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Raikkonen Leads Lotus To Albert Park Victory
Kimi Raikkonen came through from seventh on the grid to win the opening race of 2013 in Melbourne as Lotus judged their strategy to perfection. The Finn made his two-stop strategy work to see off the challenge of Fernando Alonso with Sebastian Vettel a surprisingly distant third after starting from pole position.
After months of anticipation, the opening race turned into an anti-climax for Nico Hulkenberg whose Sauber suffered a fuel system problem before the start. The other 21 drivers had no problems getting through turn one unscathed but Mark Webber’s start-line woes continued, dropping from second to seventh as his teammate romped into a two second lead. The Ferraris of Felipe Massa...
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13y ago from TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk
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