Kimi Raikkonen left no one in any doubt about the Lotus's ability to look after its tyres by setting the fastest lap of the race two laps from home on tyres that were older than his pursuers'.
The second-fastest lap of the race went to Jean-Eric Vergne, who finished out of the points but told his team he had a sense of the Toro Rosso's potential after his strong end to the race.
Surprisingly Jules Bianchi set the 11th-fastest lap of the race in the Marussia, while using super-soft tyres in his final stint ' quicker than Adrian Sutil could manage on the same tyres in his Force India.
Ferrari's performance advantage over Red Bull was clear during the first stint. But only Fernando Alonso was able to get into free air to take advantage of it, jumping past Sebastian Vettel (and Felipe Massa) at the first round of stops.
Bot neither of them could hold a candle to Raikkonen, who had the twin luxuries of being able to make his tyres last longer while lapping quicker.
Australian Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):
Australian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver's fastest lap:
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