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Raikkonen upstages big rivals to win Aussie GP

Kimi Raikkonen upstaged the established order to claim a resounding victory for Lotus in the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday.

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland celebrates after winning the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, on March 17, 2013.

The taciturn Finn roared off from seventh on the starting grid to take a forward position, and employed a strategy of only two stops to take the race from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull world champion Sebastian Vettel.

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