Race Date: 18 Mar 2012

Circuit Name: Albert Park

Number of Laps: 58

Circuit Length: 5.303 km

Race Distance: 307.574 km

Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)

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Jensen Button may be British, but he sure seems to enjoy races at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. Button has won the Qantas Australian Grand Prix each of the past two seasons, and will look to make it three in a row on the second stop of the Formula One World Championship race schedule on March 27. Button won the Formula One championship in 2009 and finished in fifth place last season, so he will undoubtedly be in the mix.

Michael Schumacher has won the race four times, the last of which came in 2004. After a three-year hiatus, he struggled some in his return to Formula One last season and may be past his prime, although a legend like that should never be counted out. Lewis Hamilton won the race in 2008, Kimi Raikkonen did so in 2007 and Fernando Alonso finished first in 2006.

There are many qualified racers in Formula One, and drivers like Alonso will always be in the mix. However, Button’s track record has been very good at this race, and he is also one of the top drivers on the circuit. It makes the most sense to go with Jensen Button in Formula One betting to win the Qantas Australian Grand Prix.

2012 Australian Grand Prix Winner - Jenson Button delighted with season opening win at Australian Grand Prix

In retrospect, Jenson Button’s wry smile about “having a go” at the first corner should have been a sign. He secured a 13th career victory, his third Melbourne win in four years, through one manoeuvre that summed up someone who, you would assume, was full of self-confidence in their own ability.

Perhaps it wouldn’t be so much of a talking point had Lewis Hamilton not stuttered at the start, but Button deserves a huge amount of praise: his inside line from P2 was unchallenged by Hamilton, with his ability shining through as he pushed ahead of the pack over the next few laps.

Tweets during the live race and the highlight show spoke of Button “doing a Vettel” - dominating with precision driving with no mistakes through sheer concentration, reminding us that the McLaren driver’s ability hasn’t skipped a beat from last year - when his racing was arguably better than when he won the championship.

2011 Qantas Australian Grand Prix Winner

Australian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel has admitted that he does not expect to have it as easy in every race this season, despite appearing to have the opening round under control from the start of qualifying. The German topped every timed session on Saturday afternoon and took pole by an astonishing eight-tenths of a second, before leading from start to finish in the race and coming home 22 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. Admittedly, the McLaren driver was hampered by a broken floor on his MP4-26, but Vettel's performance had critics predicting a boring season despite the advent of KERS and adjustable rear wings to improve the chances of on-track action. The reigning world champion, while savouring his third successive victory, insisted that, while it may have appeared easy, he did not expect the opposition to be trailing so far behind in the coming races, saying that he expected McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Mercedes to all threaten his position.

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