Formula 1 2011 is now officially underway with the teams completing Friday practice around Albert Park in Melbourne ahead of this weekend’s Australian GP. You can read all the coverage of this weekend’s grand prix here. Or, if you fancy reading about the history of the Australian grand prix, including classic races, have a read of our all new ‘GPedia’ page for the Aussie GP here.
For now though, here are the time sheets from both Friday practice sessions – if you’re playing FantasyGP, you may want to use this data for your predictions…
FREE PRACTICE 1
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | BEST | DIFF | LAPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1'26.831 | 20 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1'27.158 | 0.327 | 19 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'27.749 | 0.918 | 20 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'28.152 | 1.321 | 16 |
| 5 | R.Barrichello | Williams | 1'28.430 | 1.599 | 24 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1'28.440 | 1.609 | 29 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1'28.483 | 1.652 | 26 |
| 8 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'28.690 | 1.859 | 14 |
| 9 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1'28.725 | 1.894 | 13 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1'28.765 | 1.934 | 15 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'28.842 | 2.011 | 20 |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1'28.928 | 2.097 | 14 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1'29.314 | 2.483 | 19 |
| 14 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1'29.328 | 2.497 | 21 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1'29.403 | 2.572 | 24 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1'29.468 | 2.637 | 23 |
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1'29.643 | 2.812 | 18 |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1'31.002 | 4.171 | 20 |
| 19 | H.Kovalainen | Lotus | 1'32.428 | 5.597 | 13 |
| 20 | J.D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1'35.282 | 8.451 | 17 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1'35.289 | 8.458 | 15 |
| 22 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus | - | - | 1 |
FREE PRACTICE 2
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1'25.854 | 32 | 222.363 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1'25.986 | 0.132 | 31 | 222.022 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'26.001 | 0.147 | 28 | 221.983 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1'26.014 | 0.16 | 35 | 221.949 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1'26.283 | 0.429 | 33 | 221.257 |
| 6 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'26.590 | 0.736 | 31 | 220.473 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'26.789 | 0.935 | 34 | 219.967 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1'27.101 | 1.247 | 39 | 219.18 |
| 9 | R.Barrichello | Williams | 1'27.280 | 1.426 | 34 | 218.73 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'27.448 | 1.594 | 23 | 218.31 |
| 11 | J.Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1'27.525 | 1.671 | 31 | 218.118 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1'27.528 | 1.674 | 29 | 218.11 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1'27.536 | 1.682 | 22 | 218.09 |
| 14 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1'27.697 | 1.843 | 30 | 217.69 |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1'28.095 | 2.241 | 35 | 216.706 |
| 16 | Paul Di Resta | Force India | 1'28.376 | 2.522 | 33 | 216.017 |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1'28.583 | 2.729 | 31 | 215.513 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1'29.386 | 3.532 | 29 | 213.577 |
| 19 | H.Kovalainen | Lotus | 1'30.829 | 4.975 | 22 | 210.183 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1'30.912 | 5.058 | 23 | 209.992 |
| 21 | J.D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1'32.106 | 6.252 | 36 | 207.269 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1'32.135 | 6.281 | 30 | 207.204 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1 |
