United States Grand Prix 2015

Americas
Austin
25 October 2015
56 laps
308.4 km
5.513 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:56.824
Fastest lapNico Rosberg1:40.666 · lap 49
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	56	1:50:52.703	25
2	Nico Rosbergfastest lap	6	Mercedes	1	56	+2.850	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	13	56	+3.381	15
4	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Renault	8	56	+22.359	12
5	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	5	56	+24.413	10
6	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	11	56	+28.058	8
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Renault	20	56	+30.619+5.000 penalty	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	13	Lotus · Mercedes	12	56	+32.273	4
9	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	15	56	+40.257	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · Renault	3	56	+53.371	1
11	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	9	56	+54.816
12	Alexander Rossi	53	Marussia · Ferrari	17	56	+1:15.277
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · Renault	4	41	Accident
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	6	35	Collision
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	14	25	Electrical
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	18	25	Brakes
DNF	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	7	23	Suspension
DNF	Romain Grosjean	8	Lotus · Mercedes	10	10	Brakes
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	16	5	Suspension
DNF	Will Stevens	28	Marussia · Ferrari	19	1	Collision damage

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 28, Nico Rosberg 21, Daniel Ricciardo 7. 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	2	1	2	1	1	28
Nico Rosberg	1	3	1	2	2	21
Sebastian Vettel	13	6	6	3	3
Max Verstappen	8	7	5	4	4
Sergio Pérez	5	5	8	7	5
Jenson Button	11	13	9	5	6
Carlos Sainz Jr.	20	9	10	8	7
Pastor Maldonado	12	14	11	9	8
Felipe Nasr	15	16	14	11	9
Daniel Ricciardo	3	2	3	10	10	7
Fernando Alonso	9	15	12	6	11
Alexander Rossi	17	17	13	12	12
Daniil Kvyat	4	4	4	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	6	10	7	–	out
Marcus Ericsson	14	12	–	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	18	8	–	–	out
Felipe Massa	7	11	–	–	out
Romain Grosjean	10	–	–	–	out
Valtteri Bottas	16	–	–	–	out
Will Stevens	19	–	–	–	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 100 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 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	+1.1	0.0	0.0
Nico Rosberg	+1.3	0.0	+5.9	+2.9
Sebastian Vettel	+11.7	+16.2	+6.9	+3.4
Max Verstappen	+12.3	+5.2	+12.7	+22.4
Sergio Pérez	+11.0	+43.6	+24.1	+24.4
Jenson Button	+29.7	+53.8	+22.1	+28.1
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+13.7	+56.4	+26.1	+25.6
Pastor Maldonado	+39.8	+97.7	+27.8	+32.3
Felipe Nasr	+136.6	+218.2	+82.7	+40.3
Daniel Ricciardo	+0.3	+2.8	+35.0	+53.4
Fernando Alonso	+89.9	+154.4	+22.9	+54.8
Alexander Rossi	+139.5	+216.2	+105.4	+75.3
Daniil Kvyat	+2.5	+4.7	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	+14.8	+31.3	–	out
Marcus Ericsson	+29.0	–	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	+13.1	–	–	out
Felipe Massa	+25.0	–	–	out
Romain Grosjean	–	–	–	out
Valtteri Bottas	–	–	–	out
Will Stevens	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:56.671	1:56.824
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:56.871	1:56.929
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:56.495	1:57.969
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:57.640	1:58.434
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2:00.950	1:58.596
6	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:59.284	1:59.210
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:58.325	1:59.333
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:58.198	1:59.703
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	2:00.902	1:59.999
10	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:58.689	2:00.199
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:59.704	2:00.265
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:59.569	2:00.334
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	2:00.236	2:00.595
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:00.261	2:01.193
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	2:00.844	2:01.604
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	2:02.212
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	2:03.194
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	2:04.176
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	2:04.526
NC	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	2:07.304

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Sebastian Vettel	P5	P13	10 places – 10
Valtteri Bottas	P12	P16	5 places – 5
Kimi Räikkönen	P8	P18	10 places – 10
Will Stevens	P19	P19	20 places – 20

