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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