2015 Chinese Grand Prix

Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	56	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	56	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	3	56	Finished	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	6	56	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	4	56	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	5	56	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	8	56	Finished	6
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	9	56	Finished	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	7	56	Finished	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	10	55	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	15	55	Finished	0
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	18	55	Finished	0
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	14	55	Finished	0
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	17	55	Finished	0
15	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	54	Finished	0
16	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	20	54	Finished	0
17	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	13	52	Drivetrain	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	11	49	Brakes	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	12	15	Engine	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	16	9	Gearbox	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	1	1	56
Nico Rosberg	2	2	56
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	56
Kimi Raikkonen	6	4	56
Felipe Massa	4	5	56
Valtteri Bottas	5	6	56
Romain Grosjean	8	7	56
Felipe Nasr	9	8	56
Daniel Ricciardo	7	9	56
Marcus Ericsson	10	10	55
Sergio Perez	15	11	55
Fernando Alonso	18	12	55
Carlos Sainz	14	13	55
Jenson Button	17	14	55
Will Stevens	19	15	54
Roberto Merhi	20	16	54
Max Verstappen	13	17	52
Pastor Maldonado	11	DNF	49
Daniil Kvyat	12	DNF	15
Nico Hulkenberg	16	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:38.285	1:36.423	1:35.782	—	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:38.496	1:36.747	1:35.824	+0.042	+0.042
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.502	1:36.957	1:36.687	+0.905	+0.863
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.433	1:37.357	1:36.954	+1.172	+0.267
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.014	1:37.763	1:37.143	+1.361	+0.189
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.790	1:37.109	1:37.232	+1.450	+0.089
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.534	1:37.939	1:37.540	+1.758	+0.308
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:38.209	1:38.063	1:37.905	+2.123	+0.365
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:38.521	1:38.017	1:38.067	+2.285	+0.162
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.941	1:38.127	1:38.158	+2.376	+0.091
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:38.563	1:38.134	—	—	—
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.051	1:38.209	—	—	—
13	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.387	1:38.393	—	—	—
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.622	1:38.538	—	—	—
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.903	1:39.290	—	—	—
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.216	—	—	—	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.276	—	—	—	—
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:39.280	—	—	—	—
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:42.091	—	—	—	—
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:42.842	—	—	—	—

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	56	2	14, 33
Nico Rosberg	2	56	2	15, 31
Sebastian Vettel	3	56	2	13, 30
Kimi Raikkonen	4	56	2	15, 34
Felipe Massa	5	56	2	13, 34
Valtteri Bottas	6	56	2	14, 35
Romain Grosjean	7	56	2	12, 32
Felipe Nasr	8	56	2	10, 31
Daniel Ricciardo	9	56	2	14, 36
Marcus Ericsson	10	55	2	14, 30
Sergio Perez	11	55	3	11, 26, 41
Fernando Alonso	12	55	2	12, 35
Carlos Sainz	13	55	2	19, 39
Jenson Button	14	55	2	14, 32
Will Stevens	15	54	2	16, 38
Roberto Merhi	16	54	2	17, 40
Max Verstappen	17	52	2	12, 32
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	49	3	11, 33, 48
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	15	0	None recorded
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	9	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 · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	1 · 2	14 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	2 · 3	15 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 6	3 · 4	13 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	3 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 6	5 · 4	13 · 15	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	6 · 4	14 · 15	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	4 · 9	15 · 14	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas	4 · 5	5 · 6	13 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Romain Grosjean	5 · 8	6 · 7	14 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	7 · 8	9 · 7	14 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Felipe Nasr	8 · 9	7 · 8	12 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Felipe Nasr	7 · 9	9 · 8	14 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Marcus Ericsson	9 · 10	8 · 10	10 · 14	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Marcus Ericsson	7 · 10	9 · 10	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Sergio Perez	10 · 15	10 · 11	14 · 11	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sergio Perez	14 · 15	13 · 11	19 · 11	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	15 · 18	11 · 12	11 · 12	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Fernando Alonso	14 · 18	13 · 12	19 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	17 · 18	14 · 12	14 · 12	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Will Stevens	18 · 19	12 · 15	12 · 16	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Carlos Sainz	13 · 14	17 · 13	12 · 19	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Jenson Button	14 · 17	13 · 14	19 · 14	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Will Stevens	17 · 19	14 · 15	14 · 16	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Roberto Merhi	19 · 20	15 · 16	16 · 17	Will Stevens	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Roberto Merhi	13 · 20	17 · 16	12 · 17	Max Verstappen	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.033	—	—	21
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:39.574	+0.541	+0.541	21
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.157	+1.124	+0.583	18
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.661	+1.628	+0.504	27
5	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.012	+1.979	+0.351	18
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.029	+1.996	+0.017	21
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:41.097	+2.064	+0.068	24
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:41.112	+2.079	+0.015	23
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:41.303	+2.270	+0.191	23
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:41.304	+2.271	+0.001	17
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:41.335	+2.302	+0.031	23
12	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:41.575	+2.542	+0.240	28
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:41.845	+2.812	+0.270	19
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.918	+2.885	+0.073	24
15	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:41.967	+2.934	+0.049	25
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.141	+3.108	+0.174	22
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.161	+3.128	+0.020	20
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.184	+3.151	+0.023	19
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:45.379	+6.346	+3.195	18
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:46.443	+7.410	+1.064	20

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.219	—	—	32
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.662	+0.443	+0.443	35
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.311	+1.092	+0.649	24
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.339	+1.120	+0.028	30
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:38.399	+1.180	+0.060	35
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:38.737	+1.518	+0.338	10
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.850	+1.631	+0.113	27
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.032	+1.813	+0.182	26
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:39.142	+1.923	+0.110	32
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.275	+2.056	+0.133	29
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:39.444	+2.225	+0.169	30
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:39.743	+2.524	+0.299	27
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.751	+2.532	+0.008	33
14	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:39.894	+2.675	+0.143	32
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:39.971	+2.752	+0.077	28
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:40.151	+2.932	+0.180	28
17	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:40.423	+3.204	+0.272	7
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:40.868	+3.649	+0.445	24
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:42.973	+5.754	+2.105	27
20	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:44.564	+7.345	+1.591	8

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.615	—	—	14
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.841	+0.226	+0.226	16
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.313	+0.698	+0.472	17
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:38.512	+0.897	+0.199	16
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.020	+1.405	+0.508	8
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.106	+1.491	+0.086	14
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:39.113	+1.498	+0.007	17
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.243	+1.628	+0.130	15
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:39.274	+1.659	+0.031	19
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:39.405	+1.790	+0.131	14
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.410	+1.795	+0.005	17
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.513	+1.898	+0.103	14
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.559	+1.944	+0.046	18
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.591	+1.976	+0.032	19
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.694	+2.079	+0.103	16
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:39.766	+2.151	+0.072	16
17	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.781	+2.166	+0.015	17
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:42.928	+5.313	+3.147	15
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:44.956	+7.341	+2.028	9
20	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	1

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: 3 of 2015
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Apr 2015
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

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