2015 Formula 1 Australian GP
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Arnold Schwarzenegger conducting podium interviews.
This stands as the 34th GP victory for reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton and his second win at Melbourne.
Raikkonen, Verstappen, Grosjean, Maldonado, Kvyat, Magnussen failed to finish the race.
Jenson Button is 11th and the last classified driver for McLaren-Honda.
The final point is for Perez.
Ricciardo finishes sixth, ahead of Hulkenberg, Ericsson and Sainz, also scoring in his GP debut.
Felipe Massa finishes fourth, followed by fellow Brazilian Felipe Nasr, scoring points in his debut.
Flawless drive from Hamilton, who wins from Rosberg, and Vettel, on the podium in his first race for Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton wins the Australian Grand Prix!
Final lap of the race!
Ericsson passes Sainz! The Swede is now eighth, and Sauber is having a fantastic day after such a difficult weekend.
Rosberg 1.8 seconds behind Hamilton with two laps left. Only a mistake could rob the world champion now.
Three laps to go, and the fight between Sainz and Ericsson is still to be decided.
Button running some three seconds slower than the car ahead. But he is out of the points anyway.
There is a big battle for P8. Ericsson right behind Sainz.
1.5 seconds now. Could we have a battle to the finish?
Rosberg now closes in on Hamilton. 1.7 seconds is the gap, but Hamilton seems very much in control of the situation.
Hamilton in control with seven laps to go. He hold s a 2.4-second lead over Rosberg.
Pastor Maldonado at the start, earlier. You can see our Australian GP photos at http://bit.ly/1LdPq2D
Start: trouble for Pastor Maldonado, Lotus F1 Team
Felipe Nasr is still in fifth. Impressive performance by the rookie in his first ever F1 race, especially considering Sauber's legal problems on Friday.
2.1 seconds is the gap to Rosberg with eight laps left.
Still a positive race for Button and McLaren-Honda considering the Briton had not done more than 12 laps in a row before.
A scare for Button, who has gone off the track momentarily.
Massa is pushing hard to try to catch Vettel with 11 laps left.
Massa is 3.6 seconds behind Vettel.
Button is out of the points again after being overtaken by Perez.
Up on front, Rosberg is 1.7 seconds behind Hamilton, but the Briton seems to be in control.
Replays of Raikkonen's pitstop show an apparent problem when dropping the Ferrari. Loose wheel, perhaps.
Only eleven cars left, and Button is now in the points.
The Finn comes to a halt with some sort of problem.
And it's all over for Raikkonen!
Perez's pitstop has promoted Sainz back into the points, in P10.
Perez finally pits and puts on the soft tyres.
Meanwhile, Felipe Nasr is under intense pressure form Daniel Ricciardo, both fighting for sixth position.
Perez is still holding on to 10th place despite not having pitted. We are on lap 39 of 58.
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