The race itself was a great race despite a limited amount of overtaking. Lewis Hamilton took the lead at the start with Sebastian Vettel behind him. By lap 17, Vettel took the lead after Hamilton pitted for tyres. With Hamilton stuck in traffic, Vettel took the advantage with a few fastest laps of the race, pitted for tyres a few laps later to re-take the lead just ahead of Hamilton and took a sizeable lead after that. Vettel stayed at the front to win this seasons Australian Grand Prix for his first race win of the season.
While, Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was ten seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes in his debut race for the team to complete the podium, Bottas was eleven seconds behind Vettel at the end of the fifty-seven lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (pole, finished second)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (DNF, Fuel cell)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
Force India - 7
Sergio Pérez- 8 (finished seventh, lap down)
Esteban Ocon- 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Williams - 7
Felipe Massa - 9 (finished sixth)
Lance Stroll - 6 (DNF, Brakes)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (finished thirteenth, two laps down)
Toro Rosso - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 7 (DNF, Water leak)
Kevin Magnussen - 4 (DNF, Suspension)
Renault - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 4 (DNF, Brakes)
Sauber - 7
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (DNF, Hydraulics)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 8 (finished twelfth, two laps down)
Next stop Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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