2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
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Date:	15th November 2015
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 11.282 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 14.382 min (lap 51)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

The 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2015 ) took place on November 15th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the 18th race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Mexican Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by 73 points over Nico Rosberg and 104 points over Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 243 points and Williams with 374 points . Both Hamilton and Mercedes were already established as world champions ahead of time.

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

The two DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began 20 meters after the Senna-S , the measuring point was at the apex of curve 2 , the right -hand bend of the Senna-S . The measuring point for the second DRS zone, which was on the start-finish straight , was 30 meters after the Junção , and the DRS could then be activated 60 meters after turn 15 , the last bend before the start-finish line.

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

With Felipe Massa , Vettel (twice each), Räikkönen, Button and Rosberg (once each), five former winners competed in this race.

Since the Lotus F1 Team had liabilities of around 330,000 euros to the race organizer from the past, the team was initially prevented from entering the pits. Only after Bernie Ecclestone settled the claims were the team members allowed to enter the box on Thursday afternoon.

Daniel Ricciardo used the upgraded version of the Renault Energy F1 2015 for the first time at the weekend , for which Renault used seven of the twelve tokens available for the season . Renault used four more tokens for a new turbocharger, which Ricciardo did not use.

The race commissioners were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Felipe Giaffone (BRA), Paul Gutjahr (CHE) and Mika Salo (FIN).

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 13.543 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

In the second free practice, Rosberg was fastest with a lap time of 1: 12.385 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. Training had to be interrupted when Fernando Alonso parked his car on the side of the track with an engine failure. Despite the waving of red flags , Valtteri Bottas passed Felipe Nasr . Bottas received a starting place penalty of three places for the race and two penalty points.

In the third free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 12.070 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

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. Hamilton was fastest. Alonso reported a loss of power on his car over the pit radio and, on instruction, parked it at the edge of the track without achieving a lap time and did not qualify for the race. He was allowed to take part in the race because he was fast enough in free practice. Shortly before the end of the section, Massa, who was on a timed lap, almost collided with Nasr at the exit of the Mergulho , who was on the racing line with his Sauber and suddenly slowed down the pace. Massa had to move to the run-off zone to avoid a collision. The race stewards interpreted the incident as a disability, Nasr received a starting place penalty in the amount of three places for the race and two penalty points. The Manor pilots, Button and Maldonado were eliminated.

The second qualifying segment (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. Hamilton was again fastest. Grosjean, Ericsson, Pérez, Carlos Sainz jr. and Nasr were eliminated.

The last section lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Rosberg set the fastest time and thus achieved pole position in front of Hamilton and Vettel. It was his fifth pole position in a row, his 21st pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship and the 17th pole position of the season for a Mercedes driver.

Ricciardo was moved ten positions back to use the eighth internal combustion engine.

run

Sainz parked his car on the way to the starting grid at the edge of the track. He was dragged back into the pit lane from where he had to start the race.

Rosberg stayed ahead of Hamilton, Vettel and Raikkonen at the start. Behind it was the well-started Bottas ahead of Kwjat and Hulkenberg. Sainz parked his vehicle at the edge of the track with a technical problem with the drive during the first lap. Ricciardo came to the pits at the end of the fourth lap to change tires and fell back to last place.

Hülkenberg pitted at the end of lap ten to change tires, Kwjat, Massa, Pérez and Grosjean a lap later. Hulkenberg passed Kwjat through the earlier stop. Another lap later, Bottas stopped, who stayed ahead of Hulkenberg.

On lap 13, Raikkonen was the first of the four drivers in the lead to come to the pits to change tires, Rosberg and Vettel one more lap later. Hamilton therefore took over the lead, but fell back to second place after his pit stop on the following lap. After the first pit stops, Rosberg was still ahead of Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen and Bottas. Behind was Maldonado, who started on the harder tire compound and therefore had not yet been to the tire change, ahead of Hulkenberg, Kwjat, Massa and Verstappen.

Hamilton shortened the gap to Rosberg and was in the DRS window, but was initially unable to attack. Kwjat and Massa passed Maldonado one after the other, who pitted to change tires at the end of lap 25. In midfield there was a battle between Pérez, Verstappen and Grosjean for ninth place. After a few laps, Verstappen passed Pérez and Grosjean took the opportunity to also pass.

Vettel was the first driver to change tires at the end of lap 32, and Rosberg also stopped one lap later, so that Hamilton took the lead again. Rosberg had so much lead over Raikkonen that he stayed in second place ahead of him. Hamilton changed his tires one lap later and fell right behind Raikkonen, whom he overtook one lap later. Maldonado and Ericsson collided in the first corner and Ericsson spun. The stewards saw the fault at Maldonado for the collision and imposed a five-second time penalty and one penalty point.

Vettel caught up with Raikkonen, who had not been to the pits for the second time. Raikkonen let him pass without a fight. Grosjean meanwhile passed Verstappen and was now in tenth place.

