AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX GRAND PRIX13/14/15 MARCH 2015 MELBOURNE TYRE USAGE LOWEST STARTING TOTAL KILOMETRES COVERED BY THE E23 POSITION FOR A WINNER SO FAR THIS SEASON (INCLUDING TESTING) TH 3.8 EASY HARD TH TH HIGHEST G-FORCE 4,000 BRAKE WEAR AT TURN 11 FOR 4,229 10 12 2 SECONDS 11 3,000 EASY HARD AVERAGE STARTING 2,000 DOWNFORCE POSITION FOR THE WINNER RANKED TEAM 1,000 ENSTONE 0 1520 LOW HIGH VICTORIES T06 T08 T09 2.83 4 JER BAR BAR SC 50% 13 327 65 SAFETY CAR PROBABILITY WINNERS FROM POLE TOP SPEED (KPH) GEAR CHANGES PER LAP T1 The gravel trap at the end of the start-finish straight sees a lot of action over the weekend. It’s particularly attractive to cars 7 265 3.0 FUEL EFFECT on the first lap. T3 Turn 3 offers a good overtaking opportunity. 3 115 2.3 T11 The high speed chicane of 0.38 4 135 2.4 Lauda SEC /10KG turns 11 and 12 is taken in excess of 200 km/h, with a reasonable kerb 2 Clark providing an extra 6 215 3.6 (2014 average: 0.34sec/10kg) challenge. T13 This final sector is relatively FUEL CONSUMPTION low speed compared to the 6 240 3.6 rest of the track; conversely, Hill there’s a good amount of gain 3 Waite to be made here. Ascari Whiteford 1.72 T15 The last two turns, 15 and 16, are KG/LAP where you want the car to work Stewart best. These are very slow, and are 2 92 2.0 Brabham where the most lap time can be gained from the car. If you increase DRS Jones Prost (2014 average: 1.69kg/lap) grip through here by 5% you see a difference of around 0.2s per lap 1 DRS FULL THROTTLE which is huge. T16 The end of the straight is the fastest section of the track, with speeds 8 327 0.1 4 173 2.7 exceeding 320km/h achieved. 61 There’s then significant braking into % OF LAP turn 1. (2014 average: 56% of lap) MEMORY LANE: 2013 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Kimi Raikkonen took his second ever win for the Lotus F1 Team in Australia, TH getting his 2013 season off to the perfect start. A two stop strategy proved 11 crucial in a win he described as one of his ‘easiest’ wins. Taking the lead after 5.303 307.574 his rivals took their third stop, he cruised to his 20th career victory ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel. Team-mate CIRCUIT LENGTH (KM) RACE DISTANCE (KM) 7km Romain Grosjean recovered from a tough start to take tenth. 6km 5km 4km 1m 24.125s 29 3km 58 CHI ITA SIN LAP RECORD (MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, 2004) NO. OF OVERTAKES (2014) AUS MAL BAH SPA MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL JAP RUS USA MEX BRA ABU NUMBER OF LAPS AUSTRALIA 23 26 29 CLOUDY SUNNY SUNNY FRIDAY 13TH MARCH SATURDAY 14TH MARCH SUNDAY 15TH MARCH 60 4 12 1 FREE PRACTICE 1 12:30 - 14:00 FREE PRACTICE 3 14:00 - 15:00 RACE START 16:00 FREE PRACTICE 2 16:30 - 18:00 QUALIFYING 17:00 LOTUS F1 TEAM STATISTICS WHAT’S IN A NUMBER? CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS ™ 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD 1995 Benetton/Renault (Michael Schumacher, Johnny Herbert) 1994 Michael Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) ® WHA2005 Renault (Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella)T’S 1995IN Michael Schumacher (Benetton/Renault) CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR 3 2006 Renault (Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella) 4 2005 Fernando Alonso (Renault) AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 13 - 15 March 2006 Fernando Alonso (Renault) MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 27 - 29 March ON THE DAY OF THE 2015 AUSTRALIAN GP CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 10 - 12 April BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 17 - 19 April days since a Lotus F1 Team car finished days since the last win SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May A133 inN a points score positionUMB (2014-USA, Maldonado) 728 (2013-Australia,ER? Raikkonen) MONACO GRAND PRIX (Monte Carlo) 22 - 24 May CANADIAN GRAND PRIX (Montréal) 05 - 07 June days since the last podium and race leader days since the last pole position start AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX (Spielberg) 19 - 21 June 483 (2013-USA, Grosjean) 2058 (2009-Hungary, Alonso) BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 03 - 05 July GERMAN GRAND PRIX (TBC) 17 - 19 July days since the last fastest lap (2013-India, Raikkonen) HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX (Budapest) 24 - 26 July 504 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 21 - 23 August ITALIAN GRAND PRIX (Monza) 04 - 06 September 2015: NUMBER 15 IN THE LIFE OF THE TEAM SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 18 - 20 September CAR # JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 25 - 27 September Jenson Button was the only driver TH PODIUM place courtesy of Alessandro Nannini RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX (Sochi) 09 - 11 October to race with number 15. (Benetton/Ford) in the1989 San Marino GP. It happened during the 2002 season. WIN obtained by Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX (Austin) 23 - 25 October 15 15 in the 1994 Europe GP. MEXICAN GRAND PRIX (Mexico City) 30 October - 01 November QUALIFYING POLE achieved by Jean Alesi (Benetton/Renault) BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX (São Paulo) 13 - 15 November 21 drivers qualified 37 times in the 15th grid in the 1997 Italy GP. TH FASTEST LAP by Schumacher (Benetton/Ford) ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina) 27 - 29 November position, Giancarlo Fisichella leading the list 15 with 4 occurrences. in the 1993 France GP. Pastor Maldonado started from 15th in the last race of 2014. LOTUS F1 TEAM ROMAIN GROSJEAN, b: 17.04.86; Geneva, Switzerland; nat: French; debut: Europe 09 (Renault); starts: 64; best placing: 2nd USA 13, Canada 12; 08 best qual: 2nd Hungary 12; fastest laps: 1; recent points: Monaco 14 points: 236 PASTOR MALDONADO, b: 09.03.85; Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela; nat: Venezuelan; LOTUS F1 TEAM debut: Australia 11 (Williams); starts: 76; wins: 1; poles: 1; 13 recent points: USA 14; points: 49 HISTORY IN NUMBERS TOLEMAN BENETTON RENAULT F1 TEAM Debut: 1981 San Marino Grand Prix Debut: 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix Debut: 2002 Australian Grand Prix MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 TEAM Final Race: 1985 Australian Grand Prix Final Race: 2001 Japanese Grand Prix Final Race: 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix NICO ROSBERG, b: 27.06.85; Wiesbaden, Germany; nat: German; debut: Bahrain Race Weekends: 70 (57 Starts) Race Weekends: 260 Race Weekends: 159 (158 Starts) 06 (Williams); starts: 166; wins: 8; poles: 15; fastest laps: 9; HISTORY 06 recent points: Brazil 14; points: 887.5 Wins: 0 Wins: 27 Wins: 20 LEWIS HAMILTON, b: 07.01.85; Stevenage, England; nat: British; debut: Australia Podiums: 3 Podiums: 102 Podiums: 57 07 (McLaren); starts: 148; wins: 33; world champ: 14, 08 (McLaren); poles: 38; 44 fastest laps: 20; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1486 Pole Positions: 1 Pole Positions: 15 Pole Positions: 20 Front Row Starts: 1 Front Row Starts: 33 Front Row Starts: 34 Fastest Laps: 2 Fastest Laps: 36 Fastest Laps: 13 INFINITI RED BULL RACING Driver’s Championships: 0 Driver’s Championships: 2 Driver’s Championships: 2 DANIEL RICCIARDO, b: 01.07.89; Perth, Western Australia; nat: Australian; Constructor’s Championships: 0 Constructor’s Championships: 1 Constructor’s Championships: 2 debut: Britain 11 (HRT); starts: 69; wins: 3; best qual: 2nd China, Australia 14; IN NUMBERS Points: 26 Points: 861.5 Points: 933 03 recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 268 DANIIL KVYAT, b: 26.04.94; Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia; nat: Russian; debut: Australia 14 (Toro Rosso); starts: 19; best placing: 9th Belgium, Britain, Australia Drivers: 9 Drivers: 17 Drivers: 10 26 14; best qual: 5th Abu Dhabi, Russia 14; recent points: Belgium 14; points: 8 Brian Henton Gerhard Berger Jenson Button Derek Warwick Teo Fabi Jarno Trulli WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING Teo Fabi Thierry Boutsen Fernando Alonso FELIPE MASSA, b: 25.04.81, São Paulo, Brazil; nat: Brazilian; debut: Australia 02 (Sauber); starts: 210; wins: 11; poles: 16; fastest laps: 15; Bruno Giacomelli Alessandro Nannini Jacques Villeneuve 19 recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 950 Johnny Cecotto Johnny Herbert Giancarlo Fisichella VALTTERI BOTTAS, b: 28.08.89; Nastola, Finland; nat: Finnish; debut: Australia 13; starts: 38; best placing: 2nd Germany, Britain 14; Stefan Johansson Emanuele Pirro Heikki Kovalainen 77 best qual: 2nd Germany, Austria 14; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 190 Pierluigi Martini Roberto Moreno Nelson Piquet Jr. Ayrton Senna Nelson Piquet Sr. Romain Grosjean SCUDERIA FERRARI Piercarlo Ghinzani Michael Schumacher Robert Kubica SEBASTIAN VETTEL, b: 03.07.87; Heppenheim, Germany; nat: German; Martin Brundle Vitaly Petrov debut: USA 07 (BMW Sauber); starts: 139; wins: 39; world champ: 10, 11, 12, 13; 05 poles: 45; fastest laps: 24; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1618 Riccardo Patrese KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN, b: 17.10.79; Espoo, Finland; nat: Finnish; debut: Australia 01 (Sauber); starts: 211; wins: 20; world champ: 07 (Ferrari); poles: 16; JJ Lehto fastest laps: 40; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1024 07 Jos Verstappen Jean Alesi MCLAREN HONDA Alexander Wurz FERNANDO ALONSO, b: 29.07.81; Oviedo, Spain; nat: Spanish; debut: Australia 01 Giancarlo Fisichella (Minardi); starts: 234; wins: 32; world champs: 05, 06 (Renault); 14 poles: 22; fastest laps: 21; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1767 Jenson Button JENSON BUTTON, b: 19.01.80; Frome, England; nat: British; debut: Australia 00 (Williams); starts: 266; wins: 15; world champ: 09 (Brawn); 22 poles: 8; fastest laps: 8; recent points: Abu Dhabi 14; points: 1198 LOTUS RENAULT GP LOTUS F1 TEAM Debut: 2011 Australian Grand Prix Debut: 2012 Australian Grand Prix SAHARA FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM Final Race: 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix Final Race: N/A SERGIO PÉREZ, b: 26.12.89; Guadalajara, Mexico; nat: Mexican; debut: Australia Race Weekends: 19 Race Weekends: 58 11 (Sauber); starts: 74; best placing: 2nd Malaysia, Italy 12; best qual: 4th Bahrain Wins: 0 Wins: 2 11 14, Belgium