<b>TORO ROSSO ROOKIES:</b> Max Verstappen will start the 2015 Australian GP in 12th place behind team mate and fellow rookie Carlos Sainz jnr in 8th. Both their respective fathers were present in Melbourne. <i>Image: AP / Rob Griffith</i>
MELBOURNE, Australia - The proudest dads in Australia were in the Toro Rosso garage at the Albert Park racetrack on Saturday (March 13) to watch qualifying for the first Formula 1 race of the 2015 season.
Carlos Sainz (52) and a World Rally series legend, was arguably proudest after his son and namesake out-qualified the team's sister car on debut - but he was also possibly also the most nervous.
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