Melbourne, 14 March –Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will start the first race of the year from the second and third rows of the grid. Dominating today’s qualifying at Melbourne’s Albert Park was the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton (1.26.327,) with the top three completed by the Englishman’s team-mate, Nico Rosberg (1.26.921) and Felipe Massa for Williams (1.27.718.) Vettel was fourth in his SF15-T, posting a 1.27.757, followed by Raikkonen who did a 1.27.790.
P
Name
Team
Time
Gap
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1m26.327s
-
2
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1m26.921s
0.594s
3
Felipe Massa
Williams/Mercedes
1m27.718s
1.391s
4
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1m27.757s
1.430s
5
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
1m27.790s
1.463s
6
Valtteri Bottas
Williams/Mercedes
1m28.087s
1.760s
7
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull/Renault
1m28.329s
2.002s
8
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso/Renault
1m28.510s
2.183s
9
Romain Grosjean
Lotus/Mercedes
1m28.560s
2.233s
10
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus/Mercedes
1m29.480s
3.153s
11
Felipe Nasr
Sauber/Ferrari
1m28.800s
-
12
Max Verstappen
Toro Rosso/Renault
1m28.868s
-
13
Daniil Kvyat
Red Bull/Renault
1m29.070s
-
14
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India/Mercedes
1m29.208s
-
15
Sergio Perez
Force India/Mercedes
1m29.209s
-
16
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber/Ferrari
1m31.376s
-
17
Jenson Button
McLaren/Honda
1m31.422s
-
18
Kevin Magnussen
McLaren/Honda
1m32.037s