A quick glance at Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton quickly reminded Nico Rosberg he may not have it all his own way this season despite a dominant Australian Grand Prix win on Sunday.

Rosberg jumped pole-sitter Hamilton at the start and streaked away to finish more than 24 seconds ahead of Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull to snap a nine-month Formula One winning drought.

The 28-year-old German was all smiles after joining his father Keke as an Australian grand prix winner – Keke won the 1985 race in Adelaide.

Mercedes may be the team to catch after Rosberg ensured they backed up their stunning testing display with the new V6 turbocharged hybrid engines.

But Rosberg said former world champion Hamilton’s retirement with engine problems after four laps on Sunday ensured he did not feel bulletproof after the season opener.

“It is a fact we are not 100 per cent sorted yet, we know that,” Rosberg said.

“The team did a great job to get my car working so well.

“But there is still work to be done, we need to identify what we need to do better.

“Even leading up to this weekend there were a lot of changes to the car and you don’t want to be doing that ahead of the first race.”

Still Rosberg had few complaints after his lightning start from third spot on the starting grid.

“The start was a like a bullet,” he said.

It marked Rosberg’s first win since last June’s British Grand Prix.

If Rosberg felt nostalgic after joining his dad in the Melbourne winner’s circle, it didn’t show on Sunday.

“I don’t think about it (repeating his father’s feat). I am just in the moment,” he said.