In Australia, Formula 1 pilots are waiting for repeated qualifications

The main acting person of the first qualification of the Grand Prix of Australia was a downpour that fell on Melbourne and brought a considerable confusion into the ranks of the teams. The seven -time world champion Michael Schumacher was only the eighteenth, the best time was shown by the Renault pilot Jankarlo Physicelle.

After the rain, which went on Saturday during the morning free practice, the asphalt did not have time to dry. The pilots who went on the highway were the first to be in a disadvantage, because with each circle the clutch with the canvas improved, RIA Novosti reports.

It seemed that the struggle for an intermediate hats, will unfold between the pilots waiting for their turn in boxes (we recall that the procedure for the qualification of the starting stage of the season back is opposite to the places employed in the 2004 championship), but the storm, which was rapidly flying to the Melbourne Park, intervened. There was nothing to talk about good time, and Felipe Mass ("Zauber") and Takuma Sato ("bar") could not finish their fast circles.

As a result, Jankarlo Physicelle was most lucky: the result of the Italian - 1 minute 33.171 seconds - could not be improved. The second place was taken by the compatriot of Physicelle, the ex-podger of Renault, and now the Toyota pilot Yarno Truly (1: 35.720), the third was the Australian Mark Webber from Williams (1:36, 717).

Michael Schumacher, who drove his circle on rain rubber, showed more than modest compared to the winner of the second - 1: 57.931.

The second part of the qualification will take place on Sunday, three hours before the start of the race itself. The distribution of places on the starting grill will be determined by the arithmetic mean from the results of the pilots shown in both qualification sessions.