2010 Australian GP – My Saturday in Melbourne – Pictures

Today was the day of the qualifying here Melbourne (and before that the final practice of course). It was cool and windy without too much sunshine but for some reason the photos were easier to take today. The rain was in the air but at the end only a little drizzle arrived before the end of qualifying. Here is selection of images I took today at the track:

Red Bull dominated the action on the track with Vettel and Webber claiming the front row for the 2010 Australian GP. Fernando Alonso however was not that much slower. Jenson Button (P4) outqualified his team mate Lewis Hamilton who failed to make it to Q3.

Lotus ended up qualifying as the fastest of the new teams. HRT as expected are at the tail end of the grid but not that far behind Virgin Racing.

2010 Australian GP Qualifying results:

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:23.919
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:24.035
3. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:24.111
4. Button – McLaren – 1:24.675
5. Massa – Ferrari – 1:24.837
6. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:24.884
7. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:24.927
8. Barrichello – Williams – 1:25.217
9. Kubica – Renault – 1:25.372
10. Sutil – Force India – 1:26.036

Q2:

11. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:25.184
12. Buemi – Toro Rosso – 1:25.638
13. Liuzzi – Force India – 1:25.743
14. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:25.747
15. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:25.748
16. Kobayashi – Sauber – 1:25.777
17. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso – 1:26.089

Q1:

18. Petrov – Renault – 1:26.471
19. Kovalainen – Lotus – 1:28.797
20. Trulli – Lotus – 1:29.111
21. Glock – Virgin – 1:29.592
22. di Grassi – Virgin – 1:30.185
23. Senna – HRT – 1:30.526
24. Chandhok – HRT – 1:30.613

Photos: F1Wolf