Cassidy Conflict Causes Controversal Consequences

Qualifying:

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Report:

F1’s return to Australia and the first race at Surfers Paradise was overshadowed by comebacks, controversy and conflict. After the rocketbuster of a special Daniel Melrose appearance, Dave Cassidy decided that he has had enough of his team. A planned and announced move to Precision-Mercedes was blocked thanks due to a court interjection. After being threatened to be sent to jail, Dave Cassidy chose to proceed to drive the FW39 work-to-rule.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world had a race to win. Sauber made an early mark on F1’s return to Australia by beating Daniil Kwjat for pole position. After a glorious start saw Sauber secure a 1-2, Maldonado looked in great position to win, having gotten major help in defending against the superior CT05s from his teammate Simon Pagenaud, who really earnt his kept in the race.

The stories of the first two paragraphs overlapped in the final laps, when Dave Cassidy’s sloppy driving saw him become a lapped driver. Regrettably he refused to cooperate with blue flags as much as he refused to cooperate with Williams-Peugeot. A number of needless moves caused Cassidy to hand the lead and second place to Caterham, giving the green-coloured team their second 1-2 of the season.

Meanwhile, further down the order, a lot of chaos saw chances for the smaller (or simply weaker) efforts: Fernando Alonso made the most of a Red Bull upgrade, taking a seventh place. Calinetic-Mercedes scored a big victory in their war against Brabham-Ferrari, securing their first point of the 2017 season. Kevin Magnussen completed the underdog glory by finishing eight.

Race:

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Fastest Lap:

Daniil Kwjat – 1:16.502

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Sauber-Judd – By far their best run of the season, were robbed of a major victory.

Reject Of The Race:

Dave Cassidy – Labour dispute no excuse for absolutely childish driving.