Mark Webber managed to best cope with the difficult weather conditions in Malaysia to take pole position while some of the big names struggled during qualifying.
The Red Bull driver recorded the fastest lap by 1.3 seconds to take pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg from Mercedes and Webber’s teammate Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton dominated both practice sessions ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix but he still doesn’t believe that he can challenge for pole in Saturday’s qualifying. He is 5/1 second-favourite to get pole.
The former World Champion believes that qualifying will be tough on the sweltering Sepang circuit and that tactics may play a huge part over who will succeed.
Jenson Button won his first race of the new Formula One season by taking the Australian Grand Prix for the second season in a row. His odds have now been shortened to 8/1 to take the 2010 Drivers’ Title.
As predicted, the weather played a massive part in the race as showers before the start caused the teams to quickly switch to intermediates in order to deal with the dampness of the track.
Sebastian Vettel is expecting a tough race in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday despite having secured pole position ahead of team mate Mark Webber.
The German produced three brilliant drives on Saturday, leading at the end of all three sessions as he picked up from where he left off in qualifying in Bahrain.
Vettel finished 0.116 seconds ahead of Red Bull team mate and home favourite Webber, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in third a long way clear of world champion Jenson Button who was fourth.
The second race of the Formula One season is upon us and all eyes have turned to Melbourne to see if Fernando Alonso can make it two wins in a row.
However, Lewis Hamilton, who finished third in Bahrain last time out, was fastest in the final practice session before Saturday’s qualifying. This has seen Alonso’s odds lengthen to 3/1 whilst Hamilton’s odds have shortened to 6/1 to win the race.
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
Paul Nicholls was delighted to see Kauto Star show plenty of enthusiasm as the veteran chaser enjoyed a spin with stablemates Big Buck’s and Mon Parrain after racing at Exeter. The 11-year-old Kauto Star has enjoyed a stellar career, winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton on four consecutive occasions and taking Cheltenham Gold [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
