The Silver Service
Ferrari and Raikkonen won at a canter, but the talk in Melbourne was all about the simmering silver cars. Adam Cooper analyses the Australian Grand Prix and finds out just who actually had the upper hand at McLaren
As usual, I watched the Australian GP from the first corner, and there was no escaping the fact that it was not the most exciting race I've viewed from that spot over the last 12 seasons.
A safety car would have helped to liven things up - especially with the random element provided by the new rules - but for once we didn't get one at Albert Park. Nevertheless, it was an intriguing event with which to launch the post-Schumacher era and I would imagine that it came across reasonably well on TV, especially for British viewers who literally woke up to the fact that we have a genuine superstar on our hands.
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