Well thats the first F1 for the year and not a bad race. Vettel has made it his first win for the year now 3 in a row with last years. It seems Mark Webber was a little unhappy with his car and maybe a chassis problem (team conspiracy maybe). Kubica must be totally spewing after seeing his seat given to Petrov and that car performing so well. Possibly a title challenging car this year ?
As I have been away I haven't talked with Steve Pohlner about our winning but I'm sure after seeing some of the tips and the result that we have done well after race 1. Sauber seem to have copped a disqualification which apparently give Di Resta points on his first start. McLaren will possibly threaten Red Bull once they refine that car. Hamilton says its very well balanced and a very good setup.
So with the tipping Peter Wallis has done well. Pete Johnson did His typically mad move and tipped Mark Webber for a win (what was he thinking). A few people have picked the winner by the looks so all score well and strangely a few all picked Alonso for a 4th.
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Sauber's Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi have lost their seventh and eighth places in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after both were disqualified for technical infringements on their cars.
Following post-race checks, the Melbourne stewards decided that both Sauber C30s were in breach of technical rules 3.10.1* and 3.10.2**, in relation to their rear wings. The team plan to appeal the decision.
"This is a very surprising and disappointing result," commented James Key, Saubers technical director. "It appears that there is a question over the top surface of the uppermost rear wing element, this area is not the working surface of the component and therefore relatively unimportant to its function.
"Certainly this has not led to any performance advantage. We are checking the design of the parts now to better understand the situation and we intend to appeal the decision made by the stewards."
The ruling means Ferraris Felipe Massa moves up to seventh, Force India's Adrian Sutil to eighth, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi to ninth and Force India's Paul di Resta to tenth, the Scot thus scoring on his F1 debut.
*Article 3.10.1
"Any bodywork more than 150mm behind the rear wheel centre line which is between 150mm and 730mm above the reference plane, and between 75mm and 355mm from the car centre line, must lie in an area when viewed from the side of the car that is situated between 150mm and 350mm behind the rear wheel centre line and between 300mm and 400mm above the reference plane. When viewed from the side of the car no longitudinal cross section may have more than one section in this area.
"Furthermore, no part of this section in contact with the external air stream may have a local concave radius of curvature smaller than 100mm.
"Once this section is defined, 'gurney' type trim tabs may be fitted to the trailing edge. When measured in any longitudinal cross section no dimension of any such trim tab may exceed 20mm."
** Article 3.10.2
"Other than the bodywork defined in Article 3.10.9, any bodywork behind a point lying 50mm forward of the rear wheel centre line which is more than 730mm above the reference plane, and less than 355mm from the car centre line, must lie in an area when viewed from the side of the car that is situated between the rear wheel centre line and a point 350mm behind it."
I hope Sauber appeal and their punishment is reduced. It seems a bit harsh to disqualify both cars for what is apparently not a performance enhancing issue. A financial penalty and suspended sentence would be fairer.
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