Seabastian Vettel, more like sailed away in the distance while Lewis Hamilton held together a crumbling car and a steely Vitaly Petrov brought up the rear ahead of the rest of the field, on Sunday. Alonso and Webber mystified one another with varying tyre strategies while Button and Massa fought it out with Jenson receiving a drive-thru penalty and 6th place for his troubles and Felipe sliding down the order to 9th with one tyre stop too many. Rooking Perez finished 7th in the points for Sauber ahead of his team-mate Kobayashi, while Schumacher and Rosberg were both punted out and their cars damaged. The other Seb Buemi put in a strong drive too and grabbed the last point in 10th ahead of Sutil, Di Resta, Alguersauri, Heidfeld, Trulli and D'Ambrosio.

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A good first outing in 2011 and an enjoyable event. Really looking forward to Malaysia and more performance being extracted from the cars, as only the Red Bull looked hooked up, even without KERS. McLaren had flashes as did Mercedes and Ferrari and who can not notice the Lotus Renault. Nevertheless, Malaysia will challenge the teams in new dimensions and the racing will evolve. Early days, yet DRS and KERS looked pretty solid and useful. Interesting to watch and certainly exciting for the drivers and with plenty of permeatations and application points.

Great job again in Australia, and hopefully, they will continue with the wonderful race they host. Congratulations to Seb Vettel and Red Bull Racing for the commanding win. An ominous sign? And to Vitaly Petrov drive of the day, stepping up in the absence of Robert Kubica. Great morale booster for all around. Good hustle from both Jenson and Lewis, and Michael and Nico, as well. Competitive driver pairings that will spur the competition all year long. Plus, the cars sound great too!! To more excitement upcoming in Malaysia. Bring on the heat!!