2013 Australian GP - Albert Park

[NathanOlder]

Im going with... Hulkenberg

[Hail22]

Who is considered the "Rain Meister" this year?

My top dollar would be on the following:

Wet/Raining:

1. Alonso
2. Massa
3. Hamilton
4. Raikkonen
5. Hulkenberg
6. Vettel

The wind is really bad here, you can clearly see the wind sheer...a lot of debris including peoples rubbish is on the main straight...idk about the rest of the circuit...

[KATO]

Who is considered the "Rain Meister" this year?

Well Alonso early last year won a race in which he had a Horible car in the rain.
This year he has a great car. So I would say Alonso ,but hesitantly I think all are somewhat close in skill in the rain there's no real rain master except for how well Alonso did last year in rain'.

But if yore gona go and make a LIST based on podium results:

Alonso
Button
Perez
Vettel
Hamilton
Raikonen

Also looking back at last years Malysia GP
As the race continued and the rain got stronger Perez got consistently quicker while others were slower his instinct in rain is to be noted and he kept on setting the fastest Lap in the rain each time beating his own previous times as the race contined.. But I would still point out how good Alonso did to keep everyone behind him and kept maybe not as fast a lap time but more consistent and thus just enough to keep everyone even the speedy Perez at bay-!!

Looking back at last years podiums..

[Hail22]

Just heard a rumble under our room/deck...Massa is out!!!!!

Alonso is getting ready for an install apparently!

[KATO]

Just heard a rumble under our room/deck...Massa is out!!!!!

Alonso is getting ready for an install apparently!

wow Ferrari wants to start the season with a rain victory like Malaysia'!

[NathanOlder]

Thats good to see, Vettel stopped on track

[Hail22]

Vettel has just had a failure, whether its gearbox or KERs remains to be seen...she sounded quite sick coming past the main straight...

Edit: Loss of Hydraulics...could be the box...

[NathanOlder]

Hydraulic problem. Team Radio " do not shift, you've lost hydraulics, stop the car"

[mx_tifoso]

Sutil was caught using his DRS even though race control disabled it. And once again, he's in the top ten!

[raymondu999]

Yes - the cars right now are having transmission problems to the FIA towers.

Source - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106069

[Forza]

Live timing FP3

[Cam]

Hydraulic problem. Team Radio " do not shift, you've lost hydraulics, stop the car"

Update. Horner say electrical issue. Nothing major.

[Hail22]

Just spoke to someone at Williams F1 and I've been informed that it will be 90% chance of rain with a range of 10-15mm of the wet stuff on the circuit during qualifying...not good...not good at all, this sort of rain can bring a red flag.

[SilverArrow10]

Any one else's sky not working? I got technical problems here and rubbish music to boot.

Sorted now looking forward to Qualifying.

[Websta]

With the 5:00pm local time qualifying start, if there is a prolonged red flag period they will probably end up postponing it until tomorrow.