2013 Australian Grand Prix qualifying 5:39pm: Everyone at the track is still waiting for confirmation on whether the session will continue or be cancelled. It's still raining and it's getting dark - but teams are not likely to want to run a qualifying session on the same day of a race. That could be because any damage caused in qualifying may not be repaired in time for a race. The forecast for Melbourne tomorrow, meanwhile, is for 'a shower or two'. Racegoers look for shelter at Albert Park as cooler weather finally arrived in Melbourne. 5:12pm: Despite some optimism in the previous post, stewards have just announced that the session has been delayed by another 20 minutes. Yes 20 minutes. It's now a rain v light battle and the rain is ahead. There has to be a chance that qualifying will be cancelled. Webber is now out of his car and talking with his mechanics. 5:07pm: It's 6pm AEDT and qualifying should be over but we'll be here for a while longer. The track temperature is just 16 degrees, air temperature 17 degrees and the rain has momentarily stopped. Another positive - it's not quite as dark as it was 10 minutes ago. Many at the track are already dreading the walk to the carpark/tram. Marshals remove excess water from the track before the qualifying session. 5:00pm: The knock-out formula means six drivers won't be taking part in part 2 of qualifying. They are: Maldonado, Gutierrez, Bianchi, Chilton, Van Der Garde and Pic. Not a great day to be an F1 rookie. Among the rest, highly-rated Williams driver Valtteri Bottas (himself a rookie) was 14th quickest. The finnish driver landed the Williams drive ahead of Bruno Senna and has outqualified his teammate Pastor Maldonado in his first attempt. 4:53pm: Session one is done - here's the top 10: Rosberg Alonso Grosjean Perez Webber Massa Vettel Button Vergne Hamilton Ricciardo is 14th. The bad news is that more rain appears to be on the way. 4:39pm: Rosberg has posted the fastest lap so far - a 1.48.589 - more than 20 seconds off the best times from their dry practice runs. Webber is down in 16th while Hamilton's crew tells him to 'box, box, box' (or pit) so they can attend to rear wing damage. Massa, too, has issues, having smacked into a concrete barrier. 4:21pm: Drivers and team chiefs are all looking anxious - it's out of their hands. Marshalls, meanwhile, have taken to the track with brooms to attack puddles. It's a bummer for the 80,600 who have come to the track. Meanwhile, we have our third 10-minute delay. That means qualifying is scheduled for 5.30pm AEDT and a 6.30pm finish. 4:09pm: One team that may have been hoping for rain is McLaren. The team has been off the pace all weekend - and wasn't convincing in testing sessions in Europe. Jenson Button and his new teammate Sergio Perez have been well down the timesheets so far but Button, im particular, is considered one of the better wet weather performers. His record in Melbourne is the best of all the current drivers - having won three of the last four races. A Merc safety car is now lapping the drenched circuit but rain is still falling.