It was the Australian Grand Prix at the weekend. It was much better than the Bahrain GP. All we need is a bit of rain every race!! Jenson Button won with a great smooth performance. He made a great move changing the tyres to slicks which pretty much won it for him.
The Red Bulls and Ferrari’s are still faster cars but the way it all worked out, Jenson got to the front. His race was helped of course when Vettel had brake problems and crashed out.
I am a big fan of Jenson Button so I am very happy with the result. It was great for him to win with just his 2nd race for McLaren and he seems to be getting on with the team brilliantly.
One other talking point was about Lewis Hamilton. He didnt have the best weekend with his driving “incident” on Friday and the poor qualification on Saturday. He finished 6th yesterday – almost being taken out by Mark Webber – but had issues with the team. He complained during the race (for the whole world to hear) about the tyres asking whos idea it was to change tyres.
In hindsight it wasnt the right decision and who knows where he would have finished. However, to complain like that with the world listening was not good. If he didnt want to change tyres he didnt have to pit??? Jenson was the one who decided to change the tyres when he did. Could Lewis not do the same and tell the team he was staying out. The way he drives the tyres may have destroyed themselves before the end?? We will never know.
It was good to see the post-race celebrations at McLaren on the BBC F1 Forum (which is excellent) and the interview with Jenson. They tried to get Jenson’s girlfriend Jessica to talk on camera but Jenson said better not – shes had a couple sherbets!! LOL
Although this grand prix was entertaining, the rain and safety car and changable conditions only disguised the fact that overtaking is still very difficult. Teams are saying a car needs a 3 second advantage over another car to overtake!! In F1 that is a massive amount and its just crazy!
Anyway, hopefully Malaysia will be another good race. It will be warm but there will the chance of rain so could be another good race!
PS – There was a nice feature I have only just seen where Jenson Button gives Jake Humphrey a tour round the McLaren HQ. It was shown before the race but I missed it but seen it now on iPlayer. You can see it on Jake’s blog here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2010/03/looking_back_on_a_great_weeken.html
