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Home / Seasons / 2015 F1 World Championship Season / 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 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
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round18 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 934th World Championship race
  • 43rd World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 33rd World Championship race at Interlagos
More 2015 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes711hr 31m 09.090s25
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+7.756s18
3 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari71+14.244s15
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+47.543s12
5+2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap10
6-1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap8
7-1Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault70+1 lap6
>EX Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap 
8+6France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes70+1 lap4
9 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault70+1 lap2
10+5Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes70+1 lap1
11+8Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault70+1 lap 
12-1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap 
13 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari70+1 lap 
14+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda70+1 lap 
15+5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda70+1 lap 
16-4Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps 
17+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari67+4 laps 
18-1USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMarussia-Ferrari67+4 laps 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Felipe Massa was excluded from the race after his tyres were found to breach temperature limits pre-race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
6 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault
7-3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
8 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
9 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault
10   
11 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
12 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
13-3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
14 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes
15 Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes
16 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
17 USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMarussia-Ferrari
18 United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari
19-10Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
20 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault

Notes

  • Valtteri Bottas received a three-place grid penalty for overtaking Felipe Nasr under red flag conditions in Free Practice 2.
  • Daniel Ricciardo received a 10-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Felipe Nasr received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Felipe Massa during qualifying.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:11.282 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:11.3600.078
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:11.8040.522
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:12.0850.803
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:12.1440.862
6Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:12.2650.983
7Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:12.3221.040
8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:12.4151.133
9Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:12.4171.135
10Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:12.7391.457
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:12.989 
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:13.045 
13Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:13.147 
14Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:13.233 
15France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:13.913 
Q1
16Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:13.385 
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:13.425 
18USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMarussia-Ferrari1:16.151 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:16.283 
20Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda– 

Free practice appearances

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2015 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton363
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg297
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel266
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas136
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen135
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa117
7Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat94
8Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo84
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez68
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg52
11France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean49
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 Mercedes660
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari401
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes253
4Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault178
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes120
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Mercedes76
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault67
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari36
9United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda27

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Alexander Rossi
Wins
13th for Nico Rosberg
44th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
27th for Mercedes
Podiums
86th for Lewis Hamilton, 79th for Sebastian Vettel, 40th for Nico Rosberg (21st driver to score 40 podiums, 3rd German driver)
695th for Ferrari, 92nd & 93rd for Mercedes
Poles
21st for Nico Rosberg
52nd for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
33rd for Mercedes
Fastest laps
27th for Lewis Hamilton
37th for Mercedes
Front row starts
89th for Lewis Hamilton, 38th for Nico Rosberg
Points finishes
14th and last for Pastor Maldonado
Pole & win
8th for Nico Rosberg

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2015 World Championship season

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