Australian GP - Practice Session 1 - Webber leads Red Bull one two

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Friday Practice Session - 1, Qantas Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
[Mark Webber - Red Bull] [Sebastian Vettel]

As the 2011 Season commences today with the first practice session of season opener Australian GP ended with flying colors from Red Bull duo topping the charts.

Again, Red Bull proved their dominance in this season with Ferrari of Fernando Alonso following the pack with gap of only 1sec. Nico Rosberg put his Mercedes on Fourth while overnight upgrades to Mclaren proved vital and reliable.

Test Driver Karun Chandhok started the 2011 season with a bang by hitting the wall on turn 4 and damaging his new T128.

Rubens Barrichello demonstrated a strong Williams with fourth fastest for the session.

Seeking 8th world title, Michael Schumacher was only 8th fastest Ironically as the season 2011 commences.

Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi came home 9th with Vitaly Petrov of Renault only putting 10th fastest for the session as the team struggle after exit of Robert Kubica due severe rally crash accident in Feb.

Adrian Sutil of Force India was only 14th as he tested for Adjustable Rear wing with Nico Hulkenberg, Force India Reserve driver, testing for Pirelli Tyres.

The minnows HRT was not able to take part in the practice session as there 2011 challenger F111 was still being prepared with Rear parts still to attach. Narain Karthikeyan and Former Force Indian Tonio Liuzzi both show concerns earlier for saturday qualifying 107percent rule. It can only be cleared tomorrow whether they will be able to deliver a car to qualify for Race or not.

Indian Driver Karun chandhok after his initial accident was not able to took part in the rest of the session of Team Lotus.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 26.831sec		20
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 27.158sec	0.327	19
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 27.749sec	0.918	20
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 28.152sec	1.321	16
5	Rubens Barrichello	Williams - Cosworth	1min 28.430sec	1.599	24
6	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 28.440sec	1.609	29
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 28.483sec	1.609	29
8	Michael Schmacher	Mercedes GP	1min 28.690sec	1.859	14
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 28.725sec	1.894	13
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 28.765sec	1.934	15
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 28.842sec	2.011	20
12	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 28.928sec	2.097	14
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India - Mercedes	1min 29.314sec	2.483	19
14	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 29.328sec	2.497	21
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams - Cosworth	1min 29.403sec	2.572	24
16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR - Ferrari	1min 29.468sec	2.637	23
17	Sergio Perez	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 29.643sec	2.812	18
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India - Mercedes	1min 31.002sec	4.171	20
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus - Renault	1min 32.428sec	5.597	13
20	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 35.282sec	8.451	17
21	Timo Glock	Virgin - Cosworth	1min 35.289sec	8.458	15
22	Karun Chandhok	Lotus - Renault	No Time (Accident)		1
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT - Cosworth	No Time (Not Taken Part)		0
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	No Time (Not Taken Part)		0