2015 Canadian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 7 Jun 2015 for Mercedes, from pole position; Nico Rosberg was second and Valtteri Bottas third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 30 of 70, from Nico Rosberg; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. Hamilton stopped once, on lap 29; 15 of 17 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 27. The fastest lap was Kimi Räikkönen's, 1:16.987 on lap 42. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 151 points, 17 ahead of Nico Rosberg, with 12 rounds left.

Date

7 Jun 2015

Circuit

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada

Round

7 of 19

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:14.393)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 8 drivers: Max Verstappen qualified 12th, started 19th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 13th, started 12th; Fernando Alonso qualified 14th, started 13th; Felipe Nasr qualified 15th, started 14th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 16th, started 18th; Felipe Massa qualified 17th, started 15th; Roberto Merhi qualified 18th, started 16th; Will Stevens qualified 19th, started 17th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

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

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 29), stints of 29, 41 laps

2nd

Nico Rosberg: 1 stop (lap 30), stints of 30, 40 laps

3rd

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 28), stints of 28, 42 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 15 · 2 stops: 2

First stops

median lap 27 of 70

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

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

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

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

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2015 standings