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Home / Seasons / 2015 F1 World Championship Season / 2015 Australian Grand Prix

2015 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 March 2015
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
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
More 2015 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes581hr 31m 54.067s25
2 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes58+1.360s18
3+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari58+34.523s15
4-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes58+38.196s12
5+5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari58+1m 35.149s10
6 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault57+1 lap8
7+6Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap6
8+7Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari57+1 lap4
9-2Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault57+1 lap2
10+4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes57+1 lap1
11+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56+2 laps 
R Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari40DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault32DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes0DNF 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes0DNF 
Did not start
  Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault   
  Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Honda   
  Finland flag lazyload 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
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
7Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
8France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
9Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
11Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
12  
13Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
15Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
17  

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:26.327 
2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:26.9210.594
3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:27.7181.391
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:27.7571.430
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.7901.463
6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:28.0871.760
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:28.3292.002
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:28.5102.183
9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:28.5602.233
10Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:29.4803.153
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:28.800 
12Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:28.868 
13Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:29.070 
14Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:29.208 
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:29.209 
Q1
16Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:31.376 
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:31.422 
18Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Honda1:32.037 
Did not qualify
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari– 
20Spain flag lazyload Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2015 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton25
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg18
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel15
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa12
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Nasr10
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo8
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg6
8Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson4
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz2
10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes43
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari15
3Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari14
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes12
5Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault8
6India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes7
7Italy flag lazyload Toro 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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2015 World Championship season

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