix via NBC Sports

2010 F1 Singapore Grand Prix Review

Fernando Alonso holds first place trophy at 2010 Singapore GP. Picture: AP Photo.

The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix, the fifteenth round of the 2010 Formula One Season, was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on September 26, 2010. Spanish Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso started at pole posistion, and kept the lead from start to finish. Red Bull Renault drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took second and third places.

Below, I've included some links to the major Formula1.com stories for this race, from qualifying and on through to post race reactions in a review list. Please, also enjoy the highlights video.

To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


Qualifying analysis - flying Alonso surprises Red Bull
Posted at Formula1.com on September 25, 2010

However you look at it, with all five championship contenders qualifying in the top five, a great race is in prospect on Sunday. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso may be on pole position, but there's no doubt Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, will do all they can to stop Alonso claiming a second successive win. We take a team-by-team look at where things stand after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix...

Singapore Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Mark Webber on their collision; Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld on their coming together; Lotus's Heikki Kovalainen on his fiery exit; and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on claiming his second successive victory and second place in the championship standings. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday's race...

Race - Alonso claims superb Singapore win
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

Fernando Alonso scored his fourth win of the season in Singapore on Sunday night after a dramatic battle with Sebastian Vettel that saw them finish only two-tenths of a second apart after a race-long fight. Points leaders Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton collided while fighting for third place on the 36th lap. Hamilton was pitched out of the race with broken suspension, and Webber brought a vibrating Red Bull home third to increase his advantage in the title fight to 202 points to Alonso's 191, Hamilton's 182, Sebastian Vettel's 181 and fourth-placed Jenson Button's 177. In the constructors' stakes, Red Bull have 383s, McLaren 359 and Ferrari 316...

FIA post-race press conference - Singapore
Posted at Formula1.com on September 26, 2010

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h57m53.579s; 2nd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h57m53.872s; 3rd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h58m22.720s.

Q: Fernando, another pole to flag victory but you had to work extremely hard for this one in every sense. Just 0.2 seconds the winning margin.
Fernando Alonso: Yeah, very good stuff. The race was long and with the safety car problems and also the people we were lapping especially at the end we found a group of five cars...

Singapore analysis - Alonso on the march
Posted at Formula1.com on September 27, 2010

Fernando Alonso's rise up the championship table continued apace on Sunday as he won for the second race in succession. There was little to choose between his Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull, but a stout defence of P1 at the start helped secure the Spaniard a crucial victory. With both cars on the podium, and an extended lead in both tables, Red Bull had few complaints, unlike McLaren...

2010 F1 Singapore Grand Prix Highlights (Marina Bay)
Posted at YouTube by bhask008 on October 7, 2010

2010 F1 Belgian Grand Prix Review

Lewis Hamilton kisses trophy after winning Belgian GP in Spa. Photo from Reuters.

The 2010 Belgian Grand Prix, the thirteenth round of the 2010 Formula One Season, was held at Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium on August 29, 2010. Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 300th Grand Prix, but Lewis Hamilton came in first, taking the championship lead from pole-sitter Mark Webber (finished second).

Usually, I post several of the more interesting and relevant Formula1.com post links, from final practice to pre-race qualifying and on through to post race reactions in a review list. Since I'm way behind at the moment, the post race press conference and Formula1.com analysis title linked snippets will be all that accompany the highlights video.

To find preview links within Junior's Eyes, check out the last couple regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. For more articles, visit the Formula1.com archives.


FIA post-race press conference - Belgium
Posted at Formula1.com on August 29, 2010

1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h 29m 04.268s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h 29m 05.839s; 3. Robert Kubica (Renault), 1h 29m 07.761s

Q: Lewis, brilliant win but not without its nervy moments.
Lewis Hamilton: No. It was a great weekend. Very, very tough race for me. I think same for everyone but praying just for a race that went smoothly. But with the tricky conditions when it started to rain, losing temperature in the tyres and not really knowing how much you can push in each corner...

Belgium analysis - McLaren strike back at Spa
Posted at Formula1.com on August 30, 2010

Spa was never going to be Red Bull’s favourite circuit, but after clinching their 12th pole of the season on Saturday, things were looking pretty good. That was before Mark Webber's slow start, sporadic showers, a collision between Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button and two safety-car periods intervened. Amidst all the drama it was McLaren's Lewis Hamilton who kept his head to secure his first win since June - and the lead in the drivers' championship. And with McLaren just one point adrift of Red Bull in the constructors' table, the stage is set for a battle royal at the remaining six rounds. We take a team-by-team look at how a memorable Belgian race played out...

Formula 1 2010 Belgian Grand Prix Highlights Race Edit [HQ]
Posted at YouTube by StreetzGrimeLyfe on September 5, 2010

2010 F1 British Grand Prix Review

Australian F1 driver Mark Webber holds first place trophy. Picture from AP Photo.

The 2010 F1 British Grand Prix race was run at Silverstone Circuit, near Silverstone, England, on Sunday - July 11, 2010. It was won by Red Bull driver Mark Webber, his third victory of the 2010 season.

