Jenson Button wins the first F1 GP race of this season

This season’s first Australian GP has been won by McLaren driver Jenson Button. Button’s team mate Lewis Hamilton, who had started ahead of everyone on the grid, took the podium at the third spot. The second spot was bagged by Sebastian Vettel. Vettel had started the race at sixth place on grid. As we reported earlier, Indian F1 driver Kartikeyan’s team HRT Coswprth was penalised and not allowed to start the race.

Race Result-

1 – Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes)

2 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing-Renault)

3 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

4 – Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing-Renault)

5 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)

6 – Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari)

7 – Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus-Renault)

8 – Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari)

9 – Daniel Ricciardo (STR-Ferrari)

10 – Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes)

11 – Jean-Eric Vergne (STR-Ferrari)

12 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

13 – Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Renault)

14 – Timo Glock (Marussia-Cosworth)

15 – Charles Pic (Marussia-Cosworth)

16 – Bruno Senna (Williams-Renault)

17 – Felipe Massa (Ferrari) (DNF. Puncture in right rear tire on Lap 47)

18 – Heiki Kovalainen (Caterham-Renault) (DNF. Car trouble on Lap 41)

19 – Vitaly Petrov (Caterham-Renault) (DNF. Power steering malfunction on Lap 37)

20 – Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) (DNF. Gearbpx malfunction on Lap 13 )

21 – Romain Grosjean (Lotus-Renault) (DNF. Collision on Lap 2)

22 – Nico Hulkenberg (Force-India Mercedes) (DNF. Collision on Lap 3)

23 – Pedro de la Rosa (HRT-Cosworth) (Penalised and not allowed to race)

24 – Narain Karthikeyan (HRT-Cosworth) (Penalised and not allowed to race).