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2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

12 Apr 2015Shanghai305.066 km (5451 m x 56 Laps - 190 m)

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 1:35.782 (204.877 km/h) Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 1:42.208 (191.996 km/h lap 31) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39:42.008 183.590 km/h 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39:42.722 183.568 km/h 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:39:44.996 183.498 km/h 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:39:45.843 183.472 km/h 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39:50.552 183.328 km/h 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39:51.893 183.287 km/h 7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:40:01.016 183.008 km/h 8 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40:04.633 182.898 km/h 9 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:40:14.125 182.609 km/h 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari -1 Lap 11 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes -1 Lap 12 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda -1 Lap 13 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault -1 Lap 14 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda -1 Lap 15 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari -2 Laps 16 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari -2 Laps 17 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 52 Transmission Did Not Finish: 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 49 Brakes 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 15 Engine 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 9 Gearbox Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1-13 53 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 14-15 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 16-33 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 34 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 35-56 53-56 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:42.208 191.996 31 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:42.565 191.328 39 3 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42.652 191.166 41 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:42.734 191.013 37 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:43.018 190.487 15 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:43.026 190.472 48 7 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:43.051 190.426 37 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:43.134 190.272 34 9 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:43.245 190.068 46 10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:43.512 189.578 44 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:43.686 189.259 37 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:43.692 189.248 46 13 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:43.728 189.183 40 14 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:43.880 188.906 46 15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:44.204 188.319 32 16 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:44.991 186.907 21 17 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:45.414 186.157 40 18 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:45.844 185.401 6 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:45.963 185.192 43 20 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:46.291 184.621 13 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.782 204.877 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.824 204.787 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:36.687 202.960 Scuderia Ferrari 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:36.954 202.401 Williams Martini Racing 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.143 202.007 Williams Martini Racing 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.232 201.822 Scuderia Ferrari 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:37.540 201.185 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:37.905 200.435 Lotus F1 Team 9 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.067 200.104 Sauber F1 Team 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.158 199.918 Sauber F1 Team 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.134 199.967 Lotus F1 Team 12 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.209 199.814 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 13 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.393 199.441 Scuderia Toro Rosso 14 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.538 199.147 Scuderia Toro Rosso 15 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.290 197.639 Sahara Force India F1 Team 16 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.216 197.786 Sahara Force India F1 Team 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.276 197.667 McLaren Honda 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.280 197.659 McLaren Honda 19 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.091 192.216 Manor Marussia F1 Team 20 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.842 190.813 Manor Marussia F1 Team Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.782 204.877 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.824 204.787 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:36.687 202.960 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:36.954 202.401 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.143 202.007 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.232 201.822 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:37.540 201.185 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:37.905 200.435 9 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.067 200.104 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.158 199.918 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.134 199.967 12 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.209 199.814 13 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.393 199.441 14 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.538 199.147 15 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.290 197.639 16 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.216 197.786 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.276 197.667 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.280 197.659 19 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.091 192.216 20 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.842 190.813 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.502 201.263 8 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.790 200.670 8 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.014 200.212 3 4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.209 199.814 8 5 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.285 199.660 3 6 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.387 199.453 8 7 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.433 199.359 3 8 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.496 199.232 3 9 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.521 199.181 7 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.534 199.155 6 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.563 199.097 7 12 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.622 198.977 8 13 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:38.903 198.412 7 14 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.941 198.336 6 15 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.051 198.116 8 16 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.216 197.786 6 17 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.276 197.667 6 18 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.280 197.659 8 19 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.091 192.216 6 20 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.842 190.813 8 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:36.423 203.515 3 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:36.747 202.834 3 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:36.957 202.394 3 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.109 202.078 3 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.357 201.563 6 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.763 200.726 6 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:37.939 200.365 6 8 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.017 200.206 6 9 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.063 200.112 6 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.127 199.981 6 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.134 199.967 6 12 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.209 199.814 5 13 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.393 199.441 6 14 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.538 199.147 6 15 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.290 197.639 3 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.782 204.877 6 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:35.824 204.787 6 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:36.687 202.960 6 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:36.954 202.401 6 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.143 202.007 6 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.232 201.822 6 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:37.540 201.185 6 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:37.905 200.435 6 9 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.067 200.104 3 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38.158 199.918 3 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.033 198.152 21 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.574 197.075 21 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.157 195.928 18 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.661 194.947 27 5 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.012 194.269 18 6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.029 194.237 21 7 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.097 194.106 24 8 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.112 194.077 23 9 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:41.303 193.711 23 10 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:41.304 193.710 17 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.335 193.650 23 12 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:41.575 193.193 28 13 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.845 192.681 19 14 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.918 192.543 24 15 30 Jolyon Palmer Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.967 192.450 25 16 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.141 192.122 22 17 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:42.161 192.085 20 18 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:42.184 192.041 19 19 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:45.379 186.219 18 20 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.443 184.357 20 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.219 201.849 32 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.662 200.933 35 3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.311 199.607 24 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.339 199.550 30 5 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.399 199.428 35 6 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:38.737 198.746 10 7 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.850 198.518 27 8 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.032 198.154 26 9 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.142 197.934 32 10 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.275 197.669 29 11 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.444 197.333 30 12 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.743 196.741 27 13 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.751 196.725 33 14 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.894 196.444 32 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.971 196.292 28 16 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:40.151 195.940 28 17 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.423 195.409 7 18 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:40.868 194.547 24 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.973 190.570 27 20 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:44.564 187.670 8 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.615 201.030 14 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.841 200.566 16 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.313 199.603 17 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.512 199.200 16 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.020 198.178 8 6 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.106 198.006 14 7 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.113 197.992 17 8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.243 197.732 15 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.274 197.671 19 10 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.405 197.410 14 11 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.410 197.400 17 12 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.513 197.196 14 13 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.559 197.105 18 14 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.591 197.041 19 15 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.694 196.838 16 16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.766 196.696 16 17 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08-Mercedes 1:39.781 196.666 17 18 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:42.928 190.653 15 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:44.956 186.969 9 20 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda - - 1 Notes:
  • Button got 5 second penalty (causing a collision with Maldonado).
  • Merhi got 5 second penalty (failing to stay above required lap time during safety car period).
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.