2015 Season/Races

Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

2015-03-15

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:31:54.067	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	—	+1.360	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	▲1	+34.523	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	3	▼1	+38.196	Finished	12
5	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	10	▲5	+1:35.149	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	—	—	+1 Lap	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▲6	—	+1 Lap	6
8	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	▲7	—	+1 Lap	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	7	▼2	—	+1 Lap	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	14	▲4	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	16	▲5	—	+2 Laps	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	8	—	—	Power loss	0
W	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12	—	—	Withdrew	0
W	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	17	—	—	Withdrew	0
W	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	—	—	—	Withdrew	0
R	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	—	—	Wheel	0
R	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	11	—	—	Engine	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	9	—	—	Accident	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.586	1:26.894	1:26.327
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:28.906	1:27.097	1:26.921
3	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:29.246	1:27.895	1:27.718
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.307	1:27.742	1:27.757
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.754	1:27.807	1:27.790
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:29.641	1:27.796	1:28.087
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.788	1:28.679	1:28.329
8	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:29.597	1:28.601	1:28.510
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:29.537	1:28.589	1:28.560
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	1:29.847	1:28.726	1:29.480
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:30.430	1:28.800	—
12	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:29.248	1:28.868	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:30.402	1:29.070	—
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:29.651	1:29.208	—
15	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.990	1:29.209	—
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.376	—	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:31.422	—	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	1:32.037	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

Lap 58

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Rosberg	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Vettel	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Massa	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Nasr	P5	P5	P5	P5	P7	P7	P6	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Marcus Ericsson	1	1	16:05:59	22.681
Kimi Räikkönen	1	16	16:31:07	27.465
Felipe Massa	1	21	16:38:38	22.062
Nico Hülkenberg	1	21	16:39:11	22.137
Daniel Ricciardo	1	23	16:42:09	22.535
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	16:43:16	22.694
Carlos Sainz	1	24	16:43:48	55.789
Lewis Hamilton	1	25	16:44:32	22.295
Felipe Nasr	1	25	16:45:12	22.933
Nico Rosberg	1	26	16:46:11	22.105
Marcus Ericsson	2	26	16:47:15	23.254
Jenson Button	1	27	16:49:15	23.353
Max Verstappen	1	32	16:56:30	23.532
Sergio Pérez	1	38	17:06:52	26.009
Kimi Räikkönen	2	40	17:08:30	22.405
Marcus Ericsson	3	43	17:14:28	22.353
Nico Hülkenberg	2	44	17:15:43	21.612