Sebastian Vettel Wins The Melbourne F1 GP
Big win
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has won the first F1 grand prix of the season in Melbourne.
He leapt Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton early in the race and wasn’t headed from there.
Vettel crossed the line nearly 10 seconds of Hamilton in second.
Hamilton’s Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas finished in third, with Kimi Raikonnen and Max Verstappen rounding out the type five.
It’s the first time Mercedes hasn’t been leading the constructor championship for some time.
It was a race of carnage with seven retirements, including Aussie hope Daniel Ricciardo who had a horror day.
The next grand prix is in Shanghai in two weeks.