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03/19/2007 - 07:00 PM
Melbourne, Australia
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McLaren
The Australian GP confirmed that the new look McLaren team will be a championship contender this year, and be the main challenger to Ferrari. Fernando Alonso qualified second and finished in the same position in his first race with his new team, but all eyes were on his young teammate. Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth and made a great start to jump up to third, ahead of Alonso. He took second when Nick Heidfeld pitted and stayed in front of his teammate until the second pit stops, after which he settled for third. It was a faultless weekend from Hamilton, but the real story was qualifying – he was marginally faster in Q1 and again after the first runs in Q2 until Alonso unnecessarily went for a second set of soft tires. Alonso's 0.2sec margin in Q3 was pretty much accounted for by the two-lap difference in fuel loads. The boy is quick…
Renault
Renault had a tough first weekend in Australia, and the team emerged well aware that it has some work to do to regain lost ground. Giancarlo Fisichella put in a solid performance, and having qualified sixth moved up to fifth in the race after Robert Kubica retired. It was not a great debut for rookie Heikki Kovalainen. The Finn never really recovered from a fuel pump failure that cost him priceless track time on Friday, and failed to make
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Ferrari
Australia was the dawn of a new era for Ferrari, and the team seems to have survived the loss of Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn without too much pain. After keeping a low profile in testing Kimi Raikkonen put in an awesome performance, taking pole and leading all the way apart from a few laps after his pit stops. Even a radio failure did nothing to hinder his progress. In contrast Felipe Massa had a gearbox failure in qualifying, and after an engine change, started from the back. A great drive on an unusual one-stop strategy brought him up to sixth, and most impressively he did the first half on the unfavored soft tire with no apparent problems. Clearly, Ferrari has the Bridgestone situation well under control.
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