2015 Russian Grand Prix

Circuit: Sochi AutodromSochi, Russia
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	53	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	4	53	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	7	53	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	15	53	Finished	12
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	11	53	Finished	10
6	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	12	53	Finished	8
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	14	53	Finished	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	5	53	Finished	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	13	53	Finished	2
10	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	9	53	Finished	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	19	53	Finished	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	3	52	Collision	0
13	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	18	52	Finished	0
14	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	17	51	Finished	0
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	10	47	Suspension	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	20	45	Brakes	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	8	11	Accident	0
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	7	Throttle	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	6	0	Collision	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	16	0	Collision	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. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. 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
Sebastian Vettel	4	2	53
Sergio Perez	7	3	53
Felipe Massa	15	4	53
Daniil Kvyat	11	5	53
Felipe Nasr	12	6	53
Pastor Maldonado	14	7	53
Kimi Raikkonen	5	8	53
Jenson Button	13	9	53
Max Verstappen	9	10	53
Fernando Alonso	19	11	53
Valtteri Bottas	3	12	52
Roberto Merhi	18	13	52
Will Stevens	17	14	51
Daniel Ricciardo	10	15	47
Carlos Sainz	20	DNF	45
Romain Grosjean	8	DNF	11
Nico Rosberg	1	DNF	7
Nico Hulkenberg	6	DNF	0
Marcus Ericsson	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:38.343	1:37.500	1:37.113	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:38.558	1:37.672	1:37.433	+0.320	+0.320
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.448	1:38.194	1:37.912	+0.799	+0.479
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.598	1:38.402	1:37.965	+0.852	+0.053
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:39.207	1:38.224	1:38.348	+1.235	+0.383
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.250	1:38.727	1:38.659	+1.546	+0.311
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.617	1:38.914	1:38.691	+1.578	+0.032
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:39.056	1:38.754	1:38.787	+1.674	+0.096
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:39.411	1:39.119	1:38.924	+1.811	+0.137
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.574	1:39.005	1:39.728	+2.615	+0.804
11	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.580	1:39.214	—	—	—
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:40.042	1:39.323	—	—	—
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.739	1:39.763	—	—	—
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:39.724	1:39.811	—	—	—
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.926	1:39.895	—	—	—
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:40.144	—	—	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:40.660	—	—	—	—
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:43.693	—	—	—	—
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:43.804	—	—	—	—
NC	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	—	—	—	—	—

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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. 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	1	32
Sebastian Vettel	2	53	1	30
Sergio Perez	3	53	1	12
Felipe Massa	4	53	1	30
Daniil Kvyat	5	53	1	33
Felipe Nasr	6	53	1	34
Pastor Maldonado	7	53	1	30
Kimi Raikkonen	8	53	1	31
Jenson Button	9	53	1	12
Max Verstappen	10	53	2	1, 24
Fernando Alonso	11	53	1	13
Valtteri Bottas	12	52	1	26
Roberto Merhi	13	52	1	13
Will Stevens	14	51	2	14, 17
Daniel Ricciardo	15	47	1	12
Carlos Sainz	DNF	45	1	12
Romain Grosjean	DNF	11	1	1
Nico Rosberg	DNF	7	0	None recorded
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	0	0	None recorded

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 4	1 · 2	32 · 30	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 12	32 · 26	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	12 · 2	26 · 30	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	4 · 7	2 · 3	30 · 12	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	2 · 8	30 · 31	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa	7 · 15	3 · 4	12 · 30	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Felipe Massa	11 · 15	5 · 4	33 · 30	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Felipe Massa	14 · 15	7 · 4	30 · 30	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 11	15 · 5	12 · 33	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Felipe Nasr	11 · 12	5 · 6	33 · 34	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Pastor Maldonado	12 · 14	6 · 7	34 · 30	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Jenson Button	12 · 13	6 · 9	34 · 12	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Pastor Maldonado	5 · 14	8 · 7	31 · 30	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Pastor Maldonado	13 · 14	9 · 7	12 · 30	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	5 · 13	8 · 9	31 · 12	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Jenson Button	9 · 13	10 · 9	1 · 12	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Fernando Alonso	9 · 19	10 · 11	1 · 13	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	9 · 10	10 · 15	1 · 12	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Fernando Alonso	3 · 19	12 · 11	26 · 13	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Roberto Merhi · Fernando Alonso	18 · 19	13 · 11	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Roberto Merhi	3 · 18	12 · 13	26 · 13	Roberto Merhi	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Roberto Merhi	17 · 18	14 · 13	14 · 13	Roberto Merhi	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Will Stevens	10 · 17	15 · 14	12 · 14	Daniel Ricciardo	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	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:44.355	—	—	11
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:44.407	+0.052	+0.052	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:44.986	+0.631	+0.579	15
4	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:45.146	+0.791	+0.160	11
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:45.233	+0.878	+0.087	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:45.488	+1.133	+0.255	13
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:45.691	+1.336	+0.203	10
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:45.746	+1.391	+0.055	13
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:46.203	+1.848	+0.457	13
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:46.215	+1.860	+0.012	16
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:46.231	+1.876	+0.016	12
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:46.333	+1.978	+0.102	12
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:46.747	+2.392	+0.414	13
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:47.443	+3.088	+0.696	16
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:48.006	+3.651	+0.563	9
16	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:48.096	+3.741	+0.090	9
17	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:49.094	+4.739	+0.998	9
18	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:52.994	+8.639	+3.900	12
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:54.272	+9.917	+1.278	12
20	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:58.254	+13.899	+3.982	6

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	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	2:00.458	—	—	6
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	2:00.659	+0.201	+0.201	8
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	2:00.688	+0.230	+0.029	8
4	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	2:00.806	+0.348	+0.118	7
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	2:01.077	+0.619	+0.271	12
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	2:01.418	+0.960	+0.341	6
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	2:02.805	+2.347	+1.387	7
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	2:02.845	+2.387	+0.040	8
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	—	—	—	6
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	—	—	—	3
11	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	3
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	—	—	—	3
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	—	—	—	3
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	—	—	—	1

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	1:38.561	—	—	15
2	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.287	+0.726	+0.726	17
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.363	+0.802	+0.076	13
4	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.616	+1.055	+0.253	14
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.875	+1.314	+0.259	14
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.917	+1.356	+0.042	14
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:40.581	+2.020	+0.664	12
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:40.767	+2.206	+0.186	13
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:41.200	+2.639	+0.433	11
10	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.229	+2.668	+0.029	14
11	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:41.358	+2.797	+0.129	15
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:42.297	+3.736	+0.939	11
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:42.371	+3.810	+0.074	14
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:42.450	+3.889	+0.079	14
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:42.683	+4.122	+0.233	19
16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:42.686	+4.125	+0.003	11
17	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:43.089	+4.528	+0.403	16
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:43.347	+4.786	+0.258	14
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:46.767	+8.206	+3.420	19
20	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:47.249	+8.688	+0.482	18

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2015
Grand Prix: Russian Grand Prix
Dates: 11 Oct 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.