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"SR F1 Championship - Australia Qualifying"

De La Rosa off to a flying start

Pedro De La Rosa has taken pole position for the Australian Grand Prix. He took his 4th career pole position by just edging out Kimi Raikkonen by a miniscule amount of time.

In what has become a trademark of SR F1 qualifying sessions, barely anything separates the pack with all drivers being within half a second of pole position.

Last years pole sitter, Coulthard, could only manage 19th on the grid. Last years race winner, Fisichella, is in with a shout for points in 10th place. The World Champion, Firman has his work cut out straight away in the new season as he qualified in a lowly 18th.

FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS:

1st [B]De La Rosa[B] (Virtuoso) - [B]1m26.871s[B]
2nd [B]Raikkonen[B] (Ineedsleep) - [B]1m26.897s[B] - (+0.026s)
3rd [B]Salo[B] (Biggie Little) - [B]1m26.953s[B] - (+0.082s)
4th [B]Sato[B] (Mithras) - [B]1m26.963s[B] - (+0.092s)
5th [B]Button[B] (Der Nazi) - [B]1m26.987s[B] - (+0.116s)
6th [B]Bruni[B] (Roj) - [B]1m26.994s[B] - (+0.123s)
7th [B]R Schumacher[B] (Absolut Neo) - [B]1m27.016s[B] - (+0.145s)
8th [B]Verstappen[B] (Jae) - [B]1m27.020s[B] - (+0.149s)
9th [B]Heidfeld[B] (Shadow) - [B]1m27.045s[B] - (+0.174s)
10th [B]Fisichella[B] (Badgerman) - [B]1m27.062s[B] - (+0.191s)
11th [B]Baumgartner[B] (Bullett) - [B]1m27.079s[B] - (+0.208s)
12th [B]Montoya[B] (Afrojoe) - [B]1m27.080s[B] - (+0.209s)
13th [B]Barrichello[B] (Lipe) - [B]1m27.083s[B] - (+0.212s)
14th [B]Panis[B] (Foreman) - [B]1m27.108s[B] - (+0.237s)
15th [B]Frentzen[B] (Figo) - [B]1m27.111s[B] - (+0.240s)
16th [B]Pantano[B] (English Bloke) [B]1m27.112s[B] - (+0.241s)
17th [B]Villeneuve[B] (Mike Swade) [B]1m27.120s[B] - (+0.249s)
18th [B]Firman[B] (DW) - [B]1m27.123s[B] - (+0.252s)
19th [B]Coulthard[B] (Azul) - [B]1m27.128s[B] - (+0.257s)
20th [B]Pizzonia[B] (Icarus) - [B]1m27.159s[B] - (+0.288s)
21st [B]M Schumacher[B] (Notorious Biggles) - [B]1m27.161s[B] - (+0.290s)
22nd [B]Da Matta[B] (Grandprix) - [B]1m27.194s[B] - (+0.323s)

Which driver is going to take the early initiative with a win in Australia?

well i won ze race yar?

Ineedsleep wrote:

* sneaks off to sabotage, er I mean tweak, yes tweak the fuel line of De La Rosa *
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=P

6th! Nice.

8th. Not too bad. Hopefully Verstappen will go a few places up from that in the race and get some points. :)

12th. That shall have to be made up.

2nd! Promising start to the season, just hope he does better than his living breathing namesake :)

* sneaks off to sabotage, er I mean tweak, yes tweak the fuel line of De La Rosa *

salo = world champion

7th - Not bad Ralphy boy, not bad at all.

wahoo! i am 3rd!

The results of the qualifying are also on my website.

[URL]http://www.freewebs.com/gpsr/2004srf1season.htm[/URL]