Australian Grand Prix FP1 results: Mercedes back on top
Not much has changed with Mercedes reasserting themselves as the ones to beat.
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Surprise, Mercedes is still the fastest team in Formula One, a full second ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the Williams. Only 16 cars took to the track today with Sauber and Manor never posting a time.
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:29.557 | 19 | |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:29.586 | 0.029 | 19 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:30.748 | 1.191 | 20 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr | Toro Rosso | 1:31.014 | 1.457 | 32 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.029 | 1.472 | 13 |
| 6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:31.067 | 1.510 | 31 |
| 7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:31.188 | 1.631 | 19 |
| 8 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:31.310 | 1.753 | 14 |
| 9 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:31.451 | 1.894 | 22 |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:31.570 | 2.013 | 9 |
| 11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:32.073 | 2.516 | 18 |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:32.247 | 2.690 | 22 |
| 13 | 22 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:32.261 | 2.704 | 19 |
| 14 | 27 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:34.542 | 4.985 | 6 |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:34.785 | 5.228 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 2:17.782 | 48.225 | 5 |
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