2015 Monaco Grand Prix

 2015 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015
Date:	May 24, 2015
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.286 km in 78 laps of 3.337 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 15.098 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull
Time:	1: 18.063 min (lap 74)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes

The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015 ) took place on May 24th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by 20 points over Nico Rosberg and 31 points over Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 70 points and Williams with 121 points .

At the Monaco 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 .

Compared to the previous year, structural changes were made to the route. Due to renovation work at the port, the stretch between Tabac and the swimming pool was moved about 2.5 meters to the left. This reduced the total length of the route by three meters to 3.337 km. The guardrails at the apex of the exit curve of the swimming pool have been moved back to give the pilots a better view. In addition, new curbs were installed here. Large parts of the entire route have also been re-paved.

In contrast to the other racetracks on the racing calendar, there was only one DRS zone in Monaco, which was on the start-and-finish straight and remained unchanged compared to the previous year. It started 18 meters after the last bend, the measuring point was 80 meters behind the piscine .

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

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

As in 2013 , José Abed (MEX), Christian Calmes (MON), Tom Kristensen (DEN) and Lars Österlind (SWE) acted as race stewards .

training

The first two training sessions traditionally take place in Monaco on Thursday. In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 18.750 minutes ahead of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo .

In the second free practice, Hamilton again set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 17.192 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Vettel. Ericsson was unable to attend the training because of a problem with his drive unit. The training had to be interrupted about 15 minutes after an accident by Merhi in the harbor chicane. It started raining during the training break. Since dry weather was predicted for the rest of the race weekend , the drivers decided not to go out on the track again after the training session was approved. Several pilots drove a few more laps only a few minutes before the end of the training session.

In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest time ahead of Rosberg and Hamilton with a lap time of 1: 16.134 minutes. The training had to be interrupted after Raikkonen hit the lane in Sainte Devote .

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. Rosberg set the fastest lap time. The Manor pilots, the Sauber pilots and Valtteri Bottas were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg was again fastest. Alonso, who was only able to drive one slow lap due to technical problems, Felipe Massa , Hülkenberg, Button and Grosjean did not make it into the last part of the time practice.

The final section lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton drove the fastest time ahead of Rosberg and Vettel. He achieved his fifth pole position this year.

Grosjean received a starting place penalty of five places for a gear change. After qualifying, Carlos Sainz jr. disqualified because he ignored the request to have his vehicle weighed. He was allowed to start from the pit lane.

run

At the start, Hamilton stayed ahead of Rosberg and Vettel, Daniil Kwjat passed his teammate Ricciardo. On the first lap there was a collision between Alonso and Nico Hülkenberg . Hülkenberg fell back to the end of the field and had to have the front wing changed at the pits. Alonso was able to continue and received a five-second penalty. Massa also had to have a new front wing installed.

Pastor Maldonado complained about braking problems at the start of the race. Max Verstappen collided with Maldonado in the harbor chicane and damaged his front wing. However, both were initially able to continue. A few laps later, Maldonado had to park his car.

Hamilton was able to pull away at the top and was about ten seconds ahead of the pit stops. Vettel, Rosberg and Hamilton came one after the other to the pits to change tires, the order remained unchanged.

Hamilton moved further away and was in first position with a lead of around twenty seconds. On the 64th lap, when braking at Sainte Devote, Verstappen collided with Grosjean, his front suspension broke and he crashed into the lane at high speed. Verstappen was seen by the race stewards as the cause of the collision and given a starting place penalty of five places at the next race and two penalty points. Grosjean was able to continue after the accident, but his car was damaged and he fell back to twelfth place.

To recover the car, a virtual safety car phase was initially called, but a little later the safety car went on the track. Mercedes decided to pit Hamilton in to fit a fresh set of soft tires. Since Ricciardo was the only remaining driver to pit, Hamilton came back on the track just behind Rosberg and Vettel in third place.

The top three drivers at the award ceremony

The race was opened again on the 71st lap. Rosberg was able to break away from Vettel, who was attacked by Hamilton. However, Hamilton failed to get by. Ricciardo passed Raikkonen and the vehicles touched lightly. Kwjat let Ricciardo pass on the instructions of the team, who could catch up with Vettel and Hamilton, but did not get past. Red Bull then asked Ricciardo to let Kwjat overtake again on the last lap if he didn't get past Hamilton.

