Great Britain Grand Prix 2015

 Great Britain Grand Prix 2015

Racing data
9th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix
Date:	5th July 2015
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.198 km in 52 laps of 5.891 km
Weather:	Cloudy with a few showers, air temperature 18 ° C, track temperature 28 ° C
Spectator:	~ 140,000
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 32.248 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 37.093 min (lap 29)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in 2015 (officially 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix ) took place on 5 July at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone instead and was the ninth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2015 . The race marked the 70th edition of the British Grand Prix.

report

backgrounds

After the Austrian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by ten points over Nico Rosberg and 49 points over Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 136 points ahead of Ferrari and with 199 points ahead of Williams .

At the British Grand Prix, Pirelli made the tire compounds P Zero Hard (orange) and P Zero Medium (white) available to the drivers , as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

There were two DRS zones. The first zone began 30 m after Aintree Corner , the measuring point is 25 m before Village Corner . The second DRS zone was still on Hangar Straight , 55 m after the chapel . Compared to the previous year, however, the measuring point was moved to the entrance of the Maggotts .

Force India entered this race for the first time with the completely revised version of the Force India VJM08 .

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

With Fernando Alonso , Hamilton (twice each), Kimi Räikkönen , Vettel and Rosberg (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Tony Scott Andrews (GBR), Andrew Mallalieu ( BAR ), Nigel Mansell (GBR) and Lars Österlind (SWE) acted as race stewards.

training

In the first free practice, Rosberg drove the fastest lap with 1: 34.274 minutes, ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. After only four laps, Rosberg had to park his car due to hydraulic damage. After his gearbox was changed, he was able to get back on track five minutes before the end of practice.

Susie Wolff drove Valtteri Bottas's Williams . In addition, Jolyon Palmer drove the Lotus from Grosjean and Raffaele Marciello drove the Sauber from Ericsson.

In the second free practice, Rosberg again set the fastest time in 1: 34.155 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Vettel.

In the third free practice, which took place on Saturday morning, Hamilton was ahead of Rosberg and Raikkonen with a time of 1: 32.917 minutes.

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. Raikkonen was fastest. The two Marussia and McLaren drivers and Felipe Nasr were eliminated.

The second qualifying segment (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. Rosberg was the fastest. Ericsson, the Lotus pilots, Verstappen and Pérez were eliminated.

The final section lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton secured pole position with a time of 1: 32.248 minutes in front of Rosberg and Felipe Massa . Hamilton achieved his eighth pole position this season.

run

The race lasted 52 laps. Nasr was unable to take part in the race due to a gearbox failure in his car.

Massa had the best start and was able to take the lead. Bottas also tried to get past both Mercedes, but then had to admit defeat to Hamilton. In the second corner there was an accident between the two Lotus. While the race was over for Grosjean immediately, Maldonado had to give up a little later. As a result of this collision, the McLaren collided. Alonso needed a new nose and then drove on. Button's race, on the other hand, ended immediately. To clean up after the accidents, there was a safety car phase that lasted until the end of the third lap. Hamilton tried to overtake Massa after releasing, but missed the braking point and was overtaken by Bottas instead. Max Verstappen slipped into the gravel and was eliminated.

On laps 14 and 15, the Ferrari headed for the pit relatively early. At the front, Massa kept his Williams teammate behind, who made the quicker impression of both. Hamilton was the first of the leading quartet to change tires at the end of the 19th lap. With this undercut he passed Massa, who together with Rosberg turned off to the service one lap later. After their stops, they fought a duel in the pits, in which Massa stayed in front. One lap later, Bottas also came in, who then took third place between Massa and Rosberg.

After a virtual safety car phase due to Sainz's car stalling, the rain began on lap 35. However, only on part of the route, which meant that Massa and Bottas were now significantly slower on the wet part of the route than the Rosberg behind them. As a result, he overtook Bottas on lap 39 in the wet part, while he also passed Massa there two laps later. Raikkönen was the first to switch to intermediates, albeit too early.

