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20 minutes into session #2..............
Top-5: Trulli, Sutil, Kovalainen, Barrichello, Glock

Glock fastest in S1[28.6] & S3[34.3]
Rosberg fastest in S2[23.2]

Take it for what its' worth after 28 minutes...........
Force India cars currently P5, P6
Red Bull P4, P7
Renault P15, P17
Toyota P2, P3
Ferrari.......not yet top-10 in session #2

Passing 30 minutes...............
Top-5: Rosberg, Trulli, Glock, Vettel, Sutil

While everyone is enjoying the start of the 2009 Formula 1 season, here are some interesting bits of info you can throw around at your next party.............

~~~McLaren's 24-year-old Lewis Hamilton is Formula One's youngest champion and the 30th driver to win the title since the first championship in 1950. The Briton is also the seventh to win it for McLaren.
~~~Nine Britons have been world champion. Champions Ferrari have won a record 16 constructors' championships and eight of the last 10. Williams have nine and McLaren eight.
~~~Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso has 21 grand prix wins, more than any other current driver. Ferrari's 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen has 17 and Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa 11. Hamilton has nine.
~~~The winner of the Australian Grand Prix has gone on to be champion in eight of the last 11 years and the last three seasons in a row.
~~~No Australian has won his home race to date and Red Bull's Mark Webber will again be the only local driver on Sunday's starting grid.
~~~Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi, in a Toro Rosso, is the only driver making his debut in Melbourne. He can become the 57th driver since 1950 to finish his first race in the points. The last Swiss driver to race in F1 was Jean-Denis Deletraz in 1995. The last to score a point was Marc Surer in 1985.
~~~Brawn GP, replacing departed Honda, are making their debut as a team. Only Alfa Romeo, in the first championship grand prix in 1950, Mercedes in 1954 and Wolf in 1977 have won on their race debut.
~~~March qualified on pole for theirs in South Africa in 1970 and won their second race with Jackie Stewart. Tyrrell also qualified on pole for their debut in Canada the same year, again with Stewart.
~~~Albert Park, Melbourne, street circuit - length 5.303km, race distance 58 laps, total distance covered 307.574km. A temporary parkland circuit, but still better than many permanent ones in Europe. The race starts later than ever, in late afternoon/early evening, to cater for European television audiences after pressure from Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

35 minutes into the session, top-5 are:
Rosberg, Trulli, Glock, Barrichello, Vettel

Others of interest..........
Massa, 8th
Webber, 9th
Hamilton, 11th
Raikkonen, 15th

If you're wondering why the engines sound as they do, there is a reason..........they've been rev-limited down from 19k RPM to 18k RPM.(thanks, Speed Channel.........good thing it was Bob Varsha that mentioned it; if Steve Matchett had talked about it, the session would be over time he finished........ )

Approaching 40 minutes into session #2...............
Rosberg still P1, followed by Trulli, Barrichello, Glock and Button

45 minutes into session #2
Top-5: Rosberg, Trulli, Barrichello, Glock, Button

Top-5 after 50 minutes...................
1--Rosberg, 1:26.043 sec
2--Trulli, 1:26.350 sec
3--Barrichello, 1:26.356 sec
4--Webber, 1:26.370 sec
5--Glock, 1:26.443 sec

Most laps competed................
Trulli & Glock, 23 laps each
Webber, 22 laps
Piquet, 21 laps

35 minutes remaining in the session..............top-5 remain unchanged
Others of interest...........
Button, 7th
Vettel, 8th
Massa, 10th
Hamilton, 14th
Bourdais, 18th

Button breaks into the top-5 w/a 1:26.374
Top-5 currently separated by .32 seconds

Track is yellow for a spin.............Vettel's off around turn 3 it looks like and his day appears done; he is out of the car and the fire is doused in the Red Bull for today............

30 minutes remaining in the session.............
Top-5: Rosberg, Trulli, Barrichello, Webber, Button

Others of interest..............
Glock, 6th
Sutil, 9th
Hamilton, 17th
Raikkonen, 20th

Track is back to green.................

Remember a few years back when, IIRC, a Super Aguri car passed then-WDC Alonso at Montreal? Well........its' only practice, but I just saw a Force India car pass, in order, both Ferraris'...........

Tire combinations for this weekend at Albert Park...............
Standard.......MEDIUM
Option...........SUPER-SOFT