A very interesting round!! When was the last time a driver was lapped in the race and then still managed to finish less than 7 secs behind the winner?

After damaging his front wing at the first corner incident, forcing a pitstop at the end of lap 1, Sutil managed to complete a measly 7 laps before being lapped. With the safety car rule allowing lapped cars to pass he managed to get his lap back, and with Trulli's 25sec penalty, brought the car home in a reasonable 9th place. During practice he managed to place the car inside the top 10 a couple of times, so could we see Sutil go a race without being lapped? We will see....

To the results then, nobody selected the correct answer of 7, the nearest was Nads.Dams and Czesc with a guess of 12, so they share the top step of the podium this round. 3rd place is shared by Kooper and Youichi with a guess of 17. Those with a low guess were certainly rewarded this round.

Don't forget that your worst round score does not count, so those of you down the botttom after this first round (yes, you an1res ) don't despair!!!

Malaysia thread is up, happy guessing.

Mark

Ladder after Race 1 - Australia

1. Nads.Dams - 5
1. Czesc - 5
3. Kooper - 10
3. Youichi - 10
5. Grayson - 12
6. fisichella_2001 - 15
6. shays - 15
8. Crazy Canuck - 16
8. kNt - 16
8. Slick - 16
11. mark f1 - 17
11. Apex - 17
13. Alapan - 18
13. philhitchings - 18
15. AcuraF1 - 20
15. Frogman - 20
15. garth_b - 20
18. MattFoster - 21
18. dnbn - 21
18. AussieF1 - 21
18. skylark68 - 21
22. Estwald - 22
22. estoril85 - 22
22. wewantourdarbyback - 22
25. kismet - 23
25. D82 - 23
25. scheivlak - 23
25. TheBurnout - 23
29. italiansdoitbetter - 24
29. THE HUMAN MAN - 24
29. Xig - 24
32. gerry nassar - 25
32. FlashMaster - 25
32. Costaz - 25
35. LB - 26
35. madlung - 26
35. rodlamas - 26
38. dank - 27
39. paranoik0 - 28
39. Makarias - 28
41. DREW - 29
42. maxie - 30
43. asterix - 33
44. an1res - 43