Australian GP: Race - Results

The first race of the year has come, but it has not gone, as it has stirred up some deep controversy and drama. With teams uncertain how the V6 Turbos would perform in the first race, everyone was on edge and cautioned with how things would go.

The first lap called for a safety car, when Kamui Kobayashi's brakes failed and his car launched over the Williams of Felipe Massa, sending them both out of the race. Esteban Gutierrez in the Sauber made contact with the Force India of Sergio Perez and gave Perez a puncture, causing him to have to pit within the first 5 laps. More drama followed when the Mercedes team radioed to Hamilton that they needed to retire his car. He was then prompted to keep going by the team, and confusion ensued. He was then called to Box and when he did so, they retired the car, saying they needed to save the engine. Sebastian Vettel, who is currently a 4-Time-World-Champion in consecutive wins, also was called to retire as something had gone wrong with his car as well.

 The Marussia of Jules Bianchi had an issue, which they fixed and then released him back out to gain information on the vehicle, even though he was no longer in contention for getting points. With Hamilton out of the race, Rosberg quickly took the lead, with Daniel Ricciardo right behind him.

21-Year-Old Kevin Magnussen was keen to show what he could do with the Mp4-29 and quickly leapt into Third, batteling to get past Ricciardo proved hard, but the young Dane was trying his hardest. His dad, Jan Magnussen watch watching the race in Florida.

Marcus Ericsson was then retired when he had an Oil Pressure issue. It was an unfortunate day for the Caterham-Renault team. Also unfortunate day for the Lotus team, when both drivers, Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean, both had ERS problems and retired from the race.

Nico Rosberg went on to take the win, something his father did so many year ago. This also marks Nico's first win in Australia. Other Nico, Hulkenberg marked his first Australian GP Finish, after having problems in previous races in Australia.

Daniel Ricciardo came in second and became the first Australian driver to stand on the Australian podium and Kevin Magnussen stood happily in Third, greatful for everything he had just accomplished. Daniil Kvyat broke Sebastian Vettel's record for Youngest Driver To Score A Point In A GP. There was much to be celebrated, until later that day.

Things came in like a hurricane for Daniel Ricciardo when he and the Redbull Racing team were called to the FIA after an investigation of Ricciardo's car showed that he had been racing with more fuel than allowed. I, like many other people, stayed awake until a brutal 8:30 AM to find out the end-result, and the result was that Daniel had been stripped of his Second place finish, his trophy and his points. He had been, in other words, completely disqualified from the Australian GP.

This changed things for many other drivers, everyone who had finished behind Ricciardo, moved up a spot, putting Magnussen in Second and promoting Jenson Button to Third, making that a Double-Podium for McLaren, something they'd missed out on last year with the Mp4-28 and its multiple problems. Sergio Perez, who'd finished in 11th was promoted to 10th and received the last Championship Point, and his Team-Mate, Nico Hulkenberg moved up to 6th and got 8 points, putting Force India in 5th for the Constructors Championship. Redbull is currently in 11th, with no points and having it stand as neither driver finished the race after Ricciardo's disqualification.

Here are the standings after the inccident involving Daniel Ricciardo.

Results:

1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes / Germany - 25 Points
2. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren / Denmark - 18 Points
3. Jenson Button / McLaren / Great Britain - 15 Points
4. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari / Spain - 12 Points
5. Valtteri Bottas / Williams / Finland - 10 Points 
6. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India / Germany - 8 Points
7. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari / Finland - 6 Points
8. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso / France - 4 Points
9. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso / Russia - 2 Points
10. Sergio Perez / Force India / Mexico - 1 Point
11. Adrian Sutil / Sauber / Germany - 0 Points
12. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber / Mexico - 0 Points
13 Max Chilton / Marussia / Great Britain - 0 Points
Not Classified /  Jules Bianchi / Marussia / France - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Romain Grosjean / Lotus / France - 0 Points 
Did Not Finish / Pastor Maldonado / Lotus / Venezuela - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Marcus Ericsson / Caterham / Sweden - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Sebastian Vettel / Redbull / Germany - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes / Great Britain - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Felipe Massa / Williams / Brazil - 0 Points
Did Not Finish / Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham / Japan - 0 Points
Disqualified / Daniel Ricciardo / Redbull / Australia - 0 Points

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.
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