The most interesting and relevant Formula1.com posts, from final practice to qualifying and on through to post race reactions, are in the list below. Preview posts are included in the previous regular 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries.


Final practice - Red Bull remain in charge
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

Red Bull continued their domination of practice for the British Grand Prix in Saturday morning’s final session when Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber ended up at the top of the times separated by only 0.034s. But their morning was not without drama. Vettel had lapped in 1m 30.958s and had just set the fastest time in sector one when, going into Abbey, the nose of his RB6 worked loose, allowing the front wing to scrape on the track...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

HRT’s Sakon Yamamoto on taking part in his first qualifying session for three years; McLaren’s Jenson Button on failing to make it through to Q3 at his home event; and Sebastian Vettel on taking his fifth - and Red Bull’s ninth - pole position of the season. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action at Silverstone...

Qualifying - Red Bull sweep to British pole
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

Sebastian Vettel will start the British Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull after narrowly beating team mate Mark Webber. The two of them were inseparable in all three sessions, but Vettel just edged out the Australian with a lap of 1m 29.615s compared to 1m 29.758s.

It then transpired that there were only two of the latest RB6 front wings available and that Vettel got the second as a replacement after his original broke in final practice this morning. A tight-lipped Webber simply said: “The team is happy with the result today”...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Great Britain
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 29.615s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 29.758s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 30.426s

Q: Sebastian, congratulations. What is it with you and this track?
Sebastian Vettel: I don’t know what it is here. On Friday morning we do the first couple of laps and it’s unbelievable, the corner combinations. I can only say it again and again, it is so much fun, especially in qualifying...

Mark Webber Q&A: Red Bull have a good margin
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

Red Bull seemed to be in a league of their own on Saturday afternoon at Silverstone, with only Fernando Alonso coming close enough to look at their exhausts. Mark Webber was forced to grin and bear it as team mate Sebastian Vettel clocked pole position, but given where his other title rivals are on the grid, P2 is not a bad place to be - especially when you believe you car advantage should carry over to the race...

Qualifying analysis - race now Red Bull's to lose?
Posted at Formula1.com on July 10, 2010

Everyone says the RB6 is the fastest car on the grid over a single lap and at Silverstone on Saturday Red Bull hammered the point home, once more locking out the front row. With or without its latest front-wing update, it seems the rest of the pack will have their work cut out to stay in touch on Sunday. We take a team-by-team look at where things stand after qualifying for the British Grand Prix...

Paddock Postcard from Silverstone
Posted at Formula1.com on July 11, 2010

The social side of the British Grand Prix began as early as last Monday with the F1™ Party in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, at London’s Natural History Museum, featuring a private gig from the Sugababes.

Santander supported the party for a fourth year to raise funds for the hospital’s new heart and lung Centre. Bernie Ecclestone was host and his daughter Tamara was the creative director and helped to plan and oversee the event...

Race - Webber untouchable at Silverstone
Posted at Formula1.com on July 11, 2010

Mark Webber offered the greatest response to all of Red Bull’s qualifying hoopla by dominating Sunday's British Grand Prix from the start, and rebuilding his lead after a safety-car period that allowed team mate Sebastian Vettel to get back in the game after a disastrous first corner had seen the German go off track after a light brush with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. The puncture that he sustained dropped him to the tail of the field.

Hamilton challenged Webber mightily on that first lap, but it was soon clear that only a major drama could take a richly deserved success away from the Australian. He was in a class of his own, as was the indefatigable Hamilton who maintained his world championship lead with a gutsy run to second...

Formula 1 2010 SANTANDER British Grand Prix Highlights
Race Edit
Posted at formula1hd YouTube channel on July 16, 2010

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: British comedians and actors attending this race - Rowan Atkinson, Patrick Stewart, etc.
**Updated: Original video was taken down.


British Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on July 11, 2010

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on his frustrating start from pole; McLaren’s Jenson Button on his triumphant drive from 14th to fourth; Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on his controversial pass on Renault’s Robert Kubica; and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on clinching his third win of the season. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday’s race...

FIA post-race press conference - Great Britain
Posted at Formula1.com on July 11, 2010

1st Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h24m38.200s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h24m39.560s; 3rd Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 1h24m59.507s.

Q: Mark, you were very angry yesterday after the team switched the front wings. After the race today you said on the radio race ‘not bad for a number two driver'. Was today all about poetic justice?
Mark Webber: Maybe there is a bloke upstairs every now and again. I just did the best job I could do today and it worked out okay. Enjoyed the grand prix to be honest. It was a good fight with Lewis...

Lewis Hamilton Q&A: McLaren have moved forward
Posted at Formula1.com on July 11, 2010

Slower than the competition, yet still able to maintain the championship lead - that is either good luck or an amazing ability to pull rabbits - or positions - out of the hat. At Silverstone on Sunday McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton proved he has that ability, as he finished second to Red Bull’s Mark Webber. It’s making the best of things, even when times seem hard, that could decide this year’s title and Hamilton is more than ready to grasp any opportunity...

