Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2015

Yas Marina
Abu Dhabi
29 November 2015
55 laps
305.4 km
5.554 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:40.237
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:44.517 · lap 44
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	55	1:38:30.175	25
2	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	2	55	+8.271	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	3	55	+19.430	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	15	55	+43.735	12
5	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	4	55	+1:03.952	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	5	55	+1:05.010	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	7	55	+1:33.618	6
8	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	8	55	+1:37.751	4
9	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	18	55	+1:38.201	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	9	55	+1:42.371	1
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	10	55	+1:43.525
12	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	12	54	+1 lap
13	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	6	54	+1 lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	17	54	+1 lap
15	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	14	54	+1 lap
16	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	11	54	+1 lap+25.000 penalty
17	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	16	53	+2 laps
18	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	19	53	+2 laps
19	Roberto Merhi	98	Marussia · Ferrari	–	52	+3 laps
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	13	0	Collision

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Nico Rosberg 43, Lewis Hamilton 12. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	1	1	1	2	1	43
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	2	1	2	12
Kimi Räikkönen	3	4	3	3	3
Sebastian Vettel	15	3	4	5	4
Sergio Pérez	4	5	5	4	5
Daniel Ricciardo	5	7	6	6	6
Nico Hülkenberg	7	8	9	8	7
Felipe Massa	8	9	11	10	8
Romain Grosjean	18	6	8	7	9
Daniil Kvyat	9	10	10	9	10
Carlos Sainz Jr.	10	12	7	11	11
Jenson Button	12	14	15	12	12
Valtteri Bottas	6	16	14	16	13
Marcus Ericsson	17	11	13	15	14
Felipe Nasr	14	15	16	13	15
Max Verstappen	11	13	12	14	16
Fernando Alonso	16	19	17	17	17
Will Stevens	19	17	18	18	18
Roberto Merhi	–	18	19	19	19

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	0.0	0.0	+6.5	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+6.1	+1.6	0.0	+8.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+9.4	+11.7	+25.3	+19.4
Sebastian Vettel	+7.6	+39.7	+53.8	+43.7
Sergio Pérez	+17.9	+60.2	+49.5	+64.0
Daniel Ricciardo	+24.1	+61.1	+55.2	+65.0
Nico Hülkenberg	+26.6	+69.6	+73.5	+93.6
Felipe Massa	+28.3	+72.9	+75.6	+97.8
Romain Grosjean	+20.9	+64.8	+72.0	+98.2
Daniil Kvyat	+29.5	+70.9	+74.2	+102.4
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+32.5	+61.5	+82.9	+103.5
Jenson Button	+37.8	+92.0	+101.5	+137.5
Valtteri Bottas	+61.9	+81.6	+114.1	+138.0
Marcus Ericsson	+31.7	+80.7	+106.1	+139.9
Felipe Nasr	+44.3	+94.6	+104.0	+143.8
Max Verstappen	+33.1	+77.3	+106.1	+121.8
Fernando Alonso	+94.1	+139.2	+161.1	+261.8
Will Stevens	+65.1	+164.2	+244.1	+298.3
Roberto Merhi	+77.5	+201.5	+269.0	+362.5

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.111	1:40.979	1:40.237
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:40.974	1:40.758	1:40.614
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.500	1:41.612	1:41.051
4	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:41.983	1:41.560	1:41.184
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.275	1:41.830	1:41.444
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:42.608	1:41.868	1:41.656
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:41.996	1:41.925	1:41.686
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:42.303	1:42.349	1:41.759
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:42.540	1:42.328	1:41.933
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:42.911	1:42.482	1:42.708
11	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:42.889	1:42.521
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:42.570	1:42.668
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:42.929	1:42.807
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:42.896	1:43.614
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:42.585
16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:42.941
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:43.187
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:43.838
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:46.297
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	1:47.434

