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

2015 Japanese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 September 2015
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • 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
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round14 of 19
Race numbers

The 2015 Japanese Grand Prix was the

  • 930th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 27th World Championship race at Suzuka
More 2015 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes531hr 28m 06.508s25
2-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes53+18.964s18
3+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari53+20.850s15
4+2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53+33.768s12
5-2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes53+36.746s10
6+7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes53+55.559s8
7+1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes53+1m 12.298s6
8+3Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes53+1m 13.575s4
9+8Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault53+1m 35.315s2
10 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault52+1 lap1
11+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap 
12-3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes52+1 lap 
13PLRussia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault52+1 lap 
14+1Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap 
15-8Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault52+1 lap 
16-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap 
17-12Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes51+2 laps 
18+1USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMarussia-Ferrari51+2 laps 
19-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari50+3 laps 
20-4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari49DNF 

Notes

  • Felipe Nasr ended lap 49 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Nico Hulkenberg received a three-place penalty for causing a collision with Felipe Massa in the previous race.
  • Max Verstappen received a three-place grid penalty for stopping his car in a dangerous position in qualifying.
  • Daniil Kvyat was required to start from the pit lane after a chassis change and use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:32.584 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:32.6600.076
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:33.0240.440
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:33.2450.661
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:33.3370.753
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:33.3470.763
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:33.4970.913
8France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Mercedes1:33.9671.383
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes– 
10Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-Renault– 
Q2
11Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:34.390 
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:34.453 
13Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Mercedes1:34.497 
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:34.785 
15Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault– 
Q1
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:35.664 
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:35.673 
18Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:35.760 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Will StevensMarussia-Ferrari1:38.783 
20USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMarussia-Ferrari1:47.114 

Free practice appearances

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton277
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg229
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel218
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen119
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas111
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa97
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo73
8Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat66
9France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean44
10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez39
11Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg38
12Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen32
13Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Nasr17
14Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado16
15Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz12
16Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso11
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson9
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button6

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes506
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari337
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes208
4Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault139
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes77
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Mercedes60
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault44
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari26
9United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda17

Statistics & milestones

Wins
41st for Lewis Hamilton
40th for Mercedes (6th constructor to win 40 races)
Race 1-2
24th for Mercedes
Podiums
82nd for Lewis Hamilton, 76th for Sebastian Vettel, 37th for Nico Rosberg
692nd for Ferrari, 85th & 86th for Mercedes
Poles
17th for Nico Rosberg
48th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
29th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
26th for Lewis Hamilton
34th for Mercedes
Front row starts
85th for Lewis Hamilton, 34th for Nico Rosberg
Win & fastest lap
14th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

  • Japanese Grand Prix
  • Suzuka circuit
  • 2015 World Championship season

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