2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

Circuit: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Sebastian VettelFerrari
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	2	56	Finished	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	56	Finished	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	3	56	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	11	56	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	8	56	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	7	56	Finished	8
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	6	56	Finished	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	15	55	Finished	4
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	5	55	Finished	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	4	55	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	10	55	Finished	0
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	16	55	Finished	0
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	14	55	Finished	0
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	13	55	Finished	0
15	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	53	Finished	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	12	47	Brakes	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	17	41	Turbo	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	18	21	Power unit	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	9	3	Spun off	0
DNS	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	20	—	Fuel system	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
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	2	56
Nico Rosberg	3	3	56
Kimi Raikkonen	11	4	56
Valtteri Bottas	8	5	56
Felipe Massa	7	6	56
Max Verstappen	6	7	56
Carlos Sainz	15	8	55
Daniil Kvyat	5	9	55
Daniel Ricciardo	4	10	55
Romain Grosjean	10	11	55
Felipe Nasr	16	12	55
Sergio Perez	14	13	55
Nico Hulkenberg	13	14	55
Roberto Merhi	19	15	53
Pastor Maldonado	12	DNF	47
Jenson Button	17	DNF	41
Fernando Alonso	18	DNF	21
Marcus Ericsson	9	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.269	1:41.517	1:49.834	—	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:39.814	1:39.632	1:49.908	+0.074	+0.074
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:39.374	1:39.377	1:50.299	+0.465	+0.391
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:40.504	1:41.085	1:51.541	+1.707	+1.242
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:40.546	1:41.665	1:51.951	+2.117	+0.410
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:40.793	1:41.430	1:51.981	+2.147	+0.030
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:40.543	1:41.230	1:52.473	+2.639	+0.492
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:40.303	1:41.209	1:52.981	+3.147	+0.508
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:40.249	1:40.650	1:53.179	+3.345	+0.198
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:40.340	1:41.748	1:53.261	+3.427	+0.082
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.415	1:42.173	—	—	—
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:40.361	1:42.198	—	—	—
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:40.830	1:43.023	—	—	—
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:41.036	1:43.469	—	—	—
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:39.814	1:43.701	—	—	—
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.308	—	—	—	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:41.636	—	—	—	—
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:41.746	—	—	—	—
NC	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:46.677	—	—	—	—
NC	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	—	—	—	—	—

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
Sebastian Vettel	1	56	2	17, 37
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	56	3	4, 24, 38
Nico Rosberg	3	56	3	4, 26, 41
Kimi Raikkonen	4	56	3	2, 14, 34
Valtteri Bottas	5	56	3	4, 25, 40
Felipe Massa	6	56	3	4, 24, 38
Max Verstappen	7	56	3	4, 20, 40
Carlos Sainz	8	55	2	14, 32
Daniil Kvyat	9	55	3	4, 21, 39
Daniel Ricciardo	10	55	3	4, 18, 34
Romain Grosjean	11	55	3	15, 26, 34
Felipe Nasr	12	55	4	2, 20, 30, 43
Sergio Perez	13	55	2	17, 35
Nico Hulkenberg	14	55	3	15, 31, 44
Roberto Merhi	15	53	3	5, 22, 42
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	47	3	1, 18, 33
Jenson Button	DNF	41	3	4, 21, 35
Fernando Alonso	DNF	21	1	4
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	3	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	1 · 2	2 · 1	4 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg	2 · 3	1 · 3	17 · 4	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 3	2 · 3	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 11	3 · 4	4 · 2	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 4	3 · 10	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 11	5 · 4	4 · 2	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 11	11 · 4	15 · 2	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas	7 · 8	6 · 5	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Felipe Massa	6 · 7	7 · 6	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Max Verstappen	5 · 6	9 · 7	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Carlos Sainz	6 · 15	7 · 8	4 · 14	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Carlos Sainz	5 · 15	9 · 8	4 · 14	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	14 · 15	13 · 8	17 · 14	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Felipe Nasr	15 · 16	8 · 12	14 · 2	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Daniil Kvyat	4 · 5	10 · 9	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	4 · 10	10 · 11	4 · 15	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Felipe Nasr	10 · 16	11 · 12	15 · 2	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Felipe Nasr	14 · 16	13 · 12	17 · 2	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	13 · 14	14 · 13	15 · 17	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Roberto Merhi	13 · 19	14 · 15	15 · 5	Roberto Merhi	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 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:40.124	—	—	20
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.497	+0.373	+0.373	17
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.985	+0.861	+0.488	13
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:41.543	+1.419	+0.558	14
5	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:41.596	+1.472	+0.053	26
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.787	+1.663	+0.191	15
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:41.803	+1.679	+0.016	23
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:41.882	+1.758	+0.079	23
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:42.055	+1.931	+0.173	18
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:42.064	+1.940	+0.009	16
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:42.103	+1.979	+0.039	23
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:42.567	+2.443	+0.464	19
13	Raffaele Marciello (never started a Grand Prix)	Sauber	36	1:42.621	+2.497	+0.054	13
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.885	+2.761	+0.264	20
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.893	+2.769	+0.008	13
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:43.054	+2.930	+0.161	15
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:43.100	+2.976	+0.046	19
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:46.686	+6.562	+3.586	8
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:47.683	+7.559	+0.997	8
20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	4

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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.790	—	—	16
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.163	+0.373	+0.373	29
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:40.218	+0.428	+0.055	26
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:40.346	+0.556	+0.128	17
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:40.450	+0.660	+0.104	31
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:40.560	+0.770	+0.110	27
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.652	+0.862	+0.092	29
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:41.220	+1.430	+0.568	30
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.261	+1.471	+0.041	30
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.799	+2.009	+0.538	8
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:41.877	+2.087	+0.078	15
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.988	+2.198	+0.111	30
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.242	+2.452	+0.254	24
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:42.291	+2.501	+0.049	31
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.330	+2.540	+0.039	28
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.506	+2.716	+0.176	25
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.637	+2.847	+0.131	24
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:42.948	+3.158	+0.311	7
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:45.704	+5.914	+2.756	12
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:47.229	+7.439	+1.525	6

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	1:39.690	—	—	13
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.874	+0.184	+0.184	10
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.245	+0.555	+0.371	9
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.266	+0.576	+0.021	13
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:40.391	+0.701	+0.125	14
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:40.406	+0.716	+0.015	15
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:40.590	+0.900	+0.184	19
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:40.601	+0.911	+0.011	19
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:40.989	+1.299	+0.388	18
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.200	+1.510	+0.211	19
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:41.206	+1.516	+0.006	16
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:41.592	+1.902	+0.386	18
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:41.776	+2.086	+0.184	14
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:41.804	+2.114	+0.028	15
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:41.991	+2.301	+0.187	13
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.100	+2.410	+0.109	14
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:42.117	+2.427	+0.017	18
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.319	+2.629	+0.202	13
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:46.647	+6.957	+4.328	9
20	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:47.059	+7.369	+0.412	6

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: 2 of 2015
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Mar 2015
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.