Michael Button dominates season - opening Australian Grand Prix for McLaren . Button had a quicker start than teammate and fellow-Briton Lewis Hamilton , who was on pole position , and never looked likely to relinquish his advantage , despite the intervention of the safety car giving some brief hope to world champion Sebastian Vettel . Former world champion Hamilton claims his third Melbourne victory in four years . Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel is second with Lewis Hamilton third . Local favorite Mark Webber and Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso complete the top five .
Michael Button dominates season - opening Australian Grand Prix for McLaren . Former world champion Hamilton claims his third Melbourne victory in four years . Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel is second with Lewis Hamilton third . Local favorite Mark Webber and Ferrari 's Fernando Alonso complete the top five .