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2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix

29 Mar 2015Sepang310.408 km (5543 m x 56 Laps)

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 1:49.834 (181.681 km/h) Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 1:42.062 (195.516 km/h lap 43) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:41:05.793 184.224 km/h 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:41:14.362 183.964 km/h 3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:41:18.103 183.851 km/h 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:41:59.615 182.604 km/h 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:42:16.202 182.110 km/h 6 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:42:19.379 182.016 km/h 7 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42:43.555 181.302 km/h 8 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault -1 Lap 9 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault -1 Lap 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault -1 Lap 11 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes -1 Lap 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari -1 Lap 13 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes -1 Lap 14 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes -1 Lap 15 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari -3 Laps Did Not Finish: 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 47 Brakes 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 41 Turbo 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 21 Power unit 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 3 Spun off Did Not Start: 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari Fuel system Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1-3 10 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 4-17 46 4-6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 18-23 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 24-37 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 38 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 39-56 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:42.062 195.516 43 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:43.125 193.501 45 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:43.648 192.524 46 4 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:43.902 192.054 45 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:43.990 191.891 40 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:44.088 191.710 42 7 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:44.124 191.644 40 8 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:44.514 190.929 41 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:44.579 190.810 42 10 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:44.812 190.386 36 11 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:44.822 190.368 46 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:45.070 189.919 38 13 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:45.312 189.482 42 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:45.345 189.423 37 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:45.507 189.132 37 16 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:46.056 188.153 38 17 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:48.460 183.983 17 18 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:48.760 183.475 3 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:49.040 183.004 44 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:49.834 181.681 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:49.908 181.559 Scuderia Ferrari 3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:50.299 180.915 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.541 178.901 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 5 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.950 178.247 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 6 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:51.980 178.199 Scuderia Toro Rosso 7 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:52.473 177.418 Williams Martini Racing 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:52.980 176.622 Lotus F1 Team 9 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:53.179 176.311 Williams Martini Racing 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:53.260 176.185 Sauber F1 Team 11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:42.173 195.304 Scuderia Ferrari 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.197 195.258 Lotus F1 Team 13 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.022 193.694 Sahara Force India F1 Team 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.468 192.859 Sahara Force India F1 Team 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:43.700 192.428 Scuderia Toro Rosso 16 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.308 196.971 Sauber F1 Team 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.635 196.337 McLaren Honda 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.745 196.125 McLaren Honda 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.677 187.058 Manor Marussia F1 Team Not Present: 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari - - Manor Marussia F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:49.834 181.681 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:49.908 181.559 3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:50.299 180.915 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.541 178.901 5 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.950 178.247 6 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:51.980 178.199 7 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:52.473 177.418 8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:53.179 176.311 9 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:53.260 176.185 10 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:52.980 176.622 Penalty 11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:42.173 195.304 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.197 195.258 13 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.022 193.694 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.468 192.859 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:43.700 192.428 16 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.308 196.971 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.635 196.337 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.745 196.125 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.677 187.058 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.269 201.017 3 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.373 200.807 3 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:39.813 199.921 3 4 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.813 199.921 6 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.248 199.054 4 6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:40.303 198.945 8 7 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40.340 198.871 8 8 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:40.361 198.830 8 9 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.415 198.723 4 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:40.504 198.547 6 11 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.543 198.470 7 12 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:40.546 198.464 6 13 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:40.793 197.978 6 14 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:40.830 197.905 6 15 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:41.036 197.501 8 16 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.308 196.971 7 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.635 196.337 8 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.745 196.125 8 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.677 187.058 7 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.376 200.800 3 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:39.632 200.285 3 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.650 198.259 3 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.084 197.408 3 5 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.209 197.164 3 6 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:41.230 197.123 3 7 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.430 196.734 3 8 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:41.516 196.568 3 9 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.665 196.279 3 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.748 196.119 3 11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:42.173 195.304 3 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.197 195.258 3 13 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.022 193.694 3 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.468 192.859 3 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:43.700 192.428 3 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:49.834 181.681 7 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:49.908 181.559 7 3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:50.299 180.915 7 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.541 178.901 7 5 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:51.950 178.247 7 6 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:51.980 178.199 7 7 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:52.473 177.418 7 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:52.980 176.622 7 9 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:53.179 176.311 7 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:53.260 176.185 7 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:40.124 199.300 20 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.497 198.561 17 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.985 197.601 13 4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.543 196.515 14 5 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.596 196.413 26 6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.787 196.044 15 7 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.803 196.013 23 8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:41.882 195.861 23 9 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:42.055 195.529 18 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:42.064 195.512 16 11 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:42.103 195.437 23 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.567 194.553 19 13 36 Raffaele Marciello Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:42.621 194.451 13 14 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:42.885 193.952 20 15 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.893 193.937 13 16 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.054 193.634 15 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:43.100 193.548 19 18 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.686 187.042 8 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:47.683 185.310 8 20 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid - - 4 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.790 199.967 16 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.163 199.223 29 3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:40.218 199.113 26 4 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:40.346 198.859 17 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.450 198.654 31 6 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.560 198.436 27 7 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.652 198.255 29 8 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.220 197.142 30 9 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.261 197.063 30 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.799 196.021 8 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.877 195.871 15 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.988 195.658 30 13 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.242 195.172 24 14 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42.291 195.078 31 15 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.330 195.004 28 16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:42.506 194.669 25 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:42.637 194.421 24 18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.948 193.833 7 19 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:45.704 188.779 12 20 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:47.229 186.095 6 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.690 200.168 13 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.873 199.801 10 3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.245 199.060 9 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.266 199.018 13 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.391 198.770 14 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.406 198.741 15 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:40.590 198.377 19 8 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:40.601 198.355 19 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:40.989 197.593 18 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.200 197.181 19 11 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.206 197.170 16 12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.592 196.420 18 13 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.775 196.067 14 14 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:41.804 196.011 15 15 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.991 195.652 13 16 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.099 195.445 14 17 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:42.117 195.411 18 18 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:42.319 195.025 13 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.647 187.110 9 20 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:47.059 186.390 6 Notes:
  • Grosjean was demoted 2 places on starting grid (failing to leave the pit lane in the order arrived in during qualifying).
  • Merhi and Stevens were allowed to start as they had set satisfactory times in practice.
  • Maldonado got 10 second penalty (failing to stay above required lap time during safety car period).
  • Hülkenberg got 10 second penalty (causing a collision with Kvyat).
  • Pérez got 10 second penalty (causing a collision with Grosjean).
  • Weather: Overcast, Very hot, Dry.