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2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix

11 Oct 2015Sochi Olympic Park309.745 km (5848 m x 53 Laps - 199 m)

 Pole Position: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid, 1:37.113 (216.786 km/h) Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari SF15-T, 1:40.071 (210.378 km/h lap 51) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37:11.024 191.232 km/h 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:37:16.977 191.037 km/h 3 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:37:39.942 190.288 km/h 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37:49.855 189.967 km/h 5 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:37:58.590 189.685 km/h 6 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:38:07.532 189.397 km/h 7 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38:12.112 189.249 km/h 8 7 Kimi Räikkönen* Ferrari SF15-T 1:38:23.382 188.888 km/h 9 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:38:30.491 188.661 km/h 10 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38:39.448 188.376 km/h 11 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:38:42.234 188.287 km/h 12 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 52 Collision with Räikkönen 13 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari -1 Lap 14 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari -2 Laps 15 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 47 Suspension Did Not Finish: 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 45 Brakes 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 11 Spun off 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 7 Throttle 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 0 Collision with Ericsson 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 0 Collision with Hülkenberg Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1-7 7 1-3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 8-53 46 12-16 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.071 210.378 51 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:40.294 209.910 48 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:40.573 209.328 44 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:40.881 208.689 48 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:41.134 208.167 45 6 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.372 207.678 52 7 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.507 207.402 52 8 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:41.520 207.375 51 9 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:41.772 206.862 48 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.888 206.626 43 11 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42.258 205.879 44 12 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42.639 205.115 29 13 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:43.068 204.261 53 14 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:43.133 204.132 6 15 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:43.265 203.871 45 16 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:44.926 200.644 50 17 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:45.049 200.409 50 18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:45.266 199.996 7 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.113 216.786 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.433 216.074 Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.912 215.017 Williams Martini Racing 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.965 214.901 Scuderia Ferrari 5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.348 214.064 Scuderia Ferrari 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.659 213.389 Sahara Force India F1 Team 7 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.691 213.320 Sahara Force India F1 Team 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.787 213.113 Lotus F1 Team 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.924 212.817 Scuderia Toro Rosso 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.728 211.102 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 11 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.214 212.195 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.323 211.962 Sauber F1 Team 13 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.763 211.028 McLaren Honda 14 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.811 210.926 Lotus F1 Team 15 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.895 210.749 Williams Martini Racing 16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:40.144 210.225 McLaren Honda 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40.660 209.147 Sauber F1 Team 18 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.693 203.030 Manor Marussia F1 Team 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.804 202.812 Manor Marussia F1 Team 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault - - Scuderia Toro Rosso Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.113 216.786 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.433 216.074 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.912 215.017 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.965 214.901 5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.348 214.064 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.659 213.389 7 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.691 213.320 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.787 213.113 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.924 212.817 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.728 211.102 11 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.214 212.195 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.323 211.962 13 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.763 211.028 14 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.811 210.926 15 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.895 210.749 16 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40.660 209.147 17 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.693 203.030 18 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.804 202.812 Penalty 19 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:40.144 210.225 Penalty 20 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault - - Penalty 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.343 214.075 6 2 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.448 213.846 10 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.558 213.608 6 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.598 213.521 5 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.926 212.813 9 6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.056 212.534 10 7 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:39.207 212.210 7 8 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:39.250 212.118 9 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.411 211.775 10 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.574 211.428 6 11 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.580 211.415 10 12 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:39.617 211.337 8 13 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.724 211.110 9 14 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.739 211.078 8 15 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40.042 210.439 10 16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:40.144 210.225 7 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:40.660 209.147 9 18 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.693 203.030 9 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:43.804 202.812 8 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.500 215.926 8 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.672 215.545 7 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:38.194 214.400 8 4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.224 214.334 5 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.402 213.946 3 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.727 213.242 6 7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.754 213.184 5 8 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.914 212.839 6 9 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.005 212.643 8 10 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:39.119 212.399 8 11 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.214 212.195 8 12 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:39.323 211.962 8 13 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:39.763 211.028 7 14 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:39.811 210.926 6 15 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.895 210.749 8 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.113 216.786 6 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:37.433 216.074 5 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:37.912 215.017 8 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:37.965 214.901 7 5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:38.348 214.064 6 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.659 213.389 6 7 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:38.691 213.320 5 8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:38.787 213.113 4 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:38.924 212.817 5 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:39.728 211.102 4 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:44.355 201.742 11 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:44.407 201.641 15 3 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:44.986 200.529 15 4 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:45.146 200.224 11 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:45.233 200.058 10 6 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:45.488 199.575 13 7 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:45.691 199.191 10 8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:45.746 199.088 13 9 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:46.203 198.231 13 10 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:46.215 198.209 16 11 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:46.231 198.179 12 12 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:46.333 197.989 12 13 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:46.747 197.221 13 14 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:47.443 195.943 16 15 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:48.006 194.922 9 16 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:48.096 194.760 9 17 30 Jolyon Palmer Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:49.094 192.978 9 18 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:52.994 186.317 12 19 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:54.272 184.234 12 20 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:58.254 178.030 6 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 2:00.458 174.772 6 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 2:00.659 174.481 8 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 2:00.688 174.439 8 4 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 2:00.806 174.269 7 5 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 2:01.077 173.879 12 6 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 2:01.418 173.391 6 7 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 2:02.805 171.432 7 8 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 2:02.845 171.376 8 9 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid - - 6 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari - - 3 11 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid - - 3 12 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes - - 3 13 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes - - 3 14 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault - - 1 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:38.561 213.601 15 2 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.287 212.039 17 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid 1:39.363 211.877 13 4 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:39.616 211.339 14 5 19 Felipe Massa Williams FW37-Mercedes 1:39.875 210.791 14 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India VJM08B-Mercedes 1:39.917 210.702 14 7 22 Jenson Button McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:40.581 209.311 12 8 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:40.767 208.925 13 9 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4/30-Honda 1:41.200 208.031 11 10 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:41.229 207.972 14 11 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:41.358 207.707 15 12 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF15-T 1:42.297 205.800 11 13 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus E23 Hybrid-Mercedes 1:42.371 205.651 14 14 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C34-Ferrari 1:42.450 205.493 14 15 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:42.683 205.027 19 16 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1:42.686 205.021 11 17 33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso STR10-Renault 1:43.089 204.219 16 18 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB11-Renault 1:43.347 203.709 14 19 98 Roberto Merhi Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:46.767 197.184 19 20 28 Will Stevens Marussia MR03B-Ferrari 1:47.249 196.298 18 Notes:
  • Alonso was demoted 25 places on starting grid (used 10th ICE, 9th TC, 9th MGU-H, 7th CE).
  • Merhi was demoted 20 places on starting grid (used 5th ICE, 5th TC, 5th MGU-H).
  • Alonso was demoted 10 places on starting grid (used 10th TC, 10th MGU-H).
  • Sainz was demoted 20 places on starting grid (used 7th ICE, 6th TC, gearbox change).
  • Sainz was allowed to start as he had set satisfactory times in practice.
  • Sainz got 5 second penalty (crossed the white line at pit entry).
  • Alonso got 5 second penalty (leaving the track and gaining an advantage).
  • Räikkönen got 30 seconds added to his race result (causing a collision with Bottas).
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Dry.
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