The Australian grand prix
Last Saturday was the first race of the 2014 Formula one season. Due to the big change in the regulations, all of the teams were unsure whether or not their cars were even going to be able to finish the race in one piece. Going in to the qualifying sessions, there was some big shocks in store. The first was the un-forecasted heavy rainfall that came in the middle of Q1. For the cars that were near the pit lane at the time, this was as easy as an unscheduled pit stop to change tyres. For the unlucky ones that had just passed the pit lane, this spelled disaster. The worst affected team was probably team Lotus, who, as a result, ended up last at the back of the grid for the race. Q2 saw the elimination of the current world champion, Sebastien Vettel. this saw the end of his winning streak, something some people were very glad about. the results of the qualifying are shown at http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/914/7315/ the race itself saw 11 cars unable to finish, mostly because of problems with the new engines and hybrid systems. However, there was a crash on the first corner involving Filipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi. The engine problems affected people such as Sebastien Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Filipe Massa. However, it was a miracle that only 11 weren't able to finish. Some of the cars were able to carry on even with problems to their cars, such as Raikonnen's brakes which kept locking up. The race was dominated from the start by Nico Rosberg, followed by Riccardo (later excluded for using too much fuel) and Magnussen. Magnussen had a spectactular performance seeing as this was his first race in a red bull. Results can be found at http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/914/7317/ . The next race, Malaysia, will be on tv 28th-30th March.
Nev
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