Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2015-03-15
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2015 con un crono de 1:26.327.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.594s de la pole, con Felipe Massa (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Felipe Nasr (Sauber) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.153s — de la pole a P10 — con Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.586 | 1:26.894 | 1:26.327 | 1:26.327 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:28.906 | 1:27.097 | 1:26.921 | +0.594 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:29.246 | 1:27.895 | 1:27.718 | +1.391 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:29.307 |
| 1:27.742 |
| 1:27.757 |
| +1.430 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:29.754 | 1:27.807 | 1:27.790 | +1.463 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:29.641 | 1:27.796 | 1:28.087 | +1.760 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:29.788 | 1:28.679 | 1:28.329 | +2.002 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:29.597 | 1:28.601 | 1:28.510 | +2.183 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:29.537 | 1:28.589 | 1:28.560 | +2.233 |
| 10 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:29.847 | 1:28.726 | 1:29.480 | +3.153 |
| 11 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:30.430 | 1:28.800 | — | +2.473 |
| 12 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:29.248 | 1:28.868 | — | +2.541 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:30.402 | 1:29.070 | — | +2.743 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:29.651 | 1:29.208 | — | +2.881 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:29.990 | 1:29.209 | — | +2.882 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.376 | — | — | +5.049 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.422 | — | — | +5.095 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:32.037 | — | — | +5.710 |