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2012 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
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Massa ends up 17th in his Ferrrari in a narrow escape for the Brazilian.
Ricciardo and Schumacher will also be investigated for a possible incident.
Di Resta in fact improves with his final effort and goes 16th.
Raikkonen has been off track at Turn 12 and ends up 18th on his return to F1. The Finn is eliminated.
Di Resta has slipped to 17th but he may just scrape through.
20 min: Massa scrapes through in 16th as the flag comes out.
19 min: Sauber finds more speed on the soft tyres with Kobayashi taking the top spot.
19 min: Vergne tops the order with 1m26.493s!
19 min: As AUTOSPORT's F1 editor @eddstrawF1 notes, HRT could struggle to qualify on their current pace: "Current qualifying cutoff is 1m32.836s. Best HRT time (Pedro) - 1m33.495s."
18 min: Teams are warned of a slippery surface at Turn 5.
18 min: Maldonado is up to fifth and Hulkenberg goes 13th as the timing monitor spins like a fruit machine with huge improvements on soft tyres.
18 min: Senna is up to fifth spot with a time of 1m27.004s.
18 min: Grosjean takes seventh but still has the harder tyres on his Lotus.
17 min: Senna is setting rapid sector times as we watch di Resta come through ... 1m27.650s and the Scot goes 11th.
17 min: Kobayashi jumps up to fourth fastest thanks to a set of soft tyres on his Sauber.
17 min: Both Ferrari drivers are heading out on soft tyres.
17 min: Meanwhile, Vettel is on track with the harder compound.
16 min: Massa has slipped to 19th and must improve to avoid an embarrassing early elimination in his Ferrari.
16 min: Soft tyres also for di Resta and he's on the first of what should be two or three attempts now.
16 min: Soft tyres for both Senna and Maldonado as they battle to make sure they finish in the top 17.
15 min: Senna, Maldonado, Vettel and Ricciardo all head out for their last effort.
15 min: Hulkenberg follows him out a few seconds later.
15 min: The benchmark is unlikely to be further improved, with leading drivers now feeling secure - staying in the pits to conserve rubber.
14 min: Di Resta is first of those on the edge of the dropzone to head out.
14 min: Di Resta is barely safe in 17th spot, with Ricciardo next to feel the heat in 16th.
14 min: Both Marussia cars are currently inside the 107% time of 1m32.836s after early laps on the soft tyres.
14 min: @clubforce: "Melbourne qualy is go. Time for some real answers about who stands where in the pecking order." We're certainly hoping so...
13 min: Every driver has now posted a time. Kovalainen, Massa, Petrov, Glock, Pic, de la Rosa and Karthikeyan are all in the dropzone.
13 min: Hamilton complains about the heavy traffic as he is told to return to the McLaren garage. He's currently second fastest.
13 min: It's a 1m26.832s lap for Button, who is now also within a tenth of Rosberg's benchmark.
13 min: Vettel is shown getting into more difficulty, this time exiting Turn 10. A scrappy run there for the champion.
12 min: Button is now the fastest man in the first part of the lap.
12 min: Rosberg goes fastest of all with a time of 1m26.763s.
12 min: Hamilton continues on his run, improving to a 1m26.800s to top the times for a moment...
12 min: Senna is back into the pits at the end of a six lap run. He is currently sixth in the classification.
11 min: Schumacher moves into fourth spot with a time of 1m27.055s.
11 min: Alonso improves to eighth fastest after moving on from earlier traffic problems with Karthikeyan.
11 min: Vettel's latest lap was spoiled by Karthikeyan, who yet again is in the way.
10 min: Nevertheless, Senna does improve and is up to fourth with a time of 1m27.223s.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton, Sam Tremayne
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