Brazilian Grand Prix 2015

José Carlos Pace
São Paulo
15 November 2015
71 laps
305.9 km
4.309 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:11.282
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:14.832 · lap 51
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	71	1:31:09.090	25
2	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	2	71	+7.756	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	3	71	+14.244	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	4	71	+47.543	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	7	70	+1 lap	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	5	70	+1 lap	8
7	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	6	70	+1 lap	6
8	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	14	70	+1 lap	4
9	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	9	70	+1 lap	2
10	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	15	70	+1 lap	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	19	70	+1 lap
12	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	11	70	+1 lap
13	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	13	70	+1 lap
14	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	16	70	+1 lap
15	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	20	70	+1 lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	12	69	+2 laps
17	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	18	67	+4 laps
18	Alexander Rossi	53	Marussia · Ferrari	17	67	+4 laps
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	–	0	Technical defect
DSQ	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	8	70	+1 lap

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 65, Lewis Hamilton 6. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	1	1	1	1	1	65
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	2	2	2	6
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	4	3	3
Kimi Räikkönen	4	4	3	4	4
Valtteri Bottas	7	5	5	5	5
Nico Hülkenberg	5	6	8	6	6
Daniil Kvyat	6	8	6	7	7
Romain Grosjean	14	12	13	9	8
Max Verstappen	9	11	11	10	9
Pastor Maldonado	15	7	10	12	10
Daniel Ricciardo	19	13	14	14	11
Sergio Pérez	11	10	12	13	12
Felipe Nasr	13	15	9	11	13
Jenson Button	16	14	15	15	14
Fernando Alonso	20	16	16	16	15
Marcus Ericsson	12	17	17	17	16
Will Stevens	18	19	18	18	17
Alexander Rossi	17	18	19	19	18
Felipe Massa	8	9	7	8	out

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 80 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 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+0.6	+3.1	+1.1	+7.8
Sebastian Vettel	+6.5	+9.0	+14.5	+14.2
Kimi Räikkönen	+12.0	+5.5	+29.4	+47.5
Valtteri Bottas	+20.6	+24.6	+51.0	+78.5
Nico Hülkenberg	+24.9	+57.1	+63.1	+94.8
Daniil Kvyat	+27.3	+37.1	+64.4	+97.9
Romain Grosjean	+34.0	+69.4	+78.4	+114.9
Max Verstappen	+32.5	+68.3	+85.3	+125.7
Pastor Maldonado	+26.2	+59.1	+96.8	+127.4
Daniel Ricciardo	+39.0	+70.9	+107.1	+129.0
Sergio Pérez	+32.0	+69.3	+106.2	+136.9
Felipe Nasr	+42.6	+58.7	+96.3	+138.4
Jenson Button	+42.1	+80.1	+110.9	+139.0
Fernando Alonso	+44.5	+84.4	+116.7	+148.3
Marcus Ericsson	+49.0	+109.0	+122.4	+163.4
Will Stevens	+89.7	+156.2	+241.5	+317.8
Alexander Rossi	+88.4	+160.4	+249.5	+328.3
Felipe Massa	+28.5	+39.7	+68.3	out

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	1:11.746	1:12.213	1:11.282
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.682	1:11.665	1:11.360
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:12.240	1:11.928	1:11.804
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:12.934	1:12.374	1:12.085
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.185	1:12.243	1:12.144
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:12.595	1:12.485	1:12.265
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:12.730	1:12.527	1:12.322
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:12.980	1:12.858	1:12.415
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:12.639	1:12.825	1:12.417
10	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:12.824	1:12.712	1:12.739
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:13.111	1:12.989
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:13.267	1:13.045
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:13.140	1:13.147
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:13.346	1:13.233
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:13.056	1:13.913
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:13.385
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:13.425
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	1:16.151
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:16.283
NC	Fernando Alonso	McLaren

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P4	P7	3 places – 3
Felipe Nasr	P11	P13	3 places – 3
Daniel Ricciardo	P9	P19	10 places – 10

