Notable quotes from the Aussie Grand Prix
WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
"I'm extremely happy to be here. It was quite a scary crash. "(I'm) thankful for the safety of these cars ... I'm alive thanks to the job of the last 10 to 15 years of Formula One." Spaniard Fernando Alonso.
"The strategy was crucial today so I'm really thankful the team did a great job on that front." Winner Nico Rosberg thanks his team's tyre choice for his victory.
"We were still not as quick as Ferrari or Mercedes but at parts of the race we weren't really far off." Australia's fourth-placegetter Daniel Ricciardo.
"This is the right car and should allow us to put a lot of pressure on these guys." Ferrari's third-placegetter Sebastian Vettel on challenging pacesetters Mercedes.
"Ferrari's are obviously in the battle." Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who came second.
"Guys listen to me: this is a win for us, this is a win ... this is history." Haas driver Romain Grosjean after finishing sixth on the team's F1 debut.
