Australian GP Result - Finalised
by Adam Milleneuve on Mar 27th, 2011...and it's bad news for the Sauber team and drivers. Both were disqualified for a technical infringement with their rear wing. It's a massive shame for the team, 7th and 8th was a fantastic result, especially for Perez coming sixth on his debut.
Paul di Resta moves up to 10th to score a point on his grand prix debut, behind team mate Sutil in 9th. Massa and Buemi also benefitted, moving up the points paying positions to 7th and 8th respectively.
FantasyGP results have now been finalised and the game is open for new teams and changes. You can also submit your predictions for the Malaysian GP too.
Final Classification:
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | LAPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 58 | 1:29'30.259 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren/Mercedes | 58 | |
| 3 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 58 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 58 | |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull/Renault | 58 | |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 58 | |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 58 | |
| 10 | Sbastien Buemi | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 57 | 1 Lap |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India/Mercedes | 57 | 1 Lap |
| 12 | Paul Di Resta | Force India/Mercedes | 57 | 1 Lap |
| 13 | J.Alguersuari | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 57 | 1 Lap |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 57 | 1 Lap |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus/Renault | 56 | 2 Laps |
| 16 | J.D'Ambrosio | Virgin/Cosworth | 54 | 4 Laps |
| 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin/Cosworth | 49 | Retirement |
| 11 | R.Barrichello | Williams/Cosworth | 48 | Retirement |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 22 | Retirement |
| 7 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 19 | Retirement |
| 20 | H.Kovalainen | Lotus/Renault | 19 | Retirement |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams/Cosworth | 9 | Retirement |
| 7 | Sergio Perez* | Sauber/Ferrari | 58 | |
| 8 | Kamui Kobayashi* | Sauber/Ferrari | 58 |
*Perez and Kobayashi finished 7th and 8th, but were later disqualified for a technical infringement on the Sauber.
Comments and Discussion
A better race than expected. They really should simplify the rules though and (i) allow the use of the wing at anytime at the drivers discretion and (ii) allow KERS to accumulate as much energy as it physically can for use anytime and not dump it once a lap.
Disagree with i, agree with ii. Building the KERS would be cool and it could be done tactically, some would waste it all some would save and go for it in the last laps which would be great. But it would be a bit chaotic to use the wing whenever you wanted, dangerous even, they should just do away with the damn thing!!