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2018 Australian Grand Prix: Analysis – Who's Smiling Now?
In the Sunday sunshine of Melbourne it would have been impossible to see, but high above the nigh-on cloudless sky, the stars had aligned. And they favoured Sebastian Vettel. For Vettel to win the 2018 Australian Grand Prix, a certain set of unlikely events – in an equally unlikely order – had to occur. Firstly, Vettel needed to be out-qualified and beaten to turn one by his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen so that the Finn could accept a ‘preferential' strategy. Secondly, the Haas F1 Team car of Kevin Magnussen needed to be quick enough to delay Vettel from making his one-and-only pit-stop. Vettel’s victory then required someone in the field – namely Romain Grosjean – to retire...
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