Great Britain analysis - Webber fights back with flair
Posted at Formula1.com on July 12, 2010

Red Bull’s Mark Webber turned the frustration following his team’s decision to hand over the upgraded wing from his RB6 to team mate Sebastian Vettel into sheer unadulterated pace at Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Beating pole-sitter Vettel into the first corner was just the start of Webber’s all-conquering performance, as he led McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg to the Silverstone finish line. We take a team-by-team look at events...

2010 F1 European Grand Prix Review

View of start at Valencia street circuit on June 27, 2010.
Photo by Alberto Saiz / AP Photo.

The 2010 F1 European Grand Prix was held in Valencia, Spain last weekend. From the final practice to qualifying and on through post race reaction, the following list of title linked articles cover this Formula One race. This year, the race was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Links to preview posts and other interesting F1 items published on the internet, but not having to do with this event specifically, may be found in the last couple regular Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries.


Final practice - Red Bulls split by Renault
Posted at Formula1.com on June 26, 2010

Sebastian Vettel pushed Robert Kubica off the top slot on the final lap of a gripping final practice session in Valencia this morning, as the leading runners slogged it out and those with ‘blown’ diffuser aerodynamics leapt ahead of the McLaren duo that had ruled the roost in Turkey and Canada...

Qualifying - Vettel beats Webber to pole in Valencia
Posted at Formula1.com on June 26, 2010

Red Bull picked up their pole position string again in Valencia on Saturday afternoon, as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber sewed up the front row for the European Grand Prix. Going into the final runs of Q3 it was the Australian who held the advantage, but Vettel put a superb lap together to snatch the premier starting slot away...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on June 26, 2010

BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi on once again missing the Q2 cut; Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher on struggling into 12th and 15th respectively on the Valencia grid; Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg on making the top-ten shootout for only the second time; and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on his fourth pole of the year. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action in Valencia...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Europe
Posted at Formula1.com on June 26, 2010

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 37.587s, 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 37.662s and 3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m 37.969s

Q: Sebastian, congratulations. Fastest man in final practice, quickest man in Q1, Q2 and when it counts, in Q3. And as the team said on the radio ‘Welcome Back’.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it is good. The last couple of races we didn’t have a very smooth run. Saturdays usually we were quite okay but then Sundays sometimes was a bit rough but it is good...

Qualifying analysis - are Red Bull back in the game?
Posted at Formula1.com on June 26, 2010

After being beaten by McLaren and Ferrari in Canada, Red Bull were in fighting form on Saturday with Sebastian Vettel taking pole position in Valencia from team mate Mark Webber. With McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in third, and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa making up the top five, we’re set for a thrilling European Grand Prix. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed...

Paddock Postcard from Valencia
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Valencia marks the 500th race for the Lotus marque, as Lotus Racing team principal Tony Fernandes celebrated in style as Clive Chapman, son of Colin, and his family attended the race as his guests and brought the original F1 Lotus - the 12 - to partner the T127s. Both of the new cars bore 500th race logos, and at a dinner for team friends on Saturday night Fernandes again made it clear how faithfully he intends to carry Colin Chapman’s flame...

Race - Vettel wins amid drama in Valencia
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel bounced himself back into contention for the world championship with an easy European Grand Prix win in Valencia on a day when a spectacular back flip left Mark Webber on the sidelines in the other Red Bull.Vettel led from the start, defending strongly against a forceful Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the first corner, as Webber was hung out to dry in the heavy traffic and dropped to ninth from second on the grid...

European Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Red Bull’s Mark Webber on his dramatic collision with Lotus’s Heikki Kovalainen; Kamui Kobayashi on overtaking his way to seventh for BMW Sauber; Fernando Alonso on a frustrating race for Ferrari; and Sebastian Vettel on clinching his second win of the year in the Red Bull. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday’s race...

Formula 1 2010 TELEFONICA Grand Prix of Europe Highlights Race Edit [HD]
Posted at YouTube by formula1hd

*Dan, Jr. / Junior's Eyes Note: Includes Mark Webber's crash.

Ten drivers handed post-race penalties
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Pedro de la Rosa have all received penalties from the Valencia stewards for safety-car rule infringements...

FIA post-race press conference - Europe
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h40m29.571s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h40m34.613s; 3rd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h40m37.229s.

Q: Sebastian, fourth time of asking and you finally convert one of those poles into a race win.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it is about time I would say. It wasn’t the easiest way so far but what happened, happened. We cannot change it but it is good to be back and on a circuit where we didn’t expect to be that strong, to be quick enough all the time in the race to slightly pull away, find the gap, and then carry the car home...

Lewis Hamilton Q&A: Penalty was fair
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Despite a McLaren not as quick as the Red Bull and a drive-through penalty for passing the safety car, Lewis Hamilton still managed to bag second place in Valencia, much to the disgust of former team mate Fernando Alonso. Hamilton, who retained his lead in the driver standings, felt his penalty was fair and is now looking forward to an upgraded MP4-25 for his home race in two weeks’ time...

Sebastian Vettel Q&A: European victory a surprise
Posted at Formula1.com on June 27, 2010

Sebastian Vettel got his title challenge back on track on Sunday after ending his recent victory drought with an excellent win in Valencia. A minor brush with Lewis Hamilton aside, it was a flawless performance from the German, who then went on to see his nation defeat England in their World Cup clash. A good day all round then...

Europe analysis - Vettel back on the title trail
Posted at Formula1.com on June 28, 2010

Given Red Bull’s pace this season, it’s hard to believe that Sebastian Vettel’s European Grand Prix victory was only his second win of the season. Lewis Hamilton may have extended his championship lead with second place, but Vettel now has him - and McLaren team mate Jenson Button - firmly back in his sights. It was not such a great afternoon for two other title contenders, with Mark Webber’s dramatic crash and Fernando Alonso losing out under the safety car, leaving the Spaniard and Ferrari infuriated. We take a team-by-team look back at Sunday’s events in Valencia...

Webber: I'll be fully fit for Silverstone
Posted at Formula1.com on June 28, 2010

Red Bull Mark Webber insists his high-speed crash in Sunday’s European Grand Prix will not hamper his preparations for the next round of the championship at Silverstone. Webber emerged largely unscathed from the 300 km/h shunt, after running into the back of Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus...

Permane: Renault were set for Valencia podium
Posted at Formula1.com on June 28, 2010

On the face of it, Robert Kubica’s fifth place in Sunday’s European Grand Prix looked like a good result for Renault. However, had it not been for a bit of bad luck with the timing of the safety car the team are convinced it could have been a whole lot better, as chief race engineer Alan Permane explained in his post-race debrief...

Sam Michael Q&A: Williams targeting more points
Posted at Formula1.com on June 30, 2010

From ninth on the Valencia grid to a fourth-place finish, Williams’ Rubens Barrichello - and his FW32 - enjoyed a very strong European Grand Prix. And although Nico Hulkenberg’s race ended prematurely, he had also been running in the top ten in the second Williams. Overall it was a successful outing for the British team, and Sam Michael, Williams’ technical director, is confident they will be equally competitive at the forthcoming Silverstone race...

2010 F1 Canadian Grand Prix Review

Lewis Hamilton winning 2010 Canadian GP on June 13, 2010.
Photo by Reuters.

From qualifying on through post race reaction, the following list of linked articles cover the 2010 F1 Canadian Grand Prix. This Formula One race was run on June 13, 2010 in Montreal, Canada. McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished first and second, with Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso crossing the line in third place.


Qualifying - Hamilton storms to Montreal pole
Posted at Formula1.com on June 12, 2010

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton left it until the dying moments of qualifying in Canada, but his lap of 1m 15.105s was sufficient to push Red Bull off the pole for the first time in 2010. And as it left Mark Webber...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on June 12, 2010

Lotus's Heikki Kovalainen on finishing just two-tenths down on the BMW Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi in Q1; Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher on failing to make the top-ten shootout; and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Canada
Posted at Formula1.com on June 12, 2010

Drivers: 1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m 15.105s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 15.373s; 3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 15.420s

Q: Lewis, you left it to the last gasp but you have got your first pole...

Qualifying analysis - Hamilton leaves Red Bull playing catch-up
Posted at Formula1.com on June 12, 2010

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finally ousted Red Bull from the top grid slot on Saturday after taking pole position during the dying moments of a thrilling qualifying session in Montreal. Red Bull's Mark Webber...

Paddock Postcard from Montreal
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

One of the great things about the Canadian Grand Prix is that it always attracts plenty of famous racing faces. Double world championship, double CART champion and double Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi...

Webber hit by gearbox grid penalty
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

Mark Webber will drop five places on the grid for this afternoon's Canadian Grand Prix due to a gearbox change on his Red Bull car. Webber, who had qualified second alongside polesitter Lewis Hamilton...

Jenson Button (2nd) and Lewis Hamilton (1st) celebrate on June 13, 2010.
Photo by Reuters.

Canadian Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on his early exit; Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi on overtaking seven-time champion - and Mercedes GP driver - Michael Schumacher; and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on clinching his...

Race - McLaren one-two in Montreal thriller
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in their McLarens turned the world championship on its head in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, when they scored the team's third one-two of the season after a tense race in...

FIA post-race press conference - Canada
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h33m53.456s; 2nd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h33m55.710s; 3rd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h34m02.670s.

Q: Lewis, back to back wins. You are leading the championship and I guess...

Q&A with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton
Posted at Formula1.com on June 13, 2010

The Montreal weekend turned out to be something of a Hamilton-fest, with the McLaren driver translating an imperious pole position into a well-deserved win. Having taken his maiden F1 victory here back in...

Canada analysis - both titles blown wide open
Posted at Formula1.com on June 14, 2010

Red Bull may have given away victory in Turkey, but in Canada on Sunday they were beaten fair and square by both McLaren and Ferrari. McLaren's one-two secured the lead in both championships, but with the...

Post-Canada debrief with Renault's Steve Nielsen
Posted at Formula1.com on June 14, 2010

Renault had a highly eventful Canadian Grand Prix, with both Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov coming under the scrutiny of the stewards during the 70-lap race. At the end of it all they came away with six...

Alonso: Canada was actually a great result
Posted at Formula1.com on June 16, 2010

Immediately after the Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso couldn't hide his disappointment with his third-place finish behind the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Believing he had...

2010 F1 Turkish Grand Prix Review

Lewis Hamilton (1st) and his girlfriend, Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger.
Photo by Reuters

The 2010 Formula One Turkish Grand Prix race was run at Istanbul Park, in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday - May 30, 2010. McLaren's (Mercedes) English racing driver Lewis Hamilton won the his first race of this year.

This post contains a list of title linked Formula1.com entries (Qualifying through post race) for followers of Formula One racing that want to review the event, the seventh of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Season.

Links to preview posts and other interesting F1 items published on the internet, but not having to do with this event specifically, may be found in the last two Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entries. To visit those lists, click here and then here.


Qualifying - Webber beats Hamilton to Turkey pole
Posted at Formula1.com on May 29, 2010

Mark Webber continued his recent excellent form to snatch another pole position for Red Bull on the final runs in Q3 in Turkey on Saturday afternoon, cutting beneath Lewis Hamilton’s benchmark first-run lap of 1m 26.542s with 1m 26.295s. McLaren’s Hamilton was the only other frontrunner to improve on his second run, but though he set the fastest times in the first and second sectors a weak middle sector restricted him to 1m 26.433s, which leaves him on the outside front-row position...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on May 29, 2010

Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi on failing to make it through to Q2; Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on how the F10's lack of pace ruled him out of the top-ten shoot-out; and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on scoring his third - and Red Bull’s seventh - successive pole position. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action at Istanbul Park...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Turkey
Posted at Formula1.com on May 29, 2010

Drivers: 1. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 26.295s; 2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m 26.433s, 3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 26.760s.

Q: Mark, I am not sure what the Australian word for deja vu is but here we go again. Third pole in a row and I suppose reward for all the reliability problems you have had this weekend.
Mark Webber: Yeah, it hasn't been the smoothest of weekends for us in terms of getting the running in. Obviously Friday was a little bit disrupted but not massively to be honest. If you could ever have a problem with the engine it is probably the right time to have it. This morning also we were not having the easiest P3 to be honest but getting ready for qualy, things started to get a bit better...

Qualifying analysis - can Hamilton halt Webber's winning streak?
Posted at Formula1.com on May 29, 2010

Red Bull’s Mark Webber once again took the top grid slot during qualifying for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix. But with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in second, Sebastian Vettel found himself down in third in the other RB6. Reigning world champion Jenson Button and Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher make up the top five. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed...

Paddock Postcard from Istanbul
Posted at Formula1.com on May 30, 2010

After the glitz and glamour of Monaco, in Turkey the paddock focus returned to the on-track action and some thrilling support races to this weekend's Formula One competition. Pastor Maldonado scored a dominant victory for the Rapax team in Saturday’s GP2 feature race, grabbing an immediate lead from slow-starting poleman iSport’s Davide Valsecchi who was left to scrap over second place with Mexico’s Sergio Perez and Briton Sam Bird...

Turkish Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on May 30, 2010

Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on their fateful collision; Lotus on their double DNF; and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on taking his first victory of 2010. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday’s action...

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finish first and second.
Photo by Reuters.

Race - McLaren one-two as Red Bulls tangle in Turkey
Posted at Formula1.com on May 30, 2010

When McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton broke his duck in 2010 he did so in dramatic style, in a Turkish Grand Prix that at one stage seemed destined to yield Red Bull yet another one-two.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber led off the line as team mate Sebastian Vettel boiled through to push slow-starting Hamilton down to third and Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher edged ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button for fourth. Both McLaren drivers made up a place on that opening tour...

Q&A with Red Bull’s Helmut Marko: We are not amused
Posted at Formula1.com on May 30, 2010

As Red Bull’s motorsport consultant, Dr Helmut Marko is the perfect person to ask about the incident between the team’s drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the Turkish Grand Prix. Watching the duo go wheel-to-wheel and then lose an almost guaranteed one-two by ending up colliding was not the ideal end to the Istanbul Park weekend. And Marko and the rest of the team are keen to have a serious word with both drivers to ensure it never happens again...

FIA post-race press conference - Turkey
Posted at Formula1.com on May 30, 2010

1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h28m47.620s; 2nd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h28m50.265s; 3rd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h29m11.905s.

Q: Lewis, first win of the season for you. Great scrap. First with Mark, then Sebastian (Vettel) and then Jenson and finally you emerge as the winner. What a race.
Lewis Hamilton: It was quite an exciting race. We knew that we had good race pace. We knew that we would be able to stay with the Red Bulls. Unfortunately they were so fast through turn eight that it was very difficult to be able to slipstream Mark...

Q&A with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton
Posted at Formula1.com on May 31, 2010

After Saturday’s qualifying session in Istanbul, Lewis Hamilton found himself in the promising situation of having split the Red Bulls on the grid, and contemplating whether Turkey could be a good place to start winning in 2010. He and McLaren team mate Jenson Button may well have benefited from the Red Bull tussle in the race, but that was far from the whole story...

Turkey analysis - Red Bull on the run
Posted at Formula1.com on May 31, 2010

The collision between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel was undoubtedly the talking point of Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix, but the real story was the fact that Red Bull’s opposition - notably McLaren - has closed the gap on the once dominant team. Lewis Hamilton split the RB6s in qualifying and he and team mate Jenson Button applied a telling level of pressure in the race, culminating in a well-deserved one-two. We take a team-by-team look at events in Istanbul...

2010 F1 Spanish Grand Prix Review

Mark Webber celebrates 2010 Spanish Grand Prix win.
Photo by Associated Press.

The 2010 Spanish Grand Prix race was run in Montmeló, near Barcelona, Spain last Sunday - May 9, 2010. Australia's Mark Webber won the race, after dominating the whole way. This post contains a list of title linked Formula1.com entries for followers of Formula One racing that want to review the event, the fifth of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Season.

Links to preview posts and other interesting F1 items published on the internet, but not having to do with this event specifically, may be found in the last Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' blog entry. To visit that list, click here.


Qualifying - Webber pips Vettel to pole in Spain
Posted at Formula1.com on May 8, 2010

Red Bull put on yet another stunning display of raw speed at Barcelona during qualifying on Saturday afternoon, as Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel dominated all three sessions to fight for pole position, the team’s fifth of the season.

On his final run in Q3 Vettel went to the top with a lap of 1m 20.101s, but Webber’s best aced him as 1m 19.995s won the Australian his second pole of the year...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on May 8, 2010

Williams’ Rubens Barrichello on just missing the cut for Q2; Renault’s Vitaly Petrov on how he made it to qualifying despite his big accident during morning practice; and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on clinching his second pole position of the year. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action in Barcelona...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Spain
Posted at Formula1.com on May 8, 2010

Drivers: 1. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 19.995s; 2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 20.101s, 3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m 20.829s

Q: Mark, fastest in Q1, fastest in Q2 and this time Sebastian didn’t beat you when it counts; pole by a tenth of a second.
Mark Webber: Yeah, that’s right. Normally it’s a good battle all the way through qualifying but Seb’s had a pretty solid run in the last while in Q3 but today I had two solid laps, obviously both of them. It’s nice to go into the second lap knowing you’re already ahead. It’s a nice situation to try and build on your second lap in that way instead of being behind. But this pole is for the team...

Qualifying analysis - Red Bull to reign?
Posted at Formula1.com on May 8, 2010

Red Bull once again dominated qualifying on Saturday in Barcelona, with Mark Webber taking pole position ahead of team mate Sebastian Vettel. Behind the Red Bull duo, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in the second McLaren make up the top five. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed...

Q&A with Red Bull’s Mark Webber
Posted at Formula1.com on May 8, 2010

Today’s pole position was a big load off Mark Webber’s mind. The internal competition level at Red Bull is extremely high - all but inevitable with two such capable drivers - and Webber clearly demonstrated he has no intention of standing in Sebastian Vettel’s shadow. But whoever gets the break tomorrow, one thing is clear: the fans will see a mesmerizing race because the likes of Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Schumacher will be doing their utmost to spoil the Red Bull party...

Paddock Postcard from Barcelona
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

The paddock in Spain is always bustling with familiar faces, and the race calendar this year was even busier than ever with GP2, GP3 and Formula BMW events showcasing the talents of upcoming drivers.

On Friday Jenson Button uncovered a plate commemorating his achievement in 2009 in the Circuit de Catalunya’s Avenue of Champions, which pays tribute to all the drivers and riders who have raced there and have won at least one world championship...

Mark Webber lifts first place 2010 Spanish Grand Prix trophy.
Photo by Associated Press.

Faultless Webber wins with style in Spain
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

Mark Webber drove the race of his life in Barcelona on Sunday afternoon, leaving Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel behind on the way to the third Grand Prix victory of his career. The Australian won the race to the first corner as Vettel tucked into second place ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, and steadily set the pace as he pulled away...

Spanish Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

HRT’s Karun Chandhok and Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari on the coming together that earned one a drive-through penalty and the other retirement; McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on the late failure that ruled him out of the race; and Red Bull’s Mark Webber on his first win of 2010. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday’s race...

McLaren investigating Hamilton failure
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton could almost taste the champagne of a second consecutive podium position at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday when two laps from home his left front tyre deflated and sent him careering towards the tyre wall at Turn Three...

FIA post-race press conference - Spain
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

1st Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h35m44.101s; 2nd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h36m08.166s; 3rd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h36m35.439s.

