VETTEL-2ND, BUTTON-1ST AND HAMILTON-3RD
Finally, the 4 month drought of Formula One has ended. As so often happens in F1 the person that gets in the lead stays there. Hard to challenge unless he has car trouble and this year's starting race wasn't any different. All the action was behind the leader. That leader, in this case, was Jensen Button with the next four or five drivers being the usual suspects.
Following in second was Sebastian Vettel and for third it was Lewis Hamilton. Lewis was looking mighty unhappy at the post-race celebration. I hope this doesn't mean that he is going to 'whine' the whole season. He should have been happy with third because if the race had been any longer Mark Webber would have taken it away from him.
Only 11 teams this week as HRT didn't make the cut. I think they have money woes and I hope they don't drop out for the season. Formula One is going to try to do 20 races this year. The only questionable one is in the United States in November because the track isn't done yet. They had money problems too.
Kimi Raikkonen is back in the fold. Which made it six former Formula One World Champions on the track at the same time for the first time ever. Driving for Lotus-Renault he ended up in sixth place. Hmmm, could he be a contender? I would think so. I am missing some of last year's drivers and trying to learn the new people. It is a tough business.
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