A Review of the Australian GP by Pedro Cunha
Australia opened with the victory of Nico Rosberg, who had a fantastic start (moved from 3rd to 1st and nobody ever caught him).
Much has been said and written about reliability and the new regulations – and: Vettel and Hamilton (among others) dropped out with mechanical problems.
Ricciardo finished 2nd, initially destroying two theories: one saying that no Red Bull would finish the race and another saying that even if a Red Bull would finish it, it would be disqualified… well, the problem is that the Red Bull was indeed disqualified after breaching fuel consumption rules (the maximum fuel flow rate is 100k per hour).
Ricciardo finished 2nd, initially destroying two theories: one saying that no Red Bull would finish the race and another saying that even if a Red Bull would finish it, it would be disqualified… well, the problem is that the Red Bull was indeed disqualified after breaching fuel consumption rules (the maximum fuel flow rate is 100k per hour).
Kevin Magnussen achieved something that a) no other driver has achieved since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 – Finishing the debut race on the podium (placed 3rd, ended up in 2nd with the disqualification of Ricciardo) and b) something never seen before: A Danish driver on the podium!
The McLaren-Mercedes with 2nd and 3rd places by Magnusson and Button is now the leader of the world’s team championship.
Daniil Kvyat also deserves congratulations: he became the youngest driver ever to score points, at 19 years 10 months and 18 days of age (the previous record belonged to Vettel at 19 years 11 months and 14 days of age in 2007).
The rest? A very “discreet” performance by Ferrari (Alonso was 4th and Räikkönen 7th).
Two more teams managed to put both drivers into the top ten: Force India (positions 6 and 10) and Toro Rosso (positions 8 and 9). Williams driver Valtteri Bottas ended up in 5th place while his teammate Massa had to give up right at the start after a crash with Kobayashi.
Sauber drivers saw the chequered flag, albeit outside the points. Caterham and Lotus (with a miserable weekend) did not finish the race, while Marussia driver Max Chilton was the last of those who completed the trial (13th place). Next step? Malaysia.
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