Q: Mark, Fernando described you and the team on Friday as unbeatable and you proved it today. You must be very happy? Mark Webber: Yeah, absolutely rapped. After qualifying yesterday it was certainly a great position for us to start the Grand Prix in. We knew it was a long run to the first corner here and we had some pretty quick cars behind us in terms of top speed, so that was the very important part of the race to unlock that and get out of turn one still in the lead. It was quite tight into turn one. We had a good battle going into there and then I just settled into a rhythm...

Q&A with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton
Posted at Formula1.com on May 9, 2010

It looked set to be a good day for Lewis Hamilton, with McLaren closer to Red Bull on pace, and some excellent pit work helping him leapfrog Sebastian Vettel. Then came the problem with the front-left tyre deflating and 18 points disappeared, almost within sight of the flag. Unfortunate - but having delivered a flawless race to that point, Hamilton leaves Barcelona for Monaco with a clear conscience...

Spain analysis - joy and frustration for Red Bull
Posted at Formula1.com on May 10, 2010

Their qualifying speed, fine weather, and the difficulty of passing in Barcelona meant the odds were heavily stacked in favour of a dominant Red Bull one-two in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. It wasn’t to be. Their race pace was not as quick as expected, and although polesitter Mark Webber won as he pleased, technical gremlins again struck the RB6, meaning Sebastian Vettel had to rely on others’ misfortune for his podium finish. We take a team-by-team look at Sunday afternoon’s events...

Barcelona debrief with Williams’ Sam Michael
Posted at Formula1.com on May 10, 2010

Williams headed to Spain with an updated car and high hopes. Those hopes took a hit on Saturday when Rubens Barrichello failed to progress beyond Q1 in qualifying, leaving rookie team mate Nico Hulkenberg to lead the team’s points charge from 13th on the grid. In the end, however, it was the veteran Brazilian who came through to finish ninth for two points, while the German hit trouble en route to 16th. Technical director Sam Michael reflects on a less than satisfactory weekend...

Mark Webber Q&A: Spain victor fired up for Monaco
Posted at Formula1.com on May 11, 2010

Winning a race is one thing. Winning it unchallenged from pole to podium is another. On Sunday in Spain Mark Webber entered the illustrious club of men who’ve achieved it and he now heads to Monte Carlo on a high, ready to take on Formula One racing’s ultimate challenge...

2010 F1 Chinese Grand Prix Review

Jenson Button after winning 2010 Chinese Grand Prix.
Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images.

This 2010 Chinese Grand Prix Review post contains a list of title linked Formula1.com entries for followers of Formula One racing. The race was run in off and on rainy conditions in Shanghai, China last Sunday (April 18, 2010), but that didn't hamper the high profile driving drama one bit. In fact, it only led to much more.

Since I never got around to compiling a preview list, anyone who needs to see who the experts were picking to win before the race started should read the articles posted at Formula1.com in the days leading up to the event. Spoilers alert! Spoilers alert! Yeah, they were looking for Germany's Sebastian Vettel to win the race in his Red Bull Renault ... Again! After getting it wrong for the first two, they finally got it right in Malaysia, the third event of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Season.

But how did race number four end up? Check out the qualifying analysis through post race review items below, and see how McLaren - Mercedes' British driver Jenson Button became the winner. Even if you watched the race, you might learn a few previously undisclosed details.


Qualifying analysis - can anyone stop Red Bull?
Posted at Formula1.com on April 17, 2010

Red Bull dominated qualifying in Shanghai on Saturday, with Sebastian Vettel taking pole position ahead of team mate Mark Webber. Behind the Red Bull duo, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg and McLaren’s Jenson Button made up the top five. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed...

Race - Button and McLaren spring Shanghai surprise
Posted at Formula1.com on April 18, 2010

Jenson Button won a nail-biting Chinese Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday afternoon, with team mate Lewis Hamilton chasing him home second after a race of many parts.

It began with light rain, a jump start by Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari and an incident in the first corner when Vitantonio Liuzzi spun his Force India into Kamui Kobayashi’s BMW Sauber and Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso, bringing out the safety car...

Chinese Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on April 18, 2010

Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi on his first lap spin, collision, and retirement; McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on their pit-lane tussle; and Jenson Button on his second victory from the first four races for new team McLaren. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, report back on Sunday’s race...

FIA post-race press conference - China
Posted at Formula1.com on April 18, 2010

1st Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h46m42.163s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h46m43.693s; 3rd Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 1h46m51.647s.

Q: Jenson, what a race. Another great call for tyres at the start, a safety car re-start for you to control and then some heart-stopping moments in the final laps.
Jenson Button: I mean the safety car for clearing debris off the circuit was just... I had my heart in my mouth when that happened as I just did not know what was going to happen. We had built up such a good gap and then, unfortunately, everyone else caught up, so it made it very tricky. At the end of the race when we put the inters on, the new set, I felt really good. The car felt great and I wasn’t pushing the tyres too much. I could see I was pulling a gap...

