Race · Round 16 of 19 ·
2015 United States Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Circuit of The Americas. 8 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Sir Lewis Hamilton.
- Circuit
- Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas, United States of America
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- Pole
- Nico Rosberg
- Fastest lap
- Nico Rosberg
- Entries
- 2012 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W06 | 2 | 56 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | F1 W06 | 1 | 56 | Finished | 18 | fastest lap |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | SF15-T | 13 | 56 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR10 | 8 | 56 | Finished | 12 | |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Force India | — | 5 | 56 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | MP4-30 | 11 | 56 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR10 | 20 | 56 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | E23 | 12 | 56 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | C34 | 15 | 56 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | RB11 | 3 | 56 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | MP4-30 | 9 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Alexander Rossi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | MR03B | 17 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | RB11 | 4 | 41 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | — | 6 | 35 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | C34 | 14 | 25 | Electrical | 0 | |
| DNF | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | SF15-T | 18 | 25 | Brakes | 0 | |
| DNF | Felipe Massa | Williams | FW37 | 7 | 23 | Suspension | 0 | |
| DNF | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | E23 | 10 | 10 | Brakes | 0 | |
| DNF | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | FW37 | 16 | 5 | Suspension | 0 | |
| DNF | Will Stevens | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | MR03B | 19 | 1 | Collision damage | 0 |
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 1:56.671 | 1:56.824 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:56.871 | 1:56.929 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:56.495 | 1:57.969 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 26 | 1:57.640 | 1:58.434 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 2:00.950 | 1:58.596 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:59.284 | 1:59.210 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 1:58.325 | 1:59.333 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:58.198 | 1:59.703 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 2:00.902 | 1:59.999 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 33 | 1:58.689 | 2:00.199 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:59.704 | 2:00.265 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | 1:59.569 | 2:00.334 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 2:00.236 | 2:00.595 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 2:00.261 | 2:01.193 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 13 | 2:00.844 | 2:01.604 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 2:02.212 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 12 | 2:03.194 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Alexander Rossi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 53 | 2:04.176 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 28 | 2:04.526 | — | — | — | — |
| NC | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 2:07.304 | — | — | — | — |
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.
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 | 19 · 18 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Daniel Ricciardo | 2 · 3 | 1 · 10 | 18 · 19 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel | 1 · 13 | 2 · 3 | 19 · 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Max Verstappen · Sebastian Vettel | 8 · 13 | 4 · 3 | 18 · 18 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Pastor Maldonado · Sebastian Vettel | 12 · 13 | 8 · 3 | 18 · 18 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Sergio Perez · Max Verstappen | 5 · 8 | 5 · 4 | 19 · 18 | Max Verstappen | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Fernando Alonso | 8 · 9 | 4 · 11 | 18 · 1 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Jenson Button | 5 · 11 | 5 · 6 | 19 · 17 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Carlos Sainz | 11 · 20 | 6 · 7 | 17 · 19 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Pastor Maldonado | 11 · 12 | 6 · 8 | 17 · 18 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Pastor Maldonado · Carlos Sainz | 12 · 20 | 8 · 7 | 18 · 19 | Pastor Maldonado | Swapped places |
| Pastor Maldonado · Felipe Nasr | 12 · 15 | 8 · 9 | 18 · 2 | Felipe Nasr | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Felipe Nasr | 3 · 15 | 10 · 9 | 19 · 2 | Felipe Nasr | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Fernando Alonso | 3 · 9 | 10 · 11 | 19 · 1 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Alexander Rossi | 9 · 17 | 11 · 12 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
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 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 1:53.989 | — | — | 7 |
| 2 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 26 | 1:55.224 | +1.235 | +1.235 | 6 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:55.592 | +1.603 | +0.368 | 10 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 1:55.667 | +1.678 | +0.075 | 8 |
| 5 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:55.693 | +1.704 | +0.026 | 4 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:55.710 | +1.721 | +0.017 | 10 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 33 | 1:55.969 | +1.980 | +0.259 | 7 |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:56.326 | +2.337 | +0.357 | 10 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:56.839 | +2.850 | +0.513 | 18 |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | 1:56.866 | +2.877 | +0.027 | 15 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:57.081 | +3.092 | +0.215 | 13 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:57.139 | +3.150 | +0.058 | 4 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 1:57.495 | +3.506 | +0.356 | 20 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 1:57.518 | +3.529 | +0.023 | 4 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:58.319 | +4.330 | +0.801 | 10 |
| 16 | Raffaele Marciello (never started a Grand Prix) | Sauber | 36 | 1:59.431 | +5.442 | +1.112 | 19 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:59.743 | +5.754 | +0.312 | 18 |
| 18 | Alexander Rossi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 53 | 2:01.154 | +7.165 | +1.411 | 11 |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 28 | 2:01.907 | +7.918 | +0.753 | 13 |
| 20 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:59.517 | — | — | 9 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 2:00.380 | +0.863 | +0.863 | 9 |
| 3 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 2:00.496 | +0.979 | +0.116 | 12 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | 2:00.523 | +1.006 | +0.027 | 14 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 2:00.687 | +1.170 | +0.164 | 11 |
| 6 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 26 | 2:00.694 | +1.177 | +0.007 | 12 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 2:00.785 | +1.268 | +0.091 | 9 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 2:01.008 | +1.491 | +0.223 | 12 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 2:01.474 | +1.957 | +0.466 | 7 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 2:02.199 | +2.682 | +0.725 | 13 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 2:02.660 | +3.143 | +0.461 | 12 |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 2:02.825 | +3.308 | +0.165 | 10 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 13 | 2:02.921 | +3.404 | +0.096 | 11 |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 2:03.375 | +3.858 | +0.454 | 9 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 2:04.399 | +4.882 | +1.024 | 13 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 2:05.283 | +5.766 | +0.884 | 7 |
| 17 | Will Stevens | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 28 | 2:05.378 | +5.861 | +0.095 | 10 |
| 18 | Alexander Rossi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 53 | 2:05.607 | +6.090 | +0.229 | 10 |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 12 | 2:06.792 | +7.275 | +1.185 | 10 |
| 20 | Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 33 | 2:09.994 | +10.477 | +3.202 | 7 |
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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Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid
Lewis Hamilton 2015 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari SF15-T
Sebastian Vettel 2015 Malaysia FP2 3 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Toro Rosso STR10
Carlos Sainz Jr 2015 Malaysia FP3 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4-30
Jenson Button 2015 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Lotus E23 Hybrid
Romain Grosjean 2015 Malaysia FP1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Sauber C34
Raffaele Marciello 2015 Malaysia FP1 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Red Bull RB11
Daniel Ricciardo b · Veilleux79 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Marussia MR03
Jules Bianchi Bahreïn 2014 · Habeed Hameed · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Williams FW37
Felipe Massa 2015 Malaysia FP3 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 16 of 2015
- Grand Prix
- United States Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
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- 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.