Grand Prix of Austria 2015

 Grand Prix of Austria 2015

Racing data
8th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix of Austria 2015
Date:	June 21, 2015
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	307.02 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Weather:	Cloudy, dry
Spectator:	~ 55000
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 08.455 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 11.235 min (lap 35)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Felipe Massa	Williams

The 2015 Grand Prix of Austria (officially Formula 1 Grand Prix of Austria 2015 ) took place on June 21 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the eighth race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings 17 points ahead of Nico Rosberg and 43 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 105 points and Williams with 181 points .

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Soft (yellow) and P Zero Supersoft (red), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

There were two DRS zones that remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began exactly 85 meters after the Remus , the measuring point was 360 meters before this curve. The second zone was on the start-and-finish straight and began 110 meters after the Red Bull Mobile , the distance between the vehicles was measured ten meters after the Rindt .

A change was made to the track in the Rindt : Because the pilots there often disregarded the track barriers in the previous year, a strip of artificial turf was laid directly behind the curb. In addition, the curbs at the exit of the Remus , Schlossgold , Rauch , Würth , Rindt and Red Bull Mobile curves have been extended.

Pastor Maldonado , Sergio Pérez (four each), Marcus Ericsson , Vettel (three each), Jenson Button , Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg , Roberto Merhi and Max Verstappen (two each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Rosberg (once) a former winner competed in this Grand Prix.

Paul Gutjahr (CHE), Walter Jobst (AUT), Radovan Novak (CZE) and Danny Sullivan (USA) acted as race commissioners .

training

In the first free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in 1: 10.401 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen . In the second free practice, Vettel was fastest in 1: 09.600 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Raikkonen.

In the third free practice session, Vettel again set the fastest time in 1: 09.994 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Raikkonen.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. After the track was wet at the beginning of practice, it dried off during the qualifying segment and the best times were set with slicks. Rosberg was the fastest. The Manor pilots, Raikkonen, Button and Peréz were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg was again fastest. Fernando Alonso , Daniel Ricciardo , Carlos Sainz jr. , Ericsson and Maldonado didn't make it into the last part of the timed practice.

The final section lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Despite spinning the Castrol Edge on his last fast lap , Hamilton set the fastest time. Second was Rosberg, who braked himself on his last fast lap in the Red Bull Mobile . Vettel reached third place. Hamilton achieved his seventh pole position this year.

Several drivers received starting place penalties because they had already used more than four copies of the components of the engine unit this season. Ricciardo and Daniil Kwjat were moved back ten starting positions for the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, Alonso for the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, the turbocharger and the MGU-H by 20 positions, and Button for the use of the fifth internal combustion engine and the MGU -K and the sixth turbocharger and MGU-H by 25 positions. Since Alonso's gearbox was also changed after qualifying, he was moved back five places on the grid. Since Ricciardo, Alonso and Button were not fully relocated, Ricciardo received a five-second penalty that he had to serve at the first pit stop, Alonso a drive-through penalty and Button a ten-second stop-and-go penalty, both drivers had to compete in the first three laps of the race.

run

Rosberg started better than Hamilton and took the lead before the first corner. Behind them were Vettel, Felipe Massa , Hülkenberg, Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas . In the back of the field there was an accident between Alonso and Raikkonen on the first lap when Raikkonen lost control of his car while accelerating and collided with the Alonso driving next to him. The McLaren was maneuvered onto the Ferrari's nose and both vehicles slid along the lane. The race was over for both drivers and the safety car was sent out to rescue the vehicles . Kwjat damaged his vehicle nose and drove into the pits at the end of the first lap to have it changed.

The track was opened again at the end of the sixth lap. Ericsson received a drive-through penalty for a jump start and two penalty points. On lap 15 Bottas passed Verstappen and was now in sixth place. In the following laps he pulled away from Verstappen and caught up with Hulkenberg, whom he overtook on the 25th lap. Hülkenberg was then the first driver from the front field to pit to change tires. Bottas stopped a lap later and fell again behind Hülkenberg. Sainz received a drive-through penalty for exceeding the speed limit in the pit lane.

At the end of the 33rd lap, Rosberg came into the pits to change tires, two laps later Hamilton also changed tires, Rosberg passed him again. Hamilton crossed the white line at the pit exit and received a five-second penalty. Meanwhile, Bottas overtook Hulkenberg again. Another lap later, Vettel drove to change tires, but the rear right wheel could not be changed fast enough, so that Vettel lost around ten seconds and fell behind Massa. After the pit stops, Rosberg was in front of Hamilton, Massa, Vettel, Bottas, Hülkenberg, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Maldonado and Felipe Nasr .

Grosjean had to give up the race with a gearbox failure. His team-mate Maldonado overtook Ricciardo shortly afterwards and was now in eighth place.

Vettel reduced the gap to Massa, but initially did not come within striking distance. Ricciardo changed tires again and was now outside the points. However, since he was driving the softer tire compound in the final phase, he drove significantly faster than the drivers in front of him. On the 62nd lap he overtook Nasr and was now in tenth place. Vettel had meanwhile caught up with Massa, but Williams was too fast on the straights so that he could not start a serious attack. Maldonado tried unsuccessfully for several rounds to get past Verstappen. With two laps to go, he finally managed to overtake the Toro Rosso driver.

