Russian Grand Prix 2015

Sirius
11 October 2015
53 laps
309.7 km
5.848 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:37.113
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:40.071 · lap 51
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	53	1:37:11.024	25
2	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	5	Ferrari	4	53	+5.953	18
3	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	7	53	+28.918	15
4	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	15	53	+38.831	12
5	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	11	53	+47.566	10
6	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	12	53	+56.508	8
7	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	14	53	+1:01.088	6
8	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	5	53	+1:12.358+30.000 penalty	4
9	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	13	53	+1:19.467	2
10	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	9	53	+1:28.424	1
11	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	19	53	+1:31.210+5.000 penalty
12	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	3	52	Collision
13	Roberto Merhi	98	Marussia · Ferrari	18	52	+1 lap
14	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	17	51	+2 laps
15	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	10	47	Suspension
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	20	45	Brakes+5.000 penalty
DNF	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	8	11	Accident
DNF	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	7	Throttle
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	6	0	Collision
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	16	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: Lewis Hamilton 47, Nico Rosberg 6. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	47
Sebastian Vettel	4	4	2	2	2
Sergio Pérez	7	9	7	3	3
Felipe Massa	15	7	6	9	4
Daniil Kvyat	11	5	4	8	5
Felipe Nasr	12	6	5	10	6
Pastor Maldonado	14	8	8	12	7
Kimi Räikkönen	5	3	3	6	8
Jenson Button	13	14	12	11	9
Max Verstappen	9	12	14	14	10
Fernando Alonso	19	11	13	13	11
Valtteri Bottas	3	2	11	5	12
Roberto Merhi	18	16	15	15	13
Will Stevens	17	15	16	16	14
Daniel Ricciardo	10	10	9	4	15
Carlos Sainz Jr.	20	13	10	7	out
Romain Grosjean	8	–	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	1	–	–	–	out	6

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.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sebastian Vettel	+3.6	+13.5	+12.4	+6.0
Sergio Pérez	+8.8	+32.8	+22.8	+28.9
Felipe Massa	+6.6	+30.9	+42.4	+38.8
Daniil Kvyat	+4.5	+25.1	+41.5	+47.6
Felipe Nasr	+5.3	+28.4	+49.8	+56.4
Pastor Maldonado	+7.3	+35.2	+54.4	+60.2
Kimi Räikkönen	+2.7	+15.8	+27.2	+42.4
Jenson Button	+24.3	+46.4	+53.3	+79.5
Max Verstappen	+13.7	+67.5	+57.7	+87.8
Fernando Alonso	+11.0	+49.1	+54.7	+84.9
Valtteri Bottas	+1.1	+39.7	+26.4	+26.8
Roberto Merhi	+37.2	+75.0	+112.5	+176.9
Will Stevens	+35.4	+105.3	+162.8	+214.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+11.0	+36.3	+25.0	+34.2
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+22.6	+37.4	+32.2	out
Romain Grosjean	–	–	–	out
Nico Rosberg	–	–	–	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	1:38.343	1:37.500	1:37.113
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.558	1:37.672	1:37.433
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:38.448	1:38.194	1:37.912
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:38.598	1:38.402	1:37.965
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:39.207	1:38.224	1:38.348
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.250	1:38.727	1:38.659
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:39.617	1:38.914	1:38.691
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:39.056	1:38.754	1:38.787
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:39.411	1:39.119	1:38.924
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:39.574	1:39.005	1:39.728
11	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.580	1:39.214
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:40.042	1:39.323
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.739	1:39.763
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:39.724	1:39.811
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:38.926	1:39.895
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:40.144
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:40.660
18	Will Stevens	Marussia	1:43.693
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	1:43.804
NC	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Roberto Merhi	P19	P18	20 places – 20
Fernando Alonso	P16	P19	35 places – 35
Carlos Sainz Jr.	–	P20	20 places – 20

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	1	30	29.367 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	31	29.386 s
Fernando Alonso	1	13	29.539 s
Jenson Button	1	12	29.719 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	12	29.732 s
Pastor Maldonado	1	30	29.952 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	32	30.216 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	12	30.288 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	26	30.316 s
Felipe Nasr	1	34	30.362 s
Daniil Kvyat	1	33	30.418 s
Sergio Pérez	1	12	30.545 s
Felipe Massa	1	30	30.741 s
Roberto Merhi	1	13	35.072 s
Romain Grosjean	1	1	54.445 s
Max Verstappen	2	1, 24	30.241 s
Will Stevens	2	14, 17	30.421 s

Every stop, lap by lap (19)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Max Verstappen	1	37.334 s
1	Romain Grosjean	1	54.445 s
12	Jenson Button	1	29.719 s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	1	29.732 s
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	30.288 s
12	Sergio Pérez	1	30.545 s
13	Fernando Alonso	1	29.539 s
13	Roberto Merhi	1	35.072 s
14	Will Stevens	1	32.400 s
17	Will Stevens	2	30.421 s
24	Max Verstappen	2	30.241 s
26	Valtteri Bottas	1	30.316 s
30	Sebastian Vettel	1	29.367 s
30	Pastor Maldonado	1	29.952 s
30	Felipe Massa	1	30.741 s
31	Kimi Räikkönen	1	29.386 s
32	Lewis Hamilton	1	30.216 s
33	Daniil Kvyat	1	30.418 s
34	Felipe Nasr	1	30.362 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	51	1:40.071
2	Kimi Räikkönen	48	1:40.294	+0.223
3	Lewis Hamilton	44	1:40.573	+0.502
4	Felipe Massa	48	1:40.881	+0.810
5	Valtteri Bottas	45	1:41.134	+1.063
6	Daniil Kvyat	52	1:41.372	+1.301
7	Felipe Nasr	52	1:41.507	+1.436
8	Pastor Maldonado	51	1:41.520	+1.449
9	Sergio Pérez	48	1:41.772	+1.701
10	Daniel Ricciardo	43	1:41.888	+1.817

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 15
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	302
2	Sebastian Vettel	236	▲1
3	Nico Rosberg	229	▼1
4	Kimi Räikkönen	123
5	Valtteri Bottas	111
6	Felipe Massa	109
7	Daniil Kvyat	76	▲1
8	Daniel Ricciardo	73	▼1
9	Sergio Pérez	54	▲1
10	Romain Grosjean	44	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 15
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	531
2	Ferrari	359
3	Williams	220
4	Red Bull	149
5	Force India	92
6	Lotus	66
7	Toro Rosso	45
8	Sauber	34
9	McLaren	19
10	Marussia	0