Great Britain 2015: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.796	1:33.068	1:32.248
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.475	1:32.737	1:32.361	+0.113
3	Massa	Williams	1:34.542	1:33.707	1:33.085	+0.837
4	Bottas	Williams	1:34.171	1:33.020	1:33.149	+0.901
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.426	1:33.911	1:33.379	+1.131
6	Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.562	1:33.641	1:33.547	+1.299
7	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:34.422	1:33.520	1:33.636	+1.388
8	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:34.641	1:34.071	1:33.649	+1.401
9	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:34.594	1:33.693	1:33.673	+1.425
10	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.272	1:33.749	1:33.943	+1.695
11	Pérez	Force India	1:34.250	1:34.268		+1.531
12	Grosjean	Lotus	1:34.646	1:34.430		+1.693
13	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:34.819	1:34.502		+1.765
14	Maldonado	Lotus	1:34.877	1:34.511		+1.774
15	Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.643	1:34.868		+2.131
16	Nasr	Sauber	1:34.888			+1.462
17	Alonso	McLaren	1:34.959			+1.533
18	Button	McLaren	1:35.207			+1.781
19	Stevens	Marussia	1:37.364			+3.938
20	Merhi	Marussia	1:39.377			+5.951

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	52	1:31:27.729	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	52	+10.956	2	Mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	52	+25.443	2	Ferrari
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	3	52	+36.839	2	Mercedes
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	4	52	+1:03.194	2	Mercedes
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	7	52	+1:03.955	2	Renault
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	9	52	+1:18.744	2	Mercedes
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	51	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	51	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	17	51	+1 lap	3	Honda
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	51	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
12	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	20	49	+3 laps	2	Ferrari
13	Will Stevens	Marussia	19	49	+3 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	8	31	Electrical	1	Renault
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	10	21	Electrical	2	Renault
DNF	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	13	3	Spun off	0	Renault
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	12	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	14	0	Collision damage	0	Mercedes
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	18	0	Collision	0	Honda
DNS	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	16		Gearbox	0	Ferrari

Race

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Places gained

Merhi20→12+8
Alonso17→10+7
Stevens19→13+6
Ericsson15→11+4
Vettel6→3+3
Hülkenberg9→7+2
Pérez11→9+2
Kvyat7→6+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Massa3→4-1
Bottas4→5-1
Räikkönen5→8-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Kvyat28.347R18
2Rosberg28.393R20
3Hamilton28.417R19
4Ricciardo28.464R11
5Hülkenberg28.558R19
6Alonso28.703R17
7Bottas28.781R21
8Pérez28.860R20
9Vettel28.946R14
10Räikkönen28.974R13

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton192492 stops
Rosberg202482 stops
Vettel142992 stops
Massa202482 stops
Bottas212382 stops
Kvyat182682 stops
Hülkenberg192582 stops
Räikkönen1325943 stops · +1 lap
Pérez202472 stops · +1 lap
Alonso11620143 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

Sainz Jr.ElectricalToro Rosso
RicciardoElectricalRed Bull
VerstappenSpun offToro Rosso
GrosjeanCollisionLotus
MaldonadoCollision damageLotus
ButtonCollisionMcLaren
NasrGearboxSauber

This race in history

48 races here since 1950Won from pole: 16 of 48

Win from furthest back (P7): Emerson Fittipaldi 1975

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

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