Mexico 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:20.436	1:20.053	1:19.480
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.808	1:19.829	1:19.668	+0.188
3	Vettel	Ferrari	1:20.503	1:20.045	1:19.850	+0.370
4	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:20.826	1:20.490	1:20.398	+0.918
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:21.166	1:20.783	1:20.399	+0.919
6	Bottas	Williams	1:20.817	1:20.458	1:20.448	+0.968
7	Massa	Williams	1:21.379	1:20.642	1:20.567	+1.087
8	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:20.995	1:20.894	1:20.710	+1.230
9	Pérez	Force India	1:20.966	1:20.669	1:20.716	+1.236
10	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:21.315	1:20.935	1:20.788	+1.308
11	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:20.960	1:20.942		+1.113
12	Grosjean	Lotus	1:21.577	1:21.038		+1.209
13	Maldonado	Lotus	1:21.520	1:21.261		+1.432
14	Ericsson	Sauber	1:21.299	1:21.544		+1.715
15	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:21.422	1:22.494		+2.665
16	Alonso	McLaren	1:21.779			+1.343
17	Nasr	Sauber	1:21.788			+1.352
18	Rossi	Marussia	1:24.136			+3.700
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:24.386			+3.950
NC	Button	McLaren

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	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	1	71	1:42:35.038	2	Mercedes
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	71	+1.954	2	Mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	6	71	+14.592	2	Mercedes
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	4	71	+16.572	2	Renault
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	71	+19.682	2	Renault
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	7	71	+21.493	2	Mercedes
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	10	71	+25.860	2	Mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	9	71	+34.343	1	Mercedes
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	8	71	+35.229	2	Renault
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	12	71	+37.934	2	Mercedes
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	13	71	+38.538	2	Mercedes
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	14	71	+40.180	3	Ferrari
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	11	71	+48.772	3	Renault
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	20	71	+49.214	2	Honda
15	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	16	69	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
16	Will Stevens	Marussia	17	69	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	15	57	Brakes	3	Ferrari
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	50	Accident	2	Ferrari
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	19	21	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	18	1	Power unit	0	Honda

Starting grid vs qualifying

Alonso Qualified 16, started 18 · 15-place penalty
Räikkönen Qualified 15, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Button Qualified NC, started 20 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

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

Race

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Places gained

Button20→14+6
Bottas6→3+3
Hülkenberg10→7+3
Grosjean12→10+2
Maldonado13→11+2
Ericsson14→12+2
Massa7→6+1
Pérez9→8+1
Rossi16→15+1
Stevens17→16+1
Rosberg1→10
Hamilton2→20
Kvyat4→40
Ricciardo5→50
Verstappen8→9-1
Sainz Jr.11→13-2

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

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel22.156R35
2Rosberg22.303R46
3Hamilton22.304R28
4Hamilton22.328R48
5Rosberg22.391R26
6Ricciardo22.422R24
7Ricciardo22.488R52
8Kvyat22.518R52
9Kvyat22.559R21
10Verstappen22.589R52

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

Stints of the top 10

Rosberg2620252 stops
Hamilton2820232 stops
Bottas845182 stops
Kvyat2131192 stops
Ricciardo2428192 stops
Massa943192 stops
Hülkenberg943192 stops
Pérez18531 stop
Verstappen2527192 stops
Grosjean1141192 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.

Retirements

NasrBrakesSauber
VettelAccidentFerrari
RäikkönenCollisionFerrari
AlonsoPower unitMcLaren

This race in history

15 races here since 1963Won from pole: 7 of 15

Win from furthest back (P13): Alain Prost 1990

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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