![A jubilant Nico Rosberg celebrates his superb victory in the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316032955-grand-prix-2.jpg?q=w_3500,h_2382,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Triumphant Rosberg —
A jubilant Nico Rosberg celebrates his superb victory in the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.
![It was a gloomy opening to the season for four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel after he was forced to retire early in his Red Bull.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316041112-grand-prix-7.jpg?q=w_3429,h_2286,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Vettel woe —
It was a gloomy opening to the season for four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel after he was forced to retire early in his Red Bull.
![Rosberg drove a faultless race to claim the opening grand prix of the F1 season in Australia by over 20 seconds.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316020401-grand-prix.jpg?q=w_3567,h_2527,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Splendid isolation —
Rosberg drove a faultless race to claim the opening grand prix of the F1 season in Australia by over 20 seconds.
![An ecstatic Daniel Ricciardo delighted the home crowd by claiming second place for Red Bull on his debut for the team. But his day was ruined after he was later disqualified for breaching fuel consumptions](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316035516-grand-prix-4.jpg?q=w_4764,h_3144,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Hero to zero —
An ecstatic Daniel Ricciardo delighted the home crowd by claiming second place for Red Bull on his debut for the team. But his day was ruined after he was later disqualified for breaching fuel consumptions
![Kevin Magnussen receives the plaudits of his McLaren team after a stunning drive to finish on the podium on his F1 debut.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316035128-grand-prix-3.jpg?q=w_4825,h_3217,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Great Dane —
Kevin Magnussen receives the plaudits of his McLaren team after a stunning drive to finish on the podium on his F1 debut.
![Cars bunch up behind Lewis Hamilton who quickly slipped back through the field from pole and retired after three laps with an engine power fault.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316040638-grand-prix-6.jpg?q=w_3921,h_2614,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Powerless Hamilton —
Cars bunch up behind Lewis Hamilton who quickly slipped back through the field from pole and retired after three laps with an engine power fault.
![Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi come to grief on the first corner of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Kobayashi took the blame for the incident which left Massa fuming.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140316035836-grand-prix-5.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1735,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Controversial incident —
Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi come to grief on the first corner of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Kobayashi took the blame for the incident which left Massa fuming.