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Practice One - Vettel on top in Melbourne

The 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship finally got underway under sunny skies and in decent track temperatures in Albert Park on Friday afternoon, as FP1 in Australia threw up few major surprises.Sebastian Vettel set the pace for Red Bull - perhaps as expected - but was only 0.078s ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa as team mate Fernando Alonso, Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull's Mark Webber and Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen gave chase.There was relatively little action for the first 45 minutes as everyone opted to save rubber, and when the times did come they were all set on Pirelli’s medium tyres.Vettel ended the session on 1m 27.211s, but Massa was very close on 1m 27.289s before...
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