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Leclerc pole in Melbourne

Leclerc pole in Melbourne

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Charles Leclerc won the best starting position before the race in Melbourne with a time of 1: 17.868. With this, Monačan gave Ferrari the first best starting position in Australia in fifteen years. Max Verstappen will start the race with him from the first starting line. The second starting line-up was occupied by Sergio Perez and Lando Norris. Lewis Hamilton placed fifth in front of teammate George Russell. Daniel Ricciardo will start the race from seventh place ahead of Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz. Fernando Alonso will start the race in tenth place. The Spaniard was on the way to a very good result in the last part, but in the tenth turn he collided with the protective fence. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1512695272266436609 Just behind the top ten, Pierre Gasly finished ahead of Valtteri Bottas t
Norris fastest before qualifying, Aston Martin in guardrail

Norris fastest before qualifying, Aston Martin in guardrail

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Lando Norris set the fastest time of the third free practice in Albert Park (1: 19.117) In second place, Charles Leclerc managed to get closer to him. Sergio Perez placed third ahead of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz. Home trump Daniel Ricciardo finished sixth. Max Verstappen had a lot of trouble mastering his car in training. His best time was enough for seventh place. Lewis Hamilton finished tenth behind him. Valtteri Bottas and Yuki Tsunoda finished in the top ten. George Russell was last in eleventh place within one second of the fastest time. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1512642044241530881 The training for oblivion is for the Aston Martin team. Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel crash into the guardrail
The first case of Coronavirus was recorded in Melbourne

The first case of Coronavirus was recorded in Melbourne

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Just five days before the start of the first Formula 1 racing weekend, the first case of Coronavirus infection was confirmed at the Albert Park Hotel in Melbourne. One of the guests is said to be infected. The limited hotel was immediately closed by all employees and they will spend a further fourteen days in domestic quarantine. Other measures to follow are not yet known. Despite the case, organizers are still confident that fans will be able to attend the racing weekend. They told SEN radio station: "It is impossible that there would be no audience this weekend. Nevertheless, we must approach the situation wisely with the necessary caution." Recall precisely because of the outbreak of this virus, the race in China has already been postponed, while racers in Bahrain will perform in front of empty stands.
Vettel brought his first win for Ferrari after Singapore 2015

Vettel brought his first win for Ferrari after Singapore 2015

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Sebastian Vettel placed decisively ahead of Lewis Hamilton after boxing stops, giving Ferrari its first win since Singapore 2015. With that, he won for the forty-third time this season. At the victory, he thanked the team in Italian. Hamilton finished in second place. Valtteri Bottas finished on the podium in the first race with the new team. Kimi Raikkonen in the end just wasn’t challenged by Max Verstappen and they completed the top five in that order. Felipe Massa, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat and Esteban Ocon were among the points winners. The latter thus recorded the best ranking in his career, thus already showing in the first race that he took seriously his goal of collecting points, which he defined in one of the interviews before the first race. Upon arrival
Stroll will start the race five places lower

Stroll will start the race five places lower

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Williams has confirmed that the transmission will be changed on the Lanc Stroll race car, which is necessary due to his accident in the third free practice. There, he caused red flags when he first drove too wide over the tenth bend and then crashed into a guardrail. In addition to the need to change the transmission, the Stroll car also suffered damage to the front suspension and front wing, which gave the team the difficult task of preparing it before qualifying training. The Canadian thus earned a penalty of five starting places, as the rules of Formula 1 dictate that the gearbox must be in use for six consecutive appearances, ie. trainings, qualifications and races.
Racing cars are two and a half seconds faster this year than last year

Racing cars are two and a half seconds faster this year than last year

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Those of us who found a (foreign) program last Saturday, where we could watch the broadcast of qualifications for the first race of this year's Formula One season, which will be the first in more than 30 years that none of our television stations will broadcast in Slovenia, we were so shocked, surprised and appalled at how miserably the last part of the qualifiers failed in particular that we didn’t even notice the time Lewis Hamilton, the fastest racer on Saturday, drove around the track in Albert Park. The Briton drove the lap 2.5 seconds faster than last year, which only testifies to how diligent they were at Mercedes over the winter. Of course, the offer of the mixes that Pirelli brought to Melbourne this year is also partly to blame for the better round. Last year the racers had a soft and medium hard mix at their disposal, and this year they had on
Statistics Australian Grand Prix

Statistics Australian Grand Prix

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Following the results of the inaugural race of the season, which took place last weekend in Melbourne, we can make some statistical comparisons. Nico Rosberg won in Melbourne for the second time in his career. He first rejoiced on the top step two years ago, while his father Keke was the fastest thirty-one years ago. The latter won the first race ever on Australian soil, then to Adelaide. Rosberg also recorded his fourth straight win, meaning he is undefeated since the Mexico Grand Prix last year. In addition, it was the seventh consecutive Mercedes victory. With second place, Lewis Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher’s success with six podium finishes in Australia. Already on Saturday, the Briton went down in history as one of three racers (besides Schumacher and Ayrton
Romain Grosjean named racer of the day

Romain Grosjean named racer of the day

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Formula 1 fans decided in an online vote that the winner of the new "Driver of the Day Award" in the race for the Australian Grand Prix was Romain Grosjean, who moved from nineteenth to sixth place0. He managed this in the race car of the team that joined Formula 1 for the first time, the Hass-Team. So he also brought them the first points. He convinced fans with his maneuver to overtake Nik Hülkenberg in Force India and Valtteri Bottas in Williams in the second part of Sunday’s race. However, his teammate, who was involved in the accident with Fernando Alonso, which led to a partial interruption of the race, was less fortunate. "It's the same feeling for me as winning," Grosjean said, looking forward to the success and the award. “Even after the first tests with this car, I knew we only had it
A selection of racing tires for Melbourne

A selection of racing tires for Melbourne

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Pirelli announced a selection of tires for each individual racer at the inaugural race in Melbourne next week. Three teams have decided to choose a different strategy for the racer, namely world champions Mercedes and Sauber and Haas. Lewis Hamilton, unlike Nic Rosberg, opted for one set of soft tires more. Rosberg, on the other hand, has a strategy identical to that of Ferrari drivers. Several teams have selected seven sets of super soft tires, while Manor alone will prefer to use more than two sets of soft tires. Both Rio Haryanto and Pascal Wehrlein will have four available over the weekend. The tire fitter posted on his Twitter profile the exact display of what the selection of racers is shown in the image below. Under the new rules of the 2016 Pire season
Vettlu's best starting position

Vettlu's best starting position

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Sebastian Vettel will start the race for the Australian Grand Prix from the best starting position. He will be accompanied primarily by teammate Mark Webber, and Lewis Hamilton finished third in qualifying with a Mercedes. The qualifiers started or continued on the wet asphalt, but the track quickly started to dry out and towards the end the racers were already driving with tires for the dry track. Unofficial qualifying hours: Racer Team Time Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 01: 27.407 27 2. Mark Webber Red Bull 01: 27.827 26 3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01: 28.087 29 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 01: 28.490 23 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01: 28.493 26 6. Nico Rosberg Mercede