2015 Australian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2015 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on 15 Mar 2015 for Mercedes, from pole position; Nico Rosberg was second and Sebastian Vettel third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 27 of 58, from Nico Rosberg; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 4). Hamilton stopped once, on lap 25; 9 of 11 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 24. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:30.945 on lap 50. 11 of 18 starters were classified; 7 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 25 points, 7 ahead of Nico Rosberg, with 18 rounds left.

Date

15 Mar 2015

Circuit

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

Round

1 of 19

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:26.327)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 13 drivers: Valtteri Bottas qualified 6th, started from the pit lane; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 7th, started 6th; Carlos Sainz qualified 8th, started 7th; Romain Grosjean qualified 9th, started 8th; Pastor Maldonado qualified 10th, started 9th; Felipe Nasr qualified 11th, started 10th; Max Verstappen qualified 12th, started 11th; Daniil Kvyat qualified 13th, started 12th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 14th, started 13th; Sergio Pérez qualified 15th, started 14th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 16th, started 15th; Jenson Button qualified 17th, started 16th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started 17th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 25), stints of 25, 33 laps

2nd

Nico Rosberg: 1 stop (lap 26), stints of 26, 32 laps

3rd

Sebastian Vettel: 1 stop (lap 24), stints of 24, 34 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 9 · 2 stops: 1 · 3 or more: 1

First stops

median lap 24 of 58

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2015 standings