Malaysian Grand Prix 2015

Sepang
29 March 2015
56 laps
310.4 km
5.543 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:49.834
Fastest lapNico Rosberg1:42.062 · lap 43
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	2	56	1:41:05.793	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	56	+8.569	18
3	Nico Rosbergfastest lap	6	Mercedes	3	56	+12.310	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	11	56	+53.822	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	8	56	+1:10.409	10
6	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	7	56	+1:13.586	8
7	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	6	56	+1:37.762	6
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	15	55	+1 lap	4
9	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	5	55	+1 lap	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	4	55	+1 lap	1
11	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	10	55	+1 lap
12	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	16	55	+1 lap
13	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	14	55	+1 lap
14	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	13	55	+1 lap
15	Roberto Merhi	98	Marussia · Ferrari	19	53	+3 laps
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	12	47	Brakes
DNF	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	17	41	Turbo
DNF	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	18	21	Power unit
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	9	3	Spun off
DNS	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	20		Fuel system

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: Sebastian Vettel 46, Lewis Hamilton 10. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	1	1	1	46
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	2	2	2	10
Nico Rosberg	3	3	4	3	3
Kimi Räikkönen	11	12	3	4	4
Valtteri Bottas	8	7	8	6	5
Felipe Massa	7	6	6	5	6
Max Verstappen	6	9	7	8	7
Carlos Sainz Jr.	15	11	5	7	8
Daniil Kvyat	5	10	12	10	9
Daniel Ricciardo	4	8	9	9	10
Romain Grosjean	10	5	13	12	11
Felipe Nasr	16	16	14	13	12
Sergio Pérez	14	14	11	15	13
Nico Hülkenberg	13	4	10	11	14
Roberto Merhi	19	18	17	16	15
Pastor Maldonado	12	17	16	14	out
Jenson Button	17	15	15	–	out
Fernando Alonso	18	13	–	–	out
Marcus Ericsson	9	–	–	–	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
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+9.2	+20.8	+14.0	+8.6
Nico Rosberg	+18.3	+34.8	+26.9	+12.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+30.6	+34.7	+42.7	+53.8
Valtteri Bottas	+24.4	+56.4	+63.5	+70.4
Felipe Massa	+23.3	+52.5	+59.5	+73.6
Max Verstappen	+25.1	+54.6	+82.7	+97.8
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+27.9	+52.1	+78.1	+109.7
Daniil Kvyat	+25.8	+69.7	+94.1	+110.8
Daniel Ricciardo	+24.5	+66.3	+85.9	+118.7
Romain Grosjean	+22.7	+69.8	+101.3	+136.4
Felipe Nasr	+34.3	+74.1	+101.6	+138.9
Sergio Pérez	+31.9	+69.5	+118.0	+156.1
Nico Hülkenberg	+22.0	+69.0	+100.4	+156.5
Roberto Merhi	+55.3	+154.6	+255.6	+355.7
Pastor Maldonado	+43.8	+83.4	+109.2	out
Jenson Button	+33.3	+77.6	–	out
Fernando Alonso	+31.8	–	–	out
Marcus Ericsson	–	–	–	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	1:39.269	1:41.517	1:49.834
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:39.814	1:39.632	1:49.908
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.374	1:39.377	1:50.299
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:40.504	1:41.085	1:51.541
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:40.546	1:41.665	1:51.951
6	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:40.793	1:41.430	1:51.981
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:40.543	1:41.230	1:52.473
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:40.303	1:41.209	1:52.981
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:40.249	1:40.650	1:53.179
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:40.340	1:41.748	1:53.261
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.415	1:42.173
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:40.361	1:42.198
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:40.830	1:43.023
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:41.036	1:43.469
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:39.814	1:43.701
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:41.308
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:41.636
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:41.746
NC	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	1:46.677
NC	Will Stevens	Marussia

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Romain Grosjean	P8	P10	2 places – 2

