15 Mar 2015

Merc dominates 14-car Australian GP

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<b>MERC'S DOMINATING DUO:</b> Lewis Hamilton (right), race-winner in Melbourne, poses with Mercedes team Nico Rosberg. The pair set the tone for the 2015 season by dominating the 2015 Australian GP. <I>Image: AFP / William West</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia - Lewis Hamilton's world championship defence got off to a flying start on Sunday with a crushing victory for Mercedes in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as Formula 1 rivals succumbed to a farcical rash of reliability problems.

Pole-sitter Hamilton started from a grid reduced to 15 cars from a possible 20 and cruised to his 34th race win with a 1.3-second gap to runner-up team mate Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton has won seven of the last eight races, though it was his first victory Australia for seven years. It was the his 34th win in his 149th grand prix.

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