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2010 Australian Grand Prix Race day at Albert Park
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Lap 8: Button is the quickest of all through sectors two and three. He is 19th and about to close up and pass Karun Chandhok.
Lap 8: The track continues to dry quickly.
Lap 8: Meantime, Alonso is the fastest man on track as he climbs through the field. The Spaniard is now 13th and chasing Alguersuari.
Lap 8: Vettel is told on the radio that more rain is expected as he leads by 1.2 seconds over team-mate Webber.
Lap 7: Button is straight off the road at Turn 3 as he finds out it is too wet for his risky gamble.
Lap 7: Jarno Trulli never got away at the start of the race following that sensor problem. Button rejoins in 19th place and is off the track at Turn 3!
Lap 7: Up front it is Vettel from Webber, Massa, Kubica, Rosberg and Hamilton.
Lap 7: Button is down and away on a brave move to slick rubber.
Lap 7: Button gambles on pitting for slicks!
Lap 7: Schumacher certainly did not have it easy with the Virgin of di Grassi. Having got past, he would have been surprised to see the Virgin slicing back up the inside at Turn 13.
Schumacher then drilled the Virgin on the pit straight and runs in 17th place.
Schumacher then drilled the Virgin on the pit straight and runs in 17th place.
Lap 7: Massa is slow for some reason and Mark Webber steams through in the Red Bull, dropping Massa to third.
Lap 6: Hamilton fancies a move on team-mate Button and he's through with a bold move at Turn 3.
Lap 6: Vettel leads by 1.1 seconds over Massa.
Lap 6: Bruno Senna has stopped out on the circuit. The Brazilian would appear to be out of the race.
Lap 5: Michael Schumacher is past di Grassi and up to 19th place.
Lap 5: Vettel and Massa are clear in one-two as the pack scraps behind Webber.
Lap 5: Webber fights back around the outside and just holds off the Renault to stay third.
Lap 5: Vettel is away and gets the jump on Massa but Kubica is all over Mark Webber.
Lap 5: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 4: Alonso will take the restart from 18th place with a lot of work to do.
Lap 4: The order is Vettel from Massa, Webber, Kubica, Rosberg, Button heading to the restart.
Lap 4: Behind Hamilton, Sutil is eighth with Barrichello ninth, Petrov tenth, de la Rosa 11th, Liuzzi 12th, Alguersuari 13th and Senna 14th.
Lap 4: The safety car will pit at the end of this lap.
Lap 3: Track conditions are only lightly damp and this will quickly ruin the intermediate rubber.
Lap 3: Lewis Hamilton made a solid start, benefitting from the Alonso incident with Button and Schumacher. Lewis is seventh at the moment.
Lap 2: The crash at Turn 6 was huge, as Kamui Kobayashi lost his front wing against the back of Buemi's Toro Rosso. The Sauber then speared across the Turn 6 apex, smashing into the side of Hulkenberg very heavily.
Lap 2: Jarno Trulli has failed to start the race after a hydraulic pump failure on the Lotus.
Lap 2: There is sure to be some interest in that clash between three world champions.
Lap 2: Alonso is up to 18th place as the field continues under the control of the safety car.
Lap 2: Replays show three cars - Button, Alonso and Schumacher collided in the first corner, with the McLaren spinning the Ferrari into the Mercedes.
Lap 2: The order is Vettel from Massa, Webber, Kubica, Rosberg, Button, Hamilton and Sutil.
Lap 2: Buemi, Hulkenberg and Kobayashi were all involved in that incident at Turn 6. Schumacher is in and out of the pits with a new front wing.
Lap 2: Fernando Alonso was the big loser off the start as he spun and fell down the order. Disaster for the championship leader.
Lap 2: Schumacher's front wing is grinding along the circuit and he will need a new front wing.
Lap 2: Michael Schumacher is touring with front wing damage and he is advised to come into the pits by the team.
Lap 2: Several cars are off at Turn 6.
Lap 2: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 1: Alonso has spun at Turn 1 and is down in 22nd position.
Lap 1: Kubica is up sensationally to fourth from Rosberg and Schumacher, who has a damaged car.
Lap 1: Around to the back of the circuit it is Vettel from Massa and Webber after a chaotic start.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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