However, Hamilton stayed in front for another nine laps, until Rosberg's final pit stop, because he felt moving over would mean Rosberg catching and passing him before the end on fresher tyres.
And since the tour is as much road trip as musical event – band and crew are going to drive between gigs, starting in Perth and taking in two laps of the east coast – it seems designed for the purpose.
"But I am feeling stretched and I don't think I'll be in contention in the final two laps". .
In third, two laps later, was the No. 3 Audi team of Michael Krumm, Marco Werner and Peter Philipp.
Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps.
Qualify well in the two laps given, then stay out of trouble to win.
"I struggled with the speed the guys go in the first two laps," conceded Hoy.
No more will Bowser mysteriously sweep up on your inside after you dumped him in a canyon two laps back.
I thought I would see something I didn't want to see in the last two laps.
Button charged from 13th place to overtake Alonso for third in the final two laps of the race.