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Felipe Massa	1	18	24.646 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	18, 43	24.088 s
Daniil Kvyat	2	19, 38	24.638 s
Nico Rosberg	2	19, 38	24.640 s
Sergio Pérez	2	19, 27	24.730 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	19, 20	24.733 s
Max Verstappen	2	18, 28	24.904 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	1, 4	26.384 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	19, 27	27.344 s
Romain Grosjean	2	1, 9	27.621 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	16, 19	29.728 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	18, 27, 43	24.158 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	19, 38, 50	24.449 s
Fernando Alonso	3	1, 18, 26	24.631 s
Jenson Button	3	17, 27, 44	24.689 s
Pastor Maldonado	3	18, 27, 43	25.054 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	19, 27, 43	25.259 s
Alexander Rossi	3	1, 17, 27	25.812 s
Felipe Nasr	5	2, 3, 17, 26, 42	24.975 s

Every stop, lap by lap (47)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Romain Grosjean	1	27.621 s
1	Fernando Alonso	1	31.987 s
1	Alexander Rossi	1	37.748 s
1	Valtteri Bottas	1	40.488 s
2	Felipe Nasr	1	31.137 s
3	Felipe Nasr	2	25.931 s
4	Valtteri Bottas	2	26.384 s
9	Romain Grosjean	2	27.730 s
16	Marcus Ericsson	1	29.728 s
17	Felipe Nasr	3	25.714 s
17	Alexander Rossi	2	26.520 s
17	Jenson Button	1	27.286 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.354 s
18	Fernando Alonso	2	24.631 s
18	Felipe Massa	1	24.646 s
18	Sebastian Vettel	1	25.019 s
18	Max Verstappen	1	25.527 s
18	Pastor Maldonado	1	27.851 s
19	Daniel Ricciardo	1	24.449 s
19	Daniil Kvyat	1	24.638 s
19	Nico Rosberg	1	24.640 s
19	Kimi Räikkönen	1	24.733 s
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	25.259 s
19	Sergio Pérez	1	26.458 s
19	Nico Hülkenberg	1	27.344 s
19	Marcus Ericsson	2	30.932 s
20	Kimi Räikkönen	2	34.548 s
26	Felipe Nasr	4	24.975 s
26	Fernando Alonso	3	25.405 s
27	Jenson Button	2	24.689 s
27	Sergio Pérez	2	24.730 s
27	Pastor Maldonado	2	25.446 s
27	Sebastian Vettel	2	25.576 s
27	Alexander Rossi	3	25.812 s
27	Nico Hülkenberg	2	27.360 s
27	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	44.582 s
28	Max Verstappen	2	24.904 s
38	Daniil Kvyat	2	25.205 s
38	Nico Rosberg	2	25.242 s
38	Daniel Ricciardo	2	27.802 s
42	Felipe Nasr	5	35.546 s
43	Lewis Hamilton	2	24.088 s
43	Sebastian Vettel	3	24.158 s
43	Pastor Maldonado	3	25.054 s
43	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	26.840 s
44	Jenson Button	3	24.862 s
50	Daniel Ricciardo	3	24.495 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	49	1:40.666
2	Lewis Hamilton	48	1:40.738	+0.072
3	Sebastian Vettel	52	1:41.330	+0.664
4	Daniel Ricciardo	53	1:41.980	+1.314
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	51	1:42.660	+1.994
6	Pastor Maldonado	51	1:42.849	+2.183
7	Sergio Pérez	54	1:43.010	+2.344
8	Jenson Button	50	1:43.026	+2.360
9	Max Verstappen	51	1:43.172	+2.506
10	Daniil Kvyat	41	1:43.728	+3.062

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	327
2	Sebastian Vettel	251
3	Nico Rosberg	247
4	Kimi Räikkönen	123
5	Valtteri Bottas	111
6	Felipe Massa	109
7	Daniil Kvyat	76
8	Daniel Ricciardo	74
9	Sergio Pérez	64
10	Max Verstappen	45	▲2

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	574
2	Ferrari	374
3	Williams	220
4	Red Bull	150
5	Force India	102
6	Lotus	70
7	Toro Rosso	63
8	Sauber	36
9	McLaren	27
10	Marussia	0