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2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitYas Marina, 55 laps
Round19 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the:

  • 935th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Yas Marina
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes551hr 38m 30.175s25
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes55+8.271s18
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55+19.430s15
4+11(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari55+43.735s12
5-1(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes55+1m 03.952s10
6-1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault55+1m 05.010s8
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes55+1m 33.618s6
8 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55+1m 37.751s4
9+9(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes55+1m 38.201s2
10-1(RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault55+1m 42.371s1
11-1(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault55+1m 43.525s 
12 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda54+1 lap 
13-7(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes54+1 lap 
14+3(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
15-1(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
16-5(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault54+1 lap (25.000s) 
17-1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda53+2 laps 
18+1(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari53+2 laps 
19PL(ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari52+3 laps 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Max Verstappen received a five-second time penalty for overtaking Jenson Button outside track limits and a 20-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags. He originally finished P12.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
5 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
6 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
8 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
9 (RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault
10 (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
11 (NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
12 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
13 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
14 (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
15 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
16 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
17 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
18-5(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
19-5(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
  (ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari

Notes

  • Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
  • Will Stevens received a five-second grid penalty for a Control Electronics unit change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:40.237 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.6140.377
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:41.0510.814
4(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:41.1840.947
5(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:41.4441.207
6(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:41.6561.419
7(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:41.6861.449
8(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:41.7591.522
9(RUS) Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:41.9331.696
10(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:42.7082.471
Q2
11(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:42.521 
12(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:42.668 
13(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:42.807 
14(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:43.614 
15(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes– 
Q1
16(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:42.941 
17(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:43.187 
18(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:43.838 
19(GBR) Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:46.297 
20(ESP) Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari1:47.434 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Jolyon PalmerLotus-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton381
2(DEU) Nico Rosberg322
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel278
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen150
5(FIN) Valtteri Bottas136
6(BRA) Felipe Massa121
7(RUS) Daniil Kvyat95
8(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo92
9(MEX) Sergio Perez78
10(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg58
11(FRA) Romain Grosjean51
12(NLD) Max Verstappen49
13(BRA) Felipe Nasr27
14(VEN) Pastor Maldonado27
15(ESP) Carlos Sainz18
16(GBR) Jenson Button16
17(ESP) Fernando Alonso11
18(SWE) Marcus Ericsson9

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes703
2Ferrari428
3Williams-Mercedes257
4Red Bull-Renault187
5Force India-Mercedes136
6Lotus-Mercedes78
7Toro Rosso-Renault67
8Sauber-Ferrari36
9McLaren-Honda27

Stats & milestones

Last start
Pastor Maldonado
Roberto Merhi
Will Stevens
Lotus (2012-15)
Marussia
Milestone race start
150th for Force India (18th constructor to start 150 races)
Wins
14th for Nico Rosberg
45th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
28th for Mercedes
Podiums
87th for Lewis Hamilton
80th for Kimi Raikkonen (6th driver to score 80 podiums, 1st Finnish driver)
41st for Nico Rosberg
696th for Ferrari
94th & 95th for Mercedes
Poles
22nd for Nico Rosberg
53rd for Mercedes
1-2 start
34th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
28th for Lewis Hamilton
38th for Mercedes
Front row starts
90th for Lewis Hamilton (2nd driver to achieve 90 front row starts, 1st British driver)
39th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win
9th for Nico Rosberg