2011 Australian GP Review: Vettel Dominates While Rest Watches

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Published: March 28, 2011

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Sebastian Vettel, the reigning world champion had no problems winning the 2011 Australian GP a race which he dominated from pole and he won without even a challenge. Vettel and Red Bull once again looked dominant and if the likes of McLaren and Ferrari have any decent shot at the title, then they drastically need to cut the distance or else Red Bull will have the titles by midseason.

Lewis Hamilton despite nursing home his McLaren should be a very happy man with his second-place finish and just two weeks back McLaren was lagging behind not only RBR but also the likes of Ferrari, Sauber, Renault and even Toro Rosso but the team has done extremely well to change things and now look set to challenge RBR as the season progresses.

One thing the team has to be careful about is Hamilton’s over-aggressive driving style, which may cause issues with the new Pirelli tires.

Vitaly Petrov has his best result in his F1 career by finishing in third. It was not only his first podium finish but it was the return of the Lotus name on to the podium after more than two decades.

Though for all technical and legal purpose the car is officially still called as Renault, the Lotus Cars sponsored Renault team which was expected to be the surprise package of this season did not disappoint at all with Petrov having a very solid race. He is definitely my driver of the race.

Teammate Heidfeld had a horrible debut for Renault and he will hope that he can get back his groove during the Malaysian GP or else if he continues in his current form, he maybe replaces very soon.

Ferrari, which was expected to challenge Red Bull Racing, would be disappointed but it was not a very poor start. Alonso was scrappy through the race and ever since been pushed out of the first corner of the race, he just could not fight it out for a podium finish. The car looks ok and with more updates it can challenge RBR.

Teammate Massa had a very mixed r...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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