Rosberg won the race ahead of Hamilton and Massa. It was the third win for Rosberg and the fifth one-two for Mercedes this season. Hamilton led a Grand Prix in this race for the 17th time in a row, equaling Jackie Stewart's record . Massa took his first podium since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . The top 10 completed Vettel, Bottas, Hülkenberg, Maldonado, Verstappen, Pérez and Ricciardo.

In the drivers 'and constructors' world championships, the first three positions remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB11	Renault Energy F1 2015	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW37	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 059/4	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-30	Honda RA615H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM08	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso STR10	Renault Energy F1 2015	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Lotus F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E23 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	13	Pastor Maldonado
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Manor Marussia F1 Team	28	Will Stevens	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 059/3	P
	98	Roberto Merhi
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C34	Ferrari 059/4	P
	12	Felipe Nasr

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Lotus with the starting number 30 was used in the first free practice for Palmer. Grosjean then took over the vehicle with his number 8 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 12.218	1: 09.062	1: 08.455	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 10.976	1: 08.634	1: 08.655	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 11.184	1: 09.392	1: 08.810	03
04th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 11.830	1: 09.719	1: 09.192	04th
05	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 11.319	1: 09.604	1: 09.278	05
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 11.894	1: 09.598	1: 09.319	06th
07th	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 11.307	1: 09.631	1: 09.612	07th
08th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 12.092	1: 10.187	1: 09.694	15th
09	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 12.001	1: 09.652	1: 09.713	08th
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 11.821	1: 09.920	no time	09
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 11.661	1: 10.374	-	10
12	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 12.388	1: 10.426	-	11
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 11.158	1: 10.465	-	12
14th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 11.973	1: 10.482	-	18th
15th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 12.508	1: 10.736	-	19th
16	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 12.522	-	-	13
17th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 12.632	-	-	20th
18th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 12.867	-	-	14th
19th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 14.071	-	-	16
20th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 15.368	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 15.944 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 10.976 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Kvjat was moved ten starting positions back because of the use of the fifth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Ricciardo was moved ten starting positions back because of the use of the fifth combustion engine. Since the transfer could not be completed in full, the remainder was converted into a five-second penalty.
3. ↑ Alonso was moved 25 starting positions back because of the use of the fifth combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger, the fifth MGU-H and an early gear change. Since the relocation could not be completed in full, the remainder was commuted to a drive-through penalty.
4. ↑ Button was moved 25 starting positions back due to the use of the fifth combustion engine, the fifth MGU-K, the sixth turbocharger and the sixth MGU-H. Since the relocation could not be fully completed, the remainder was converted into a stop-and-go penalty of ten seconds.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	1	1: 30: 16.930	02	1: 11.235 (35.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1	+ 8,800	01	1: 11.475 (60th)
03	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	71	1	+ 17.573	04th	1: 11.613 (58th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	1	+ 18,181	03	1: 11.499 (44th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	71	1	+ 53,604	06th	1: 12.248 (52nd)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	1	+1: 04.075	05	1: 12,541 (74.)
07th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 11.785 (58th)
08th	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 12,349 (64th)
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 12.377 (58th)
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 11.689 (69.)
11	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 13.050 (57.)
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 12,316 (54th)
13	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	69	3	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 12,516 (56.)
14th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	68	1	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 14.939 (58th)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	35	1	DNF	09	1: 12.881 (34th)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	35	1	DNF	12	1: 13.234 (28th)
-	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	08th	2	DNF	20th	1: 52.205 ( 05.)
-	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	01	0	DNF	17th	-
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	14th	-
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	19th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Hamilton received a five-second penalty for crossing the white line at the pit lane exit.
2. ↑ Sainz received a five-second penalty for driving too fast in the pit lane.

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 169 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 159 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 120 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 72 05  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 67 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 62 07th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 36 08th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 19th 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 18th 10  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 17th 11  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 16

Item driver constructor Points 12  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 13 13  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 12 14th  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 10 15th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 9 16  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 5 17th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 4th 18th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0 19th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 328 2  Ferrari 192 3  Williams-Mercedes 129 4th  Red Bull-Renault 55 5  Force India-Mercedes 31

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Mercedes 29 07th  Clean Ferrari 21st 08th  Toro Rosso-Renault 19th 09  McLaren Honda 4th 10  Marussia Ferrari 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Pirelli gets (super) soft: Three times super soft in four races. Motorsport-Total.com, April 22, 2015, accessed April 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Norman Fischer: Be careful when driving: grass strip laid in turn 8. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2015, accessed June 17, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer: Spielberg: Danny Sullivan's third driver commissioner. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2015, accessed June 18, 2015 . 
4. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 19, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015 . 
5. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 19, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015 . 
6. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
7. ^ Austrian GP in Spielberg / qualifying. Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Formula 1 Austria 2015: Who starts where and why? Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .