NewsOnF1 - The Real Race - Round 1

Malaysia will prove interesting to see how many of the surprises in this session were related to rain and how much was performance based. Any situation that allows MS to be outqualified by Ruben's (even by 5 thousandths of a second) suggests significant outside influence - in this case the weather lottery. To see Ralf almost a second quicker than JPM and Massa convincingly outqualifying Heidfeld suggests that we will have to wait to see what happens on the hopefully more level playing field at Sepang.

And the Also Ran award goes to: Nick Heidfeld

Picture this, You are the teams top gun and your opponent is a rookie. You have a chip on your shoulder because McLaren chose that other rookie instead of you. How do you show the world what you are made of? Well, if you are Nick Heidfeld, you let the new rookie outqualify you by a quarter of a second.

Congratulations Nick, you are our Australian GP 'Also Ran' winner.

The Australian GP Qualifying Heroes

1. Giancarlo Fisichella, 2. Mark Webber, 3. Ralf Schumacher

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The Real Race - Drivers Standings - Round 1

Grid	Driver	Car	Team	Wins	Losses	Best	QualiPoints
1	R. Barrichello	2	Ferrari (B)	1	0	1	10
2	M. Schumacher	1	Ferrari (B)	0	1	2	6
3	R. Schumacher	5	BMW WilliamsF1 (M)	1	0	3	4
4	D. Coulthard	3	McLaren Mercedes (M)	1	0	4	3
5	K. Raikkonen	4	McLaren Mercedes (M)	0	1	5	2
6	JP. Montoya	6	BMW WilliamsF1 (M)	0	1	6	1
7	J. Trulli	14	Renault (M)	1	0	7
8	G. Fisichella	9	Jordan Honda (B)	1	0	8
9	F. Massa	8	Sauber Petronas (B)	1	0	9
10	N. Heidfeld	7	Sauber Petronas (B)	0	1	10
11	J. Button	15	Renault (M)	0	1	11
12	O. Panis	12	BAR Honda (B)	1	0	12
13	J. Villeneuve	11	BAR Honda (B)	0	1	13
14	M. Salo	24	Toyota (M)	1	0	14
15	H. Frentzen	20	Arrows Cosworth (B)	1	0	15
16	A. McNish	25	Toyota (M)	0	1	16
17	E. Bernoldi	21	Arrows Cosworth (B)	0	1	17
18	M. Webber	23	Minardi Asiatech (M)	1	0	18
19	E. Irvine	16	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	1	0	19
20	P. de la Rosa	17	Jaguar Cosworth (M)	0	1	20
21	A. Yoong	22	Minardi Asiatech (M)	0	1	21
22	T. Sato	10	Jordan Honda (B)	0	1	22

QualiPoints are awarded in the same way points are awarded to the top 6 drivers in a race. (i.e. 10, 6, 4, 3, 2,1)

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