On lap 48, Vettel made the third pit stop, Rosberg and Hamilton each lap later. The positions at the top remained unchanged. Hamilton and Rosberg subsequently drove the fastest laps of the race. Nasr and Maldonado fought for ninth place, Maldonado then passed after several attacks on lap 57. One lap later, Grosjean, who drove the final phase on the softer tire compound, also overtook Nasr. Verstappen was also on the softer tire compound and attacked Nasr, who was able to defend himself at first, but had to let Verstappen go a lap later. Meanwhile, Grosjean passed his team-mate Maldonado. Pérez and Ricciardo also overtook Nasr one lap later.

Verstappen passed Maldonado with three laps before the finish and was thus in tenth place, Ricciardo overtook Pérez. There were no more shifts at the top.

Rosberg won the race ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. It was the fifth win of the season for Rosberg and the 15th for Mercedes, the eleventh being a double victory. The top 10 were completed by Raikkonen, Bottas, Hülkenberg, Kwjat, Massa, Grosjean and Verstappen.

With one race before the end of the season, Rosberg was second and Vettel third in the drivers' championship. In the constructors' championship, the first five places were already firmly assigned to Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams, Red Bull and Force India .

After the race, Massa was disqualified because the official measurement of tire pressure and temperature before the race showed an excessive value at the rear right. All of the following drivers moved up one place, Grosjean, Verstappen and Maldonado achieved the last places in the top 10.

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
	53	Alexander Rossi
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C34	Ferrari 059/4	P
	12	Felipe Nasr

Remarks

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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 11.746	1: 12.213	1: 11.282	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 11.682	1: 11.665	1: 11.360	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 12.240	1: 11.928	1: 11.804	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 12.934	1: 12.374	1: 12.085	07th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 12.185	1: 12.243	1: 12,144	04th
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 12.595	1: 12.485	1: 12.265	05
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 12.730	1: 12.527	1: 12.322	06th
08th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 12.980	1: 12.858	1: 12.415	08th
09	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 12.639	1: 12.825	1: 12.417	19th
10	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 12.824	1: 12.712	1: 12.739	09
11	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 13.111	1: 12.989	-	13
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 13.267	1: 13.045	-	10
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 13.140	1: 13.147	-	11
14th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 13.346	1: 13.233	-	12
15th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 13.056	1: 13.913	-	14th
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 13.385	-	-	15th
17th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 13.425	-	-	16
18th	Alexander Rossi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 16.151	-	-	17th
19th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 16.283	-	-	18th
107 percent time : 1: 16.700 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 11.682 min)
20th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Bottas was moved three starting positions back due to an overtaking maneuver under red flags in free practice.
2. ↑ Ricciardo was moved back ten starting positions to use the eighth combustion engine.
3. ↑ Nasr was relocated three places on the grid because Massa was disabled in qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	3	1: 31: 09.090	01	1: 14,957 (57.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	3	+ 7.756	02	1: 14.832 (51st)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	3	+ 14.244	03	1: 15.046 (57.)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	2	+ 47.543	04th	1: 15,416 (48th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 16.039 (61.)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 16.774 (66.)
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 16,500 (41st)
08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	70	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 15.739 (57.)
09	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 15.972 (56th)
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 16.354 (63rd)
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	70	3	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 16.313 (56.)
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	70	3	+ 1 lap	11	1: 15.970 (53rd)
13	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	70	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 16.794 (41st)
14th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	70	3	+ 1 lap	16	1: 16,321 (53.)
15th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	70	3	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 16,519 (54th)
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	69	3	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 15.789 (57.)
17th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	67	2	+ 4 rounds	18th	1: 19.098 (42nd)
18th	Alexander Rossi	Marussia Ferrari	67	2	+ 4 rounds	17th	1: 18.617 (43rd)
DSQ	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	70	3	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 15.743 (57th)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	01	1	DNF	10	-

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 363 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 297 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 266 04th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 136 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 135 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 117 07th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 94 08th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 84 09  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 68 10  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 52 11  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 49

Item driver constructor Points 12  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 49 13  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 27 14th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 27 15th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 18th 16  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 16 17th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 11 18th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 9 19th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Alexander Rossi Marussia Ferrari 0 21st  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 660 2  Ferrari 401 3  Williams-Mercedes 253 4th  Red Bull-Renault 178 5  Force India-Mercedes 120

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Mercedes 76 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 67 08th  Clean Ferrari 36 09  McLaren Honda 27 10  Marussia Ferrari 0

Web links

Commons : Brazilian Grand Prix 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Soft always works: Pirelli announces the last tire allocations. Motorsport-Total.com, October 13, 2015, accessed October 13, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Norman Fischer: Two DRS zones in Brazil. Motorsport-Total.com, November 11, 2015, accessed November 11, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Lotus: Bernie Ecclestone helps with 353,000 US dollars. Motorsport-Total.com, November 12, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Red Bull with the new Renault V6: Progress is manageable. Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
5. ^ Norman Fischer: Mika Salo race commissioner in Brazil. Motorsport-Total.com, November 11, 2015, accessed November 11, 2015 . 
6. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
7. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Formula 1 Brazil 2015: Nico Rosberg strikes back. Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Mario Fritzsche, Dieter Rencken: Sao Paulo: transfer back and penalty points for Valtteri Bottas. Motorsport-Total.com, November 13, 2015, accessed November 13, 2015 . 
10. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 14, 2015, accessed November 14, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Tire temperature too high: Massa disqualified! Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2015, accessed November 16, 2015 .