Grosjean fastest before rain hits final practice
A downpour during the final practice session for the Australian Grand Prix limited dry weather running but gave teams the opportunity to sample the wet and intermediate tyres ahead of what is expected to be a wet qualifying session.
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<font color='#daa520'>Practice Session 3</font>[/U]</font>
<font color='#40e0d0'>Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps</font>
<font color='#800080'> 1. Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1m26.929s 14
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m27.000s + 0.071s 7
3. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m27.241s + 0.312s 10
4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m27.533s + 0.604s 9
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m27.625s + 0.696s 12
6. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.849s + 0.920s 19
7. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.860s + 0.931s 16
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m28.069s + 1.140s 15
9. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.253s + 1.324s 18
10. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.253s + 1.324s 20
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m28.486s + 1.557s 13
12. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m29.808s + 2.879s 9
13. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m30.073s + 3.144s 16
14. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.388s + 3.459s 17
15. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m30.598s + 3.669s 20
16. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m30.959s + 4.030s 19
17. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.236s + 6.307s 7
18. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.527s + 6.598s 8
19. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m39.232s + 12.303s 13
20. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m39.779s + 12.850s 13
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.872s + 15.943s 13
22. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m47.246s + 20.317s 9</font>
Storms cause Qualifying to be postponed
Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix will continue on Sunday morning after torrential downpours in Melbourne forced its postponement after Q1.
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</font><font color='#daa520'>Qualifying Session</font>
[/U]</font><font color='#40e0d0'>Pos Driver Team Time Gap </font>
<font color='#800080'> 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m43.380s
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m43.850s + 0.470s
3. Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1m44.284s + 0.904s
4. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.300s + 0.920s
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m44.472s + 1.092s
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m44.635s + 1.255s
7. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m44.657s + 1.277s
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.688s + 1.308s
9. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m44.871s + 1.491s
10. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m45.456s + 2.076s
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m45.545s + 2.165s
12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m45.601s + 2.221s
13. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m45.930s + 2.550s
14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m46.450s + 3.070s
15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m47.328s + 3.948s
16. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m47.330s + 3.950s
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m47.614s + 4.234s
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m47.776s + 4.396s
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m48.147s + 4.767s
20. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m48.909s + 5.529s
21. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m49.519s + 6.139s
22. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m50.626s + 7.246s</font>
Hamilton admits to fortune after spin
Lewis Hamilton admitted he was fortunate to survive a spin during Q1 before qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix was postponed.
FIA made the right call to postpone - Button
Jenson Button believes the FIA race stewards made the right decision to postpone qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
McLaren still believes in problematic MP4-28
McLaren is determined to turn the MP4-28 into a winning car this year and is not considering returning to the design concept of last year's MP4-27.
New Williams 'undriveable' - Maldonado
Pastor Maldonado says his Williams was "undriveable" during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix and is concerned his team has taken a step back this year.
Super-soft behaving like qualifying tyre - Pirelli
Pirelli is confident its super-soft compound will force teams on to two- or three-stop strategies in Sunday's race at the Australian Grand Prix.
Ferrari content with race pace
Ferrari is happy with its race pace after focusing on evaluating tyres over longer runs during Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix, but says the relative qualifying pace of the top teams is still unknown.
FIA telemetry issue has consequences for cockpit lights and DRS
Reliability problems with the FIA's telemetry link between race control and the cars means the drivers will be without flag warning lights in the cockpit and the FIA will not be able to override the use of DRS.
@MoizIrfan
Its 6 AM Pakistan time if its 11 AM Australian time, because the difference between Pakistan and Australia is +5 hours.
@m_waqas
It was necessary to abandon the qualifying as the schedule broadcast time was reaching its maximum availability level for the broadcaster.
