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| Distance_mi = 191.118
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| Weather = Clear with maximum ambient temperatures reaching {{convert|17.9|C|F}} during the day. Winds south to southwesterly reaching a maximum of {{convert|19|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite web|title = Weather information|work = Bom.gov.au|publisher = Australian Bureau of Meterology|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60901/IDV60901.95936.shtml|date = 15 March 2015|accessdate = 15 March 2015}}</ref>
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| Weather = Clear with maximum ambient temperatures reaching 17.9°C (64.2°F) during the day. Winds south to southwesterly reaching a maximum of 19km/h (12 mph).<ref>{{cite web|title = Weather information|work = Bom.gov.au|publisher = Australian Bureau of Meterology|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60901/IDV60901.95936.shtml|date = 15 March 2015|accessdate = 15 March 2015}}</ref>
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| Pole_Driver = [[Lewis Hamilton]]
| Pole_Driver = [[Lewis Hamilton]]
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[[Pirelli]] announced they would be supplying teams with the white-banded medium compound tyre as the prime selection and the yellow-banded soft compound as the option selection for the event.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/3/16856.html|title=Pirelli reveal tyre choices for first four races|date=4 March 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015|work=Formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]}}</ref>
[[Pirelli]] announced they would be supplying teams with the white-banded medium compound tyre as the prime selection and the yellow-banded soft compound as the option selection for the event.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2015/3/16856.html|title=Pirelli reveal tyre choices for first four races|date=4 March 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015|work=Formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]}}</ref>
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====Safety Car====
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The [[Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG]], which served as F1's Safety Car since 2010, was replaced by the newly launched [[Mercedes-AMG GT]] as part of this brand's marketing. The [[2014 Brazilian Grand Prix#Virtual Safety Car (VSC)|Virtual Safety Car]] (VSC) system, which is new for 2015, was not employed during the race.
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===Race===
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Lewis Hamilton scored his 39th pole position and 4th at Albert Park, qualifying half a second ahead of his teammate, Nico Rosberg. The Manor Marussia cars were unable to make their race debut, leaving 18 qualified cars. Before the race began, [[Valtteri Bottas]] was sidelined due to a back injury sustained in qualifying. Then [[Daniil Kvyat]]'s Red Bull had transmission problems and was forced to miss the start, and Kevin Magnussen's McLaren suffered an engine failure on the formation lap. This left the grid with 15 starters - the lowest number for a season-opening race since [[1963 Formula One season|1963]].
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At the start, Hamilton assumed the lead while a three-car wide tussle at Turn 1, involving [[Kimi Raikkonen]], Felipe Nasr and [[Pastor Maldonado]], resulted in the latter crashing out by Turn 2 and race officials deploying the safety car. The next lap, [[Romain Grosjean]]'s car failed thus taking both Lotus cars out of the race.
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Normal racing resumed on Lap 4, with Carlos Sainz Jr falling back from 5th to his starting position in 7th place after being passed by Felipe Nasr and [[Daniel Ricciardo]]. Nasr too lost position after being ordered by the team to relinquish his position for overtaking while still under safety car conditions.
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Hamilton maintained in the lead until Lap 25, when he pitted for tires. He resumed the lead from Rosberg after he too had to pit for new tires. During this series of pitstops, Sebastian Vettel gained a position by passing [[Felipe Massa]] for third place.
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On Lap 34, Max Verstappen retired while in a points=scoring position after his Toro Rosso was engulfed by smoke. On lap 42, Raikkonen also retired at Turn 4 after a botched pitstop caused his left rear tyre to come loose. This put the struggling [[Jenson Button]] briefly in the 10th and final points position but for [[Sergio Perez]] quickly passing the [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] driver after a race long battle that begun at the start, for last position.
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From there, the order remained relatively constant with Hamilton ending up to win his 44th win. He was followed by Rosberg, Vettel, Massa and Nasr. The other point scorers, in order, include Ricciardo, [[Nico Hulkenberg]], Ericsson and Sainz Jr. (who both scored their first career points, Sainz Jr. also on his F1 debut) and Perez. In all, only 11 cars finished the race with Button's McLaren being the only car to finish outside the points and everyone from 6th position down lapped.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11473092/Australian-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html|title=Australian Grand Prix 2015: as it happened|publisher=The Telegraph|date=15 March 2015|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref>
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Ericsson, Nasr and Sainz Jr all scored their first F1 career points, with the last two doing so on their F1 debut. In addition, Nasr achieved the highest placing for a Brazilian driver making their Grand Prix début.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118069|title=Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg to win|first=Lawrence|last=Barretto|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=15 March 2015|accessdate=16 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/features/2015/melbourne-stats---nasr-ends-sauber-s-pointless-streak-on-dream-d.html|title=Melbourne stats - Nasr ends Sauber's pointless streak in style|work=Formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]|date=15 March 2015|accessdate=16 March 2015}}</ref>
===Post-race===
===Post-race===
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| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sainz Jr.]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sainz Jr.]]
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| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Nico Hülkenberg]]
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| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Kevin Magnussen]]
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| '''{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Sergio Pérez]]'''
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| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Kevin Magnussen]]
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| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Valtteri Bottas]] }}
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