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2018 Australian Grand Prix: Vettel snatches season-opener from Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel benefited from a mid-race safety car to take victory in the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, with the Scuderia Ferrari driver beating reigning champion, Lewis Hamilton into second place. The front three of Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel broke away from the pack early on, and Finn Raikkonen was the first to enter the pit-lane for a change of Pirelli tyres on Lap 19 of 58. Hamilton responded to Raikkonen's stop a lap later, emerging from his sole stop to maintain track position over the second Ferrari of Raikkonen. In akin scenes to last year, Vettel went considerably longer in the opening stint to Hamilton, with the German hoping a safety car could...
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