Lewis Hamilton Lucky In Good Result.

First of all I would like to congratulate Jenson Button as his dominant weekend in Melbourne and the Brawn GP team as a whole, also I think some praise can go towards Sir Richard Branson for making the BBC's coverage even more entertaining.

Okay, so with the first race of the 2009 championship over and a win for Jenson Button and BGP, impressive displays by Toyota, Williams, Red Bull, BMW and last but not least Sebastien Buemi a one Mr Lewis Hamilton came in third for McLaren, a feat that most are saying was very impressive, I believe that Lewis was the luckiest driver on the grid.

Now before I go any further I am not saying that he didn't drive well as that would be highly incorrect, we saw some brilliant overtaking manoeuvres by him (and a few other drivers too, it seems the new regulations have worked to a certain extent) and relatively good pace throughout.

Lewis deserves praise for his driving this weekend as he at least looked like a more mature and less hot headed driver than past years.

But third place was undeserved of the McLaren as only driver retirements from fist off his own team-mate then Williams (Kazuki Nakajima) Renault (Nelson Piquet) Ferrari (Massa + Raikkonen) BMW (Kubica) Red Bull (Sebastien Vettel) and an ill Williams in the form of Nico Rosberg as the pace Nico showed was very impressive up until this point.

Also the first corner mayhem that lead to Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber having damaged cars and therefore poor showings also helped towards Hamilton's cause.

Next week in Sepang we will hopefully see less carnage. and a true representation of where all the teams are at, this weekend has given us a good outline and from what I took from it my Team Rankings so far are;

1. Brawn GP

2. BMW Sauber

3. Toyota

4. Williams/Red Bull

6. Ferrari

7. Renault

8. McLaren/Toro Rosso

10. Force India

Maybe other people have other ideas of which teams are in which order and I would like to hear where others think the teams are at.

The main point of this article though is to say that yes Lewis Hamilton drove very well today, but it was luck that brought him 3rd place far more than pace.

Also just as a last point, KERS seems to make the racing more enjoyable to watch although I believe this is only because some have it and some don't, if all teams had it then it would cancel itself out.