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29 March 2024

F1: Raikkonen wins Australian Grand Prix

Lotus Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland (C) is congratulated by Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain next to Jackie Stewart (L), former F1 champion, after winning the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne March 17, 2013. (REUTERS)

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Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen won the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, indicating his team has the capacity to challenge its bigger rivals for the 2013 championship.

The Finn took the lead for good on lap 43 of 58 in a race which had seven different leaders.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was second, while pole sitter and three-time reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was third in a Red Bull which struggled to preserve its tires.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fourth, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in his first race for Mercedes and Mark Webber of Red Bull.

Force India pair Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta were seventh and eighth, ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Lotus' Romain Grosjean. AFP