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Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton won his first Grand Prix of the season this weekend as he crossed the line ahead of his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button.

The Red Bull driver Mark Webber had dominated the race until lap 41 when his team-mate Sebastian Vettel turned his car into the side of Webber causing both drivers to run off track.

Vettel began chasing Webber down on lap 38 while under threat from the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton.  Webber had turned his engine down in a bid to reserve fuel but Vettel saw the chance to pass his team-mate through turn 9 and moved to the left to go around the outside of Webber.  Webber was holding his position while Vettel moved to the right resulting in contact between the two and ended the chance of a win for Webber and the end of the race for Vettel.

It appeared that the McLaren duo had been handed the race on a plate despite both drivers being told to reserve fuel as the rain began to fall onto the circuit.  On lap 48, Button was challenging Hamilton for the lead but the front man was holding his position as Button attempted a move on the outside and the two touched wheels.

Hamilton crossed the line to take his first win of the season with his team-mate close behind while Webber had enough time to return to the pits for a new front wing and nose cone and still get out in front of Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes for the third step of the podium.

Nico Rosberg followed in fifth position close behind his team-mate with the Renault driver Robert Kubica finishing in sixth place ahead of Felipe Massa in the Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso finished in eighth place after touching wheels with the Renault of Vitaly Petrov on lap 54 resulted in a puncture for the Russian and moved him back to fifteenth place.  In ninth place was the Force India of Adrian Sutil ahead of Kamui Kobayashi in the BMW Sauber for tenth.

Here are the results;

POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	LAPS	TIME/RETIRE
1.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1h28m47.620
2.	Jenson Button	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	58	2.645
3.	Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull-Renault	58	24.285
4.	Michael Schumacher	Germany	Mercedes GP	58	31.110
5.	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Mercedes GP	58	32.266
6.	Robert Kubica	Poland	Renault	58	32.824
7.	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	58	36.635
8.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Ferrari	58	46.544
9.	Adrian Sutil	Germany	Force India-Mercedes	58	49.029
10.	Kamui Kobayashi	Japan	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	58	1m05.650
11.	Pedro de la Rosa	Spain	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	58	1m05.944
12.	Jaime Alguersuari	Spain	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	58	1m07.800
13.	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italy	Force India-Mercedes	57	1 Lap
14.	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	Williams-Cosworth	57	1 Lap
15.	Vitaly Petrov	Russia	Renault	57	1 Lap
16.	Sebastien Buemi	Switzerland	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	1 Lap
17.	Nico Hulkenberg	Germany	Williams-Cosworth	57	1 Lap
18.	Timo Glock	Germany	Virgin-Cosworth	55	3 Laps
19.	Lucas di Grassi	Brazil	Virgin-Cosworth	55	3 Laps
20.	Karun Chandhok	India	HRT-Cosworth	52	6 Laps, Fuel Pump
R	Bruno Senna	Brazil	HRT-Cosworth	46	Fuel Pressure
R	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Red Bull-Renault	39	Accident
R	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	Lotus-Cosworth	33	Hydraulics
R	Jarno Trulli	Italy	Lotus-Cosworth	32	Hydraulics
FASTEST LAP:
	Vitaly Petrov	Russia	Renault	57	1:29.165