So the first race of the F1 season has been completed and the honors go to Alonso and the Ferrari team. Alonso lead a 1-2 victory with Hamilton rounded up the podium. Vettel fell to 4th place, which was caused by a faulty spark plug. If he didn’t have that problem, I’m sure that Vettel would have won the race. Vettel nearly lost another place to Rosberg, who finished 5th. Around 5 seconds behind, Micheal Schumacher finished 6th, with Button and Webber right behind him. The Force India of Luizzi finished a valuable 9th place, a great result for the team and Barrichello rounded of the top 10.
Kubica and Sutil finished 11th and 12th, because of an early spin at the first corner, thanks to the oil smoke of Webber’s Red Bull. Jamie Alguersuari finished 13th for the STR. Nico Hulkenberg first race ended up with a spin and recovered up to 14th. That was the main field, what I would call ‘Group 2′, Lotus was the winner of the new teams with Kovalainen finished 15th, beating Buemi in the STR (16th).
Then the remaining cars all retired; Trulli, de la Rosa, Senna, Glock, Petrov, Kobayashi, di Grassi and Chandhok.
Race Result
- F Alonso (Ferrari)
- F Massa (Ferrari)
- L Hamilton (McLaren)
- S Vettel (Red Bull)
- N Rosberg (Mercedes)
- M Schumacher (Mercedes)
- J Button (McLaren)
- M Webber (Red Bull)
- V Luizzi (Force India)
- R Barrichello (Williams)
- R Kubica (Renault)
- A Sutil (Force India)
- J Algursuari (STR)
- N Hulkenberg (Williams)
- H Kovalainen (Lotus)
- S Buemi (STR)
- J Trulli (Lotus) – Hydraulics
- P de la Rosa (BMW Sauber) – Hydraulics
- B Senna (HRT) – Mechanical
- T Glock (Virgin) – Gearbox
- V Petrov (Renault) – Suspension
- K Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) – Hydraulics
- L di Grassi (Virgin) – Hydraulics
- K Chandhok (HRT) – Accident
This means Alonso and Ferrari take an early lead in the championships. If you miss the race and the highlights, check out the link on the BBC iPlayer. The next race is in Australia in 2 weeks time, so don’t miss it.
No comments:
Post a Comment