2015 Australian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2] | ||||
Date | 15 March 2015 | |||
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 | 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 four-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]
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