Lewis Hamilton Mercedes won the 1st 2015 F1 race at the Australian Grand Prix

Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes won season opening Australian Grand Prix from pole. 2nd Place Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes also started on the front row with his Mercedes Team-mate. 3rd Place Car 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari wound up on the podium with his new team.

4th Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams followed by 5th place Car 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber. 6th Place Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing followed by 7th place Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India. 8th Place Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber followed by 9th place Car 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso. Lastly in the Top 10 Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India.

Mercedes continued their dominance from 2014 to the 1st race of the 2015 season. Qualifying was 1 & 2 for Mercedes which lead from the start to the finish. There was action in the race with a safety car in the 1st lap of the race.

Podium Interviews were conducted by the Terminator & Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Drivers: Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg & Sebastian Vettel.

Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “Congratulations.”

Lewis Hamilton said, “How do you doing? What an honour to meet you. Arnold Schwarzenegger, man! Wow!”

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “It’s wonderful to be here in Melbourne, to be in Australia, and I was just asked to conduct the interviews with the winners here. I’m so excited about it as just for the last two days I was interviewing the fittest, the strongest people, the most energetic people in the world at the Arnold Classic and now I’m interviewing the fastest people in the world. So, Lewis, what does it feel like having won last year’s world championship and now winning the first race again?”

Lewis Hamilton said, “Well, it’s obviously a real pleasure to be here, we have the greatest fans here today, thank you so much for all coming out. My team did an amazing job today and it’s an incredible feeling to continue on from last year but also to be up here with you man? I thought you were taller! You were taller in The Terminator.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “I’m not wearing my high heels! Let me just ask you how much physical training do you have to do to be in that kind of shape and to go through a race like that?”

Lewis Hamilton said, “We all train very hard. People don’t actually realise that we are athletes. We have to train a lot. It’s incredibly physical in these cars. So I’m very honoured to be up here among these great drivers and with this team that’s doing such an amazing job.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “Well thank you very much, congratulations. Now a question for you Nico. What does it feel like being second and do you think you are going to make up ground and maybe beat this man this year?

Nico Rosberg said, “Well, it’s a nice feeling to be second today because it’s an awesome start to the season for us as a team. Absolutely stunning car they’ve given us – unbelievable. Lewis has done a fantastic job this weekend. He drove like a world champion all weekend, so couldn’t quite beat him but for sure I was trying every single lap, all the way to the maximum, and I will do all year. I will give him a big run for his money and hopefully beat him. Also thank you very much to the organisers, you’ve done an amazing job this weekend, I’m sure you’ll all agree it’s been a fantastic weekend for everybody. And also, all of you, you’ve been great and put on a great atmosphere. Thank you.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “How much does concentration have to do with it to win this competition, this race? “

Nico Rosberg said, “Yeah, a lot of it is in the head, of course. Not only in one race but during the whole season, to keep your energy, your focus, but especially during one race. It is very demanding in the head, to not make a single mistake, and it’s challenging physically too. It’s tough.

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “Well you’ve done a great job, congratulations, and I’m looking forward to seeing you in the next race. Sebastian what does it feel like now, being with Ferrari?”

Sebastian Vettel said, “It feels great. It’s a very, very big honour. I’m very happy. Obviously it’s a great start to the season for us. We had a very good winter already; the team has worked phenomenally hard. We can very proud, I said to the guys, thank you very much, grazie mille, abbiamo una machina bella, we have a great car not only in qualifying but for the race as well and it’s great to join them and I’m really proud. There’s a lot of work ahead of us trying to beat these two and beat Mercedes but I’m sure we will.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked, “How much preparation goes in every day to prepare for a race like this?

Sebastian Vettel said, “ It’s our job in the end. It’s not just turning up the weekends and doing the job, but all week. As Lewis said we have to be fit, so we have to train, we have to look after each here and there. I think I can spare pizza especially this year. It’s a full time job.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger Said, “Congratulations and for sure I will be watching you in the next race. I know Lewis that you are going to say now.

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Lewis Hamilton Said, “ ‘I’ll be back’.

2015 Australian Grand Prix Race March 15, 2015
Track Length 5.303 km. Race Distance: 307.574 km 58 Laps

Position Car Driver Team
1. Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3. Car 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4. Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams
5. Car 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber
6. Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
7. Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
8. Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
9. Car 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
10. Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India
11. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren
RT Car 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari DNF
RT Car 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso DNF
RT Car 8 Roman Grosjean Lotus DNF
RT Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus DNF
DNS Car 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing DNS
DNS Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren DNS

Fastest lap – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m 30.945s (lap 50)

Next race: Malaysian Grand Prix March 29 2015.

2015 F1 Championships

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