Japanese Grand Prix 2015

Suzuka
27 September 2015
53 laps
307.5 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:32.584
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:36.145 · lap 33
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	2	53	1:28:06.508	25
2	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	53	+18.964	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	4	53	+20.850	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	6	53	+33.768	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	3	53	+36.746	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	13	53	+55.559	8
7	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	8	53	+1:12.298	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	11	53	+1:13.575	4
9	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	17	53	+1:35.315	2
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	10	52	+1 lap	1
11	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	12	52	+1 lap
12	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	9	52	+1 lap
13	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	–	52	+1 lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	15	52	+1 lap
15	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	7	52	+1 lap
16	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	14	52	+1 lap
17	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	5	51	+2 laps
18	Alexander Rossi	53	Marussia · Ferrari	19	51	+2 laps
19	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	18	50	+3 laps
20	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	16	49	Mechanical

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. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	53
Nico Rosberg	1	3	3	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	4	2	2	3	3
Kimi Räikkönen	6	4	5	4	4
Valtteri Bottas	3	6	4	5	5
Nico Hülkenberg	13	7	6	6	6
Romain Grosjean	8	8	7	7	7
Pastor Maldonado	11	9	8	8	8
Max Verstappen	17	14	10	10	9
Carlos Sainz Jr.	10	5	9	9	10
Fernando Alonso	12	12	11	11	11
Sergio Pérez	9	11	12	13	12
Daniil Kvyat	–	13	14	14	13
Marcus Ericsson	15	10	16	12	14
Daniel Ricciardo	7	19	17	16	15
Jenson Button	14	15	13	15	16
Felipe Massa	5	20	20	18	17
Alexander Rossi	19	18	19	20	18
Will Stevens	18	17	18	19	19
Felipe Nasr	16	16	15	17	20

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 75 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 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nico Rosberg	+12.9	+15.7	+12.0	+19.0
Sebastian Vettel	+10.8	+13.8	+13.1	+20.9
Kimi Räikkönen	+15.9	+25.9	+26.2	+33.8
Valtteri Bottas	+32.2	+25.3	+30.5	+36.7
Nico Hülkenberg	+43.0	+39.0	+52.3	+55.6
Romain Grosjean	+45.4	+43.5	+65.0	+72.3
Pastor Maldonado	+47.3	+45.9	+70.2	+73.6
Max Verstappen	+62.4	+72.3	+81.2	+95.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+28.6	+49.6	+79.2	+110.4
Fernando Alonso	+60.9	+75.3	+99.5	+123.3
Sergio Pérez	+55.0	+82.3	+105.5	+127.6
Daniil Kvyat	+61.4	+89.6	+106.2	+133.6
Marcus Ericsson	+51.8	+102.0	+104.8	+143.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+91.6	+120.2	+113.8	+145.1
Jenson Button	+66.4	+83.2	+109.6	+150.1
Felipe Massa	+151.6	+184.9	+206.8	+238.2
Alexander Rossi	+78.2	+158.8	+220.5	+272.4
Will Stevens	+77.0	+157.5	+219.4	+309.5
Felipe Nasr	+69.9	+90.2	+126.2	+157.7

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	1:33.015	1:32.632	1:32.584
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.844	1:32.789	1:32.660
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:34.326	1:33.416	1:33.024
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.431	1:33.844	1:33.245
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:34.744	1:33.377	1:33.337
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.171	1:33.361	1:33.347
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.399	1:34.153	1:33.497
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:34.398	1:34.278	1:33.967
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.001	1:34.174
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:34.646	1:34.201
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.328	1:34.390
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:34.873	1:34.453
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:34.796	1:34.497
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.467	1:34.785
15	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:34.522
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:35.664
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.673
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:35.760
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:38.783
NC	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	1:47.114

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Nico Hülkenberg	P11	P13	3 places – 3
Max Verstappen	P15	P17	3 places – 3

