Chinese Grand Prix 2015

Shanghai
12 April 2015
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:35.782
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:42.208 · lap 31
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	1	56	1:39:42.008	25
2	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	2	56	+0.714	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	3	56	+2.988	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	6	56	+3.835	12
5	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	4	56	+8.544	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	5	56	+9.885	8
7	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	8	56	+19.008	6
8	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	9	56	+22.625	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	7	56	+32.117	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	10	55	+1 lap	1
11	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	15	55	+1 lap
12	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	18	55	+1 lap
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	14	55	+1 lap
14	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	17	55	+1 lap+5.000 penalty
15	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	19	54	+2 laps
16	Roberto Merhi	98	Marussia · Ferrari	20	54	+2 laps+5.000 penalty
17	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	13	52	Drivetrain
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	11	49	Brakes
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	12	15	Engine
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	16	9	Gearbox

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: Lewis Hamilton 53, Nico Rosberg 2, Kimi Räikkönen 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	1	1	1	53
Nico Rosberg	2	1	2	2	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	3	5	3	3	3
Kimi Räikkönen	6	3	4	4	4	1
Felipe Massa	4	6	5	5	5
Valtteri Bottas	5	4	6	6	6
Romain Grosjean	8	11	8	7	7
Felipe Nasr	9	12	10	9	8
Daniel Ricciardo	7	8	11	11	9
Marcus Ericsson	10	7	12	10	10
Sergio Pérez	15	15	14	12	11
Fernando Alonso	18	17	15	15	12
Carlos Sainz Jr.	14	16	16	16	13
Jenson Button	17	14	13	13	14
Will Stevens	19	18	17	17	15
Roberto Merhi	20	19	18	18	16
Max Verstappen	13	13	9	8	17
Pastor Maldonado	11	9	7	14	out
Daniil Kvyat	12	10	–	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	16	–	–	–	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 120 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	+1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nico Rosberg	0.0	+2.4	+4.6	+0.7
Sebastian Vettel	+26.2	+4.2	+13.9	+3.0
Kimi Räikkönen	+6.5	+8.4	+16.9	+3.8
Felipe Massa	+37.0	+29.6	+44.6	+8.5
Valtteri Bottas	+21.9	+36.3	+53.9	+9.9
Romain Grosjean	+44.1	+48.1	+71.1	+19.0
Felipe Nasr	+49.1	+56.6	+82.9	+22.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+39.5	+60.5	+90.9	+32.1
Marcus Ericsson	+37.7	+61.0	+90.7	+154.5
Sergio Pérez	+52.6	+79.2	+109.0	+157.5
Fernando Alonso	+67.3	+82.4	+121.3	+158.2
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+55.5	+124.5	+152.6	+161.7
Jenson Button	+52.1	+73.9	+113.6	+160.3
Will Stevens	+73.2	+153.0	+235.9	+323.5
Roberto Merhi	+78.4	+164.2	+253.1	+323.8
Max Verstappen	+51.5	+53.6	+79.4	+90.9
Pastor Maldonado	+43.1	+44.5	+115.4	out
Daniil Kvyat	+44.0	–	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.285	1:36.423	1:35.782
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.496	1:36.747	1:35.824
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.502	1:36.957	1:36.687
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:38.433	1:37.357	1:36.954
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:38.014	1:37.763	1:37.143
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.790	1:37.109	1:37.232
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.534	1:37.939	1:37.540
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.209	1:38.063	1:37.905
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.521	1:38.017	1:38.067
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.941	1:38.127	1:38.158
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:38.563	1:38.134
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.051	1:38.209
13	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.387	1:38.393
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:38.622	1:38.538
15	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.903	1:39.290
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.216
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.276
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:39.280
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:42.091
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	1:42.842

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Lewis Hamilton	2	14, 33	22.235 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	13, 30	22.444 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	15, 34	22.453 s
Nico Rosberg	2	15, 31	22.483 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	14, 36	22.635 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	14, 35	23.084 s
Felipe Massa	2	13, 34	23.145 s
Fernando Alonso	2	12, 35	23.238 s
Max Verstappen	2	12, 32	23.258 s
Jenson Button	2	14, 32	23.273 s
Felipe Nasr	2	10, 31	23.409 s
Romain Grosjean	2	12, 32	23.421 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	19, 39	23.424 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	14, 30	23.846 s
Will Stevens	2	16, 38	24.054 s
Roberto Merhi	2	17, 40	24.088 s
Pastor Maldonado	3	11, 33, 48	17.912 s
Sergio Pérez	3	11, 26, 41	22.829 s

Every stop, lap by lap (38)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
10	Felipe Nasr	1	23.409 s
11	Pastor Maldonado	1	22.470 s
11	Sergio Pérez	1	22.829 s
12	Fernando Alonso	1	23.238 s
12	Romain Grosjean	1	23.421 s
12	Max Verstappen	1	24.256 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.488 s
13	Felipe Massa	1	23.145 s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.635 s
14	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.645 s
14	Valtteri Bottas	1	23.084 s
14	Marcus Ericsson	1	23.846 s
14	Jenson Button	1	23.936 s
15	Nico Rosberg	1	22.483 s
15	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.818 s
16	Will Stevens	1	24.132 s
17	Roberto Merhi	1	25.938 s
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.795 s
26	Sergio Pérez	2	23.338 s
30	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.444 s
30	Marcus Ericsson	2	24.589 s
31	Nico Rosberg	2	22.829 s
31	Felipe Nasr	2	23.732 s
32	Max Verstappen	2	23.258 s
32	Jenson Button	2	23.273 s
32	Romain Grosjean	2	23.605 s
33	Lewis Hamilton	2	22.235 s
33	Pastor Maldonado	2	22.899 s
34	Kimi Räikkönen	2	22.453 s
34	Felipe Massa	2	23.317 s
35	Fernando Alonso	2	23.345 s
35	Valtteri Bottas	2	23.582 s
36	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.897 s
38	Will Stevens	2	24.054 s
39	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	23.424 s
40	Roberto Merhi	2	24.088 s
41	Sergio Pérez	3	23.144 s
48	Pastor Maldonado	3	17.912 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	31	1:42.208
2	Nico Rosberg	39	1:42.565	+0.357
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	41	1:42.652	+0.444
4	Felipe Massa	37	1:42.734	+0.526
5	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:43.018	+0.810
6	Kimi Räikkönen	48	1:43.026	+0.818
7	Valtteri Bottas	37	1:43.051	+0.843
8	Romain Grosjean	34	1:43.134	+0.926
9	Daniel Ricciardo	46	1:43.245	+1.037
10	Sergio Pérez	44	1:43.512	+1.304

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	68
2	Sebastian Vettel	55
3	Nico Rosberg	51
4	Felipe Massa	30
5	Kimi Räikkönen	24
6	Valtteri Bottas	18	▲1
7	Felipe Nasr	14	▼1
8	Daniel Ricciardo	11
9	Romain Grosjean	6	▲6
10	Nico Hülkenberg	6	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	119
2	Ferrari	79
3	Williams	48
4	Sauber	19
5	Red Bull	13	▲1
6	Toro Rosso	12	▼1
7	Force India	7
8	Lotus	6
9	McLaren	0	▼1
10	Marussia	0