Australian Grand Prix as it happened: How Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton to win
THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX is the traditional curtain-raiser of the F1 season and Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole on Saturday to give him the best possible chance of winning the open race of the year - but Sebastian Vettel jumped him in the pit stop phase to take the win.
Australian Grand Prix LIVE with Lewis Hamilton on pole for Mercedes ahead of Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton grabbed the 62nd pole of his career in qualifying on Saturday
Daniel Ricciardo crashed yesterday and would have started 15th but starts two laps down from the pit lane after a gearbox failure on his out-lap
Romain Grosjean retires from seventh with an engine problem after 15 laps
Hamilton has to pit on lap 17 with overheating tyres and Vettel jumps him by going longer on the first stint
- Vettel drives immaculately to seal his first win since 2015
1st Sebastian Vettel, 2nd Lewis Hamilton, 3rd Valtteri Bottas, 4th Kimi Raikkonen, 5th Max Verstappen, 6th Felipe Massa, 7th Sergio Perez, 8th Carlos Sainz, 9th Daniil Kvyat, 10th Esteban Ocon.