Bahrain 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.928	1:32.669	1:32.571
2	Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.919	1:33.623	1:32.982	+0.411
3	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.398	1:33.878	1:33.129	+0.558
4	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.568	1:33.540	1:33.227	+0.656
5	Bottas	Williams	1:34.161	1:33.897	1:33.381	+0.810
6	Massa	Williams	1:34.488	1:33.551	1:33.744	+1.173
7	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.691	1:34.403	1:33.832	+1.261
8	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.653	1:34.613	1:34.450	+1.879
9	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:35.371	1:34.641	1:34.462	+1.891
10	Grosjean	Lotus	1:35.007	1:34.123	1:34.484	+1.913
11	Pérez	Force India	1:35.451	1:34.704		+2.035
12	Nasr	Sauber	1:35.310	1:34.737		+2.068
13	Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.438	1:35.034		+2.365
14	Alonso	McLaren	1:35.205	1:35.039		+2.370
15	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:35.611	1:35.103		+2.434
16	Maldonado	Lotus	1:35.677			+1.749
17	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:35.800			+1.872
18	Stevens	Marussia	1:38.713			+4.785
19	Merhi	Marussia	1:39.722			+5.794
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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	57	1:35:05.809	2	Mercedes
2	Kimi RäikkönenFastest lap	Ferrari	4	57	+3.380	2	Ferrari
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	3	57	+6.033	2	Mercedes
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	5	57	+42.957	2	Mercedes
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	57	+43.989	3	Ferrari
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	57	+1:01.751	2	Renault
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	10	57	+1:24.763	2	Mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	17	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	6	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	56	+1 lap	2	Honda
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	56	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	13	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	18	56	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
16	Will Stevens	Marussia	20	55	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
17	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	19	54	+3 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	15	34	Electrical	2	Renault
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	9	29	Wheel hub	2	Renault
DNS	Jenson Button	McLaren	20		Power unit	0	Honda

Race

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Places gained

Kvyat17→9+8
Stevens20→16+4
Grosjean10→7+3
Pérez11→8+3
Alonso14→11+3
Maldonado18→15+3
Räikkönen4→2+2
Merhi19→17+2
Bottas5→4+1
Ricciardo7→6+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg3→30
Nasr12→120
Ericsson13→14-1
Vettel2→5-3
Massa6→10-4
Hülkenberg8→13-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Maldonado24.310R24
2Vettel24.449R32
3Vettel24.509R13
4Hamilton24.528R33
5Räikkönen24.547R40
6Bottas24.623R33
7Hülkenberg24.679R25
8Kvyat24.692R34
9Grosjean24.735R12
10Räikkönen24.773R17

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1518242 stops
Räikkönen1723172 stops
Rosberg1420232 stops
Bottas1419242 stops
Vettel13194213 stops
Ricciardo1421222 stops
Grosjean1219262 stops
Pérez1720192 stops · +1 lap
Kvyat1519222 stops · +1 lap
Massa1014322 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

This race in history

10 races here since 2004Won from pole: 4 of 10

Win from furthest back (P4): Fernando Alonso 2006

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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