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Australia 2009
Tuesday, March 31
They said it couldn't be done, but Ross Brawn proved them wrong and won the Australian GP for his race machine's debut. But then, he is the man who always knew how to extract the maximum from a given set of regulations, be it in the Benetton days or the Ferrari ones... Well done to all, and a special bravo to Jenson, who has shown throughout trying times, which would have discouraged many, that he is well endowed with the legendary British fighting spirit and has lost none of his talent. On a different note, let us express our bewilderment regarding the $50 000 fine given to Sebastian Vettel for "causing a collision and forcing a driver off the track". What the whole world saw as a race incident was obviously seen as "unsafe driving" (F1 is supposed to be a riskless activity? Obviously...). This is neither the first nor the last time that the stewards of the meeting decide to impose such unnecessary punishment, and Sebastien was also given an additional ten place grid penalty for the Malaysian GP for continuing on three wheels . Well, the stewards were obviously not around when a certain French-Canadian driving a Ferrari drove an entire lap around Zandvort, on three wheels, during the 1979 Dutch GP. In those days, the words that came to mind were "daring", and "determined"... Rejoice, the world is turning into a safe place!
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