(CNN) -- Finland's Kimi Raikkonen won the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday, taking the lead on the 43rd lap of the 58-lap race.
Raikkonen, driving a Lotus, started the race in seventh place.
At various points, the race had seven different racers leading.
But in the end, Raikkonen beat Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
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Raikkonen was last season's overall runnerup. Vettel won the world title last year.
Wet weather on Saturday meant that only one of the three qualifying sessions were held. The other two took place before Sunday's race.
Sunday's race at Albert Park was Raikkonen's 20th Grand Prix win.
It also was the start of the 2013 Formula One season -- the first of 19 races.
The second will be in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 24.
In all, 18 racers finished.
But Germany's Nico Hulkenberg was not one of them.
He was forced to sit out the race because of technical issues with his Sauber.
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