The first race of 2006’s F1 World Championship finished with a win for Fernando Alonso.

The Spaniard – who was nearly hysterical, protesting against other drivers on track, when still seconds away, as if the track was his private property – drove a consistent fast race and managed to snap Schumacher’s lead, after the last pitstop.

But the most interesting races were (easy choice) those of Raikkonen and Rosberg.

Raikkonen delivered yet another lesson on how to climb from last to (nearly) first! And Rosberg raced very much like Alain Prost did, on his debut, scoring for Williams, the first time he seated to race. I wonder where would have Rosberg finished, if he had not spun, doing the first corner of the first lap.

On the negative side, awful races from Barrichello and ALL the Toyota powered cars. The official Toyota team barely managed to complete the race ahead of Tiago Monteiro, who started from the pits, with Midland’s reserve car…

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