THE MOTORSPORT LAP
Vettel begins as he means to go on
It was an interesting start to the Formula One season in Melbourne, Australia
The opening race of the 2017 Formula One (F1) season took place in Melbourne this past weekend where Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) romped to first place ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes). Vettel’s victory marks the Italian team’s first race win since 2015 in Singapore. His performance, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Hamilton, seems to be in line with the initial testing season where his team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen, set the fastest time. Raikkonen only managed to finish in fourth on race day. If anything, this could be a prelude of the Ferrari team finally finding its mojo. We will see how things fare at the next race in Shanghai, China on April 9. It was also the start of the MotoGP season in Qatar where Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha) finished first ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha). Moto2 saw Franco Morbidelli (0,0 Marc VDS Kalex) taking the honours ahead of Thomas Luthi (Carxpert Interwetten Kalex). Third we...
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