Rosberg won the race ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. It was Rosberg's second win of the season and his third Monaco win in a row. After Graham Hill (1963–1965), Alain Prost (1984–1986) and Ayrton Senna (1989–1993), he was the fourth driver to do this. The top 10 were completed by Kwjat, Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Sergio Pérez , Button, Felipe Nasr and Carlos Sainz jr. It was the first points for Button and McLaren-Honda of the season.

In the drivers' standings, Rosberg was able to reduce the gap to Hamilton, Vettel stayed in third place. The first three positions in the constructors' championship remained unchanged, and Mercedes was able to further extend its lead over Ferrari.

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: 16.588	1: 15.864	1: 15.098	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 16.528	1: 15.471	1: 15.440	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 17.502	1: 16.181	1: 15.849	03
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 17.254	1: 16.706	1: 16.041	04th
05	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.845	1: 16.453	1: 16.182	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 17.660	1: 16.440	1: 16.427	06th
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 17.376	1: 16.999	1: 16.808	07th
08th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 17.630	1: 16.775	1: 16.946	08th
09	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 16.750	1: 16.546	1: 16.957	09
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 17.767	1: 17.007	-	15th
11	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 17.492	1: 17,093	-	10
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 17.552	1: 17.193	-	11
13	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 17.679	1: 17.278	-	12
14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 17.778	1: 26.632	-	13
15th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 18.101	-	-	14th
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 18.434	-	-	16
17th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 18.513	-	-	17th
18th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 20.655	-	-	18th
19th	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 20.904	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 21.885 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 16.528 min)
EX	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 17.246	1: 16.762	1: 16.931	box

Remarks

1. ↑ Grosjean was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Sainz was disqualified for ignoring the request to have the vehicle weighed.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	1	1: 49: 18.420	02	1: 18,599 (76.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	78	1	+ 4.486	03	1: 18.854 (75th)
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	2	+ 6,053	01	1: 18.676 (42nd)
04th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	+ 11.965	05	1: 19,130 ​​(75th)
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	78	2	+ 13.608	04th	1: 18.063 (74.)
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	78	1	+ 14.345	06th	1: 19.651 (74.)
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	78	2	+ 15.013	07th	1: 19.657 (74th)
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	78	2	+ 16,063	10	1: 19.490 (76.)
09	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	78	2	+ 23.626	14th	1: 20.017 (76.)
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	78	1	+ 25.056	box	1: 19.816 (48th)
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	78	2	+ 26.232	11	1: 19.921 (46.)
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	78	1	+ 28,415	15th	1: 20.483 (40th)
13	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	78	3	+ 31.159	17th	1: 19.285 (75th)
14th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	78	2	+ 45.789	16	1: 18.944 (74.)
15th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	77	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 19.764 (72nd)
16	Roberto Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	76	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 21.715 (47th)
17th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	76	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 22.693 (58th)
-	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	62	2	DNF	09	1: 18.873 (49.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	41	1	DNF	13	1: 20.459 (36th)
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	05	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.271 ( 03rd)

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 126 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 116 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 98 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 60 05  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 42 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 39 07th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 35 08th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 17th 09  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 16 10  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 16 11  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 11

Item driver constructor Points 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 9 13  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 6th 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 6th 15th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 5 16  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 4th 17th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0 18th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 19th  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 242 2  Ferrari 158 3  Williams-Mercedes 81 4th  Red Bull-Renault 52 5  Clean Ferrari 21st

Item constructor Points 06th  Force India-Mercedes 17th 07th  Lotus Mercedes 16 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. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Ziegler: Formula 1 in Monte Carlo 2015: route partially shifted. Motorsport-Total.com, May 20, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: FIA race commissioners Monaco: Tom Kristensen as an expert. Motorsport-Total.com, May 20, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 . 
4. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
5. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Formula 1 in Monaco: Hamilton ahead in rain training. Motorsport-Total.com, May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 . 
7. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 23, 2015, accessed May 24, 2015 . 
8. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / qualifying. Motorsport-Total.com, May 23, 2015, accessed May 24, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Missed the scales: Carlos Sainz loses eighth place on the grid. Motorsport-Total.com, May 23, 2015, accessed May 24, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Dieter Rencken, Markus Lüttgens: Grosjean and Massa criticize: Verstappen is too inexperienced. Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2015, accessed May 25, 2015 .