F1 - #News: Rosberg dominates season opener in Australia (16 Mar 2014) There was plenty of action in the opening laps as #Rosberg headed #Ricciardo, #Magnussen, #ForceIndia’s #NicoHulkenberg, #Ferrari’s #FernandoAlonso and #Raikkonen, #Williams’ #ValtteriBottas and the #ToroRosso duo of #JeanEricVergne and #DaniilKvyat. #Bottas was the man on the move, passing fellow countryman Raikkonen in a bold move round the outside on the eighth lap. But Williams’ chance of better than his eventual sixth place was compromised when he slid wide and hit the outside wall coming out of Turn 10, damaging his right rear tyre. He was able to pit to have it replaced, but the safety car was deployed on the 12th lap as a chunk of the #FW36’s wheel rim had to be removed from the track. #McLaren acted very quickly to call #Button in, and he was able to jump from ninth place to sixth. When the race resumed on the 16th lap, Rosberg pulled away again and was able to control things easily from the front with few worries about fuel conservation. His one problem was some front tyre graining in his middle stint, but by staying out he was able to drive through that and keep up the momentum. Ricciardo looked a comfortable second for much of the race, but towards the end the super-impressive Magnussen kept pushing after him as he alternately pushed then re-harvested energy before pushing again. In the end he didn’t quite have the pace to get closer than 2.2s by the flag, but he was delighted to be the first Dane ever to grace an F1 podium – and to score one immediately for a team that didn’t get close to one in 2013. He scored 15 points on a debut that mirrored #LewisHamilton’s star turn for McLaren at the same track back in 2007. #F1 #F12014 #AUSTRALIA #MELBOURNE #ALBERTPARK #RACE
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:38:14 +0000
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