Rosberg thumps Hamilton to Conquest in Australia

Lewis Hamilton in full swing initiated his Sunday’s Spielberg race beginning at pole position, but it was Mercedes team companion Nico Rosberg who controlled into Turn 1. From there on the champ from Germany certainly did look anywhere back, acquiring his third victory of the term to decrease Hamilton’s heading benefit to just 10 points.

 

 

The world champion, also restricted by a 5s time disadvantage for intersecting the white line on the pit departure, acquired the flag 3.8s overdue Nico Rosberg, while Felipe Massa recorded his paramount and Williams’ second dais of the season in third place.With Hamilton slow off the line, Rosberg rushed an improvement he only yielded for a lap throughout the single pit stops, and he measured the race with comfort even though late worries around a somber fore tyre trembling.

 

Hamilton strapped hard, but even his penalty made no alteration to the consequence; this was a day on which nothing could live with Nico Rosberg. McLaren then discharged their second car shortly subsequently, when Jenson Button lost power post to two pit stops, first to help his 10s stop-and-go forfeit for power unit variations, the second to examine the inveterate tricky situation.In spite of stern vibrations from a flat-spotted fore tyre, Sergio Perez dangled on to take ninth for Force India, as Daniel Riccardo made usage of a very late pit stop on lap 50 and then a set of supersports to scramble back into the points for Red Bull. He was three seconds drifting at the finish.

 

In addition Raikkonen and the McLarens, Will Stevens’ Marussia discharged with an oil leak, Carlos Sainz went out post to the losing time along with a rear wheel difficulty in the pits, and Romain Grosjean’s Lotus lost mechanisms.Hamilton still is ahead in the drivers’ contest securing 169 points to Rosberg’s 159 and Vettel’s 120, although in the constructors’ stakes Mercedes have 328 facts to Ferrari’s 192 and Williams’ 129.