11.21am
Yesterday I predicted that Lewis Hamilton had what it takes to become a Multi-Champion to better the Schumacher legacy. At 3PM this afternoon, the UK will watch Lewis race to victory beating a flagging Ferrari team, his team mate, and the BMW of Nick Heidfeld.
He commented that:
I never thought it would have been physically as much of a breeze as it was out there. It’s great preparation for Malaysia
and this was a race run in temperatures that exceed 38oC!
Lewis Hamilton is quite simply a phenomenon, but it is clear that mistakes, poor driving and poor car setup all contributed to his complete lack of any competition on the track. With that said, the amount of effort that it takes to get all of these things right and put the driver in the position to dominate on the track cannot be underestimated. As Lewis would say, it’s a team game F1.
Provisional results from Australian Grand Prix:
1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps one hour 34 minutes 50.616 seconds
2. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber +5.478 secs
3. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota +8.163
4. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault +17.181
5. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +18.014
DQ Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda +52.453
6. Kazuki Nakajima* (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1 lap behind
7R Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 laps completed
8R Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 53 laps
R Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 47 laps
R Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 43 laps
R Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 32 laps
R Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault 30 laps
R Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 29 laps
R David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 25 laps
R Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 19 laps
R Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 8 laps
R Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 0 laps
R Jenson Button (GB) Honda 0 lap
R Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 0 lap
R Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 laps
R Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 0 laps
* Nakajima handed 10-place grid penalty for next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix
Key: R = retired; DQ = disqualified.
Fastest lap: Kovalainen one minute 27.418 seconds, lap 43.
Well done Lewis, see you at the end of the season.
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