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Ferrari’s first win since 2015, the 43rd of his career, his fourth for the Italian team
d in Australia. He is the first non-Mercedes driver to lead the championship in the
ybrid era that started in 2014. Vettel started on the front row and took the lead after
Mercedes pitted on lap 17. He pitted on lap 23, emerging still in front of the Briton.
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y four teams to have both their cars in the points. Perez said seventh, after starting
he most he could have achieved. The Mexican made some of the few overtakes in
con’s point, after a long battle with Alonso, was his first in Formula One.
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tarted in sixth place but retired in the pits after 13 laps with the car steaming from
he team said it was a water leak. Magnussen tangled with Ericsson at the start,
new front wing, and then retired with suspension problems after 46 laps.
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was the final finisher, his team wrestling with their troubled Honda power unit.
s in the top 10 until being passed by Ocon and Hulkenberg. He then retired in the
suspected suspension problem. “I think we are last,” Alonso said.
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d from pole but pitted earlier than rivals after struggling with grip, being caught in
verheating the tyres. Bottas, who led briefly after Vettel came in, pitted on lap 25.
nly the ninth time in 60 races that Mercedes have been beaten. The podium was
105th in Formula One, Bottas’s 10th.
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