2015 Russian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 11 October 2015
Winner	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Fastest lap	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Circuit	Sochi, 53 laps
Round	15 of 19
Race numbers	The 2015 Russian Grand Prix was the 931st World Championship race 2nd World Championship Russian Grand Prix 2nd World Championship race at Sochi 2015 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1hr 37m 11.024s	25
2	+2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+5.953s	18
3	+4	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+28.918s	15
4	+11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+38.831s	12
5	+6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	53	+47.566s	10
6	+6	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+56.508s	8
7	+7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	53	+1m 01.088s	6
8	-3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+1m 12.358s (30.000s)	4
9	+4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	53	+1m 19.467s	2
10	-1	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	53	+1m 28.424s	1
11	+8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	53	+1m 31.210s (5.000s)
12	-9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	52	DNF
13	+5	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
14	+3	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	51	+2 laps
15	-5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	47	DNF
R		Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	45	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	11	DNF
R		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	DNF
R		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	0	DNF

Notes

Kimi Raikkonen received a 30-second time penalty for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas. He originally finished P5.
Fernando Alonso received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
Valtteri Bottas ended lap 52 in P3 before retiring on the final lap.
Daniel Ricciardo ended lap in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
Nico Rosberg ended lap 6 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Notes

Fernando Alonso received received a 35-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.
Robert Merhi and Carlos Sainz received 20-place grid penalties for use of additional power unit elements.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.113
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.433	0.320
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.912	0.799
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.965	0.852
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:38.348	1.235
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.659	1.546
7	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.691	1.578
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	1:38.787	1.674
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:38.924	1.811
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:39.728	2.615
Q2
11	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1:39.214
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.323
13	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:39.763
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1:39.811
15	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:39.895
Q1
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:40.144
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.660
18	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	1:43.693
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:43.804
20	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	–

Driver	Constructor
Jolyon Palmer	Lotus-Mercedes

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

World Champion: 2nd title for Mercedes (9th constructor to win two championships)
Wins: 42nd for Lewis Hamilton; 41st for Mercedes
Podiums: 83rd for Lewis Hamilton, 77th for Sebastian Vettel, 5th for Sergio Perez; 693rd for Ferrari, 87th for Mercedes, 3rd for Force India
Poles: 18th for Nico Rosberg; 49th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2: 30th for Mercedes (4th constructor to start 1-2 in 30 races)
Fastest laps: 25th for Sebastian Vettel (first for Ferrari); 233rd for Ferrari
Front row starts: 86th for Lewis Hamilton, 35th for Nico Rosberg