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MOTORHUB MAGAZINE
AUSTRALIAN GP REPORT
ewis Hamilton won the opening race
of the 2015 season in Melbourne
ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg
with what few of their rivals finished a long
way behind. By the end of lap one just 13
cars were left in a race that 18 drivers qualified for.
A back injury prevented Valtteri Bottas from starting, and two more drivers
failed to reach the grid after problems on
their way to the grid. Kevin Magnussen’s
McLaren failed spectacularly, and Daniil
Kvyat stopped with a gearbox fault.
Lotus’s race ended within moments of the
lights going out. Romain Grosjean got
away slowly from the grid and then pulled
into the pits to retire. Meanwhile Pastor
Maldonado lost out in a first-corner tangle
and was dumped into the barriers.
Following a brief appearance from the
Safety Car, Hamilton quickly re-established his lead as Rosberg reacted slowly
to the resumption of the race. A single midrace pit stop was the only time Hamilton
lost the lead.
Sebastian Vettel jumped ahead of Felipe
Massa in the pit stops to claim third on his
debut for Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton
has won 4 of the
first 7 races and remains on top of the
driver standings.
Lewis Hamilton and a team
engineer discuss strategy
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CHINESE GP REPORT
ewis Hamilton dominated the Chinese Grand Prix to take his second
win of the season and his fourth
career victory in Shanghai. It was another Mercedes 1-2 with Nico Rosberg taking
second, but there were suggestions of renewed tension between the team mates.
Ferrari kept the Mercedes duo under pressure throughout the race in third and fourth,
but Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen
were unable to mount a serious challenge
on the Silver Arrows for the lead.
After both Mercedes and Ferraris had pitted for another set of Soft tyres, Rosberg
began to eat into his team mate’s lead.
Despite being just over two seconds adrift
of Hamilton, Rosberg was heard on team
radio complaining about the leader’s pace
and encouraging his team to hurry the
world champion up after concerns over his
tyres should he have gotten any closer to
his team mate.
Hamilton cruised around to secure his second win of the season, ahead of team mate
Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari.
Raikkonen took fourth for Ferrari, with the
two Williams of Felipe Massa and Valtteri
Bottas fifth and sixth.
Nico Rosberg Celebrates win at the
Monaco GP
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