Russia 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.343	1:37.500	1:37.113
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.558	1:37.672	1:37.433	+0.320
3	Bottas	Williams	1:38.448	1:38.194	1:37.912	+0.799
4	Vettel	Ferrari	1:38.598	1:38.402	1:37.965	+0.852
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:39.207	1:38.224	1:38.348	+1.235
6	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.250	1:38.727	1:38.659	+1.546
7	Pérez	Force India	1:39.617	1:38.914	1:38.691	+1.578
8	Grosjean	Lotus	1:39.056	1:38.754	1:38.787	+1.674
9	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:39.411	1:39.119	1:38.924	+1.811
10	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:39.574	1:39.005	1:39.728	+2.615
11	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.580	1:39.214		+1.714
12	Nasr	Sauber	1:40.042	1:39.323		+1.823
13	Button	McLaren	1:39.739	1:39.763		+2.263
14	Maldonado	Lotus	1:39.724	1:39.811		+2.311
15	Massa	Williams	1:38.926	1:39.895		+2.395
16	Alonso	McLaren	1:40.144			+1.801
17	Ericsson	Sauber	1:40.660			+2.317
18	Stevens	Marussia	1:43.693			+5.350
19	Merhi	Marussia	1:43.804			+5.461
NC	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso

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 Hamilton	Mercedes	2	53	1:37:11.024	1	Mercedes
2	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Ferrari	4	53	+5.953	1	Ferrari
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	7	53	+28.918	1	Mercedes
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	15	53	+38.831	1	Mercedes
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	11	53	+47.566	1	Renault
6	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	53	+56.508	1	Ferrari
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	14	53	+1:01.088	1	Mercedes
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	53	+1:12.358	1	Ferrari
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	13	53	+1:19.467	1	Honda
10	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	9	53	+1:28.424	2	Renault
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	19	53	+1:31.210	1	Honda
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	52	Collision	1	Mercedes
13	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	18	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Will Stevens	Marussia	17	51	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	10	47	Suspension	1	Renault
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	20	45	Brakes	1	Renault
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	8	11	Accident	1	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	7	Throttle	0	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	6	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	16	0	Collision	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Merhi Qualified 19, started 18 · 20-place penalty
Alonso Qualified 16, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Sainz Jr. Qualified NC, started 20 · 20-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Massa15→4+11
Alonso19→11+8
Maldonado14→7+7
Kvyat11→5+6
Nasr12→6+6
Merhi18→13+5
Pérez7→3+4
Button13→9+4
Stevens17→14+3
Vettel4→2+2
Hamilton2→1+1
Verstappen9→10-1
Räikkönen5→8-3
Ricciardo10→15-5
Bottas3→12-9

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

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel29.367R30
2Räikkönen29.386R31
3Alonso29.539R13
4Button29.719R12
5Ricciardo29.732R12
6Maldonado29.952R30
7Hamilton30.216R32
8Verstappen30.241R24
9Sainz Jr.30.288R12
10Bottas30.316R26

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton32211 stop
Vettel30231 stop
Pérez12411 stop
Massa30231 stop
Kvyat33201 stop
Nasr34191 stop
Maldonado30231 stop
Räikkönen31221 stop
Button12411 stop
Verstappen123292 stops

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.