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Kimi Räikkönen	2	12, 46	23.293 s
Daniil Kvyat	2	10, 39	23.630 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	11, 41	23.736 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	9, 35	24.009 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	25, 44	24.115 s
Felipe Nasr	2	14, 39	24.491 s
Alexander Rossi	2	14, 41	25.492 s
Will Stevens	2	15, 40	25.547 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	14, 34, 49	22.936 s
Fernando Alonso	3	13, 32, 52	22.981 s
Nico Rosberg	3	13, 33, 48	23.046 s
Jenson Button	3	12, 31, 51	23.242 s
Felipe Massa	3	10, 38, 55	23.401 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	13, 32, 47	23.474 s
Sergio Pérez	3	10, 33, 51	23.609 s
Romain Grosjean	3	10, 35, 54	23.787 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	3, 28, 52	23.937 s
Max Verstappen	3	11, 34, 53	24.078 s
Marcus Ericsson	3	12, 32, 53	24.699 s

Every stop, lap by lap (49)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
3	Daniel Ricciardo	1	23.937 s
9	Nico Hülkenberg	1	24.009 s
10	Sergio Pérez	1	23.854 s
10	Felipe Massa	1	23.887 s
10	Daniil Kvyat	1	24.155 s
10	Romain Grosjean	1	24.475 s
11	Valtteri Bottas	1	23.736 s
11	Max Verstappen	1	24.166 s
12	Jenson Button	1	23.242 s
12	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.293 s
12	Marcus Ericsson	1	24.699 s
13	Fernando Alonso	1	22.981 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	23.801 s
13	Nico Rosberg	1	25.039 s
14	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.328 s
14	Alexander Rossi	1	25.492 s
14	Felipe Nasr	1	25.529 s
15	Will Stevens	1	25.547 s
25	Pastor Maldonado	1	24.115 s
28	Daniel Ricciardo	2	23.979 s
31	Jenson Button	2	24.265 s
32	Fernando Alonso	2	23.218 s
32	Sebastian Vettel	2	23.474 s
32	Marcus Ericsson	2	29.148 s
33	Nico Rosberg	2	23.321 s
33	Sergio Pérez	2	23.609 s
34	Lewis Hamilton	2	23.148 s
34	Max Verstappen	2	24.153 s
35	Romain Grosjean	2	23.787 s
35	Nico Hülkenberg	2	24.199 s
38	Felipe Massa	2	23.927 s
39	Daniil Kvyat	2	23.630 s
39	Felipe Nasr	2	24.491 s
40	Will Stevens	2	27.095 s
41	Valtteri Bottas	2	24.913 s
41	Alexander Rossi	2	26.706 s
44	Pastor Maldonado	2	30.082 s
46	Kimi Räikkönen	2	25.308 s
47	Sebastian Vettel	3	23.861 s
48	Nico Rosberg	3	23.046 s
49	Lewis Hamilton	3	22.936 s
51	Jenson Button	3	23.402 s
51	Sergio Pérez	3	23.732 s
52	Fernando Alonso	3	23.810 s
52	Daniel Ricciardo	3	24.775 s
53	Max Verstappen	3	24.078 s
53	Marcus Ericsson	3	25.102 s
54	Romain Grosjean	3	23.958 s
55	Felipe Massa	3	23.401 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	51	1:14.832
2	Nico Rosberg	57	1:14.957	+0.125
3	Sebastian Vettel	57	1:15.046	+0.214
4	Kimi Räikkönen	48	1:15.416	+0.584
5	Romain Grosjean	57	1:15.739	+0.907
6	Felipe Massa	57	1:15.743	+0.911
7	Marcus Ericsson	57	1:15.789	+0.957
8	Sergio Pérez	53	1:15.970	+1.138
9	Max Verstappen	56	1:15.972	+1.140
10	Valtteri Bottas	61	1:16.039	+1.207

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 18. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 18
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	363
2	Nico Rosberg	297
3	Sebastian Vettel	266
4	Valtteri Bottas	136
5	Kimi Räikkönen	135
6	Felipe Massa	117
7	Daniil Kvyat	94
8	Daniel Ricciardo	84
9	Sergio Pérez	68
10	Nico Hülkenberg	52	▲2

Constructors' championship after round 18
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	660
2	Ferrari	401
3	Williams	253
4	Red Bull	178
5	Force India	120
6	Lotus	76
7	Toro Rosso	67
8	Sauber	36
9	McLaren	27
10	Marussia	0