CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the race winner. Lewis Hamilton took the first pole position of the season and the fiftieth of his career in a qualifying session that saw the introduction of a new one-by-one elimination format that was widely criticised.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most successful Australian F1 driver is Jack Brabham. Brabham won 14 races from his 123 F1 starts, and took three World Championship victories.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two drivers have won the World Drivers’ Championship: Jack Brabham, who won it three times, and Alan Jones, the most recent Australian world champion. One driver is currently active in the sport.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pain of losing the race remains Leading up to the 1993 state election, both the Labor and Liberal parties were unwilling to commit to renewing the contract and this indecision essentially handed the event to Melbourne.