Formula 1: Melbourne GP

What a great start to the season, the ban on Traction Control means more sliding around, mistakes are punished and skills are rewarded. Drivers now just cant floor the throttle coming out of a corner.

Ferrari looked dominant in winter testing but they had a horrible weekend. Kimi had a fuel pickup problem which meant he started 15th, then he got stuck behind barrichello for 20 laps in 8th place. Once past Kimi was up to 3rd right behind Hekki and Lewis because of a Safety Car but then went off the track at T3 trying to overtake Kovalainen. If he wasn’t stuck behind Barrichello for 20 laps it would’ve been a different race. Ferrari has the pace but were unreliable, Kimi stopped with an engine problem and so did Bourdais (Torro Rosso uses Ferrari engines). None of the Ferrari powered cars finished the race.

But it was a better spectacle watching drivers slide around corners. Using tiny little power slides to steer the car with the rear tires. This season looks promising .