Later, other teams did the same. At the end of lap 43, Hamilton and Vettel switched. One lap also came Rosberg and both Williams. With his earlier stop, Vettel was able to take third place on the podium.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Vettel. It was the fifth win for Hamilton and the sixth one-two for Mercedes this season. Hamilton led a Grand Prix in this race for the 18th time in a row, beating Jackie Stewart's record . Vettel took his sixth podium this season. The top 10 were completed by Massa, Bottas, Daniil Kwjat , Hülkenberg, Räikkönen, Pérez and Alonso. It was Alonso's first point in 2015 and his first point as a McLaren driver since the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix .

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
	41	Susie Wolff
	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
	36	Raffaele Marciello

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the start number 41 was used in the first free practice for Wolff. Bottas then took over the vehicle with his number 77 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Sauber with starting number 36 was used in the first free practice for Marciello. Ericsson then took over the vehicle with its number 9 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 33.796	1: 33.068	1: 32.248	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 33.475	1: 32.737	1: 32.361	02
03	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 34.542	1: 33.707	1: 33.085	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 34.171	1: 33.020	1: 33.149	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 33.426	1: 33.911	1: 33.379	05
06th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 33.562	1: 33.641	1: 33.547	06th
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 34.422	1: 33.520	1: 33.636	07th
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 34.641	1: 34.071	1: 33.649	08th
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.594	1: 33.693	1: 33.673	09
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 34.272	1: 33.749	1: 33.943	10
11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.250	1: 34.268	-	11
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 34.646	1: 34.430	-	12
13	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 34.819	1: 34.502	-	13
14th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 34.877	1: 34.511	-	14th
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.643	1: 34.868	-	15th
16	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.888	-	-	16
17th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 34.959	-	-	17th
18th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 35.207	-	-	18th
19th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 37.364	-	-	19th
20th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 39.377	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 39.965 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 33.426 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	2	1: 31: 27.729	01	1: 37.093 (29.)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	2	+ 10,956	02	1: 37.403 (24.)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	2	+ 25.443	06th	1: 37.707 (31st)
04th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	52	2	+ 36.839	03	1: 37.466 (26.)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	52	2	+1: 03.194	04th	1: 37.513 (32nd)
06th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	52	2	+1: 03.955	07th	1: 37.910 (28th)
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	52	2	+1: 18.744	09	1: 38.296 (32nd)
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	51	3	+ 1 lap	05	1: 37.493 (31st)
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	51	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 38.466 (25.)
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	51	3	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 38.883 (30.)
11	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	51	4th	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 38.131 (31st)
12	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	49	2	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 42.324 (26.)
13	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	49	2	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 41.919 (28th)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	31	1	DNF	08th	1: 38.697 (26.)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	21st	2	DNF	10	1: 39.940 (14th)
-	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	03	0	DNF	13	2: 20.776 ( 03rd)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	00	2	DNF	12	-
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	00	0	DNF	14th	-
-	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	18th	-
-	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	00	0	DNS	16	-

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 194 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 177 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 135 04th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 77 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 76 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 74 07th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 36 08th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 27 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 24 10  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 17th 11  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 16

Item driver constructor Points 12  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 15th 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 1 19th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 371 2  Ferrari 211 3  Williams-Mercedes 151 4th  Red Bull-Renault 63 5  Force India-Mercedes 39

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Mercedes 29 07th  Clean Ferrari 21st 08th  Toro Rosso-Renault 19th 09  McLaren Honda 5 10  Marussia Ferrari 0

Individual evidence

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2. ^ British motor racing fans break the mold as crowds flock to Silverstone. theguardian.com, July 5, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Medium is the trump card: Pirelli announces tire types up to Monza. Motorsport-Total.com, June 18, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
4. ^ Sven Haidinger: Silverstone: New second DRS measuring point. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2015, accessed July 3, 2015 . 
5. ^ Sven Haidinger: Nigel Mansell like every year in Silverstone race commissioner. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2015, accessed July 3, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Rosberg stayed cool. Motorline.cc, July 3, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
7. ↑ 1. Free practice - result. Motorline.cc, July 3, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Rosberg is clearly ahead. Motorline.cc, July 3, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Hamilton reports back in time. Motorline.cc, July 4, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Qualifying - result. Motorline.cc, July 4, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Qualifying. Formula1.com, July 4, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015 .