2013 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Qualifying

Qualifying 1

It has been a rainy day at Albert Park which means a wet day for the first qualifying session of the 2013 Formula One season. Heavy rain causes multiple delays to the qualifying session, which the condition only good enough for Q1 to proceed for the day.

All teams start with full wet tyres which means DRS was unavailable. Button was the first to switch to intermediate tyres and posted a significantly faster time than others who still on full wet. Nico Rosberg went fastest on intermediate towards the checkered flag. A few drivers went off road in these changing conditions. Maldonado and Gutierrez out as well as both Marussia and Caterham. Bottas of Williams is the only rookie who survived in Q1.

Due to worsened condition, Q2 and Q3 are being postponed to Sunday 11AM local time.