2015 Italian Grand Prix

 2015 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio D′Italia 2015
Date:	September 6, 2015
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	306.72 km in 53 laps of 5.793 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 23.397 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 26.672 min (lap 48)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes

The 2015 Italian Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio D′Italia 2015 ) took place on September 6th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the twelfth race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Belgian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by 28 points over Nico Rosberg and 67 points over Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 184 points and Williams with 265 points .

At the Italian 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 . As a result of several tire damages in the previous race, Pirelli increased the prescribed minimum tire pressure.

There were two DRS zones, the first zone was behind the Curva di Lesmos , the measuring point was 95 meters in front of the curve entrance of the second Curva di Lesmos . The measuring point for the second zone was 20 meters in front of the Curva Parabolica , the DRS zone was on the start-finish straight.

Before the race, it was announced that Mercedes was using a further developed version of the Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid during the race . Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains used all seven tokens still available for this .

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

With Vettel (three times), Fernando Alonso and Hamilton (twice each) three former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Paolo Longoni (ITA), Tim Mayer (USA), Lars Österlind (SWE) and Danny Sullivan (USA).

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 24.670 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Vettel. After an accident by Carlos Sainz jr. interrupted due to a gearbox defect.

In the second free practice session, Hamilton also set the fastest time in 1: 24.279 minutes, again ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

In the third free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 24.544 minutes ahead of Vettel and Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo had to park his vehicle early with an engine failure.

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. Verstappen lost its engine cover while driving and was therefore unable to set any time. In addition, the two Marussia and McLaren drivers retired.

The second qualifying segment (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. Hamilton was again fastest. Ricciardo, who could not set time, Kwjat, Sainz, Felipe Nasr and Maldonado 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: 23.397 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Vettel. Hamilton achieved his eleventh pole position this season and the seventh in a row.

Several drivers received starting place penalties. Ericsson was relegated three starting positions back because of Hülkenberg's handicap in the first qualifying segment. Sainz was moved 35 starting positions back because of the use of the fifth and sixth internal combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger, the fifth MGU-H and the fifth MGU-K. Kwjat was also reduced to 35 starting positions because of the use of the sixth and seventh internal combustion engine and the fifth and sixth turbocharger as well as an early change of gearbox, his teammate Ricciardo because of the use of the sixth and seventh internal combustion engine, the fifth and sixth turbolard, the fifth and sixth MGU-H and the fifth and sixth MGU-K even shifted 50 starting positions back. Button and Alonso were moved back because of the use of the ninth internal combustion engine, Button by five starting positions, Alonso by ten. Verstappen was moved 30 starting positions back because of the use of the seventh internal combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger and the fifth MGU-K, as well as a removed FIA seal.

run

Pole setter Hamilton on the way to the starting grid

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa.

For the second time in his Formula 1 career, Hamilton managed what is known as a “ perfect race ” because, starting from pole position, he finished all laps as the leader, thus achieving a start-to-finish victory and also driving the fastest race lap . He had previously achieved this at the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix . In addition, he had already achieved the best time in all three free practice sessions and in each section of the qualification.

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: 24.251	1: 23.383	1: 23.397	01
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 24.662	1: 23.757	1: 23.631	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 24.989	1: 23.577	1: 23.685	03
04th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 24.609	1: 23.864	1: 23.703	04th
05	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 25.184	1: 23.983	1: 23.940	05
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 24.979	1: 24.313	1: 24.127	06th
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.801	1: 24.379	1: 24.626	07th
08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 25.144	1: 24.448	1: 25.054	08th
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.937	1: 24.510	1: 25.317	09
10	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 25.122	1: 24.457	1: 26.214	12
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 25.429	1: 24.525	-	10
12	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 25.121	1: 24.898	-	11
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 25.410	1: 25.618	-	17th
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 25.742	1: 25.796	-	18th
15th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 25.633	no time	-	19th
16	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 26.058	-	-	15th
17th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 26.154	-	-	16
18th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 27.731	-	-	13
19th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 27.912	-	-	14th
107 percent time : 1: 30.148 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 24.251 min)
DNQ	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Ericsson was moved three starting positions back because of Hülkenberg's handicap in the first qualifying segment.
2. ↑ Sainz was moved 35 starting positions back because of the use of the fifth and sixth internal combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger, the fifth MGU-H and the fifth MGU-K.
3. ↑ Kwjat was moved 35 starting positions back due to the use of the sixth and seventh internal combustion engine and the fifth and sixth turbocharger, as well as an early change of gearbox.
4. ↑ Ricciardo was moved 50 starting positions back because of the use of the sixth and seventh internal combustion engine, the fifth and sixth turbolard, the fifth and sixth MGU-H and the fifth and sixth MGU-K.
5. ↑ Button was moved five starting positions back because of the use of the ninth internal combustion engine.
6. ↑ Alonso was moved ten starting positions back because of the use of the ninth internal combustion engine.
7. ↑ Verstappen was allowed to start because of a fast enough lap time in free practice. Due to the use of the seventh internal combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger and the fifth MGU-K as well as a removed FIA seal, it was moved 30 starting positions back.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1: 18: 00.688	01	1: 26.672 (48th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+ 25.042	03	1: 27.376 (52nd)
03	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+ 47.635	05	1: 27.874 (31st)
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+ 47.996	06th	1: 27.525 (49.)
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+1: 08.860	02	1: 27.584 (43.)
06th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1: 12.783	07th	1: 28,140 (46.)
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	52	+ 1 lap	09	1: 28.913 (36th)
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 28.065 (50th)
09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	52	+ 1 lap	12	1: 28.516 (22.)
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 28.231 (39.)
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 27,510 (38th)
12	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 27.390 (35th)
13	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	52	+ 1 lap	11	1: 28.653 (51st)
14th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	52	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 29.766 (33rd)
15th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	51	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 31.098 (51st)
16	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	51	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 31.311 (29.)
17th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	50	DNF	04th	1: 27.067 (43.)
18th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	47	DNF	16	1: 29.285 (42nd)
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	01	DNF	08th	-
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	01	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 252 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 199 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 178 04th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 97 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 92 06th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 91 07th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 58 08th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 55 09  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 38 10  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 33 11  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 30th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 26th 13  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 16 14th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 12 15th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 11 16  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 9 17th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 9 18th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 6th 19th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 451 2  Ferrari 270 3  Williams-Mercedes 188 4th  Red Bull-Renault 113 5  Force India-Mercedes 63

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Mercedes 50 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 35 08th  Clean Ferrari 25th 09  McLaren Honda 17th 10  Marussia Ferrari 0

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Medium is the trump card: Pirelli announces tire types up to Monza. Motorsport-Total.com, June 18, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Dieter Rencken, Dominik Sharaf: Mercedes' experimental drive : customers have to wait. Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
3. ^ Norman Fischer: Danny Sullivan race steward in Monza. Motorsport-Total.com, September 2, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015 . 
4. ^ GP Italy in Monza / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Formula 1 Italy 2015: Mercedes dominates before Sebastian Vettel. Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
6. ^ GP Italy in Monza / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
7. ^ GP Italy in Monza / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 5, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Formula 1 Italy 2015: Hamilton in the final training before Vettel. Motorsport-Total.com, September 5, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 .