Formula1 Race 1 Australia Review

What a splendid start to the season and at the end of the day, F1 was a bigger winner than maybe Hamilton who had a perfect race from pole to flag.

Results

1. Hamilton
   
2. Heidfeld
3. Rosberg
4. Alonso
5. Kovalainen
6. Nakajima
7. Bourdais
8. Raikkonen
   

Ferrari

Dismal Dismal Dismal..........that's the way it should be after both their cars had engine problems which was unlikely as they had no signs of glitches during the winter testing. Kimi finished 8th after I can't say an abysmal race but an eventful won nevertheless. Storming through the field in the first lap, gaining places, overtaking Alonso and Barrichello before losing his way while training to get pass Kovalainen. You know by how many points did he win the championship last year? haha......Kimi will take that one point. Massa is struggling big time and needs to adapt quickly to the TC less driving. He made a mess of it during the first 2 or 3 corners itself. Bad day at the office for the Maranello team

McLaren

The big winners by far! Despite Kovalainen failing to stick to second place which he had under control for a long time during the race, McLaren seemed to have the advantage over Ferrari all weekend. Lewis Hamilton had good 56 laps right from pole. Thanks to the bulletproof reliability, both the McLarens finished , Hamilton 1st and Kovy 5th. They are showing signs of giving a tough battle to Ferrari all the way to Brazil

BMW

Kindov mixed bag! Kubica had a nightmare of a race and it's not only because he failed to finish. There is no excuse for losing seconds to the pole sitter when you start from row1 of the grid. He was yards behind Hamilton after 3 or 4 laps which inturn was bottling up the Ferraris behind. Heidfeld though had a clam and quite race finishing in the podium yet again. On the whole, BMW is posing a threat to Ferrari if not McLaren

Next Race : Malaysia 23rd March, 12.30 PM Star Sports