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Kimi Raikkonen wins season-opening Australian Grand Prix

Sunday, Mar 17, 2013, 13:54 IST | Agency: Reuters

Alonso and Vettel joined him on the podium in a thrilling race.

Kimi Raikkonen

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix for Lotus on Sunday, beating Ferrari's Fernando Alonso into second place at Albert Park.

Spaniard Alonso was followed across the line by the Red Bull of triple world champion Sebastian Vettel after a thrilling race on the Melbourne street circuit.

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Alan Baldwin)