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Started: 18th
Finished: 3rd
Fastest lap: 1m29.020s on lap 39 (13th)
Pitstops: two (O-P-P; lap 11, 12.0s; lap 43, 7.8s)
A fantastic, storming race from Lewis to charge from 18th on the grid to third at the finish. Always on the attack, he profited from the opening-lap melee and an aggressive first stint on low fuel and option tyres to slot into the top 10 by lap five.
He made his first stop on lap 11 (12.0s), where he was long-fuelled and switched to primes. A relentless middle stint saw him surge to fifth: evidence of his push was evident, with several opposite-locking moments clearly visible on successive laps out of Turn Nine.
A second stop (7.8s) on lap 43 and an adjustment to… Details
Jarno Trulli capped off his terrible weekend at the Australian Grand Prix by being stripped of his third-place finish Sunday at the season-opening Formula One race.
Trulli was pondering what might have been when he earned a podium finish after starting the race at the back of the grid from pit lane with Toyota teammate Timo Glock.
That disappointment turned to dejection when race stewards ruled that he had illegally overtaken McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton while the safety car was on the track within the last five laps.
The Italian was penalized with 25 seconds added to his race time, relegating him to 12th and elevating reigning world champion Hamilton from … Details
WHILE others were slashing costs and even pulling out of Formula One, Ross Brawn bucked the trend and his gamble paid off handsomely on Sunday when his cars finished 1-2 in their maiden race.
The 54-year-old Briton, a former machinist born in Manchester, completed a 100 percent buy-out of Honda F1 earlier this month just in time to get his cars on the grid for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
The rookie team, powered by Mercedes engines, performed well in pre-season testing but few could have predicted such a sensational start for Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, who finished first and second respectively here. It marked the first time since 1977 that a team won a Grand Prix in its debut race, and the first time since 1954 that a team finished 1-2 in its maiden effort.
Sunday’s historic achievement has much to do with … Details