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Fernando Alonso	1	4	25.222 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	17, 37	23.996 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	14, 32	25.126 s
Sergio Pérez	2	17, 35	25.268 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	4, 24, 38	24.179 s
Pastor Maldonado	3	1, 18, 33	24.276 s
Nico Rosberg	3	4, 26, 41	24.336 s
Romain Grosjean	3	15, 26, 34	24.377 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	4, 25, 40	24.432 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	2, 14, 34	24.653 s
Max Verstappen	3	4, 20, 40	24.768 s
Daniil Kvyat	3	4, 21, 39	24.781 s
Felipe Massa	3	4, 24, 38	24.788 s
Nico Hülkenberg	3	15, 31, 44	25.047 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	4, 18, 34	25.393 s
Jenson Button	3	4, 21, 35	25.581 s
Roberto Merhi	3	5, 22, 42	27.004 s
Felipe Nasr	4	2, 20, 30, 43	25.204 s

Every stop, lap by lap (50)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Pastor Maldonado	1	37.289 s
2	Kimi Räikkönen	1	27.285 s
2	Felipe Nasr	1	33.918 s
4	Fernando Alonso	1	25.222 s
4	Felipe Massa	1	25.831 s
4	Lewis Hamilton	1	26.094 s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	1	26.714 s
4	Max Verstappen	1	29.516 s
4	Valtteri Bottas	1	30.154 s
4	Daniil Kvyat	1	30.463 s
4	Jenson Button	1	33.027 s
4	Nico Rosberg	1	33.689 s
5	Roberto Merhi	1	27.540 s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	2	24.744 s
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	25.126 s
15	Romain Grosjean	1	24.377 s
15	Nico Hülkenberg	1	25.826 s
17	Sebastian Vettel	1	23.996 s
17	Sergio Pérez	1	25.268 s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	2	25.604 s
18	Pastor Maldonado	2	37.394 s
20	Max Verstappen	2	25.655 s
20	Felipe Nasr	2	25.741 s
21	Daniil Kvyat	2	24.781 s
21	Jenson Button	2	25.581 s
22	Roberto Merhi	2	27.004 s
24	Lewis Hamilton	2	24.595 s
24	Felipe Massa	2	24.788 s
25	Valtteri Bottas	2	24.432 s
26	Nico Rosberg	2	24.574 s
26	Romain Grosjean	2	24.621 s
30	Felipe Nasr	3	25.331 s
31	Nico Hülkenberg	2	25.047 s
32	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	25.165 s
33	Pastor Maldonado	3	24.276 s
34	Kimi Räikkönen	3	24.653 s
34	Daniel Ricciardo	3	25.393 s
34	Romain Grosjean	3	26.014 s
35	Jenson Button	3	25.846 s
35	Sergio Pérez	2	35.776 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	2	25.092 s
38	Lewis Hamilton	3	24.179 s
38	Felipe Massa	3	26.971 s
39	Daniil Kvyat	3	26.149 s
40	Max Verstappen	3	24.768 s
40	Valtteri Bottas	3	25.002 s
41	Nico Rosberg	3	24.336 s
42	Roberto Merhi	3	29.202 s
43	Felipe Nasr	4	25.204 s
44	Nico Hülkenberg	3	35.351 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	43	1:42.062
2	Lewis Hamilton	45	1:43.125	+1.063
3	Sebastian Vettel	46	1:43.648	+1.586
4	Felipe Nasr	45	1:43.902	+1.840
5	Felipe Massa	40	1:43.990	+1.928
6	Valtteri Bottas	42	1:44.088	+2.026
7	Kimi Räikkönen	40	1:44.124	+2.062
8	Daniil Kvyat	41	1:44.514	+2.452
9	Max Verstappen	42	1:44.579	+2.517
10	Romain Grosjean	36	1:44.812	+2.750

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 2. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 2
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	43
2	Sebastian Vettel	40	▲1
3	Nico Rosberg	33	▼1
4	Felipe Massa	20
5	Kimi Räikkönen	12
6	Felipe Nasr	10	▼1
7	Valtteri Bottas	10
8	Daniel Ricciardo	9	▼2
9	Nico Hülkenberg	6	▼2
10	Max Verstappen	6

Constructors' championship after round 2
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	76
2	Ferrari	52
3	Williams	30	▲1
4	Sauber	14	▼1
5	Toro Rosso	12	▲2
6	Red Bull	11	▼1
7	Force India	7	▼1
8	Lotus	0
8	McLaren	0
10	Marussia	0