15 Mar 2015

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<b>GREAT RACE FOR SAUBER:</b> Sauber's Felipe Nasr finished in fifth place at the 2015 Australian GP in Melbourne. <i>Image: AFP / William West</i>
<b>GREAT RACE FOR SAUBER:</b> Sauber's Felipe Nasr finished in fifth place at the 2015 Australian GP in Melbourne. <i>Image: AFP / William West</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia- Felipe Nasr shrugged off the legal distractions that have plagued Sauber with an impressive debut at the 2015 Australian GP on Sunday (March 15).

Nasr, who was unsure until Saturday (March 14) whether he would be competing, showed he had a cool head as well as a fast car as he finished fifth in his first Formula 1 race.

He finished a long way behind Mercedes' race winner Lewis Hamilton but did well to stay in front of home hero Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull after a long battle at Albert Park.

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