Jenson Button claimed victory at Albert Park, Jenson, the only driver who dared a risky strategy to pit and gamble it all on the slick tyres, a strategy that in the end paid dividends.
With rain affecting the start and a calamity at turn one that saw championship leader Fernando Alonso staring the wrong way down the race track.
For me, the Australian Grand Prix was much more of a demonstration of exactly what we were all promised of this being the greatest season in decades. The Melbourne venue never se
ems to let us down, with most drivers seeing their debut here you can see why this event has a lasting impression on the drivers.
One of those driver would be the young German Sebastian Vetel who I’m sure would be happy to put this race behind him. Yet again the promising young driver had his victory snatched away due the reliability of his machinery. This is something that I believe is becoming a trend within the Red Bull team.
Let’s not forget Lewis Hamilton with his charge up the field taking his team-mate Jenson Button early in that race, fighting all the way to 3rd and challenging
Kubica for 2nd only to be dropped back down the field due to a pit stop that he feels was unnecessary. This could be the beginning of what we all saw during the Senna/Prost era. To top this all off, as Hamilton closed in on the Ferrari of Alonso and managing to get the aero tow, Webber stacks into the rear of Hamilton forcing him into a spin and letting Rosberg passed dropping him down to 6th.
Schumacher once again left a minimal impact on his F1 comeback, getting tangled up in the turn one mess and needing to return to the pit for a new nose cone effectively dropping him to last on the grid. He did, however, push back up the field only to be help
up by 21 year old Jaime Alguersuari for 20 laps.
With all this wheel to wheel action i don’t think that we can talk of boring races, at least not for a week anyway.
