Sebastian Vettel Pole After a Rather Uniform Formula One 2011 Australian Opener

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Published: March 26, 2011

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Of course my heart goes out to Bahrain for all of the turmoil the country is in, but from a purely Formula One perspective, I’d be lying if I told you I was anything but pleased to see F1 2011 kick off in Australia.

After a very interesting set of preseason tests it looked as if Red Bull and Ferrari were the teams to beat. McLaren were floundering with a poor car and the mid-field looked the best in years.

This was, however, not the situation in Melbourne. Whilst McLaren seemed to have pulled together to turn their car around in an astonishingly short space of time, Ferrari seem to have forgotten the meaning of speed.

Now I must admit, though I hoped for more exciting qualifying in 2011, I think I knew in the back of my mind that little would change from the pretty uniform sessions we witnessed last year.

I’m afraid Melbourne 2011 had it’s moments, but was on the whole very similar to 2010.  Of course, I think (and hope!) the real difference will be seen on Sunday.  We’ll have to wait to confirm this, but for now let’s get on with the qualifying.


Qualifying 1

Vitaly Petrov opened the new season with a time of 1:29:463. In the early stages of Q1 Renault continued their very promising form from testing by locking out the top spots.

Renault’s time on top was relatively short lived though as seven minutes in Sebastian Vettel shot to P1 closely followed by Mark Webber and both McLarens.

It became very clear, very quickly that qualifying was going to be a straight race between Red Bull and McLaren. Fernando Alonso did manage to get his Ferrari up to P3, but it was just as clear that Ferrari were simply not fast enough.

Both Mercedes drivers put in decent performances and I was very pleased to see Jamie Alguersuari right up in P7 (at this stage in front of both Ferraris!). Fan favourite Kamui Kobayashi was also drivin...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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