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Home / Seasons / 2015 F1 World Championship Season / 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 November 2015
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
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
More 2015 season
More Abu Dhabi Grands Prix
Next race2016 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes551hr 38m 30.175s25
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes55+8.271s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55+19.430s15
4+11Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari55+43.735s12
5-1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes55+1m 03.952s10
6-1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault55+1m 05.010s8
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes55+1m 33.618s6
8 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55+1m 37.751s4
9+9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes55+1m 38.201s2
10-1Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault55+1m 42.371s1
11-1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault55+1m 43.525s 
12 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda54+1 lap 
13-7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes54+1 lap 
14+3Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
15-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari54+1 lap 
16-5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault54+1 lap (25.000s) 
17-1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda53+2 laps 
18+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari53+2 laps 
19PLSpain flag lazyload Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari52+3 laps 
R Venezuela flag lazyload 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 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
5 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
6 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
8 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
9 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault
10 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
11 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
12 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
13 Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
14 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
15 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
16 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
17 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
18-5France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
19-5United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
  Spain flag lazyload 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
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:40.237 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.6140.377
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:41.0510.814
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:41.1840.947
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:41.4441.207
6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:41.6561.419
7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:41.6861.449
8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:41.7591.522
9Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:41.9331.696
10Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:42.7082.471
Q2
11Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:42.521 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:42.668 
13Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:42.807 
14Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:43.614 
15France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes– 
Q1
16Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:42.941 
17Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:43.187 
18Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:43.838 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:46.297 
20Spain flag lazyload Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari1:47.434 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton381
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg322
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel278
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen150
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas136
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa121
7Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat95
8Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo92
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez78
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg58
11France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean51
12Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen49
13Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Nasr27
14Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado27
15Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz18
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button16
17Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso11
18Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson9

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes703
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari428
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes257
4Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault187
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes136
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Mercedes78
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault67
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari36
9United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda27

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Pastor Maldonado, Roberto Merhi, Will Stevens
Lotus (2012-15), Marussia
Milestone race start
400th for Sauber (6th constructor to start 400 races), 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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • Yas Marina circuit
  • 2015 World Championship season

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