15 Mar 2015

Vettel thrilled with Oz podium

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<b>FERRARI'S NEW ACE:</b> Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel (right) speaks with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the podium after finishing third in the 2015 Australian GP. <i>Image: AP / Rob Griffith</i>

MELBOURNE, March 15 - A huge 34 second gap might have separated third-placed Sebastian Vettel from Australian GP race-winner Lewis Hamilton on Sunday (March 15 but the podium spot felt like a victory on his Ferrari debut.

Vettel endured a horror final season with Red Bull in 2014, outshone by then team mate Daniel Ricciardo and plagued by reliability problems throughout a winless campaign.

Jumping ship to a shaken-up Ferrari was a leap of faith for Vettel after the Maranello team laboured to fourth in the championship, their first winless season in over 20 years.

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