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2014 Australia Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: There's a lot more to Formula 1 than the engine noise, no matter how important of a visceral aspect it is. Let's stop going so ballistic over this.

EVENT: Huge turnout and lots to cheer about ... until the amended results came out.

QUALIFYING: A thriller in the rain.

RACE: In the age of the Internet, things often get overanalyzed and overreacted to. Was it a great race? No. Was it a lousy race? No. It was a Formula 1 race. A very intriguing one at that.

TRACK: Not as good as Adelaide, but still one of the better street (park) circuits.

START: Rosberg was outrageous, Ricciardo nearly pulled a Webber, Hamilton's woes were immediate, Raikkonen gets balked, and Kobayashi is ... well ... Kobayashi.

ROSBERG: An absolutely perfect start allows Nico to dominate the race. His teammate will say otherwise, but this could be Nico's best year for a world championship shot.

RICCIARDO: A fantastic Red Bull debut, out qualifying his superstar teammate, driving a brilliant race while maintaining his engine, and having the opportunity of a lifetime to celebrate in front of his home fans ... what's that ... oh, never mind...

RED BULL: How could you screw up so badly and let down your driver so horribly? The rules clearly states what needs to be done if your fuel flow regulator is not calibrated correctly. But, your hubris finally made you look like asses.

MAGNUSSEN: Absolutely brilliant ... we can't say that enough times ... brilliant Formula 1 debut for Kevin. A definite star of the future who already outdid his father's F1 career in just one race.

VETTEL: Sebastian suffered the expected Red Bull retirement.

MERCEDES: Who would have thought a Mercedes engine would be the first to fail? Otherwise, a stellar weekend for the tri-star.

RENAULT: There goes one. And another. A third. Whoops, a fourth. Probably a good thing Kobayashi crashed out...

HAMILTON: Terribly disappointing for Lewis when he was certainly expecting to win.

ALONSO: Where have we seen this script before?

RAIKKONEN: Where have we seen this script before?

FERRARI: Are we in for another year of so close yet so far?

WILLIAMS: Not the results they wanted, but a lot of promise shown. Heck, they already doubled their point total from all of last year.

BOTTAS: One mistake but otherwise Valtteri drove a great race.

MASSA: Felipe was in position to show himself outside of Ferrari, and then he got kicked in the butt.

BUTTON: Nondescript race, and then Jenson got overshadowed by his rookie teammate.

RAIKKONEN: Another nondescript race. Kimi was never happy with the car.

HULKENBERG: Back at Force India, and naturally their top finisher.

PEREZ: Sergio grabs a point with his new team.

KVYAT: Nice F1 start and he broke a Vettel's record -- youngest point scorer.

LOTUS: Saddled with the Renault engine, loss of a lot of management, technical, and driving talent, and probably lack of money could result in a devastating year for Lotus.

KOBAYASHI: Kamui, Kamui, Kamui. Didn't you learn anything from your year off?

FIA: For once, they may have actually done something right.

SOCHI: With the situation in the Ukraine and Crimea escalating, talk of war on the horizon, and sanctions imposed by the USA and EU, our money is on the Russian Grand Prix never happening. No matter what Bernie says or thinks.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Reliability.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 5 -- The number of DNFs due to engine failures.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Nico Rosberg's father, Keke, won the first Australian Grand Prix which counted towards the World Championship in 1985. Keke won in a Williams-Honda at the Adelaide street circuit. Just like his son, Keke started from the third spot. And, just like his son, Keke jumped into the lead on the first lap. However, Keke did not lead every lap as he was in front for 71 of the 82 tours.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Martin Brundle on Nico Rosberg's last pit stop, "They've got enough time to give that a wash and leather when it's in."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Kevin Magnussen on his third (then second) place, "I just can't believe it. It is a not a win but feels a bit like a win."

SCHEDULE: Off to the hottest, most humid race on the calendar, Malaysia. Yuck.

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Rosberg 57
EX Ricciardo 57
2. Magnussen(R) 57
3. Button 57
4. Alonso 57
5. Bottas 57
6. Hulkenberg 57
7. Raikkonen 57
8. Vergne 57
9. Kvyat(R) 57
10. Perez 58
11. Sutil 56
12. Gutierrez 56
13. Chilton 55
NC Bianchi 49
NC Grosjean 43
NC Maldonado 29
NC Ericsson(R) 27
NC Vettel 3
NC Hamilton 2
NC Massa 0
NC Kobayashi 0

Time of Race
1:32:58.710

Margin of Victory
24.525 sec.

Safety Car
1 for 5 laps

Lead Changes
1 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders
Nico Rosberg

Fastest Race Lap
Nico Rosberg

Pole Position
Lewis Hamilton

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Rosberg 25
2. Magnussen(R) 18
3. Button 15
4. Alonso 12
5. Bottas 10
6. Hulkenberg 8
7. Raikkonen 6
8. Vergne 4
9. Kvyat(R) 2
10. Perez 1

  Team Pts.
1. McLaren 33
2. Mercedes 25
3. Ferrari 18
4. Williams 10
  Force India 9
6. Toro Rosso 6
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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