Nico Rosberg wins the first race of the season ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel starts well – but a spectacular crash of Fernando Alonso, including interruption ensures the turn.
the first winner of the formula 1 season 2016 is Nico Rosberg: the Mercedes drivers won the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. “For me it was a great weekend. Our car was now unreal good. It was great to beat the Ferraris,” Rosberg said after the champagne shower. “I am glad that we got such a good result for the team,” said Hamilton, who relativized his loss to Rosberg immediately: “I’ve had much worse first race.”
The Grand Prix started with a surprise. Lewis Hamilton could not benefit from the pole position. As the lights went, the defending champion got away only slowly. His Mercedes-mate Nico Rosberg, which was parked on the second place on the grid next to him, also lay down any dream start. The indisposition of the favorites took Sebastian Vettel: he steered his Ferrari research between the two silver arrows through and took the lead. His teammate Kimi Raikkonen slipped into his slipstream – because Rosberg and Hamilton himself came so close in the first corner, that their cars easily touched; both lost so crucial momentum. Third place (Rosberg) and six (Hamilton): That was not what was the dominant team of the last two years expected. “My start was mega,” said Vettel, “I have been reminded to Hungary last year.” At that time he had Hamilton and Rosberg can also surprise before the first corner.
The most spectacular scene of the race is an accident on lap 17
Blank Crowds raced Vettel 13 laps ahead. Then Rosberg decided to continue the hunt for new tires. He chose a harder the mixtures. Vettel, the one lap later the box headed for, put on softer tires – and presented so sure its leadership initially remained unchallenged. Hamilton struggled Meanwhile further back in the field, to make courses good but came not further forward than in fifth place, because it is not passed by Max Verstappen in Toro Rosso. Immediately before abbog circulated 16 for his first pit stop, Hamilton annoyed his teammates but still a little: He held Rosberg, who was traveling on fresh and thus clearly faster tire of chasing Vettel for a few seconds. The duel between the two could still be toxic in this year.
The most spectacular scene of the race happened on lap 17. On the long straight before turn number three, on which the car up to 310 km / h be quickly collided Esteban Gutiérrez and Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard, world champion in 2005 and 2006, drove his McLaren-Honda to the left rear tire of Mexican in Haas-Ferrari. Alonso’s car was then no longer be controlled. It hurled with great force into the gravel, where it rolled over twice before it climb dangerous.
“I’m fine. Thanks to the many safety precautions I’m alive”
The car was after violent crash a total loss. Both Alonso as well Gutiérrez could the accident site but leave on their own. “I’m fine. Thanks to the many safety precautions I’m alive,” Alonso stated. A reproach to Gutiérrez, he did not formulate: “It was a racing incident, but sometimes we forget that we are with 300 km / h on the move.” Said Alonso. At the same place it had been in a similar accident between Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve 2001 Dead: A torn wheel was then flown by a gap in the fence and had killed a marshal. This time everyone arrived unscathed.
In order to give marshals time to vacate many debris from the track, the race was stopped with the red flag. The drivers lined up their cars in the pit lane. The order at the top was at this time: 1. Vettel / Ferrari, 2. Rosberg / Mercedes, 3. Raikkonen / Ferrari, 4. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Lewis Hamilton was by his pit stop shortly before the accident dropped back to seventh position. .
Vettel falls after an additional pit stop back
As it went on after 20 minutes, it took a few laps until the next excitement: Kimi Raikkonen had his Ferrari off due to a defect – for a Broken, left to beat the flames from the air scoop. It should not be the last unpleasant scene for the Scuderia at this sunny afternoon. As Sebastian Vettel had to strip off his soft tires with an extra pit stop in circulation 35, the impact wrench stuck on the left front.
The stop dropped back Vettel and Rosberg brought in front. Seven laps later, whose teammate Lewis Hamilton pushed on Red Bull drivers Ricciardo passed in second position: In the 42nd round so that the expected sequence of colors was made at the top again – the First and the Second incident in silver. In usual formation flying it then went to the finish line. Vettel started in the final stage, a determined attack on Hamilton, but could not get past the defending champion. The season 2016 began exactly as the racing season had ended 2015 with a win by Rosberg. For the 30-year-olds it was the 15th win of his career, seasonally across the fourth in succession. “What a great start to the season,” he rejoiced.
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