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Chinese Grand Prix

2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 of 19Shanghai International Circuit, ShanghaiApr 12 201556 laps

Podium

ROSMercedes

HAMMercedes

VETFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:39:42.008 from P1

PoleHAM1:35.782

Fastest lapHAM1:42.208 on lap 31

Pit stops38recorded stops

Finishers17 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	–	56	1:39:42.008	25	1:42.208	2
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	–	56	+0.714s	18	1:42.565	2
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	–	56	+2.988s	15	1:43.018	2
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	▲2	56	+3.835s	12	1:43.026	2
5	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	4	▼1	56	+8.544s	10	1:42.734	2
6	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	5	▼1	56	+9.885s	8	1:43.051	2
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	8	▲1	56	+19.008s	6	1:43.134	2
8	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	9	▲1	56	+22.625s	4	1:43.692	2
9	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	▼2	56	+32.117s	2	1:43.245	2
10	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	10	–	55	+1 lap	1	1:44.204	2
11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	15	▲4	55	+1 lap		1:43.512	3
12	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	18	▲6	55	+1 lap		1:43.728	2
13	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	14	▲1	55	+1 lap		1:42.652	2
14	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	17	▲3	55	+1 lap		1:44.991	2
15	STEWill Stevens	Marussia	19	▲4	54	+2 laps		1:45.414	2
16	MERRoberto Merhi	Marussia	20	▲4	54	+2 laps		1:45.963	2
17	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	13	▼4	52	+4 laps		1:43.880	2
DNF	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	11		49	Brakes		1:43.686	3
DNF	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12		15	Engine		1:46.291
DNF	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	16		9	Gearbox		1:45.844

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MAL	48	17.9s
2	HAM	33	22.2s
3	VET	30	22.4s
4	RAI	34	22.5s
5	MAL	11	22.5s
6	ROS	15	22.5s
7	VET	13	22.5s
8	RIC	14	22.6s
9	HAM	14	22.6s
10	RAI	15	22.8s
11	PER	11	22.8s
12	ROS	31	22.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 38 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.285	1:36.423	1:35.782
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.496	1:36.747	1:35.824	+0.042s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.502	1:36.957	1:36.687	+0.905s
4	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:38.433	1:37.357	1:36.954	+1.172s
5	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:38.014	1:37.763	1:37.143	+1.361s
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.790	1:37.109	1:37.232	+1.450s
7	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.534	1:37.939	1:37.540	+1.758s
8	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.209	1:38.063	1:37.905	+2.123s
9	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.521	1:38.017	1:38.067	+2.285s
10	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.941	1:38.127	1:38.158	+2.376s
11	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:38.563	1:38.134	–	+2.352s
12	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.051	1:38.209	–	+2.427s
13	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.387	1:38.393	–	+2.611s
14	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:38.622	1:38.538	–	+2.756s
15	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.903	1:39.290	–	+3.508s
16	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.216	–	–	+3.434s
17	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:39.276	–	–	+3.494s
18	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:39.280	–	–	+3.498s
19	STEWill Stevens	Marussia	1:42.091	–	–	+6.309s
20	MERRoberto Merhi	Marussia	1:42.842	–	–	+7.060s

Shanghai International Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2015. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
2012	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2011	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2010	Jenson Button	McLaren
2009	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault

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