Jenson Button Q&A: China win ‘very special’
Posted at Formula1.com on April 18, 2010

Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix saw a one-two victory, but not from the team that most had expected. For McLaren’s Jenson Button it was the second triumph of the season, making him the only driver so far to score a double win in 2010. For a man who some suggested was ‘the wrong’ champion last year, the satisfaction of proving those doubters wrong must be huge...

China analysis - McLaren throw down the gauntlet
Posted at Formula1.com on April 19, 2010

The Chinese Grand Prix went against the expectations of most, as McLaren turned the tables on Red Bull just when they needed to. We’ll never know whether Button and Hamilton would have threatened the podium had the changeable weather not intervened, but the Woking team - who now lead both championships - made all the right calls and their dominant one-two left front-row starters Vettel and Webber scratching their heads and wondering what might have been. We take a team-by-team look at how the Shanghai race played out...

Shanghai debrief with Renault's Eric Boullier
Posted at Formula1.com on April 19, 2010

Renault enjoyed a strong showing during the Chinese Grand Prix, with both of the French team’s drivers finishing in the points. Following Sunday's race in Shanghai, team principal Eric Boullier discusses how the weekend unfolded for team mates Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov...

Ferrari play down Alonso-Massa China duel
Posted at Formula1.com on April 20, 2010

Ferrari have moved to quell media reports of friction between their two drivers after Fernando Alonso’s opportunistic pass on Felipe Massa as the pair entered the pit lane during Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

The move cost Massa a place and forced him to wait while his team mate’s car was serviced, dropping the Brazilian further down the order. Massa ultimately finished ninth to Alonso’s fourth, losing his lead in the drivers’ championship in the process, but after the race both men played down the incident...

2010 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Preview Part 2

For those of you interested in Formula One racing, I've compiled some articles from Formula1.com on this season's second race. The list below includes the second batch (Part 2) of posts (Saturday - March 27, 2010 Final Practice, Qualifying, etc.) that add up to a good preview for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday - March 28, 2010. Click here for Part 1.

More entries that aren't directly related to this weekend's race in particular can be found at the F1 web site, as well as in some of Junior's 'Reading And Viewing List' posts. Since you can scan the list, then pick only the articles that strike your fancy, this may save you some time.


Final practice - Webber wows home crowd
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

Mark Webber owned Albert Park on Saturday afternoon in the final practice for his home race, lapping his Red Bull in 1m 24.719s to head off the challenges of Bahrain winner Fernando Alonso (1m 24.929s) in the Ferrari and the revitalised Michael Schumacher (1m 24.963s) for Mercedes...

Qualifying - a Red Bull front row in Melbourne
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

Red Bull annexed the front row of the starting grid for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, courtesy of poleman Sebastian Vettel and local hero Mark Webber. The German set the fastest time of the weekend on his first runs in Q3, with 1m 23.919s. Webber’s best was 1m 24.035s. Neither improved on their second runs...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

Vitaly Petrov on failing to make it through to Q2 for Renault; McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on narrowly missing out on the top ten; and Sebastian Vettel on taking his second consecutive pole position of the season for Red Bull. All 24 drivers review Saturday’s action in Melbourne...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Australia
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 23.919s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 24.035s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 24.111s

Q: Sebastian, what a lap. The final sector of it you were hanging it off the edge of the kerbs, you were all over the place. You certainly spoiled the day for the Webber fans here in Melbourne. Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think obviously first of all it is a great result for both of us and for the team. Mark’s home race, so it is a little bit funny remembering last year from Germany, so kind of revenge but it is a long race tomorrow. But coming back to qualifying, I think we did a good step into qualifying with the car, improving it, and the final session was all about ‘does it start to rain or not.’...

Q&A with Red Bull's Christian Horner
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

With driver Sebastian Vettel clinching his second consecutive pole position, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was all smiles in the Melbourne paddock on Saturday evening. Horner discusses his team’s progress in Australia...

Jenson Button Q&A: We will be stronger in the race
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

The pecking order in Bahrain suggested Red Bull and Ferrari were the clear frontrunners, with McLaren and Mercedes following in their wake. The performance of McLaren’s Jenson Button in Melbourne on Saturday, however, implies the British team are on the move, with Button set to start Sunday’s race from fourth ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa...

Mark Webber Q&A: I would have loved to be on pole
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

His Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel eventually ended qualifying on top, but Mark Webber came very close to securing pole position at his home race on Saturday. And with rain on the cards, and the Australian Grand Prix’s reputation for unusual results, Webber remains confident he could still emerge as the winning driver...

Qualifying analysis - Red Bull the team to beat
Posted at Formula1.com on March 27, 2010

Red Bull clinched the front row of the Melbourne grid with ease on Saturday, with Sebastian Vettel taking pole ahead of team mate - and local hero - Mark Webber. Behind the Red Bull duo, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, McLaren’s Jenson Button and Felipe Massa in the other Ferrari made up the top five. The big surprise, however, was Lewis Hamilton failing to make it through to Q3. We take a team-by-team look at how all the runners performed...