Chilled on a chilly day
If there were still any doubts about Fernando Alonso's coolness, Sunday's Australian Grand Prix put them to rest. Richard Barnes analyses Alonso's performance in Australia
Sunday's Australian Grand Prix dished up conditions that F1 teams seldom have to deal with - unseasonably cool weather. Where Bahrain and Malaysia had provided hot and steamy racing, testing engine longevity to the utmost, Australia posed a different challenge of how to generate the near-boiling temperatures needed to generate maximum grip from the tyres.
The green track and cool weather are conditions unlikely to be repeated this season, and it would be easy to dismiss Sunday's race as a freak. Yet it is these one-off events that test the drivers' and teams' adaptability to the limit, and often serve to separate the championship wheat from the chaff.
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