Reigning world champion Jenson Button won the Australian Grand Prix Sunday after an incident-packed race in Melbourne.
Robert Kubica took second for Renault, ahead of the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso.
Button’s McLaren started fourth on the grid, as Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel set the pace in qualifying to claim pole position.
Vettel’s good form continued into the race as he dominated the Albert Park track from the start. However, disaster struck on lap 26 when a brake failure forced the German’s car onto the gravel and out of the race. CNN International
Lewis Hamilton was always fighting to make up lost ground - he finished sixth but it could have been higher if he had not been tagged by a hapless Mark Webber, the home favourite, just two laps from the end.
Michael Schumacher’s underwhelming return continued as he trailed home 10th after spending much of the middle part of the race trapped behind the Toro Rosso of Jaime Alguersuari. Auto Racing Daily
POS DRIVER ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIRE 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 58 1h33m36.531 2 Robert Kubica Renault 58 12.034 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 14.488 4 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 58 16.304 5 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 58 16.683 6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 29.898 7 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 58 59.847 8 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 58 1m00.536 9 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 1m07.319 10 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 58 1m09.391 11 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 58 1m11.301 12 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 58 1m14.084 13 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 56 2 Laps 14 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 53 5 Laps R Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 41 R Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 26 R Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 25 Brakes/Spin R Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 9 R Vitaly Petrov Renault 9 R Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 4 R Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 Accident R Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 0 Accident R Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 Accident R Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 0 Hydraulics
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