China 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.285	1:36.423	1:35.782
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.496	1:36.747	1:35.824	+0.042
3	Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.502	1:36.957	1:36.687	+0.905
4	Massa	Williams	1:38.433	1:37.357	1:36.954	+1.172
5	Bottas	Williams	1:38.014	1:37.763	1:37.143	+1.361
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.790	1:37.109	1:37.232	+1.450
7	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.534	1:37.939	1:37.540	+1.758
8	Grosjean	Lotus	1:38.209	1:38.063	1:37.905	+2.123
9	Nasr	Sauber	1:38.521	1:38.017	1:38.067	+2.285
10	Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.941	1:38.127	1:38.158	+2.376
11	Maldonado	Lotus	1:38.563	1:38.134		+1.711
12	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.051	1:38.209		+1.786
13	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.387	1:38.393		+1.970
14	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:38.622	1:38.538		+2.115
15	Pérez	Force India	1:38.903	1:39.290		+2.867
16	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.216			+1.714
17	Button	McLaren	1:39.276			+1.774
18	Alonso	McLaren	1:39.280			+1.778
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:42.091			+4.589
20	Merhi	Marussia	1:42.842			+5.340

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	1	56	1:39:42.008	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	56	+0.714	2	Mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	56	+2.988	2	Ferrari
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	56	+3.835	2	Ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	4	56	+8.544	2	Mercedes
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	5	56	+9.885	2	Mercedes
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	8	56	+19.008	2	Mercedes
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	9	56	+22.625	2	Ferrari
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	56	+32.117	2	Renault
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	10	55	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	15	55	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	18	55	+1 lap	2	Honda
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	14	55	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	17	55	+1 lap	2	Honda
15	Will Stevens	Marussia	19	54	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
16	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	20	54	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
17	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	13	52	Drivetrain	2	Renault
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	11	49	Brakes	3	Mercedes
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12	15	Engine	0	Renault
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	16	9	Gearbox	0	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Alonso18→12+6
Pérez15→11+4
Stevens19→15+4
Merhi20→16+4
Button17→14+3
Räikkönen6→4+2
Grosjean8→7+1
Nasr9→8+1
Sainz Jr.14→13+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Vettel3→30
Ericsson10→100
Massa4→5-1
Bottas5→6-1
Ricciardo7→9-2
Verstappen13→17-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Maldonado17.912R48
2Hamilton22.235R33
3Vettel22.444R30
4Räikkönen22.453R34
5Maldonado22.470R11
6Rosberg22.483R15
7Vettel22.488R13
8Ricciardo22.635R14
9Hamilton22.645R14
10Räikkönen22.818R15

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1419232 stops
Rosberg1516252 stops
Vettel1317262 stops
Räikkönen1519222 stops
Massa1321222 stops
Bottas1421212 stops
Grosjean1220242 stops
Nasr1021252 stops
Ricciardo1422202 stops
Ericsson1416252 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

VerstappenDrivetrain, classified P17Toro Rosso
MaldonadoBrakesLotus
KvyatEngineRed Bull
HülkenbergGearboxForce India

This race in history

11 races here since 2004Won from pole: 6 of 11

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

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

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