Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-03-15
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:26.327 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.594s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Williams) third on the grid. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Nasr (Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.153s — pole to P10 — with Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |