Start the race Australian GP F1 2018, in Melbourne, the cars start a race with dropouts that have made it possible for the grill to yesterday’s change to the full, with a Sebastian Vettel who has managed to be first ganandole in the strategy to Hamilton coming from the pole and that today has only been able to settle with the second place by not being able to transform his pole position into victory. As for Kimi Räikkönen has been able to complete the podium to give Ferrari first in the constructors ‘ world at least in this first appointment of the long calendar this year. By the way, a Hamilton that I didn’t understand how they had gotten the strategy wrong and how he was able to escape with the victory today…
In terms of the two Haas to yesterday, did a very good qualifying session today have been removed both cars with a few stops extremely bad and with subsequent problems due to these stops, so that the juicy points that could take you esfumaban and a missed opportunity. In regards, to the Red Bull, have also made some good performances in both cases, with Daniel Ricciardo in 4th and Max Verstappen in the 6th position. In regards to the Renault, we have seen Nico Hülkenberg in the 7th position, followed by Valtteri Bottas coming from behind by the accident of yesterday, and the penalty for changing the gearbox dañana, and to Carlos Sainz who has had more problems in his career with a position 10º closing on the top 10.
have Also abandoned some more than the two Haas, as Pierre Gasly with the Toro Rosso, S. Sirotkin with his Williams, and also the Sauber of Marcus Ericsson has not endured. A shame for the Sauber yesterday made a very good classification with Ericsson on the 17th, though the truth is that your partner has been able to benefit from the mess to be left in 13th position, a good mark to start the season without a doubt…By the way, the other Honda engine, the Toro Rosso of B. Hartley has been 15th with a return loss, the only bending of this race. As I advanced yesterday, that it would be difficult for the japanese engines, especially for consumption, and secondly, because of the reliability which apparently had improved in the test of winter…
Well, now we move on to Fernando Alonso, who has managed a 5th place, and we could certainly have thought that it has been for the abandonment of Haas, that yes that is true, but it is also true that yesterday had problems in the classification contrafico and a first sector basante slow you lastró the starting position of today. I don’t want to say with this that could have been among the first, but perhaps interspersed with some Haas or in front of Sainz. And from there throw today in the race to finish with a good position as he has achieved despite it all. The good thing, as I started to say before, is that it has not been put there by dropouts and not by performance, but the performance in the race has not been bad and has kept it off the Network Bul of Verstappen, something that encourages optimism.
race Results
#8211; | #8211; | – | – | – |
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Position | Pilot | Time | Turns | |
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29:33″283 | 58 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +5″036 | 58 |
3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | +6″309 | 58 |
4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | +7″069 | 58 |
5 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | +27″886 | 58 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +28″944 | 58 |
7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | +32″671 | 58 |
8 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +34″339 | 58 |
9 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | +34″921 | 58 |
10 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | +45″722 | 58 |
11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | +46″871 | 58 |
12 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | +60″278 | 58 |
13 | C. Leclerc | Sauber | +75″759 | 58 |
14 | Lance Stroll | Williams | +78″288 | 58 |
15 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | +1 lap | 57 |
16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Withdrawal | — |
17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | Withdrawal | — |
18 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | Withdrawal | — |
19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Withdrawal | — |
20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | Withdrawal | — |
Good taste in the mouth in the first race, with equal somewhat greater than in the previous season, so that is good for the show. However, I repeat that oslo is the first appointment and that will have to wait a bit to see how it will settle in the constructors ‘ world in the case of each computer. The next meeting will be in the GP of Bahrain, just the weekend of the 6th to the 8th of April. In the meantime we will be attentive to the latest news and to report on the developments that happen. Only wish that the next appointment and this whole world cup 2018 to be more interesting than these last few years and hopefully we can see more uncertainty up to the end of the season.
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