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2015 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 917th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 20th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes581hr 31m 54.067s25
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes58+1.360s18
3+1(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari58+34.523s15
4-1(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes58+38.196s12
5+5(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari58+1m 35.149s10
6 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault57+1 lap8
7+6(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap6
8+7(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari57+1 lap4
9-2(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault57+1 lap2
10+4(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap1
11+5(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56+2 laps 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari40DNF 
R (NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault32DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes0DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes0DNF 
Did not start
  (RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault   
  (DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Honda   
  (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes   

Notes

  • Daniil Kvyat and Kevin Magnussen failed to start the Grand Prix after their cars broke down on the way to the grid from the pit lane.
  • Valtteri Bottas did not start due to a back injury suffered in qualifying and failing to receive clearance by the FIA to race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
3(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
7(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
8(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
9(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
10(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
11(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
12  
13(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
15(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
16(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
17  

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:26.327 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:26.9210.594
3(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:27.7181.391
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:27.7571.430
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.7901.463
6(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:28.0871.760
7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:28.3292.002
8(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:28.5102.183
9(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:28.5602.233
10(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:29.4803.153
Q2
11(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:28.800 
12(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:28.868 
13(RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:29.070 
14(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:29.208 
15(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:29.209 
Q1
16(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:31.376 
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:31.422 
18(DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Honda1:32.037 
Did not qualify
19(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari– 
20(ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton25
2(DEU) Nico Rosberg18
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel15
4(BRA) Felipe Massa12
5(BRA) Felipe Nasr10
6(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo8
7(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg6
8(SWE) Marcus Ericsson4
9(ESP) Carlos Sainz2
10(MEX) Sergio Perez1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes43
2Ferrari15
3Sauber-Ferrari14
4Williams-Mercedes12
5Red Bull-Renault8
6Force India-Mercedes7
7Toro Rosso-Renault2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Felipe Nasr
Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen
Wins
34th for Lewis Hamilton
30th for Mercedes (8th constructor to win 30 races)
Race 1-2
17th for Mercedes
Podiums
71st for Lewis Hamilton
67th for Sebastian Vettel (first for Ferrari)
27th for Nico Rosberg
681st for Ferrari
64th & 65th for Mercedes
Poles
39th for Lewis Hamilton
36th for Mercedes
1-2 start
20th for Mercedes (6th constructor to start 1-2 in 20 races)
Fastest laps
21st for Lewis Hamilton
26th for Mercedes
Front row starts
73rd for Lewis Hamilton
25th for Nico Rosberg
Points finishes
1st for Felipe Nasr (327th different point scorer, 20th Brazilian driver)
1st for Marcus Ericsson (328th different point scorer, 7th Swedish driver)
1st for Carlos Sainz (329th different point scorer, 8th Spanish driver)
Pole & win
19th for Lewis Hamilton
Win & fastest lap
10th for Lewis Hamilton (12th driver to win and set the fastest lap in ten races, 5th British driver)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
6th for Lewis Hamilton