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Australian Grand Prix

2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 19Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 15 201558 laps

Podium

ROSMercedes

HAMMercedes

VETFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:31:54.067 from P1

PoleHAM1:26.327

Fastest lapHAM1:30.945 on lap 50

Pit stops17recorded stops

Finishers11 / 18classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	–	58	1:31:54.067	25	1:30.945	1
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	–	58	+1.360s	18	1:31.092	1
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	▲1	58	+34.523s	15	1:31.457	1
4	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	3	▼1	58	+38.196s	12	1:31.719	1
5	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	10	▲5	58	+95.149s	10	1:32.612	1
6	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	–	57	+1 lap	8	1:32.797	1
7	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▲6	57	+1 lap	6	1:31.970	2
8	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	▲7	57	+1 lap	4	1:31.560	3
9	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	7	▼2	57	+1 lap	2	1:32.872	1
10	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	14	▲4	57	+1 lap	1	1:31.959	1
11	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	16	▲5	56	+2 laps		1:33.338	1
DNF	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5		40	Wheel		1:31.426	2
DNF	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	11		32	Engine		1:34.295	1
DNF	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	8		0	Power loss		–
DNF	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	9		0	Collision		–
DNS	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12		0	Gearbox		–
DNS	MAGKevin Magnussen	McLaren	17		0	Engine		–
DNS	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	–		0	Injury		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HUL	44	21.6s
2	MAS	21	22.1s
3	ROS	26	22.1s
4	HUL	21	22.1s
5	HAM	25	22.3s
6	ERI	43	22.4s
7	RAI	40	22.4s
8	RIC	23	22.5s
9	ERI	1	22.7s
10	VET	24	22.7s
11	NAS	25	22.9s
12	ERI	26	23.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 17 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.586	1:26.894	1:26.327
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:28.906	1:27.097	1:26.921	+0.594s
3	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:29.246	1:27.895	1:27.718	+1.391s
4	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.307	1:27.742	1:27.757	+1.430s
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.754	1:27.807	1:27.790	+1.463s
6	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:29.641	1:27.796	1:28.087	+1.760s
7	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.788	1:28.679	1:28.329	+2.002s
8	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:29.597	1:28.601	1:28.510	+2.183s
9	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:29.537	1:28.589	1:28.560	+2.233s
10	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:29.847	1:28.726	1:29.480	+3.153s
11	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	1:30.430	1:28.800	–	+2.473s
12	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:29.248	1:28.868	–	+2.541s
13	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:30.402	1:29.070	–	+2.743s
14	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:29.651	1:29.208	–	+2.881s
15	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.990	1:29.209	–	+2.882s
16	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.376	–	–	+5.049s
17	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:31.422	–	–	+5.095s
18	MAGKevin Magnussen	McLaren	1:32.037	–	–	+5.710s

Albert Park Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2015. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2014	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2013	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus
2012	Jenson Button	McLaren
2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2010	Jenson Button	McLaren
2009	Jenson Button	Brawn
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault

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