Monday, 12 March 2012

2012 Australian Grand Prix - Preview

2012 Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park, Melbourne



3.30 Miles per Lap
191.071 Miles
16 Corners
58 Laps



Last 5 Winners
2011 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull
2010 : Jenson Button - McLaren
2009 : Jenson Button - Brawn
2008 : Lewis Hamilton - McLaren
2007 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari

Track Stats
Most Wins : Michael Schumacher - 4
Most Podiums : Michael Schumacher - 6
Fastest Lap : Michael Schumacher - 124.125

Driver Stats
  • It is set to be Maldonado's, DiResta's and Perez's 20th carer race.
  • Sebastian Vettel needs one more Fastest Lap to take his tally to ten.
  • Lewis Hamilton is after his 20th Pole Position.
  • It will be the first time in 327 races that a Barrichello will not be on the grid.
  • There is a Frenchman on the grid for the first time since the 2009 Abu Dhabi GP, and the last time there were three French drivers on the grid was the 1999 Brazilian GP starring Alesi, Panis & Sarrazin.

Weather
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Last Time
Sebastian Vettel eased to victory at the first race of last season. He took pole sitter Lewis Hamilton at the first corner, and was very really bothered for the rest of the race. Hamilton took second, ahead of a surprise Vitaly Petrov in third. Sauber tried to pull-off a one-stopper, succeeding wonderfully, with Perez finishing seventh, and Kobayashi ending up in eighth place. However, they were disqualified after the race for an illegal car. This pushed Paul Di Resta up to tenth place, to take his first World Championship Points on his debut.

This Time
As is usual for the first race of the season, the results are always a surprise. Whether it be a different car on the podium, as Rosberg & Petrov have done in previous seasons, or whether it will be a different winner, like Jenson Button in 2009. The only guarantee is that there will be plenty of action, a lot of talk on new rules, with probably a disputed part on one of the leading cars. It will also be the chance for the new drivers to show what they have got, as they start to build their F1 careers.

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