Formula One: McLaren's Jenson Button wins the Australian Grand Prix

Melbourne: McLaren's Jenson Button won the Australian GP on Sunday. In a thrilling start to the calendar season, he held two-time world champion Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in second place.

His teammate Lewis Hamilton began on pole position, but made an error at the begining of the race. And Button capitalised on it.

Hamilton finished third, while Vettel ended second. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished fourth.