Australia - 26-28 Mar 2010
Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia Event Description: Race Distance: 58 laps, 307.574 km

Traditionally, the "streets" of the Albert Park Circuit are the venue for the opening round of the season. This year, Australia hosts Round 2 at the colorful circuit. Most of the year, this course is a park road, but for the GP weekend, it's converted into a dynamic 3.3 mile circuit.

The last four Australian GPs have been won by the driver that went on to win the championship. Last season it was Jenson Button's pole and win for Brawn GP. The 2009 race was plagued with controversy as Hamilton was excluded from the round due to giving the FIA "misleading information" about letting Trulli pass him behind the Safety Car. Qualifying Summary: Red Bull takes the front row with Vettel setting a new track record on his pole position lap, and local Australian Webber backing him up in 2nd.

Alonso shows that Ferrari may not be quite as far off Red Bull's pace as originally thought with a 3rd place position, his teammate Massa slots in behind him in 5th. The big surprise is Hamilton's failure to get out of Q2, ending up starting 11th.

The top 10 qualifiers in Australia:
VET WEB ALO BUT MAS ROS MSC BAR KUB SUT Race Summary: A switch from Brawn to McLaren does Button well as he wins in Australia. After starting on intermediate tires, Button is the first to make the switch to slicks as the track dries out and the call sends him to the top of the podium.

With a brilliantly uneventful drive Kubica brings his Renault home in 2nd.

Behind the top two, five drivers run a very tight race for nearly every lap. Massa comes out on top of the pack, taking the 3rd spot on the podium. Alonso, Rosberg, Hamilton slot in 4th through 6th, while Webber who was in the hunt all along gets the short end of the stick in an incident with Hamilton with just 2 laps to go and falls to 9th.

For the second race in a row, Vettel loses was seems like an assured win due to mechanical failure, this time a brake failure turns his P1 into a DNF. Driver Classification for Round 2: Fantasy Results: Event Media: