Race · Round 4 of 19 · 19 April 2015

2015 Bahrain Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Bahrain International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	57	Finished	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	4	57	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	3	57	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	5	57	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	2	57	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	7	57	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	10	57	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	11	56	Finished	4
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	17	56	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	6	56	Finished	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	14	56	Finished	0
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	12	56	Finished	0
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	8	56	Finished	0
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	13	56	Finished	0
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	18	56	Finished	0
16	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	20	55	Finished	0
17	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	54	Finished	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	15	34	Electrical	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	9	29	Wheel hub	0
DNS	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	20	—	Power unit	0

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

F1DB layout bahrain-1 · 5.412 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	57
Kimi Raikkonen	4	2	57
Nico Rosberg	3	3	57
Valtteri Bottas	5	4	57
Sebastian Vettel	2	5	57
Daniel Ricciardo	7	6	57
Romain Grosjean	10	7	57
Sergio Perez	11	8	56
Daniil Kvyat	17	9	56
Felipe Massa	6	10	56
Fernando Alonso	14	11	56
Felipe Nasr	12	12	56
Nico Hulkenberg	8	13	56
Marcus Ericsson	13	14	56
Pastor Maldonado	18	15	56
Will Stevens	20	16	55
Roberto Merhi	19	17	54
Max Verstappen	15	DNF	34
Carlos Sainz	9	DNF	29

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.928	1:32.669	1:32.571	—	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.919	1:33.623	1:32.982	+0.411	+0.411
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:34.398	1:33.878	1:33.129	+0.558	+0.147
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.568	1:33.540	1:33.227	+0.656	+0.098
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.161	1:33.897	1:33.381	+0.810	+0.154
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.488	1:33.551	1:33.744	+1.173	+0.363
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.691	1:34.403	1:33.832	+1.261	+0.088
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.653	1:34.613	1:34.450	+1.879	+0.618
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.371	1:34.641	1:34.462	+1.891	+0.012
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.007	1:34.123	1:34.484	+1.913	+0.022
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.451	1:34.704	—	—	—
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.310	1:34.737	—	—	—
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.438	1:35.034	—	—	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:35.205	1:35.039	—	—	—
15	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:35.611	1:35.103	—	—	—
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:35.677	—	—	—	—
17	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:35.800	—	—	—	—
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:38.713	—	—	—	—
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:39.722	—	—	—	—
NC	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	—	—	—	—	—

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. 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	57	2	15, 33
Kimi Raikkonen	2	57	2	17, 40
Nico Rosberg	3	57	2	14, 34
Valtteri Bottas	4	57	2	14, 33
Sebastian Vettel	5	57	3	13, 32, 36
Daniel Ricciardo	6	57	2	14, 35
Romain Grosjean	7	57	2	12, 31
Sergio Perez	8	56	2	17, 37
Daniil Kvyat	9	56	2	15, 34
Felipe Massa	10	56	2	10, 24
Fernando Alonso	11	56	2	13, 35
Felipe Nasr	12	56	3	10, 24, 41
Nico Hulkenberg	13	56	3	10, 25, 38
Marcus Ericsson	14	56	3	11, 25, 37
Pastor Maldonado	15	56	3	10, 24, 41
Will Stevens	16	55	2	19, 33
Roberto Merhi	17	54	2	18, 34
Max Verstappen	DNF	34	2	6, 30
Carlos Sainz	DNF	29	2	11, 29

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 · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 4	1 · 2	15 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	1 · 5	15 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	3 · 2	14 · 17	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Valtteri Bottas	4 · 5	2 · 4	17 · 14	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg	2 · 3	5 · 3	13 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 5	3 · 4	14 · 14	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 5	5 · 4	13 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	4 · 10	14 · 10	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 7	5 · 6	13 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	10 · 6	10 · 14	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	7 · 10	6 · 7	14 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	6 · 13	14 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	7 · 8	12 · 17	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 17	8 · 9	17 · 15	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Felipe Nasr	11 · 12	8 · 12	17 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Daniil Kvyat	6 · 17	10 · 9	10 · 15	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Pastor Maldonado	17 · 18	9 · 15	15 · 10	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	6 · 14	10 · 11	10 · 13	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Fernando Alonso	12 · 14	12 · 11	10 · 13	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Fernando Alonso	13 · 14	14 · 11	11 · 13	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Felipe Nasr	8 · 12	13 · 12	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Marcus Ericsson	12 · 13	12 · 14	10 · 11	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Marcus Ericsson	8 · 13	13 · 14	10 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Pastor Maldonado	13 · 18	14 · 15	11 · 10	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Will Stevens	18 · 20	15 · 16	10 · 19	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Pastor Maldonado · Roberto Merhi	18 · 19	15 · 17	10 · 18	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Roberto Merhi · Will Stevens	19 · 20	17 · 16	18 · 19	Roberto Merhi	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	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.827	—	—	13
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.029	+0.202	+0.202	12
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.390	+0.563	+0.361	23
4	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.447	+0.620	+0.057	14
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.455	+0.628	+0.008	17
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.504	+0.677	+0.049	22
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.598	+0.771	+0.094	18
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:38.628	+0.801	+0.030	17
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:38.661	+0.834	+0.033	17
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.790	+0.963	+0.129	21
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.793	+0.966	+0.003	15
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:38.842	+1.015	+0.049	23
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.187	+1.360	+0.345	20
14	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:39.283	+1.456	+0.096	31
15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:39.293	+1.466	+0.010	23
16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.532	+1.705	+0.239	22
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.534	+1.707	+0.002	21
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:42.973	+5.146	+3.439	12
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:44.265	+6.438	+1.292	15
20	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	—	—	—	2

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	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:34.647	—	—	31
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.762	+0.115	+0.115	33
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.174	+0.527	+0.412	30
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.277	+0.630	+0.103	26
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.280	+0.633	+0.003	36
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.449	+0.802	+0.169	27
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:35.474	+0.827	+0.025	34
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.793	+1.146	+0.319	27
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:35.883	+1.236	+0.090	23
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.884	+1.237	+0.001	35
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.148	+1.501	+0.264	34
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.191	+1.544	+0.043	22
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:36.334	+1.687	+0.143	31
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:36.471	+1.824	+0.137	32
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.805	+2.158	+0.334	30
16	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:36.917	+2.270	+0.112	26
17	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.062	+2.415	+0.145	33
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:39.131	+4.484	+2.069	21
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.209	+4.562	+0.078	15
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:40.592	+5.945	+1.383	26

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	1:34.599	—	—	13
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.668	+0.069	+0.069	14
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:34.968	+0.369	+0.300	16
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.141	+0.542	+0.173	13
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.393	+0.794	+0.252	18
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.471	+0.872	+0.078	15
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:36.307	+1.708	+0.836	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:36.335	+1.736	+0.028	8
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.421	+1.822	+0.086	13
10	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:36.429	+1.830	+0.008	18
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.488	+1.889	+0.059	14
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:36.548	+1.949	+0.060	7
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.612	+2.013	+0.064	17
14	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:36.684	+2.085	+0.072	11
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.727	+2.128	+0.043	14
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.899	+2.300	+0.172	11
17	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:36.979	+2.380	+0.080	14
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.151	+2.552	+0.172	17
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:39.745	+5.146	+2.594	12
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:40.541	+5.942	+0.796	14

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: 4 of 2015
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Apr 2015
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.