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F1 fans’ videos from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix

2013 Australian Grand Prix

2nd April 2013, 10:402nd April 2013, 20:06 | Written by Keith Collantine

Hamilton’s spin, Maldonado’s off-track moment and more of your videos from the Australian Grand Prix weekend.

Raikkonen wins first 2013 Driver of the Weekend poll

2013 Australian Grand Prix

29th March 2013, 13:2825th March 2015, 6:10 | Written by Keith Collantine

Kimi Raikkonen was voted Driver of the Weekend for the first race of 2013 after winning from seventh on the grid in Australia. Adrian Sutil and Jules Bianchi completed the top three.

Positive rating for first race of 2013

2013 Australian Grand Prix Rate the Race result

28th March 2013, 15:0819th July 2013, 10:01 | Written by Keith Collantine

The 2013 F1 season got off to a promising start in Australia. It also began the sixth year of Rate the Race – here’s what you thought of the grand prix.

Red Bull and Mercedes not the only ones resorting to team orders

2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

25th March 2013, 23:0027th July 2014, 14:36 | Written by Keith Collantine

Radio broadcasts reveal who has been using team orders in the opening races and more of the mid-race discussions at Red Bull and Mercedes.

First Predictions round won by Prateek727

Predictions Championship

19th March 2013, 20:3419th March 2013, 21:01 | Written by Keith Collantine

Prateek727 came out on top of more than 1,500 players to win the first round of the 2013 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship. Here are the full results.

Top ten pictures from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix

F1 pictures

19th March 2013, 17:0119th March 2013, 17:02 | Written by Keith Collantine

Here are the top ten pictures from the Australian Grand Prix which tell the story of the race.

Raikkonen matches Hakkinen’s race win tally

2013 Australian Grand Prix stats and facts

18th March 2013, 16:1819th March 2013, 16:56 | Written by Keith Collantine

Australian GP stats and facts: Raikkonen ties with Hakkinen on 20 wins ?��?� Youngest-ever grid ?��?� Seven race leaders is one short of record ?��?� Button is third driver past 1,000 points

Vote for your 2013 Australian Grand Prix driver of the weekend

2013 Australian Grand Prix

18th March 2013, 10:4425th March 2015, 6:10 | Written by Keith Collantine

Which F1 driver was the best performer during the Australian Grand Prix weekend? Review how each driver got on and vote for your pick of the best.

Strategic superiority gets Raikkonen and Lotus off to a winning start

2013 Australian Grand Prix review

17th March 2013, 18:3417th March 2020, 14:53 | Written by Keith Collantine

Kimi Raikkonen made his way up from seventh on the grid to win the first race of 2012 by making one pit stop fewer than his rivals.

2013 Australian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 15:1317th March 2013, 15:30 | Written by Keith Collantine

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap of the race for Lotus and the next quickest car was not a Red Bull, a Ferrari or a Mercedes – but Jean-Eric Vergne’s Toro Rosso.

2013 Australian Grand Prix lap charts

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 12:5217th March 2013, 12:53 | Written by Keith Collantine

The Australian Grand Prix looked set to end with a battle for the lead – but the Fernando Alonso’s tyres wilted long before Kimi Raikkonen’s.

2013 Australian GP tyre strategies and pit stops

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 11:2917th March 2013, 11:30 | Written by Keith Collantine

Kimi Raikkonen had the best strategy in Melbourne but Ferrari were the team to beat in the pits.

Hamilton: Mercedes debut ‘way better than expected’

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 9:4817th March 2013, 9:52 | Written by Keith Collantine

Lewis Hamilton said he was “really happy” with his first race for Mercedes but is keen to work out where he lost time to his rivals.

McLaren will “look at anything” but see no quick fix

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 9:0917th March 2013, 9:52 | Written by Keith Collantine

McLaren say it could take a while before they recover from the poor start to the season they made in Australia with the MP4-28.

Raikkonen: Australian GP win was “not too difficult”

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 8:50 | Written by Keith Collantine

Kimi Raikkonen said his season-opening win at Melbourne was “not too difficult”.

Di Resta feels “robbed of seventh place”

2013 Australian Grand Prix

17th March 2013, 8:2120th October 2023, 13:15 | Written by Keith Collantine

Paul di Resta said he was pleased Force India scored seventh and eighth place in the Australian Grand Prix but believed he should have been the driver in seventh place.