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Lap 12: Jarno Trulli has pitted from 15th place in the Toyota. He rejoins after a total pitlane time of just 19.3 seconds.
Lap 12: Massa's Ferrari is now under massive pressure from Kubica in the BMW and Rosberg's Williams.
The Ferrari drivers are clearly struggling to hold on to the pace, having started on the softer tyre.
The Ferrari drivers are clearly struggling to hold on to the pace, having started on the softer tyre.
Lap 11: The stop for Raikkonen promotes Kazuki Nakajima to seventh, and Lewis Hamilton is now into the points, in eighth.
Lap 11: Raikkonen pits his Ferrari after that collision.
Lap 11: Raikkonen is slowed by Rosberg's move and Rubens Barrichello takes advantage into Turn 3. The pair collide, damaging the front wing of the Brawn, with Barrichello coming out ahead of the Ferrari.
Lap 11: Sebastien Bourdais comes into the pits from 15th place in the Toro Rosso. His total pitlane time is 22.3 seconds and the Frenchman rejoins the fray.
Lap 10: Nico Rosberg is right on the tail of Raikkoen's Ferrari and the young German sends a brilliant move up the inside at Turn 1 to take fifth.
Lap 10: Behind Nakajima, Lewis Hamilton is ninth and closing down the Japanese driver. Nelson Piquet is 10th with Buemi 11th, Fisichella 12th, Trulli up to 13th from the pits, Alonso 14th, Glock 15th and Sebastien Bourdais in 16th.
Behind that are the three drivers who suffered incidents on the first lap - Heidfeld, Sutil and Webber.
Behind that are the three drivers who suffered incidents on the first lap - Heidfeld, Sutil and Webber.
Lap 9: Jenson Button leads by four seconds over Sebastian Vettel, who is slightly quicker at this stage. Felipe Massa is third in the Ferrari and falling away from the leaders on the softer tyres.
Robert Kubica is fourth in the BMW and is pulling a gap on Kimi Raikkonen, who has Rosberg and Barrichello right on his tail.
Kazuki Nakajima runs eighth in the Williams.
Robert Kubica is fourth in the BMW and is pulling a gap on Kimi Raikkonen, who has Rosberg and Barrichello right on his tail.
Kazuki Nakajima runs eighth in the Williams.
Lap 8: Sebastian Vettel takes the fastest lap, yet he only closed slightly on the leading Brawn GP car of Button.
Lap 8: Lewis Hamilton now makes the move on Nelson Piquet and he's up the inside at Turn 13. Hamilton is through, up to ninth place. Kazuki Nakajima is just over six seconds up the road in eighth position.
Lap 7: The gaps are beginning to open up between the front runners, with the best of the action further down the field.
Lap 6: Jenson Button sets the fastest lap of 1:28.787, but Vettel is within a tenth of that pace.
Lap 6: Lewis instantly makes a move on Piquet, but the Brazilian Renault driver is forceful and maintains his line into Turn 9. Hamilton has to back out of the move at the last moment, but the battle continues.
Lap 6: The Ferraris used their softer tyres to good effect off the start, with Massa up to third and Raikkonen fifth, however they may now struggle to keep up the pace as the fragile soft rubber degrades rapidly.
Lap 5: Lewis Hamilton overtakes the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi for 11th place. It is a good move round the outside of Turn 3, and the Briton is already after Nelson Piquet, who is 10th.
Lap 5: Nick Heidfeld Adrian Sutil and Mark Webber have all rejoined the race after problems on the opening lap. They run in 16th, 17th and 18th positions well behind the rest of the field.
Lap 5: Jenson Button continues to lead with a gap of 4.4s, but second-place man Vettel is now matching the leader's pace.
Lap 3: Lewis Hamilton is involved in a huge battle with Sebastien Bourdais as they fight over 12th place. After passing and going in too deep, allowing Bourdais to intially repass, Hamilton is finally through at Turn 14 and takes over that 12th position.
Lap 3: Heikki Kovalainen is touring slowly in the McLaren and looks to be out of the race.
Lap 3: Nick Heidfeld is entering pitlane with a right rear tyre deflation. Adrian Sutil and Mark Webber are also into the pits at the end of the first lap.
Lap 2: Vettel is second, followed by Massa, Kubica, Raikkonen and Rosberg.
Lap 2: Jenson Button leads by an incredible 3.9 seconds after the first lap.
Lap 2: Rubens Barrichello failed to get first gear and dropped a lot of ground as the field streamed past. He has recovered to seventh place.
Lap 2: Massa is up to third as Rosberg got crowded out in Turn 3. Behind them, Kubica and Raikkonen are battling over fourth.
Lap 1: Lewis Hamilton has made good progress on this first lap and he is up to 14th position.
Lap 1: Out of Turn 4 it is Button from Vettel, Rosberg and Massa.
Lap 1: Jenson Button hits the gas and leads the field into Turn 1 with a huge lead but Rubens Barrichello almost stalls.
Lap 1: The red lights are out and F1 2009 is go in Australia!
Polesitter Jenson Button rounds Turn 16 and leads his competitors down to the grid.
The two Brawn GP machines stop on the front row and the field begins to form up behind them.
We await the start ...
The two Brawn GP machines stop on the front row and the field begins to form up behind them.
We await the start ...
The Brawns lead the field round the back of the circuit as the formation lap continues.
Jenson Button leads the field round the 5.303 km Albert Park circuit for their final sighting lap before the start of the race.
It is a wonderful sight as the cars run through the leaves on the track.
It is a wonderful sight as the cars run through the leaves on the track.
Robert Kubica and Felipe Massa are also using the softer tyres.
The 18 cars that remain on the grid, move away and begin the formation lap. All 18 leave without problem.
The pair of Brawn GP cars will lead off the grid on the harder tyre.
Kimi Raikkonen has the softer tyres on his Ferrari for the start.
The engines begin to fire up with a minute to go before the formation lap.
As a reminder, the Toyota drivers, Trulli and Glock, have chosen to start from the pitlane after they were removed from their original grid slots due to flexible wings.
The are just five minutes to go until the formation lap for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix.
The drivers now begin to put their helmets back on, and move towards their cars. Soon the stage will clear, leaving the stars of the show to battle out victory in front of a worldwide audience.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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