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FIA post-race press conference – Australia

The FIA Press Conference (L to R): Robert Kubica (POL) Renault, race winner Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren and Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari. Formula One World Championship, Rd 2, Australian Grand Prix, Race, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, 28 March 2010

1st Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h33m36.531s; 2nd Robert Kubica (Renault), 1h33m48.565s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h33m51.019s.

Q: Jenson, an incredible race. 50 laps plus on a set of soft tyres. You made the early gamble for the slick tyres and that was the game changer. Was that your call?
Jenson Button: It was. I think it is a lot easier for the drivers…

The podium (L to R): Robert Kubica (POL) Renault, second; Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren, race winner; Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari, third. Formula One World Championship, Rd 2, Australian Grand Prix, Race, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, 28 March 2010

Defending world champion Jenson Button clinched his first victory of 2010 – and his first for McLaren – in Australia on Sunday. An excellent call on tyre strategy – and a brake failure for pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel – gave him the edge in the dry-wet Melbourne race.

Robert Kubica took second for Renault, ahead of the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando…

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