2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 29 March 2015
Winner	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Circuit	Sepang, 56 laps
Round	2 of 19
Race numbers	The 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix was the: 918th World Championship race 17th World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix 17th World Championship race at Sepang
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	1hr 41m 05.793s	25
2	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+8.569s	18
3		(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+12.310s	15
4	+7	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	+53.822s	12
5	+3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1m 10.409s	10
6	+1	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1m 13.586s	8
7	-1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	+1m 37.762s	6
8	+7	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	+1 lap	4
9	-4	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	55	+1 lap	2
10	-6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	55	+1 lap	1
11	-1	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
12	+4	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
13	+1	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
14	-1	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
15	+4	(ESP) Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	53	+3 laps
R		(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	47	DNF
R		(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	41	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	21	DNF
R		(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	3	DNF
Did not start
		(GBR) Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari

Notes

Romain Grosjean received a two-place grid penalty for failing to leave the pit lane in the order of his arrival.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:49.834
2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:49.908	0.074
3	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.299	0.465
4	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:51.541	1.707
5	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1:51.951	2.117
6	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:51.981	2.147
7	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:52.473	2.639
8	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	1:52.980	3.146
9	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:53.179	3.345
10	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:53.261	3.427
Q2
11	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:42.173
12	(VEN) Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1:42.198
13	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:43.023
14	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:43.469
15	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:43.701
Q1
16	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.309
17	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:41.636
18	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:41.746
19	(ESP) Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:46.677
20	(GBR) Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	–

Driver	Constructor
(ITA) Raffaele Marciello	Sauber-Ferrari

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Roberto Merhi
Milestone race start: 150th for Lewis Hamilton (34th driver to start 150 races, 8th British driver)
Wins: 40th for Sebastian Vettel (4th driver to win 40 races, 2nd German driver; first win since 2013; first for Ferrari); 222nd for Ferrari
Podiums: 72nd for Lewis Hamilton; 68th for Sebastian Vettel; 28th for Nico Rosberg; 682nd for Ferrari; 66th & 67th for Mercedes
Poles: 40th for Lewis Hamilton (4th driver to take 40 pole positions, 1st British driver); 37th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 10th for Nico Rosberg (33rd driver to set ten fastest laps, 3rd German driver); 27th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 74th for Lewis Hamilton; 68th for Sebastian Vettel (first for Ferrari)
Points finishes: 1st for Max Verstappen (330th different point scorer, 5th Dutch driver)