Kimi Raikkonen stormed to a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, his debut for Ferrari. The Finn took his tenth career win ahead of McLaren's reigning champion Fernando Alonso and F1 debutant Lewis Hamilton. Kimi also claimed pole position in qualifying and also had the fastest time in the 3rd practice on Saturday morning. Felipe Massa was forced to start last due to an engine change but made it up the field to finish in 6th place.
"The weekend has been very good and the race maybe looked easier than it was but my radio broke just before the start of the race so it wasn't ideal, but we had a clear plan about what we wanted to do," Raikkonen revealed.
"It was a good race, I didn't push too hard and just tried to pace myself," he added. "We were quite quick at the start and I didn't have to push as hard as I could have and then it was just a case of bringing it home. I've had good races here before but never been able to win and it's always nice to win on your first race with a team which I haven't done before."
"I've really enjoyed it and it's the perfect start to the season," he concluded.
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