And is begun ladies and gentlemen. The first practice of the Australian GP is over and all those who believed that Red Bull was hiding it’s real pace were right. Sebastian Vettel managed to put himself at the top of the time sheets with in just over 16 laps with the time of: 1:27.211, he was closely followed by Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso.
Here are the results in full:
Australian GP 2013 – Practice 1 Results
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:27.211 | 16 |
| 02. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.289 | 17 |
| 03. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.547 | 16 |
| 04. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:27.552 | 18 |
| 05. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:27.668 | 18 |
| 06. |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus F1 | 1:27.877 | 17 |
| 07. | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:28.013 | 17 |
| 08. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:28.426 | 19 |
| 09. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.440 | 19 |
| 10. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:28.520 | 15 |
| 11. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.597 | 19 |
| 12. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:28.786 | 19 |
| 13. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:28.910 | 18 |
| 14. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:29.443 | 20 |
| 15. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:29.928 | 19 |
| 16. | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:30.203 | 17 |
| 17. | Jean Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:30.729 | 17 |
| 18. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:30.969 | 19 |
| 19. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 | 1:31.263 | 24 |
| 20. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 | 1:32.176 | 23 |
| 21. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:32.274 | 21 |
| 22. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:32.388 | 18 |
