Japan 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.632	1:32.584
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.844	1:32.789	1:32.660	+0.076
3	Bottas	Williams	1:34.326	1:33.416	1:33.024	+0.440
4	Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.431	1:33.844	1:33.245	+0.661
5	Massa	Williams	1:34.744	1:33.377	1:33.337	+0.753
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.171	1:33.361	1:33.347	+0.763
7	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.399	1:34.153	1:33.497	+0.913
8	Grosjean	Lotus	1:34.398	1:34.278	1:33.967	+1.383
9	Pérez	Force India	1:35.001	1:34.174		+1.542
10	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:34.646	1:34.201		+1.569
11	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.328	1:34.390		+1.758
12	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:34.873	1:34.453		+1.821
13	Maldonado	Lotus	1:34.796	1:34.497		+1.865
14	Alonso	McLaren	1:35.467	1:34.785		+2.153
15	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:34.522			+1.678
16	Button	McLaren	1:35.664			+2.820
17	Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.673			+2.829
18	Nasr	Sauber	1:35.760			+2.916
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:38.783			+5.939
NC	Rossi	Marussia	1:47.114			+14.270

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	2	53	1:28:06.508	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	53	+18.964	2	Mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	53	+20.850	2	Ferrari
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	53	+33.768	2	Ferrari
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	53	+36.746	2	Mercedes
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	53	+55.559	2	Mercedes
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	8	53	+1:12.298	2	Mercedes
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	11	53	+1:13.575	2	Mercedes
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	17	53	+1:35.315	2	Renault
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	10	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	12	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	9	52	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	PL	52	+1 lap	3	Renault
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	14	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
17	Felipe Massa	Williams	5	51	+2 laps	3	Mercedes
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	19	51	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
19	Will Stevens	Marussia	18	50	+3 laps	3	Ferrari
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	16	49	Mechanical	2	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Hülkenberg Qualified 11, started 13 · 3-place penalty
Verstappen Qualified 15, started 17 · 3-place penalty
Kvyat Qualified 10, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen17→9+8
Hülkenberg13→6+7
KvyatPL→13+7
Maldonado11→8+3
Räikkönen6→4+2
Hamilton2→1+1
Vettel4→3+1
Grosjean8→7+1
Alonso12→11+1
Ericsson15→14+1
Rossi19→18+1
Sainz Jr.10→100
Rosberg1→2-1
Stevens18→19-1
Bottas3→5-2
Button14→16-2
Pérez9→12-3
Nasr16→20-4
Ricciardo7→15-8
Massa5→17-12

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Räikkönen22.584R28
2Hamilton22.750R16
3Vettel23.074R13
4Rosberg23.078R15
5Vettel23.130R30
6Hamilton23.165R31
7Kvyat23.183R20
8Ricciardo23.225R24
9Rosberg23.241R29
10Maldonado23.249R36

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1615222 stops
Rosberg1514242 stops
Vettel1317232 stops
Räikkönen1414252 stops
Bottas1118242 stops
Hülkenberg1021222 stops
Grosjean1122202 stops
Maldonado1224172 stops
Verstappen921232 stops
Sainz Jr.1413252 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

NasrMechanical, classified P20Sauber

This race in history

26 races here since 1987Won from pole: 12 of 26

Win from furthest back (P17): Kimi Räikkönen 2005

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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