Abu Dhabi 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.111	1:40.979	1:40.237
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:40.974	1:40.758	1:40.614	+0.377
3	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.500	1:41.612	1:41.051	+0.814
4	Pérez	Force India	1:41.983	1:41.560	1:41.184	+0.947
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.275	1:41.830	1:41.444	+1.207
6	Bottas	Williams	1:42.608	1:41.868	1:41.656	+1.419
7	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:41.996	1:41.925	1:41.686	+1.449
8	Massa	Williams	1:42.303	1:42.349	1:41.759	+1.522
9	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:42.540	1:42.328	1:41.933	+1.696
10	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:42.911	1:42.482	1:42.708	+2.471
11	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:42.889	1:42.521		+1.763
12	Button	McLaren	1:42.570	1:42.668		+1.910
13	Maldonado	Lotus	1:42.929	1:42.807		+2.049
14	Nasr	Sauber	1:42.896	1:43.614		+2.856
15	Grosjean	Lotus	1:42.585			+1.611
16	Vettel	Ferrari	1:42.941			+1.967
17	Alonso	McLaren	1:43.187			+2.213
18	Ericsson	Sauber	1:43.838			+2.864
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:46.297			+5.323
20	Merhi	Marussia	1:47.434			+6.460

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 Rosberg	Mercedes	1	55	1:38:30.175	2	Mercedes
2	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	2	55	+8.271	2	Mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	55	+19.430	2	Ferrari
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	15	55	+43.735	2	Ferrari
5	Sergio Pérez	Force India	4	55	+1:03.952	2	Mercedes
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	55	+1:05.010	2	Renault
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	55	+1:33.618	2	Mercedes
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	8	55	+1:37.751	2	Mercedes
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	18	55	+1:38.201	2	Mercedes
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	9	55	+1:42.371	2	Renault
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	10	55	+1:43.525	2	Renault
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	12	54	+1 lap	2	Honda
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	6	54	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	54	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	14	54	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	11	54	+1 lap	3	Renault
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	16	53	+2 laps	4	Honda
18	Will Stevens	Marussia	19	53	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	PL	52	+3 laps	1	Ferrari
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	13	0	Collision	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Grosjean Qualified 15, started 18 · 5-place penalty
Stevens Qualified 19, started 19 · 5-place penalty
Merhi Qualified 20, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

Vettel15→4+11
Grosjean18→9+9
Ericsson17→14+3
Stevens19→18+1
MerhiPL→19+1
Rosberg1→10
Hamilton2→20
Räikkönen3→30
Hülkenberg7→70
Massa8→80
Button12→120
Pérez4→5-1
Ricciardo5→6-1
Kvyat9→10-1
Sainz Jr.10→11-1
Nasr14→15-1
Alonso16→17-1
Verstappen11→16-5
Bottas6→13-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Alonso16.128R8
2Hamilton21.346R11
3Hamilton21.392R41
4Rosberg21.580R31
5Vettel21.628R39
6Kvyat21.634R25
7Rosberg21.637R10
8Vettel21.795R23
9Kvyat21.868R5
10Pérez21.922R6

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

Stints of the top 10

Rosberg1021242 stops
Hamilton1130142 stops
Räikkönen1022232 stops
Vettel2316162 stops
Pérez621282 stops
Ricciardo620292 stops
Hülkenberg717312 stops
Massa620292 stops
Grosjean2320122 stops
Kvyat520302 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.

This race in history

6 races here since 2009Won from pole: 1 of 6

Win from furthest back (P4): Kimi Räikkönen 2012

Most wins here

Previous winners 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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