Early struggles raising questions

By Chris Lines AP Auto Racing Writer

Created: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:34 p.m. CDT

MELBOURNE,
Australia – As Kimi
Raikkonen and his Lotus team basked in the glory of winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Formula One
heavyweights Red Bull and McLaren were left to ponder how things went so wrong.

Raikkonen took Sunday’s race by a comfortable margin, then said it was one of the easiest of his 20 career wins.

Prior to the race, when Red Bull locked up the front row on the grid, many observers were worrying about the potential for a season of Red Bull domination and the seeming inevitability of Sebastian Vettel marching to a fourth straight championship.

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