2015 British Grand Prix
- Date
- 5 Jul 2015
- Circuit
- Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, UK
- Round
- 9 of 19
- Winner
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Pole position
- Lewis Hamilton (1:32.248)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 52 | 1:31:27.729 | 1:37.093 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | ROSNico Rosberg | Mercedes | 2 | 52 | +10.956 | 18 | |
| 3 | 5 | VETSebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 6 | 52 | +25.443 | 15 | |
| 4 | 19 | MASFelipe Massa | Williams | 3 | 52 | +36.839 | 12 | |
| 5 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Williams | 4 | 52 | +63.194 | 10 | |
| 6 | 26 | KVYDaniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 7 | 52 | +63.955 | 8 | |
| 7 | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Force India | 9 | 52 | +78.744 | 6 | |
| 8 | 7 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 5 | 51 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 9 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Force India | 11 | 51 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 10 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | McLaren | 17 | 51 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 11 | 9 | ERIMarcus Ericsson | Sauber | 15 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 98 | MERRoberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 20 | 49 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 28 | STEWill Stevens | Manor Marussia | 19 | 49 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 8 | 31 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 10 | 21 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 33 | VERMax Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 13 | 3 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 8 | GRORomain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 13 | MALPastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 22 | BUTJenson Button | McLaren | 18 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| W | 12 | NASFelipe Nasr | Sauber | 16 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 19, 43), stints of 19, 24, 9 laps
- 2nd
- Nico Rosberg: 2 stops (laps 20, 44), stints of 20, 24, 8 laps
- 3rd
- Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 14, 43), stints of 14, 29, 9 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 10 · 3 or more: 3
- First stops
- median lap 20 of 52
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 2 | 19 (28.4 s), 43 (29.0 s) | 19249 |
| ROSNico Rosberg | 2 | 20 (28.4 s), 44 (30.4 s) | 20248 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 2 | 14 (28.9 s), 43 (29.7 s) | 14299 |
| MASFelipe Massa | 2 | 20 (29.4 s), 44 (31.9 s) | 20248 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 2 | 21 (28.8 s), 44 (31.9 s) | 21238 |
| KVYDaniil Kvyat | 2 | 18 (28.3 s), 44 (34.0 s) | 18268 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 2 | 19 (28.6 s), 44 (33.9 s) | 19258 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 3 | 13 (29.0 s), 38 (30.4 s), 47 (30.2 s) | 132594 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 2 | 20 (28.9 s), 44 (32.0 s) | 20247 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 3 | 1 (71.2 s), 17 (28.7 s), 37 (32.6 s) | 162014 |
| ERIMarcus Ericsson | 4 | 23 (29.6 s), 37 (30.9 s), 41 (29.8 s), 42 (30.2 s) | 231449 |
| MERRoberto Merhi | 2 | 36 (34.7 s), 44 (30.7 s) | 3685 |
| STEWill Stevens | 2 | 36 (48.9 s), 45 (44.0 s) | 3694 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 1 | 12 (29.4 s) | 1219 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 2 | 11 (28.5 s), 20 (43.2 s) | 119 |
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 | 1:33.796 | 1:33.068 | 1:32.248 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.475 | 1:32.737 | 1:32.361 | +0.113 Q3 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:34.542 | 1:33.707 | 1:33.085 | +0.837 Q3 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:34.171 | 1:33.020 | 1:33.149 | +0.772 Q2 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:33.426 | 1:33.911 | 1:33.379 | +1.131 Q3 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.562 | 1:33.641 | 1:33.547 | +1.299 Q3 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:34.422 | 1:33.520 | 1:33.636 | +1.272 Q2 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:34.641 | 1:34.071 | 1:33.649 | +1.401 Q3 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:34.594 | 1:33.693 | 1:33.673 | +1.425 Q3 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.272 | 1:33.749 | 1:33.943 | +1.501 Q2 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34.250 | 1:34.268 | +2.002 Q1 | |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:34.646 | 1:34.430 | +2.182 Q2 | |
| 13 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:34.819 | 1:34.502 | +2.254 Q2 | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:34.877 | 1:34.511 | +2.263 Q2 | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.643 | 1:34.868 | +2.395 Q1 | |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:34.888 | +2.640 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:34.959 | +2.711 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.207 | +2.959 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:37.364 | +5.116 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:39.377 | +7.129 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 | 5 | 194 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 3 | 177 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1 | 135 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 0 | 77 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 0 | 76 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 0 | 74 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 0 | 17 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 8 | 371 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 1 | 211 |
| 3 | Williams | 0 | 151 |
| 4 | Red Bull | 0 | 63 |
| 5 | Force India | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | Lotus F1 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Sauber | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | McLaren | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Manor Marussia | 0 | 0 |