2015 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date: 19 Apr 2015
Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Round: 4 of 19
Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:32.571)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	57	1:35:05.809		25
2	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	57	+3.380	1:36.311	18
3	6	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	3	57	+6.033		15
4	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	5	57	+42.957		12
5	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	57	+43.989		10
6	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	57	+61.751		8
7	8	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus F1	10	57	+84.763		6
8	11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	11	56	+1 Lap		4
9	26	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	17	56	+1 Lap		2
10	19	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	6	56	+1 Lap		1
11	14	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	14	56	+1 Lap		0
12	12	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	12	56	+1 Lap		0
13	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	56	+1 Lap		0
14	9	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	13	56	+1 Lap		0
15	13	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	16	56	+1 Lap		0
16	28	STEWill Stevens	Manor Marussia	18	55	+2 Laps		0
17	98	MERRoberto Merhi	Manor Marussia	19	54	+3 Laps		0
R	33	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	15	34	Electrical		0
R	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	9	29	Engine		0
W	22	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	20	0	ERS		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 128 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 15, 33), stints of 15, 18, 24 laps
2nd: Kimi Räikkönen: 2 stops (laps 17, 40), stints of 17, 23, 17 laps
3rd: Nico Rosberg: 2 stops (laps 14, 34), stints of 14, 20, 23 laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 12 · 3 or more: 5
First stops: median lap 14 of 57

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	15 (25.8 s), 33 (24.5 s)	151824
RAIKimi Räikkönen	2	17 (24.8 s), 40 (24.5 s)	172317
ROSNico Rosberg	2	14 (25.3 s), 34 (25.4 s)	142023
BOTValtteri Bottas	2	14 (25.3 s), 33 (24.6 s)	141924
VETSebastian Vettel	3	13 (24.5 s), 32 (24.4 s), 36 (33.9 s)	1319421
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	14 (25.7 s), 35 (24.9 s)	142122
GRORomain Grosjean	2	12 (24.7 s), 31 (25.3 s)	121926
PERSergio Pérez	2	17 (25.6 s), 37 (25.3 s)	172019
KVYDaniil Kvyat	2	15 (25.4 s), 34 (24.7 s)	151922
MASFelipe Massa	2	10 (24.9 s), 24 (25.0 s)	101432
ALOFernando Alonso	2	13 (25.4 s), 35 (24.9 s)	132221
NASFelipe Nasr	3	10 (25.5 s), 24 (25.9 s), 41 (26.2 s)	10141715
HULNico Hülkenberg	3	10 (26.7 s), 25 (24.7 s), 38 (25.0 s)	10151318
ERIMarcus Ericsson	3	11 (26.0 s), 25 (49.2 s), 37 (26.0 s)	11141219
MALPastor Maldonado	3	10 (30.4 s), 24 (24.3 s), 41 (107.4 s)	10141715
STEWill Stevens	2	19 (26.1 s), 33 (26.5 s)	191422
MERRoberto Merhi	2	18 (25.8 s), 34 (27.6 s)	181620
VERMax Verstappen	2	6 (39.3 s), 30 (27.2 s)	6244
SAICarlos Sainz	2	11 (32.6 s), 29 (26.6 s)	1118

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	1:33.928	1:32.669	1:32.571	fastest Q3
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.919	1:33.623	1:32.982	+0.411 Q3
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.398	1:33.878	1:33.129	+0.558 Q3
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.568	1:33.540	1:33.227	+0.656 Q3
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:34.161	1:33.897	1:33.381	+0.810 Q3
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:34.488	1:33.551	1:33.744	+0.980 Q2
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.691	1:34.403	1:33.832	+1.261 Q3
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.653	1:34.613	1:34.450	+1.879 Q3
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:35.371	1:34.641	1:34.462	+1.891 Q3
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:35.007	1:34.123	1:34.484	+1.552 Q2
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.451	1:34.704		+2.133 Q2
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:35.310	1:34.737		+2.166 Q2
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.438	1:35.034		+2.463 Q2
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.205	1:35.039		+2.468 Q2
15	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:35.611	1:35.103		+2.532 Q2
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	1:35.677			+3.106 Q1
17	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:35.800			+3.229 Q1
18	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia	1:38.713			+6.142 Q1
19	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia	1:39.722			+7.151 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	3	93
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	66
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	65
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	42
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	0	31
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	0	30
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	0	19
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	0	14
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	0	12
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	0	6

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	3	159
2	Ferrari	1	107
3	Williams	0	61
4	Red Bull	0	23
5	Sauber	0	19
6	Lotus F1	0	12
7	Toro Rosso	0	12
8	Force India	0	11
9	McLaren	0	0
10	Manor Marussia	0	0

Full 2015 standings