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Titleholder Jenson Button has won the Australian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher captured only one championship point – and Sebastian Vettel led, but then blew up his disc.

Sebastian Vettel, cursing his broken shoved Red Bull, Michael Schumacher far suspended Frustration: When you win by defending champion Jenson Button Grand Prix of Australia, there was very thick for the two German Formula-1-from trailer signs. “This is shit. At the moment I would prefer to go home, but life goes on,” complained, who started from pole position, Vettel, having him on Sunday, a burst disc in the 26th Round had stopped. As with the season opener in Bahrain, he was thus lying in leadership brutally torn from a defect in all of victory.

Chance after crash
While record-breaking world champion Schumacher after a crash at the first corner afterward went chance and grabbed at the end just in tenth place, was Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg as the best German to fifth place finish. After last year’s winner button with a clever strategy Tires his eighth grand prix import success, was the Pole Robert Kubica after 58 laps on the Albert Park circuit in a Renault surprising second ahead of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. The Spanish first winner Fernando Alonso leads to fourth place next to the driver’s championship.

The race was ended early for Williams rookie Nico Hulkenberg, Virgin-driver Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil (Force India). Especially bitter, however, was the end for Vettel, who made his anger over his unreliable run free and sponsored by Red Bull team boss Christian Horner had to be comforted at the helm. “It gets on my eggs,” thundered the Heppenheimer.

More spectacle
The very first lap of the race offered more spectacular than the uneventful opening Grand Prix in Bahrain two weeks ago. Shortly before the start it began to rain. Speed off behind the defending champion Vettel Jenson Button crashed into the first corner with his McLaren into the Ferrari of Alonso and pushed the Spaniards in Schumacher Mercedes. The Schumacher had to pit shortly after to change the front wing of his car and fell back to the end of the field. Following a capital Crash of Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi with the Williams of Nico Hulkenberg Emmericher the safety car came onto the track.

Four laps later the race was re-released once the asphalt action on the 5.303 kilometers resumed its course. Was there recently for lack of overtaking criticisms have been raised, there was time aplenty gripping position battles. Vettel led the field in confident, but fought doggedly behind the runner-up. Button moved tactically smart to be the first to dry and pushed it into second place in front of the surprisingly strong Poland Robert Kubica in a Renault. Finishing fourth is now turning his Rosberg laps.

But it was approaching the furiously moving McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, who had pushed past in a breathtaking duel with local hero Mark Webber and Ferrari man Felipe Massa. Rosberg also could not stop the British. Fall Schumacher, whose pit crew for the stopping of the left front tire was, however, firmly in after field hung.

“Power Grid”
Vettel then saw the confirmation of its PS-drama. “It has a spark given on the left side, I felt vibrations. I think the front left brake disc exploded, “said Hesse. “This is very annoying. We need to solve these problems,” Vettel claimed that in the previous year had cost a large number of defects possible world title.

According to Vettel Malheur, Button had a free ride. Kubica was able to defend second place against the onrushing Hamilton and was later the Ferrari duo Massa / Alonso behind him. Shortly before the end of Hamilton still collided with Webber and thus lost fifth place to Rosberg.

Former world champion Lewis Hamilton is looking forward to the duel with the record champion Michael Schumacher. “It’s great that Michael is back in Formula 1,” said the Briton, the comeback on Wednesday confirmed the seven-time world champion from Kerpen.

“It is brilliant news,” said Hamilton. The McLaren-Mercedes driver had entered 2007 in the “king class” of motor racing, Schumacher had a few months earlier ended his career.

Hamilton came out as fan
When he was still driving in junior categories, he had watched Schumacher at racing. “And I’ve always hoped that I come into Formula 1, if he is still there,” Hamilton said loudly “autosport.com.”

2010, it has come after Schumacher and Mercedes Grand Prix, the three-year commitment of the soon confirmed 41-year-olds. “I’m really looking forward to seeing him on the track and back at the top,” said Hamilton, who drives a McLaren. “He is a legend and a really nice guy.”

Golf Star Tiger Woods from the United States has earned one billion U.S. dollars. According to business magazine Forbes, the world number cracked the mark at the weekend.

Golf superstar Tiger Woods has broken through another barrier: According to Forbes, the Californian is the first sports billionaire in the world. According to a report of the respected U.S. business magazine, Woods arrived last weekend in Atlanta was the first to scarcely possible for an athlete held the mark with nine zeros. At the Tour Championship in the Olympic city of 1996, the Californians for second place received $ 810,000 added, was for the victory in the overall standings in the FedEx Cup was a check for ten million dollars.

As Forbes pointed out, had Tiger Woods since his leap from 1996 to camp at the beginning of the season 2009, an accumulated earning of 895 million U.S. dollars. The sum is made up of prize money, inaugural awards, advertising and sponsorship funds as well as from his golf course design. With 100 million U.S. dollars in 2009 and the bonus of Atlanta exceeded the 33-year-old hence the billion mark.

“Schumi” with 700 million U.S. dollars Career Earnings
The Tigers won with it the race against Michael Schumacher, who is according to Forbes, with his career earnings at only 700 million U.S. dollars. Prior to “Schumi”, with about 800 million U.S. dollars even U.S. basketball legend Michael Jordan are located, is also appreciated for his resignation when his income is still a year to 45 million U.S. dollars. The highest-paid athlete in the world Tiger Woods 2002 was made when he saw the seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher at the annual earnings obsolete.

The first billion is to be had for Tiger Woods, according to Forbes, but not necessarily the last. At 33 years, the world number about 15 good years on the squares of the world has before him – and even probably still on the drawing board 30 years in golf course construction matters. He currently has three projects in the implementation. Earnings per site design: 10 million U.S. dollars. In addition, you must be a prophet, if one claims that it will remain more loyal to the sponsors.

Woods available for the game of golf
For Tiger Woods personifies his sport like no other. And the U.S. tour is by any player as much as depends on their number one. The example provided the Woods free time, when the tiger was missing after knee surgery eight months before he returned in early 2009. At the time of his abstinence, the TV ratings falling to the large U.S. market in the basement.

After his return to old strength again demonstrated Woods promptly. The 14-time Major winner Malige won sovereignty for the ninth time the annual Tour money list. The only flaw, despite winning six titles: the first time since 2004, he was able to win any of the four major tournaments of the season.

That was joined by additional private happiness. Along with his wife Elin Tiger expected early next year his second coming. The couple already have a daughter. Sam Woods was on the 18th Born in June 2007.