2015 Canadian Grand Prix

 2015 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015
Date:	June 7, 2015
Place:	Montreal
Course:	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
Length:	305.27 km in 70 laps of 4.361 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 14.393 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Time:	1: 16.987 min (lap 42)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Williams

The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015 ) took place on June 7th on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal and was the seventh race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Monaco Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by ten points over Nico Rosberg and 28 points over Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 84 points and Williams with 161 points .

At the Canadian 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 .

Before the race, it was revealed that Ferrari and Honda were using more advanced versions of their engines when racing. Ferrari used three of the tokens still available for this . The Sauber customer team still competed with the old engine version and should not receive the further developed engines until the Belgian Grand Prix in August. In addition to changes made in terms of reliability, Honda invested two of the available tokens in a revision of the hybrid system.

Manor Marussia entered the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time with sponsor logos on the vehicles, before the race Airbnb was introduced as the new sponsor.

Compared to the previous year, minor changes were made to the route. In the run-off zone of turn 10 , the road boundaries and the safety fences were renewed, and there and in turn 12, the guardrails were replaced by walls on both sides of the route. Poles were set up in the exit zone of the chicane in front of the start and finish straight. Here the pilots have to follow a given route in case they brake in front of the chicane . There had been several discussions in the past because drivers had gained an advantage by skipping the chicane.

There were two DRS zones that remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began after the pits hairpin , exactly 55 meters before the next full throttle curve. The second zone was on the start-and-finish straight and began 70 meters after the last corner. Just like at the season opener in Australia , there was only one measuring point for both DRS zones , so that in the event of a successful overtaking maneuver in the first zone, the driver ahead could use the DRS again in the second zone.

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

With Hamilton (three times), Kimi Raikkonen , Fernando Alonso , Button, Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Garry Connelly (AUS), Alan Jones (AUS) and Mike Kaerne (CAN).

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 16.212 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Grosjean. In the second free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 15.988 minutes, ahead of Vettel and Raikkonen. It started to rain towards the middle of practice, so most of the drivers stayed in the pits. Hamilton was one of the few drivers who took to the track anyway. Since only intermediates were mounted on his car despite the heavy rain, he came off the track due to aquaplaning at turn 10 and crashed into the boundary of the track, damaging the front wing and nose of his Mercedes.

In the third free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in 1: 15.660 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Grosjean. The training had to be interrupted twice. The first interruption was caused by an accident involving Felipe Nasr , who, while zigzagging to warm up the tires, lost control of his car with activated DRS and hit the barriers. The second interruption caused Button, who had to park his car at the edge of the track with an engine failure. After the marshals waved red flags, Vettel passed Roberto Merhi on the way back into the pits. Since he drove at more than 300 km / h, he received a starting place penalty of five places and was given three penalty points.

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. Grosjean set the fastest lap time. Button was unable to take part in qualifying due to an engine change and therefore did not qualify for the race. The race stewards allowed him to take part in the race and start from 20th place. The Manor pilots, Felipe Massa and Vettel were eliminated. Massa complained to the team radio about a loss of power, Vettel could not get the full power of his drive due to a defective transistor .

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest. The Sauber drivers, Alonso and the Toro Rosso drivers did not 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. Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Rosberg and Raikkonen. He achieved his sixth pole position this year.

Verstappen, who had already been given a starting place penalty for causing a collision at the Monaco Grand Prix, received an additional starting place penalty of ten places because his vehicle had the fifth internal combustion engine installed. Since he could not be moved back enough starting positions, he received a ten-second penalty, which he had to serve at his first pit stop in the race. Since Button used the fifth MGU-H and the fifth turbocharger in his car, but had already started from last place, the starting penalty due was converted into a drive-through penalty during the race.

run

Hamilton retains the lead over Rosberg at the start

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas . It was Hamilton's fourth win and the fourth one-two for Mercedes in 2015. For Bottas and Williams, it was the first podium of the season, making it the first Grand Prix in which both Mercedes drivers and a Ferrari driver were not on the Podium stood. The top 10 were completed by Raikkonen, Vettel, Massa, Maldonado, Hülkenberg, Daniil Kwjat and Grosjean.

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
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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 15.895	1: 14.661	1: 14.393	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 15.893	1: 14.673	1: 14.702	02
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 16.259	1: 15.348	1: 15.014	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 16.552	1: 15.506	1: 15.102	04th
05	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 15.833	1: 15.187	1: 15.194	05
06th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 16.098	1: 15.622	1: 15.329	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.186	1: 15.706	1: 15.614	07th
08th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.415	1: 15.891	1: 16.079	08th
09	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.410	1: 16.006	1: 16.114	09
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.827	1: 15.974	1: 16.338	10
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 16.611	1: 16.042	-	11
12	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 16.361	1: 16.245	-	19th
13	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 16.796	1: 16.262	-	12
14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 17.012	1: 16.276	-	13
15th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 16.968	1: 16.620	-	14th
16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 17.344	-	-	18th
17th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 17.886	-	-	15th
18th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 19.133	-	-	16
19th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 19.157	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 21.141 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 15.833 min)
DNQ	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen was moved back a total of fifteen starting positions because of causing a collision and the use of the fifth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Vettel was moved five starting positions back because of overtaking under red flags.
3. ↑ Button was moved ten starting positions back because of the use of the fifth MGU-H. The penalty was changed to a ten-second time penalty.

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 151 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 134 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 108 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 72 05  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 57 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 47 07th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 35 08th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 19th 09  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 17th 10  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 16 11  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 11

Item driver constructor Points 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 10 13  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 9 14th  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 6th 15th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 6th 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 285 2  Ferrari 180 3  Williams-Mercedes 104 4th  Red Bull-Renault 54 5  Lotus Mercedes 23

Item constructor Points 06th  Clean Ferrari 21st 07th  Force India-Mercedes 21st 08th  Toro Rosso-Renault 15th 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. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Vettel reveals: Ferrari in Canada with engine upgrade. Motorsport-Total.com, June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: No drive update: Ferrari lets Sauber wait two months. Motorsport-Total.com, June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: McLaren is upgrading: it still doesn't get any faster. Motorsport-Total.com, June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Manor-Marussia draws main sponsor ashore. Motorsport-Total.com, June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} Maria Reyer: Canada Grand Prix: New safety limits. Motorsport-Total.com, June 2, 2015, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Shortening in the final chicane: FIA imposes penalty slalom. Motorsport-Total.com, June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
8. ^ Maria Reyer: Alan Jones also FIA race commissioner in Canada. Motorsport-Total.com, June 2, 2015, accessed June 3, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Canadian GP in Montreal / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 5, 2015, accessed June 5, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Canadian GP in Montreal / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 5, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Formula 1 Canada 2015: Departure and best time for Lewis Hamilton. Motorsport-Total.com, June 5, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Canadian GP in Montreal / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Fabian Hust: Formula 1 Canada 2015: Is Sebastian Vettel threatened with a penalty? Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
14. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Overtaking on red: Sebastian Vettel five starting positions back. Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Ryk Fechner: Massa's engine thwarted qualifying: Violent reactions on the radio. Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Dieter Rencken, Rebecca Friese: Because of the 10-Euro part: Sebastian Vettel leaves in Q1. Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Canadian GP in Montreal / qualifying. Motorsport-Total.com, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
18. ↑ Norman Fischer: Jenson Button: Great punishment in front of the chest, 2011 in the head. Motorsport-Total.com, June 7, 2015, accessed June 7, 2015 .