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Kimi Räikkönen	2	14, 28	22.584 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	16, 31	22.750 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	13, 30	23.074 s
Nico Rosberg	2	15, 29	23.078 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	1, 24	23.225 s
Pastor Maldonado	2	12, 36	23.249 s
Jenson Button	2	10, 27	23.343 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	13, 26	23.418 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	10, 31	23.491 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	11, 29	23.542 s
Fernando Alonso	2	9, 28	23.640 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	14, 27	23.701 s
Romain Grosjean	2	11, 33	23.793 s
Max Verstappen	2	9, 30	23.977 s
Felipe Nasr	2	10, 30	24.116 s
Alexander Rossi	2	22, 33	25.088 s
Daniil Kvyat	3	8, 20, 34	23.183 s
Will Stevens	3	21, 32, 42	23.647 s
Sergio Pérez	3	1, 18, 36	24.267 s
Felipe Massa	3	1, 16, 34	24.670 s

Every stop, lap by lap (44)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Sergio Pérez	1	25.041 s
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	26.087 s
1	Felipe Massa	1	34.166 s
8	Daniil Kvyat	1	23.316 s
9	Fernando Alonso	1	23.640 s
9	Max Verstappen	1	27.793 s
10	Jenson Button	1	23.343 s
10	Nico Hülkenberg	1	23.750 s
10	Felipe Nasr	1	24.763 s
11	Valtteri Bottas	1	23.542 s
11	Romain Grosjean	1	23.793 s
12	Pastor Maldonado	1	24.842 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	23.074 s
13	Marcus Ericsson	1	23.418 s
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.701 s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.714 s
15	Nico Rosberg	1	23.078 s
16	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.750 s
16	Felipe Massa	2	26.735 s
18	Sergio Pérez	2	24.303 s
20	Daniil Kvyat	2	23.183 s
21	Will Stevens	1	25.875 s
22	Alexander Rossi	1	25.146 s
24	Daniel Ricciardo	2	23.225 s
26	Marcus Ericsson	2	23.441 s
27	Jenson Button	2	23.801 s
27	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	39.345 s
28	Kimi Räikkönen	2	22.584 s
28	Fernando Alonso	2	23.767 s
29	Nico Rosberg	2	23.241 s
29	Valtteri Bottas	2	23.588 s
30	Sebastian Vettel	2	23.130 s
30	Max Verstappen	2	23.977 s
30	Felipe Nasr	2	24.116 s
31	Lewis Hamilton	2	23.165 s
31	Nico Hülkenberg	2	23.491 s
32	Will Stevens	2	23.647 s
33	Romain Grosjean	2	24.554 s
33	Alexander Rossi	2	25.088 s
34	Daniil Kvyat	3	23.381 s
34	Felipe Massa	3	24.670 s
36	Pastor Maldonado	2	23.249 s
36	Sergio Pérez	3	24.267 s
42	Will Stevens	3	35.760 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	33	1:36.145
2	Nico Rosberg	31	1:37.147	+1.002
3	Sebastian Vettel	32	1:37.906	+1.761
4	Kimi Räikkönen	32	1:38.035	+1.890
5	Pastor Maldonado	39	1:38.136	+1.991
6	Romain Grosjean	35	1:38.167	+2.022
7	Max Verstappen	32	1:38.237	+2.092
8	Valtteri Bottas	41	1:38.241	+2.096
9	Nico Hülkenberg	43	1:38.331	+2.186
10	Daniil Kvyat	36	1:38.366	+2.221

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 14
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	277
2	Nico Rosberg	229
3	Sebastian Vettel	218
4	Kimi Räikkönen	119
5	Valtteri Bottas	111
6	Felipe Massa	97
7	Daniel Ricciardo	73
8	Daniil Kvyat	66
9	Romain Grosjean	44	▲1
10	Sergio Pérez	39	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 14
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	506
2	Ferrari	337
3	Williams	208
4	Red Bull	139
5	Force India	77
6	Lotus	60
7	Toro Rosso	44
8	Sauber	26
9	McLaren	17
10	Marussia	0