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Race: Rosberg claims Aussie win, Alonso crashes

Nico Rosberg made the most of Ferrari's strategy blunder to win the Australian GP, a race that was red flagged when Fernando Alonso suffered a horror crash. Ferrari made a perfect start to Sunday's 57-lap Australian GP – the race reduced by a lap after an electrical problem caused Daniil Kvyat to stop on the pit straight. Sebastian Vettel split the Mercedes pairing to shoot up into first place while Kimi Raikkonen also got ahead to make it a Ferrari 1-2. It was a position they would hold through to the first round of pit stops where Rosberg got the jump on the Finn. The Mercedes driver opted for the soft tyres compared to Ferrari with the super-soft. Their battle was halted when the...
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