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

2015 Chinese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 April 2015
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round3 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Chinese Grand Prix was the

  • 919th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Shanghai
More 2015 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes561hr 39m 42.008s25
2 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes56+0.714s18
3 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari56+2.988s15
4+2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari56+3.835s12
5-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes56+8.544s10
6-1Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes56+9.885s8
7+1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes56+19.008s6
8+1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari56+22.625s4
9-2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault56+32.117s2
10 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap1
11+4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes55+1 lap 
12+6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda55+1 lap 
13+1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault55+1 lap 
14+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda55+1 lap (5.000s) 
15+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari54+2 laps 
16+4Spain flag lazyload Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari54+2 laps (5.000s) 
17-4Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault52DNF 
R Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes49DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault15DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes9DNF 

Notes

  • Jenson Button received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Pastor Maldonado. He originally finished P13.
  • Roberto Merhi received a five-second time penalty for failing to stay above the required lap time under the safety car. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Max Verstappen ended lap 52 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:35.782 
2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:35.8240.042
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:36.6870.905
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:36.9541.172
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:37.1431.361
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:37.2321.450
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:37.5401.758
8France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:37.9052.123
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:38.0672.285
10Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:38.1582.376
Q2
11Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:38.134 
12Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault1:38.209 
13Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault1:38.393 
14Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:38.538 
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:39.290 
Q1
16Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:39.216 
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:39.276 
18Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:39.280 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:42.091 
20Spain flag lazyload Roberto MerhiMarussia-Ferrari1:42.842 

Free practice appearances

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton68
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel55
3Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg51
4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa30
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen24
6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas18
7Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Nasr14
8Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo11
9France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean6
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg6
11Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen6
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz6
13Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson5
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat2
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes119
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari79
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes48
4Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari19
5Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault13
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault12
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Mercedes6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
35th for Lewis Hamilton
31st for Mercedes
Race 1-2
18th for Mercedes
Podiums
73rd for Lewis Hamilton, 69th for Sebastian Vettel, 29th for Nico Rosberg
683rd for Ferrari, 68th & 69th for Mercedes
Poles
41st for Lewis Hamilton
38th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
21st for Mercedes
Fastest laps
22nd for Lewis Hamilton
28th for Mercedes
Front row starts
75th for Lewis Hamilton, 26th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win
20th for Lewis Hamilton (4th driver to win 20 races from pole, 1st British driver)
Win & fastest lap
11th for Lewis Hamilton
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
7th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

  • Chinese Grand Prix
  • Shanghai circuit
  • 2015 World Championship season

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