Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 · Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China

2015-04-12

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes · +0.714

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari · +2.988

Who won the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?

The 2015 Chinese Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, starting from pole position. Nico Rosberg finished second, +0.714 behind, with Sebastian Vettel completing the podium. Lewis Hamilton also set the fastest lap of the race at 1:42.208. 4 drivers failed to finish the race. This was Round 3 of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. Fernando Alonso was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 6 positions from P18 to finish P12.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:39:42.008	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	—	+0.714	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	—	+2.988	Finished	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	▲2	+3.835	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	4	▼1	+8.544	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	5	▼1	+9.885	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	8	▲1	+19.008	Finished	6
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	9	▲1	+22.625	Finished	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	▼2	+32.117	Finished	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	10	—	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	15	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	18	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	14	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	17	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia	19	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
16	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia	20	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
17	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	13	▼4	—	Transmission	0
R	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	11	—	—	Brakes	0
R	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	12	—	—	Power Unit	0
R	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	16	—	—	Gearbox	0

Qualifying

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

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Hamilton

2 stops

P2Rosberg

2 stops

P3Vettel

2 stops

P4Räikkönen

2 stops

P5Massa

2 stops

P6Bottas

2 stops

P7Grosjean

2 stops

P8Nasr

2 stops

P9Ricciardo

2 stops

P10Ericsson

2 stops

Lap 1

Lap 56

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Rosberg	P2	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Vettel	P3	P3	P4	P3	P3	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Räikkönen	P4	P4	P2	P4	P4	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Massa	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

2015 Chinese Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix on 2015-04-12 at Shanghai International Circuit.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?+

P1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). P2: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), +0.714 behind. P3: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), +2.988 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix with a time of 1:42.208.

Which team won the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix?+

Mercedes won the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Felipe Nasr	1	10	14:21:26	23.409
Pastor Maldonado	1	11	14:23:09	22.470
Sergio Pérez	1	11	14:23:19	22.829
Romain Grosjean	1	12	14:24:52	23.421
Max Verstappen	1	12	14:24:59	24.256
Fernando Alonso	1	12	14:25:14	23.238
Sebastian Vettel	1	13	14:26:23	22.488
Felipe Massa	1	13	14:26:33	23.145
Lewis Hamilton	1	14	14:28:00	22.645
Valtteri Bottas	1	14	14:28:20	23.084
Marcus Ericsson	1	14	14:28:36	23.846
Daniel Ricciardo	1	14	14:28:38	22.635
Jenson Button	1	14	14:28:51	23.936
Nico Rosberg	1	15	14:29:48	22.483
Kimi Räikkönen	1	15	14:29:55	22.818
Will Stevens	1	16	14:32:55	24.132
Roberto Merhi	1	17	14:34:51	25.938
Carlos Sainz	1	19	14:37:55	23.795
Sergio Pérez	2	26	14:50:03	23.338
Sebastian Vettel	2	30	14:56:09	22.444
Marcus Ericsson	2	30	14:57:12	24.589
Felipe Nasr	2	31	14:58:53	23.732
Nico Rosberg	2	31	14:57:50	22.829
Romain Grosjean	2	32	15:00:30	23.605
Max Verstappen	2	32	15:00:35	23.258
Jenson Button	2	32	15:00:57	23.273
Lewis Hamilton	2	33	15:01:11	22.235
Pastor Maldonado	2	33	15:02:42	22.899
Felipe Massa	2	34	15:03:37	23.317
Kimi Räikkönen	2	34	15:03:09	22.453
Valtteri Bottas	2	35	15:05:28	23.582
Fernando Alonso	2	35	15:06:28	23.345
Daniel Ricciardo	2	36	15:07:45	22.897
Will Stevens	2	38	15:13:29	24.054
Carlos Sainz	2	39	15:14:00	23.424
Roberto Merhi	2	40	15:17:19	24.088
Sergio Pérez	3	41	15:16:42	23.144
Pastor Maldonado	3	48	15:29:49	17.912