2015 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2020 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	53	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	53	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	4	53	Finished	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	6	53	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	3	53	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	13	53	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	8	53	Finished	6
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	11	53	Finished	4
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	17	53	Finished	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	10	52	Finished	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	12	52	Finished	0
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	9	52	Finished	0
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	PL	52	Finished	0
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	15	52	Finished	0
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	7	52	Finished	0
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	14	52	Finished	0
17	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	5	51	Finished	0
18	Alexander Rossi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	51	Finished	0
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	18	50	Finished	0
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	16	49	Mechanical	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	53
Nico Rosberg	1	2	53
Sebastian Vettel	4	3	53
Kimi Raikkonen	6	4	53
Valtteri Bottas	3	5	53
Nico Hulkenberg	13	6	53
Romain Grosjean	8	7	53
Pastor Maldonado	11	8	53
Max Verstappen	17	9	53
Carlos Sainz	10	10	52
Fernando Alonso	12	11	52
Sergio Perez	9	12	52
Daniil Kvyat	PL	13	52
Marcus Ericsson	15	14	52
Daniel Ricciardo	7	15	52
Jenson Button	14	16	52
Felipe Massa	5	17	51
Alexander Rossi	19	18	51
Will Stevens	18	19	50
Felipe Nasr	16	20	49

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.015	1:32.632	1:32.584	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.844	1:32.789	1:32.660	+0.076	+0.076
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.326	1:33.416	1:33.024	+0.440	+0.364
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.431	1:33.844	1:33.245	+0.661	+0.221
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.744	1:33.377	1:33.337	+0.753	+0.092
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.171	1:33.361	1:33.347	+0.763	+0.010
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.399	1:34.153	1:33.497	+0.913	+0.150
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:34.398	1:34.278	1:33.967	+1.383	+0.470
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.001	1:34.174	—	—	—
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:34.646	1:34.201	—	—	—
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.328	1:34.390	—	—	—
12	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.873	1:34.453	—	—	—
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:34.796	1:34.497	—	—	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:35.467	1:34.785	—	—	—
15	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:34.522	—	—	—	—
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.664	—	—	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.673	—	—	—	—
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.760	—	—	—	—
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:38.783	—	—	—	—
NC	Alexander Rossi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	53	1:47.114	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	53	2	16, 31
Nico Rosberg	2	53	2	15, 29
Sebastian Vettel	3	53	2	13, 30
Kimi Raikkonen	4	53	2	14, 28
Valtteri Bottas	5	53	2	11, 29
Nico Hulkenberg	6	53	2	10, 31
Romain Grosjean	7	53	2	11, 33
Pastor Maldonado	8	53	2	12, 36
Max Verstappen	9	53	2	9, 30
Carlos Sainz	10	52	2	14, 27
Fernando Alonso	11	52	2	9, 28
Sergio Perez	12	52	3	1, 18, 36
Daniil Kvyat	13	52	3	8, 20, 34
Marcus Ericsson	14	52	2	13, 26
Daniel Ricciardo	15	52	2	1, 24
Jenson Button	16	52	2	10, 27
Felipe Massa	17	51	3	1, 16, 34
Alexander Rossi	18	51	2	22, 33
Will Stevens	19	50	3	21, 32, 42
Felipe Nasr	20	49	2	10, 30

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	15 · 16	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 5	16 · 11	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 4	2 · 3	15 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	5 · 3	11 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 6	3 · 4	13 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	3 · 17	13 · 1	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 6	5 · 4	11 · 14	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	17 · 4	1 · 14	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	4 · 15	14 · 1	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Nico Hulkenberg	3 · 13	5 · 6	11 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 13	7 · 6	11 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	11 · 6	9 · 10	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jenson Button	13 · 14	6 · 16	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	7 · 8	15 · 7	1 · 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Pastor Maldonado	8 · 11	7 · 8	11 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	8 · 9	7 · 12	11 · 1	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Pastor Maldonado	10 · 11	10 · 8	14 · 12	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Max Verstappen	11 · 17	8 · 9	12 · 9	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Fernando Alonso	11 · 12	8 · 11	12 · 9	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Max Verstappen	10 · 17	10 · 9	14 · 9	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Max Verstappen	16 · 17	20 · 9	10 · 9	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Will Stevens	17 · 18	9 · 19	9 · 21	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	9 · 10	12 · 10	1 · 14	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Fernando Alonso	10 · 12	10 · 11	14 · 9	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	9 · 12	12 · 11	1 · 9	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Marcus Ericsson	7 · 15	15 · 14	1 · 13	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Marcus Ericsson	14 · 15	16 · 14	10 · 13	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Felipe Nasr	15 · 16	14 · 20	13 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jenson Button	7 · 14	15 · 16	1 · 10	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Jenson Button	5 · 14	17 · 16	1 · 10	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Alexander Rossi	5 · 19	17 · 18	1 · 22	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Alexander Rossi	18 · 19	19 · 18	21 · 22	Will Stevens	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Will Stevens	16 · 18	20 · 19	10 · 21	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:49.434	—	—	10
2	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:49.938	+0.504	+0.504	7
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:50.077	+0.643	+0.139	14
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:50.519	+1.085	+0.442	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:50.722	+1.288	+0.203	6
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:50.940	+1.506	+0.218	10
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:51.212	+1.778	+0.272	15
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:52.288	+2.854	+1.076	12
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:53.820	+4.386	+1.532	12
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:53.964	+4.530	+0.144	14
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:54.013	+4.579	+0.049	9
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:55.678	+6.244	+1.665	6
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	—	—	—	1
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	—	—	—	4
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	—	—	—	3
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	5
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	—	—	—	1
18	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	—	—	—	1
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	—	—	—	3
20	Alexander Rossi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	53	—	—	—	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:48.277	—	—	6
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:48.300	+0.023	+0.023	8
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:48.853	+0.576	+0.553	8
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.097	+0.820	+0.244	10
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:50.268	+1.991	+1.171	19
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:50.319	+2.042	+0.051	16
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:50.418	+2.141	+0.099	6
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:50.542	+2.265	+0.124	5
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:50.968	+2.691	+0.426	10
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:51.557	+3.280	+0.589	7
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:51.674	+3.397	+0.117	11
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:51.861	+3.584	+0.187	9
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:51.934	+3.657	+0.073	12
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:52.070	+3.793	+0.136	8
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:52.534	+4.257	+0.464	6
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:52.765	+4.488	+0.231	6
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:55.239	+6.962	+2.474	10
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:58.059	+9.782	+2.820	6
19	Alexander Rossi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	53	1:59.419	+11.142	+1.360	7

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.995	—	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.292	+0.297	+0.297	20
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.497	+0.502	+0.205	22
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.797	+0.802	+0.300	27
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.934	+0.939	+0.137	25
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.082	+1.087	+0.148	16
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:35.160	+1.165	+0.078	26
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.222	+1.227	+0.062	16
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.602	+1.607	+0.380	20
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.963	+1.968	+0.361	29
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.110	+2.115	+0.147	19
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.174	+2.179	+0.064	15
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.199	+2.204	+0.025	19
14	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:36.294	+2.299	+0.095	23
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:36.307	+2.312	+0.013	21
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.360	+2.365	+0.053	18
17	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.430	+2.435	+0.070	21
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:36.919	+2.924	+0.489	24
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:39.653	+5.658	+2.734	24
20	Alexander Rossi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	53	1:39.819	+5.824	+0.166	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 2015
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Sep 2015
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.