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Romain Grosjean	P15	P18	5 places – 5
Will Stevens	P19	P19	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Roberto Merhi	1	24	24.314 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	11, 41	21.346 s
Nico Rosberg	2	10, 31	21.580 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	23, 39	21.628 s
Daniil Kvyat	2	5, 25	21.634 s
Sergio Pérez	2	6, 27	21.922 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	6, 26	21.949 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	7, 24	22.045 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	7, 28	22.063 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	10, 32	22.162 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	15, 41	22.200 s
Romain Grosjean	2	23, 43	22.203 s
Jenson Button	2	8, 27	22.310 s
Felipe Massa	2	6, 26	22.710 s
Will Stevens	2	23, 33	22.854 s
Felipe Nasr	3	4, 26, 44	22.086 s
Max Verstappen	3	8, 20, 38	22.309 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	8, 9, 29	24.485 s
Fernando Alonso	4	1, 8, 17, 47	16.128 s

Every stop, lap by lap (42)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Fernando Alonso	1	44.990 s
4	Felipe Nasr	1	28.407 s
5	Daniil Kvyat	1	21.868 s
6	Sergio Pérez	1	21.922 s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	1	21.949 s
6	Felipe Massa	1	22.851 s
7	Nico Hülkenberg	1	22.045 s
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	25.307 s
8	Fernando Alonso	2	16.128 s
8	Max Verstappen	1	22.309 s
8	Jenson Button	1	23.722 s
8	Valtteri Bottas	1	24.485 s
9	Valtteri Bottas	2	28.622 s
10	Nico Rosberg	1	21.637 s
10	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.162 s
11	Lewis Hamilton	1	21.346 s
15	Marcus Ericsson	1	22.838 s
17	Fernando Alonso	3	22.246 s
20	Max Verstappen	2	22.457 s
23	Sebastian Vettel	1	21.795 s
23	Romain Grosjean	1	22.203 s
23	Will Stevens	1	22.913 s
24	Nico Hülkenberg	2	22.174 s
24	Roberto Merhi	1	24.314 s
25	Daniil Kvyat	2	21.634 s
26	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.118 s
26	Felipe Massa	2	22.710 s
26	Felipe Nasr	2	22.806 s
27	Sergio Pérez	2	22.116 s
27	Jenson Button	2	22.310 s
28	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	22.063 s
29	Valtteri Bottas	3	29.592 s
31	Nico Rosberg	2	21.580 s
32	Kimi Räikkönen	2	25.613 s
33	Will Stevens	2	22.854 s
38	Max Verstappen	3	22.355 s
39	Sebastian Vettel	2	21.628 s
41	Lewis Hamilton	2	21.392 s
41	Marcus Ericsson	2	22.200 s
43	Romain Grosjean	2	22.234 s
44	Felipe Nasr	3	22.086 s
47	Fernando Alonso	4	22.377 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	1:44.517
2	Sebastian Vettel	48	1:44.550	+0.033
3	Fernando Alonso	52	1:44.796	+0.279
4	Kimi Räikkönen	47	1:44.942	+0.425
5	Nico Rosberg	37	1:45.356	+0.839
6	Max Verstappen	40	1:45.746	+1.229
7	Romain Grosjean	47	1:45.859	+1.342
8	Sergio Pérez	30	1:45.892	+1.375
9	Daniel Ricciardo	46	1:46.305	+1.788
10	Felipe Nasr	46	1:46.424	+1.907

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 19. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 19
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	381
2	Nico Rosberg	322
3	Sebastian Vettel	278
4	Kimi Räikkönen	150	▲1
5	Valtteri Bottas	136	▼1
6	Felipe Massa	121
7	Daniil Kvyat	95
8	Daniel Ricciardo	92
9	Sergio Pérez	78
10	Nico Hülkenberg	58

Constructors' championship after round 19
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	703
2	Ferrari	428
3	Williams	257
4	Red Bull	187
5	Force India	136
6	Lotus	78
7	Toro Rosso	67
8	Sauber	36
9	McLaren	27
10	Marussia	0