2004 Schumacher won
2006 Alonso won
2007 Kimi won
2008 Hamilton won
2009 Button won
2010 Vettel should've won

Maybe for a general picture of the season to come Melbourne isn't a brilliant indicator, but in terms of who goes on to win the WDC I'd say it's a pretty damn good one.

That statistic applies to most seasons though, doesn't it? Melbourne is nothing special in that regard.

Alguersuari on nextgen-auto :

Quote from J.Alguersuari :

I hit with Schumacher, but for Heidfeld I am not responsible. I was right behind and saw exactly what happened. Seb (Buemi) was in corner ten fighting with the Renault and he hit him at corner 11.