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Button storms to Australian GP victory
Jenson Button opened the 2012 Formula 1 world championship with a commanding victory for McLaren in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. World champion Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) managed to get up to second from sixth on the grid, fending off pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton's McLaren and the second Red Bull of Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso salvaged fifth place from Ferrari's difficult weekend, having proved much more competitive in the race. Button claimed the lead at the start with a better getaway than his pole-sitting team-mate, and then quickly established a lead of three seconds, which stayed stable through the opening stint. The two Mercedes occupied third and fourth initially, but...
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