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Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Stunning revival in Malaysia






photo : An ecstatic Sebastian vettel , with two worrisome Mercedes drivers.  ( from autosport)


As Sebastian Vettel crossed the finish line in Malaysia we heard his engineer say " Ferrari is Back , Ferrari is Back !".
photo : Reuters 

First race in Australia everybody thought the Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton would romp away this year . But after this race it seems like Ferrari could actually cause troubles to Mercedes putting on an actual Championship fight like it should be.

Kimi Raikkonen's bad luck continued with an early puncture after being hit by three cars , he drove from the back of the pack finishing P4.  Setting fastest laps on his way . 
Sebastian Vettel has definitely silenced the critics who said his move to Ferrari was wrong . 
Vettel had purely beaten the Mercedes with pace and good Tyre strategy . His doubters were no doubt choking on their cornflakes as they watched this display.



Post race press conferrence in Australia where nico rosberg said he'd like to see Ferrari give them a challenge . And they sure did . Nico be careful what you wish for it might just come true like this one.
Ferrari are surely back and Mercedes have a threat on their hands now .








Max Verstappen became the youngest every f1 driver to score points . He qualified 6th in tricky conditions and made some fantastic overtakes , especially one on his senior Redbull teammate Daniel Ricciardo which was very satisfying to watch  . He eventually finished seventh making him the youngest every driver to score points in an f1 race .
He maybe just 17 years old but he should never be discounted , he has a bright future in F1.

An interesting result was that both the Toro Rosso finished ahead of the Redbulls , proving a point to Redbull and Renault . With Ferrari and Williams closing the gap on Mercedes ,Redbull have a lot of catching up to. Let alone catch the Mercedes they now have to worry about catching Williams maybe even the Toro Rosso .



It nice to have Fernando Alonso back on track after that accident in Jerez . Details of the crash are not very clear . Nobody outside the Mclaren facility seemed to know the actual reason . Alonso clarified that he hadn't woken up in 1995 nor was he speaking in Italian .


Mclaren Honda have a rocky road ahead and they better brace themselves . Despite having a double retirement , Mclaren insist that they have made significant step in terms of performance . Fernando ran as high as eighth before an ERS cooling problem required him to stop his car on lap 21. Jenson was able to latch onto a midfield battle but was also ordered to stop by the team. He retired on lap 41 with a turbo issue.







Next race is in China 10th - 12th April , See you then .


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 podium celebrations 

















* These are not my photos, Credits to the owner of the photos*

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