Formula 1 Melbourne
Jenson Button has done it again! After a rainy start to the second round of the 2010 Formula 1 Series in Melbourne, Button cruised to victory in front of second place Robert Kubica (Renault) and third place Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Button made the controversial call to be the first to change to slick tires despite the track still being wet, and his intuition proved correct as his lap times improved to nearly 5 seconds under his nearest competitor immediately after the change. With the wind at his back, his only remaining obstacle was the flawless Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull Renault, but an unlucky brake failure forced Vettel to retire, handing the lead to the lightning fast Button.
After Button took the lead, the focus shifted to Button’s teammate at Mclaren, Lewis Hamilton, who after pitting a second time for fresh tires, set fastest lap after fastest lap. With his breakneck pace, Hamilton was expected to pass the third and fourth place Ferraris to contend with Kubica for second, but Fernando Alonso masterfully kept him in fifth. On the penultimate lap Australia’s own Mark Webber of Red Bull Renault tapped Hamilton causing both of them to careen off-track and fall to sixth (Hamilton) and ninth (Webber) places.
Button celebrates victory flanked by second and third place finishers Kubica and Massa.
[Photo: planetf1.com]
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I wish the ferrari had won D=