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2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 15 Mar 2015
- Name
- 2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/917
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix · Albert Park Circuit
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2015 Formula 1 World Championship · round 1
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31:54.067 · 58 laps · mercedes | 25 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31:55.427 · 58 laps · mercedes | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32:28.590 · 58 laps · ferrari | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:32:32.263 · 58 laps · mercedes | 12 |
| 5 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:33:29.216 · 58 laps · ferrari | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | Time not recorded · 57 laps · renault | 8 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Time not recorded · 57 laps · mercedes | 6 |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Time not recorded · 57 laps · ferrari | 4 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · 57 laps · renault | 2 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | Time not recorded · 57 laps · mercedes | 1 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Time not recorded · 56 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Wheel · Time not recorded · 40 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | Engine · Time not recorded · 32 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Power loss · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | Gearbox · Time not recorded · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | Engine · Time not recorded · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNS | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Injury · Time not recorded · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNP | Will Stevens | Marussia | Time not recorded · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNP | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | Time not recorded · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Q1 1:28.586 · 16 laps · mercedes | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:28.906 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams | Q1 1:29.246 · 21 laps · mercedes | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | Q1 1:29.307 · 12 laps · ferrari | |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Q1 1:29.754 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Q1 1:29.641 · 16 laps · mercedes | |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | Q1 1:29.788 · 22 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:29.597 · 22 laps · renault | |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Q1 1:29.537 · 20 laps · mercedes | |
| 10 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | Q1 1:29.847 · 20 laps · mercedes | |
| 11 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | Q1 1:30.430 · 17 laps · ferrari | |
| 12 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:29.248 · 15 laps · renault | |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | Q1 1:30.402 · 9 laps · renault | |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | Q1 1:29.651 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | Q1 1:29.990 · 13 laps · mercedes | |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Q1 1:31.376 · 10 laps · ferrari | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:31.422 · 7 laps · honda | |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | Q1 1:32.037 · 8 laps · honda |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.327 · mercedes | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.921 · mercedes | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:27.718 · mercedes | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:27.757 · ferrari | |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:27.790 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:28.329 · renault | |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 1:28.510 · renault | |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:28.560 · mercedes | |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:29.480 · mercedes | |
| 10 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:28.800 · ferrari | |
| 11 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:28.868 · renault | |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:29.070 · renault | |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:29.208 · mercedes | |
| 14 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:29.209 · mercedes | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.376 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.422 · honda | |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:32.037 · honda |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 15 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 12 |
| 5 | Felipe Nasr | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1:29.557 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:29.586 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 1:30.748 |
| freePractice1Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 4 | 1:31.014 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:31.029 |
| freePractice1Results | Max Verstappen | 6 | 1:31.067 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 7 | 1:31.188 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 8 | 1:31.310 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 9 | 1:31.451 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 10 | 1:31.570 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniil Kvyat | 11 | 1:32.073 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 12 | 1:32.247 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 13 | 1:32.261 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 14 | 1:34.542 |
| freePractice1Results | Kevin Magnussen | 15 | 1:34.785 |
| freePractice1Results | Romain Grosjean | 16 | 2:17.782 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1:27.697 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 1:27.797 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 1:28.412 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:28.842 |
| freePractice2Results | Valtteri Bottas | 5 | 1:29.265 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniil Kvyat | 6 | 1:30.016 |
| freePractice2Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 7 | 1:30.071 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 8 | 1:30.104 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 9 | 1:30.205 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | 1:30.473 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Nasr | 11 | 1:30.755 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 12 | 1:30.980 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 13 | 1:31.387 |
| freePractice2Results | Max Verstappen | 14 | 1:31.395 |
| freePractice2Results | Marcus Ericsson | 15 | 1:32.303 |
| freePractice2Results | Kevin Magnussen | 16 | 1:33.289 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:27.867 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 1:28.563 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 1:28.821 |
| freePractice3Results | Valtteri Bottas | 4 | 1:28.912 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 5 | 1:28.988 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 6 | 1:29.017 |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 7 | 1:29.481 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 8 | 1:29.864 |
| freePractice3Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 9 | 1:29.869 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Nasr | 10 | 1:29.934 |
| freePractice3Results | Max Verstappen | 11 | 1:29.952 |
| freePractice3Results | Marcus Ericsson | 12 | 1:30.613 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 13 | 1:30.741 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 14 | 1:30.993 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 15 | 1:31.185 |
| freePractice3Results | Kevin Magnussen | 16 | 1:31.391 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 17 | 1:31.666 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniil Kvyat | 18 | 1:32.830 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Ericsson | 1 | 1 | 22.681 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 16 | 27.465 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 21 | 22.062 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 1 | 21 | 22.137 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 23 | 22.535 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 24 | 22.694 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1 | 24 | 55.789 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 25 | 22.295 |
| Felipe Nasr | 1 | 25 | 22.933 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 26 | 22.105 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 2 | 26 | 23.254 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 27 | 23.353 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 32 | 23.532 |
| Sergio Pérez | 1 | 38 | 26.009 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 40 | 22.405 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 3 | 43 | 22.353 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 2 | 44 | 21.612 |