Shucks! My chances of winning the pool have just plummeted! (8-p)

The top 1 second of 2nd practice at Albert Park.

1 Jenson Button 4 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.854
2 Lewis Hamilton 3 McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.986
3 Fernando Alons 5 Ferrari 1:26.001
4 Sebastia Vettel 1 Red Bull-Renault 1:26.014
5 Mark Webber 2 Red Bull-Renault 1:26.283
6 Michael Schum 7 Mercedes GP 1:26.590
7 Felipe Massa 6 Ferrari 1:26.789

Thought Lotus might surprise this season with Renault engine and Red Bull running gear…… but looking at the times they are 5 seconds off the pace still

1 Jenson Button McLaren 1m25.854s
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m25.986s
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m26.001s
4 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1m26.014s
5 Mark Webber Red Bull 1m26.283s
6 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.590s
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m26.789s
8 Sergio Perez Sauber 1m27.101s
9 Rubens Barrichello Williams 1m27.280s
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m27.448s
11 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1m27.525s
12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m27.528s
13 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m27.536s
14 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m27.697s
15 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m28.095s
16 Paul di Resta Force India 1m28.376s
17 Adrian Sutil Force India 1m28.583s
18 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1m29.386s
19 Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus 1m30.829s
20 Jarno Trulli Team Lotus 1m30.912s
21 Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin 1m32.106s
22 Timo Glock Virgin 1m32.135s
23 Vitantonio Liuzzi Hispania no time
24 Narain Karthikeyan Hispania no time

Theyve just increased as Ive joined

What? Jonathan Ive? I didn't think we'd get any of the top Apople guys in our game

Joined the pool as mattoau, just to boost everyone else.

Signed up, just need captains ok.....

Interesting. Perez in the Sauber is managing to just 1 stop this race. They must have worked some magic on tyre degredation...

That'll get the others thinking, especially Ferrari.

Good first race, shame Button lost the plot for a while but good to recover to 6th place.

Told you.

Apologies for only approving people tonight; I've been in London this weekend. Your points and everything still count, and you are now fully-fledged members. It's a bit frustrating having to approve everyone, but it's the only way that's allowed for most types of league.

Three Brits in the top ten.

Sauber DQ decision sucks. Nice one for Petrov. How is Buttons overtake on Massa any different to Vettel on Button? In both cases the overtake was always going to happen as the following car was quicker. Massa going to pits was a sure fire way to guarantee a drive through for Button but not much was made of Vettels overtake on Button, Vettel clearly left the track to overtake but no penalty given. The stewards also take far too long on making these decisions, they have all the footage and data on hand, I am no fan of Mclaren, or any one team for that matter, but when the team radio Race Control to ask what they want to happen they should at least get a response.

The difference is that button effectively shortened the track while vettel lengthened it. I agree that it's not entirely fair but these situations have always been looked at like this.

Consider just how slow Massa seems to be these days, does anyone think he will ever anything other than number two at Ferrari?

Yes, I know it may be linked to his accident, I'm not trying to be mean about him. I just think his days are numbered at team red, unless they want to build the team around Alonso and Massa is happy to play rear gunner a la Schumacher & Irvine/Barrichello.

I'm not too bothered about the points finish for Button, it happens; at least they are competitive.

Overall I really enjoyed the race - I heard the commentary team say more than once that it wasn't a stunning GP, but I found it gripping.

The varying tyre degradation, is going to make things interesting - especially if the team has to react quickly to the tyres suddenly going off, rather than planning a strategy long before the race begins.