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2014 Australian Grand Prix Sunday - Australian Grand Prix
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Aborted start, yellow flag on the grid.
Chilton's Marussia has got going and is headed to the end of the pitlane.
Not entirely sure who's stalled on the grid...it's the other Marussia! Bianchi is stopped.
That means Hamilton has to lead the pack round for another formation lap. The tension mounts.
The extra formation lap will provide a bit of relief to the teams worried about fuel consumption - as it means one less racing lap.
The pitlane's quite busy now - Grosjean's Lotus has already gained two places!
Chilton and Bianchi have joined the queue behind him.
Chilton and Bianchi have joined the queue behind him.
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"Seems like it's bogging down a bit," is Ricciardo's verdict on his practice starts.
Round the final turn we come (again) and hopefully this one will be OK.
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Vettel asks "is it normal that I have no power?" The team explains that it's just due to the setting he's (deliberately) in for the formation lap.
Right, take two! The field is in place. Ready for the lights...
Lights out
On they go, and out they go!
THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX IS UNDERWAY!
THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX IS UNDERWAY!
Rosberg leads and sweeps ahead of Hamilton, as Ricciardo gets second back into Turn 1.
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Early mess at the back with a Caterham and a Williams in the gravel, and a Sauber spinning at Turn 3.
Hamilton's dropped to third, and now fourth! Magnussen passes him into Turn 11.
Vettel is still complaining that his car isn't running properly. He's dropped to 14th.
Rosberg leads at the end of the first lap, Ricciardo is second ahead of Magnussen and poleman Hamilton.
Waved yellows at Turn 1 means a chance for calm to be restored.
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Kobayashi was the Caterham in trouble at Turn 1, his car is in the gravel with a mangled left-front. He's out.
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"Engine is not running smoothly. I will get passed. Just so you're aware..." is Vettel's latest report.
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Vettel is getting very agitated over the radio: "This is ridiculous, guys."
Hamilton must be in trouble. He's now dropping like a stone, behind Hulkenberg and under pressure from Alonso...
"We need to retire," Mercedes tells Hamilton over the radio... but then moments later: "stay out, stay out."
Rosberg moves 1.5s clear of Ricciardo. Magnussen sets the fastest lap of the race in third, 3.3s down on the leader.
Very concerned faces on the Merc pitwall.
"Just keep rolling," is the message to Hamilton from his engineer.
Vettel's descent continues as he falls to 16th.
Before that, Hamilton had been told to retire the car...bizarre problems for the poleman.
Hamilton brings the car into the pits!
Bottas dives past Kvyat for 9th place. The Finn is the only Williams left as Massa was involved in the start cras.
Running order on lap three: Rosberg, Ricciardo, Magnussen, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Raikkonen, Vergne, Bottas, Kvyat, Button, Sutil, Ericsson, Maldonado, Chilton, Grosjean, Vettel, Perez, Gutierrez.
So that promotes Alonso to fifth ahead of Raikkonen, who has had a blinding start in the Ferrari.
Vergne is seventh ahead of Bottas, who has also made the most of the chaos to vault up the order.
Vergne is seventh ahead of Bottas, who has also made the most of the chaos to vault up the order.
Vettel was very slow along start/finish there. Lapping a little over 15 seconds off so hard to see him lasting much longer.
Hamilton tells the team he has "no power" as he comes into the garage.
Vettel's last lap was 17s off the pace!
Rosberg's moving clear now, 2.6s is his lead over Ricciardo. Magnussen is falling away from the Red Bull and has Hulkenberg closing in fast.
Bottas! What a superb move. Round the outside of Vergne into Turn 3, beautiful.
Vettel reports "a slight improvement" and a "little bit of K". He comes into the pits now.
Magnussen really got away with one at the start. Huge wheelspin and he veered across Alonso's nose. Lucky escape.
He's now have to defend from Hulkenberg, who is less than a second behind.
He's now have to defend from Hulkenberg, who is less than a second behind.
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Replays of the start incident show Kobayashi hit the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari, ripping at wheel from the Caterham, and then slammed into Massa, taking the Williams out.
Raikkonen continues in sixth.
Raikkonen continues in sixth.
Bottas is flying, fastest first sector of anyone, and he's hassling Raikkonen for sixth now.
By: Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Ben Anderson, Jonathan Noble, Scott Mitchell, Andrew van Leeuwen
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