Sunday, March 20, 2016

Nico Rosberg scores Surpirse win at Australia

Nico Rosberg scores surprise win at Australia


It was a poor start from Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the Australian Grand Prix. Ferrari cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were leading the race with 1-2 positions however, Mercedes could stage a comeback following a accident between Fernando Alonso of McLaren and Esteban Gutierrez of Haas. The race was red flagged to a stop.

The Mercedes duo recovered with Lewis Hamilton finishing second to Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari was third. Unfortunately his teammate Kimi Raikkonen didn’t finish the race.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo was the crowd favourite being the son of the soil and gave his fans some joy as hi finished in 4th place driving a Red Bull racing car. Felipe Massa of Williams was fifth.

However the most interesting was Romain Grosjean’s 6th place finish for debutant Haas team. It may be pertinent to mention that Haas had got the go ahead to debut in Formula 1 in 2015. However, they decided to prepare for one more year and race in 2016. Their strategy seems to have paid off. Unlike Manor racing, Haas also had a good outing during the testing.

Nico Hulkenberg of Force India finished in seventh followed by Valtteri Bottas of Williams in 8th. Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen were 9th and 10th respectively.

Results of Australian Grand Prix 2016


Rank
Name
Team
1
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
2
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
4
Daniel Ricciardo
Ferrari
5
Felipe Massa
Williams
6
Romain Grosjean
Haas
7
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
8
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
9
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
10
Max Verstappen
Toro Rosso
11
Jolyon Palmer
Renault
12
Kevin Magnussen
Renault
13
Sergio Perez
Force India
14
Jenson Button
McLaren
14
Felipe Nasr
Sauber
15
Pascal Wehrlein
Manor

Marcus Ericsson
Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari

Rio Haryanto
Manor

Esteban Gutierrez
Haas

Fernando Alonso
McLaren

Daniil Kvyat
Red Bull



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