2015 Australian Grand Prix

2015 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date 15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)
Official name 2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
Location Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 5.303 km (3.295 mi)
Distance 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 mi)
Weather Partly cloudy
17–18 °C (63–64 °F) air temperature
32–37 °C (90–99 °F) track temperature
6 m/s (20 ft/s) wind from the south[3]
Attendance 296,000 (Weekend) 101,500 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:26.327
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:30.945 on lap 50
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Mercedes
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Australian Grand Prix, formally titled the 2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix,[2] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 15 March 2015 in Melbourne. The race was contested over fifty-eight laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship.[4][5] The race marked the 80th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 20th time the event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit.[6]

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the defending race winner.[7] His team-mate, Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole, his fourth at the circuit and a record for the venue.[8] Hamilton led home Rosberg in a Mercedes 1–2 finish, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel completing the podium in his first start with the team.[9][10] This race also featured the debuts of future three-time world champion Max Verstappen, and future race winner Carlos Sainz, both driving for Toro Rosso. In the process, Verstappen set the record for the youngest-ever debut in Formula One at 17 years and 166 days old.[11]

  1. ^ "Race Preview: 2015 Australian Grand Prix" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  3. ^ "GP Australien in Melbourne / Rennen" [GP Australia in Melbourne / Race]. motorsport-total.com (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ "World Motor Sport Council 2014 – Beijing". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "World Motor Sport Council 2014 – Doha". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  6. ^ "A history of the Australian Grand Prix". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ^ "2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix – Results". FORIX. Autosport. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference AUS quali was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Barretto, Lawrence (15 March 2015). "Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg to win". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  10. ^ Woolcock, Adam (15 March 2015). "Australian GP: F1 2015 – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Max Verstappen becomes youngest man to drive a Formula One car". www.theguardian.com. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2022.