Australian Grand Prix
TSN and Speed are showing highlights of the Sunday morning Qualifying session (i.e. the important one!) just ahead of the race. [My notes from Saturday Qualifying]
The good thing is that the TV coverage is showing the cumulative (combined) times for their qualifying laps; bad news is the F1
Montoya = 3:14.645 = provisional Posn 1
Raikkonnen = 3:15.558 = pP2
Karthikeyan = 3:17.092 = pP4
Button = 3:12.128 = pP1 
Heidfeld = 3:09.130 = pP1
Coulthard = 3:07.212 = pP1
Klien = 3:07.477 = pP2
Villeneuve = 3:06.846 = pP1
Webber = 3:04.996 = pP1
Trulli = 3:04.429 = pP1
Fisichella = 3:01.460 = pole
[Live timings on official F1 site won't work on this laptop - "applet crashed", even after updating Java and rebooting - what a waste of time! Oddly enough it works fine on the Linux server!]
Parade lap: yellow flag on the grid! Raikkonen? The new rules say he’ll be pushed in to the pit lane, and the rest of the grid will do another formation lap! And there’s a big puff of smoke from a Toyota. Raikkonen’s fired up and will rejoin from the pits once everyone else has been past.
Parade lap #2: forming up OK.
01/57: DC passed MW in the first corner.
GF, JT, DC, MW, NH, CK, JM, RB
JB dropped a couple of places 
MS & KR moving up very quickly
02: JV=P9; JB=11; MS=15; KR=16
06: FA passes JV … who promptly takes him back
10: GF, JT, DC, MW, NH, CK, JM, RB; JV=9; JB=11; MS=15; KR=16
14: GF laps CA; there’s a few more rookies to get by yet
15: Martin Brunde (ITV commentator & ex-F1 driver) just said he’d like to ask MS & KR what they’re playing at – why aren’t they moving through the field?
16: DC hit the back of a Minardi! Piece of carbon fibre came off but from which car? Also pushed MW wide on to the grass! Ouch!
16: FA passes JV again and makes it stick this time
17: JT first to pit – refuelling only
NH pits too
18: CA pits – stalled trying to pull away – pushed in to the garage – first retirement
19: New nose cone ready for DC … although he’s actually going quicker since he hit that car!?
21: GF, JM, RB, FA, DC, MW, JT, JV
22: GF pits … so does JM … which means RB leads
25: RB, FA & KR all pit
26: MS pits
28/57: GF, DC, MW, RB, JM, JT, FA, CK; everyone pitted (RS twice); CA retired
30: FA passes JT for P6
32: GF, DC, MW, RB, JM, FA, JT, CK; KR=10; MS=11; JV=12; JB=13; RS=16
34: Why is the TV coverage focusing on MS? He’s not close to passing or being passed, and he’s down in P11.
35: Close-up of KR’s righthand barge board which appears to be broken and folding up, covering the air intake
36: KR pace dropping; MS closing in
36: Yellow flag – Monteiro off at Turn 13 – spun it but should recover OK
39: MW pits … as does KR, and they clear the bodywork
JV pits
Red Bull team have another nose cone ready!
40: JB passes JT nicely; up to P11
41/57: GF, DC, RB, JM, FA, MW, MS, CK; KR=10; JB=11; JV=15
JB pits … very slow away
MW locks up in corner and MS thinks about passing
42: GF pits; DC, JM & MS all pit too!
43: MS squeezed NH on to the grass; NH locks up and T-bones MS; both off
NOO!!! MS gets the marshalls to push him out of the gravel again! He caused that and doesn’t deserve to be running again
44: MS pits … and turns in to the garage … so why did he put those marshalls in jeopardy just so he didn’t have to walk back to the pits?
45: FA pits from P1
46/57: GF, RB, FA, DC, MW, JM, CK, KR; JB=11; JV=13; 3 retirements = CA, NH & MS
48: FA closing on RB
GF being blocked by JV … so much for the experienced ex-world champion! … he eventually obeys the blue flags and let the race leader through … it cost him ~3s that lap!
51: RS passes JV for P13
52: JV playing mobile chicane, holding up RB and FA
54: DC’s next to pass JV … except he had to take to an escape road to avoid PF’s Minardi, which has let MW close in on him
55: The marshalls don’t seem to be showing JV blue flags, so it’s not entirely his fault
55/57: GF, RB, FA, DC, MW, JM, CK, KR; JB=11L RS=12 (1 lap down); JV=14
57/57: GF wins! His second ever victory … I bet he’s “velly ‘appy”
TS pits!? So does JB … a BAR plan?
G.Fisichella
10
R.Barrichello
8
F.Alonso
6
D.Coulthard
5
M.Webber
4
J.Montoya
3
C.Klien
2
K.Raikkonen
1
Renault
16
Ferrari
8
Red Bull
7
BMW Williams
4
McLaren Mercedes
4
BAR, Toyota, Sauber, Jordan, Minardi
0
Next race: Malaysia, March 20th. [calendar]
Schumacher is out! YAY!
MS, that is. I like Ralph
Wanna bet Smug says the accident was Heidfeld’s fault? (Because NH chose to drive on the grass….!)
Go Renault!