2015 Chinese Grand Prix

Date: 12 Apr 2015
Circuit: Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Round: 3 of 19
Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:35.782)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	56	1:39:42.008	1:42.208	25
2	6	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	56	+0.714		18
3	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	56	+2.988		15
4	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	56	+3.835		12
5	19	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	4	56	+8.544		10
6	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	5	56	+9.885		8
7	8	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus F1	8	56	+19.008		6
8	12	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	9	56	+22.625		4
9	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	56	+32.117		2
10	9	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	10	55	+1 Lap		1
11	11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	15	55	+1 Lap		0
12	14	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	18	55	+1 Lap		0
13	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	14	55	+1 Lap		0
14	22	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	17	55	+1 Lap		0
15	28	STEWill Stevens	Manor Marussia	19	54	+2 Laps		0
16	98	MERRoberto Merhi	Manor Marussia	20	54	+2 Laps		0
17	33	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	13	52	Transmission		0
R	13	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	11	49	Brakes		0
R	26	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12	15	Power Unit		0
R	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	16	9	Gearbox		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 170 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 14, 33), stints of 14, 19, 23 laps
2nd: Nico Rosberg: 2 stops (laps 15, 31), stints of 15, 16, 25 laps
3rd: Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 13, 30), stints of 13, 17, 26 laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 16 · 3 or more: 1
First stops: median lap 14 of 56

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	14 (22.6 s), 33 (22.2 s)	141923
ROSNico Rosberg	2	15 (22.5 s), 31 (22.8 s)	151625
VETSebastian Vettel	2	13 (22.5 s), 30 (22.4 s)	131726
RAIKimi Räikkönen	2	15 (22.8 s), 34 (22.5 s)	151922
MASFelipe Massa	2	13 (23.1 s), 34 (23.3 s)	132122
BOTValtteri Bottas	2	14 (23.1 s), 35 (23.6 s)	142121
GRORomain Grosjean	2	12 (23.4 s), 32 (23.6 s)	122024
NASFelipe Nasr	2	10 (23.4 s), 31 (23.7 s)	102125
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	14 (22.6 s), 36 (22.9 s)	142220
ERIMarcus Ericsson	2	14 (23.8 s), 30 (24.6 s)	141625
PERSergio Pérez	3	11 (22.8 s), 26 (23.3 s), 41 (23.1 s)	11151514
ALOFernando Alonso	2	12 (23.2 s), 35 (23.3 s)	122320
SAICarlos Sainz	2	19 (23.8 s), 39 (23.4 s)	192016
BUTJenson Button	2	14 (23.9 s), 32 (23.3 s)	141823
STEWill Stevens	2	16 (24.1 s), 38 (24.1 s)	162216
MERRoberto Merhi	2	17 (25.9 s), 40 (24.1 s)	172314
VERMax Verstappen	2	12 (24.3 s), 32 (23.3 s)	122020
MALPastor Maldonado	3	11 (22.5 s), 33 (22.9 s), 48 (17.9 s)	112215

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.285	1:36.423	1:35.782	fastest Q3
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.496	1:36.747	1:35.828	+0.046 Q3
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.502	1:36.957	1:36.687	+0.905 Q3
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:38.433	1:37.357	1:36.954	+1.172 Q3
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:38.014	1:37.763	1:37.143	+1.361 Q3
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.790	1:37.109	1:37.232	+1.327 Q2
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.534	1:37.939	1:37.540	+1.758 Q3
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:38.209	1:38.063	1:37.905	+2.123 Q3
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.521	1:38.017	1:38.067	+2.235 Q2
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.941	1:38.127	1:38.158	+2.345 Q2
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	1:38.563	1:38.134		+2.352 Q2
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:39.051	1:38.209		+2.427 Q2
13	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.387	1:38.393		+2.605 Q1
14	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:38.622	1:38.538		+2.756 Q2
15	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.903	1:39.290		+3.121 Q1
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:39.216			+3.434 Q1
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.276			+3.494 Q1
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:39.280			+3.498 Q1
19	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia	1:42.091			+6.309 Q1
20	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia	1:42.842			+7.060 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	68
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	55
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	51
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	0	30
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	24
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	0	18
7	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	0	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	0	11
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	0	6
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	0	6

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	2	119
2	Ferrari	1	79
3	Williams	0	48
4	Sauber	0	19
5	Red Bull	0	13
6	Toro Rosso	0	12
7	Force India	0	7
8	Lotus F1	0	6
9	McLaren	0	0
10	Manor Marussia	0	0

Full 2015 standings