Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of qualifying for Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix from Albert Park.

And that’s your lot. What a great day – difficult weather and a great drive from Hamilton and Ricciardo.

Yup, the Brit takes it with a time of 1:44.231. So that sees Ricciardo into second and Rosberg third. Ricciardo was on the intermediates while the Mercedes were on full wets.

Albert Park roars Ricciardo round and he takes provisional pole with a 1:44.548 but Hamilton is still flying round. Can Hamilton steal it from the home race?

Hamilton moves to the top of the timesheets with a 1:45.335 – before Rosberg hits the front but Hamilton has one last flying lap.

Nico Hulkenberg of Force India in the intermediates sits in fourth with a 1:46.834 – what a drive from the German.

Rosberg makes it a Mercedes one-two with a 1:45.550 as Alonso changes from intermediates to full wets.

Hamilton is top with a 1:45.335 as home hope Ricciardo sits in second with a time of 1:46.107.

Kvyat goes seventh with a 1:44.331 with both Toro Rosso drivers in the top ten shoot out.

Rosberg continues his good form with a time of 1:42.264 to lead the timesheets.

Alonso on the intermediates while everyone else is on full wets.

Q3 underway with the rain now tipping down.

Rosberg was quickest in the middle of all that madness with Vettel’s teammate Ricciardo in second and Alonso third.

Button, Raikkonen, Vettel, Sutil, Kobayashi and Perez fail to make Q3.

Vettel only makes 12th – he fails to make the top ten due to that crash. Button also out. Incredible.

Raikkonen into the wall and the yellow flags are out – Vettel could miss out on the top ten now.

Vettel languishing in 12th following a 1:47.261 as gets a fresh set of tyres on.

Button, who always excels at Albert Park, scuttles round in a time of 1:44.437 to make a Brit one-two at the top of the sheets but Ricciardo supersedes that almost immediately with a 1:44.031. Track beginning to dry out now.

Scrap that! Hamilton goes fastest with a time of 1:44.662; while teammate Rosberg is in second with a 1:44.938.

Bottas, who, of course, has that five-place grid penalty, goes quickest with 1:45.689 as the Mercedes struggle to show any kind of wet weather pace.

Ricciardo is again at the head of the timesheets with a time of 1:46.646 – Hamilton makes a 1:47.556 while Jenson Button’s 1:48.950 sees him into 10th.