friday 13 didn't leave mercedes red faced as they dominated free practice at formula one's season opening australian grand prix, but they did emit a crimson complexion of a different kind as they showed their support for red nose day last season's f1 world constructors' championship champions wore red noses in support for the british charity defending world champion lewis hamilton was the only one from the party to not be seen wearing a red nose, but the british racer did wear a t shirt backing mercedes f1 team showed their support for red nose day by wearing merchandise on friday  mercedes' drivers lewis hamilton (left) and nico rosberg both also wore t shirts in support of red nose day  rosberg wore the red nose while conducting interviews and signing autographs to fans at albert park  captioned with the slogan 'i think i may be the voice of a generation,' the 30 year old is all smiles as he poses for photographs with team mate nico rosberg rosberg was also pictured wearing a t shirt, as well as a red nose, for the biennel telethon charity event which takes over the bbc on friday evening and friday's f1 practice proved a good one for the german as he set the fastest lap of 1:27697secs in the second session on a glorious day at albert park, topping hamilton by one tenth of a second rosberg was also quickest in the first session, his best time of 1:29557secs edging hamilton as the constructors' champions carried their ominous form from winter testing onto the track four time world champion sebastian vettel was third fastest on his debut for ferrari in the second session, with team mate kimi raikkonen fourth best the german made a flying start to his season as he topped the timesheets in both practice sessions  rosberg pictured in action ahead of sunday's season opener at the australian grand prix  world champion hamilton finished behind rosberg in both practice sessions on friday  hamilton takes time out in the garage during the first practice session of the new season  but with vettel's fastest time over seven tenths of a second adrift of rosberg, the opening day's practice will strengthen belief that the first rounds of the new season may be a private duel for race wins between the mercedes duo at the other end of the grid, and dogged by reliability problems during winter testing, the gloom in the mclaren garage followed drivers jenson button and kevin magnussen onto the track magnussen, who has taken injured fernando alonso's seat at albert park, skidded into the gravel at turn six in the second session and his car had to be winched off the track that was after he and button finished slowest of the 15 cars in the first session that posted flying laps button improved in the second but only marginally to be 13th fastest mclaren endured a difficult day at the office with kevin magnussen slamming his car into the barriers  magnussen's mclaren is winched away by a tractor after he skidded into the gravel ain the second session  magnussen's team mate jenson button (left) looks concerned  after a disappointing day of practice  button struggled in melbourne as he and  magnussen finished at the back in both free practice sessions  1 nico rosberg mercedes 1:29557secs,  2 lewis hamilton mercedes 1:29586  3 valteri bottas williams 1:30748  4 carlos sainz jnr toro rosso 1:31014  5 sebastian vettel ferrari 1:31029  6 max verstappen toro rosso 1:31067  7 felipe massa williams 1:31188  8 kimi raikkonen ferrari 1:31310  9 pastor maldonado lotus 1:31451  10 daniel ricciardo red bull 1:31570  11 daniel kvyat red bull 1:32073  12 sergio perez force india 1:32247  13 nico hulkenbrrg force india 1:32261  14 jenson button mclaren 1:34  15 kevin magnussen 1:34785  16 romain grosjean lotus 2:17782  17 marcus ericsson sauber  18 felipe nasr sauber  19 will stevens manor  20 roberto merhi manor (all no time) 1 nico rosberg mercedes 1:27697secs  2 lewis hamilton mercedes 1:27797  3 sebastian vettel ferrari 1:28412  4 kimi raikkonen ferrari 1:28842  5 valtteri bottas williams 1:29265  6 daniil kvyat red bull 1:30016  7 carlos sainz jnr toro rosso 1:30071  8 pastor maldonado lotus 1:30104  9 romain grosjean lotus 1:30205  10 nico hulkenberg force india 1:30473  11 felipe nasr sauber 1:30755  12 sergio perez force india 1:30980  13 jenson button mclaren 1:31387  14 max verstappen toro rosso 1:31395,  15 marcus ericsson sauber 1:32303  16 kevin magnussen mclaren 1:33289  17 daniel ricciardo red bull  18 felipe massa williams  19 will stevens manor  20 roberto mehri manor (all no time)
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lewis hamilton wore a red nose day t shirt in support of the charity  mercedes team mate nico rosberg wore t shirt and a red nose in addition  red nose day is a biennial telethon which will be screened on tv on friday  rosberg beat hamilton in australian grand prix free practice on friday  click here for all the latest australian gp news and build up 