The 2015 Austrian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015)[1] was the eighth race of the 2015 Formula One season. This was the 2nd time the Austrian Grand Prix has been held since 2003, and the 29th running of the Austrian Grand Prix in Formula One. It was held between 19 June and 21 June 2015.
Background[]
Heading into Austria, Lewis Hamilton held a seventeen-point lead in the drivers' championship from teammate Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel is in third, 43 points behind the championship leader. While in the constructors championship, Mercedes holds a 105-point lead from Ferrari.
The Grand Prix used soft and super soft tyres.[2]
Jolyon Palmer also took part in the first practice session.[3]
Because of the circuit's nature, several of the teams made updates on their power units and chassis.[4][5][6]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-Renault
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1:11.724 | 7 | 1:11.676 | 17 | 1:11.819 | 16 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:15.684 | 20 | 1:09.600 | 1 | 1:09.994 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:10.401 | 1 | 1:09.611 | 2 | 1:10.332 | 5 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:11.028 | 3 | 1:09.860 | 3 | 1:10.177 | 3 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Lotus-Mercedes
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1:10.267 | 7 | 1:10.863 | 10 | |||||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:12.159 | 15 | 1:36.148 | 13 | 1:11.058 | 12 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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1:11.905 | 10 | 1:10.585 | 10 | 1:10.221 | 4 | |||||
| 12 |  Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:11.633 | 5 | 1:10.495 | 9 | 1:11.906 | 17 | |||||
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:12.004 | 12 | 1:09.914 | 4 | 1:10.576 | 9 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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1:13.272 | 17 | 1:11.517 | 16 | 1:11.168 | 15 | |||||
| 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:11.890 | 9 | 1:11.011 | 15 | 1:10.408 | 6 | |||||
| 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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1:12.920 | 16 | 1:11.919 | 18 | 1:12.616 | 18 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:11.642 | 6 | 1:10.686 | 12 | 1:11.139 | 14 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:12.031 | 13 | 1:10.160 | 6 | 1:11.009 | 11 | |||||
| 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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1:13.937 | 18 | 1:12.522 | 19 | 1:13.328 | 19 | |||||
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:12.050 | 14 | |||||||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:11.825 | 8 | 1:10.356 | 8 | 1:10.436 | 8 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:10.709 | 2 | 1:10.137 | 5 | 1:10.011 | 2 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:11.948 | 11 | 1:10.631 | 11 | 1:11.139 | 13 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:11.452 | 4 | 1:10.746 | 14 | 1:10.417 | 7 | |||||
| 98 | Roberto Merhi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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1:15.459 | 19 | 1:13.094 | 20 | 1:13.960 | 20 | |||||
| Source: [7][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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13 | 1:12.218 | 2 | 1:09.062 | 1 | 1:08.455 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1 | 1:10.976 | 1 | 1:08.634 | 2 | 1:08.655 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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3 | 1:11.184 | 3 | 1:09.392 | 3 | 1:08.810 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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8 | 1:11.830 | 8 | 1:09.719 | 4 | 1:09.192 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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5 | 1:11.319 | 5 | 1:09.604 | 5 | 1:09.278 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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9 | 1:11.894 | 4 | 1:09.598 | 6 | 1:09.319 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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4 | 1:11.307 | 6 | 1:09.631 | 7 | 1:09.612 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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12 | 1:12.092 | 10 | 1:10.187 | 8 | 1:09.694 | 15* | |||
| 9 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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11 | 1:12.001 | 7 | 1:09.652 | 9 | 1:09.713 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Mercedes
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7 | 1:11.821 | 9 | 1:09.920 | 10 | no time | 9 | |||
| 11 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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6 | 1:11.661 | 11 | 1:10.374 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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14 | 1:12.388 | 12 | 1:10.426 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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2 | 1:11.158 | 13 | 1:10.465 | 12 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Red Bull-Renault
|
10 | 1:11.973 | 14 | 1:10.482 | 18* | |||||
| 15 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
|
15 | 1:12.508 | 15 | 1:10.736 | 19† | |||||
| 16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
|
16 | 1:12.522 | 13 | |||||||
| 17 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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17 | 1:12.632 | 20† | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
|
18 | 1:12.867 | 14 | |||||||
| 19 | 98 | Roberto Merhi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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19 | 1:14.071 | 16 | |||||||
| 20 | 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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20 | 1:15.368 | 17 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:15.944 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [10] | |||||||||||||
- * Kvyat and Ricciardo were each given ten-place grid penalties for using a fifth engine.[11][12]
- † Alonso and Button were each given 25-place grid penalties for changing their gearboxes and going past the limit of using a couple of new power unit components.[13][14][15]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
| ______________ | Nico Rosberg | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Massa | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 6 | |
| ______________ | Valtteri Bottas | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Max Verstappen | 8 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Nasr | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Romain Grosjean | 10 | |
| ______________ | Pastor Maldonado | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Marcus Ericsson | 12 | |
| ______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Sergio Pérez | 14 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Daniil Kvyat* | 16 | |
| ______________ | Roberto Merhi | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Will Stevens | 18 | |
| ______________ | Daniel Ricciardo* | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Fernando Alonso† | 20 | |
| ______________ | Jenson Button† |
- * Kvyat and Ricciardo were each given ten-place grid penalties for using a fifth engine.[11][12]
- † Alonso and Button were each given 25-place grid penalties for changing their gearboxes and going past the limit of using a couple of new power unit components.[13][14][15]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
- * Hamilton was given a five-second penalty for crossing the white line on the pit exit, but his results were not affected due to being more than five seconds ahead of Massa.[17]
- † Sainz was given a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, although he did not manage to finish the race.[17]
Milestones[]
Standings after race[]
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References[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Austria.html. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Pirelli reveal tyre choices for Spain, Monaco, Canada and Austria". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 22 April 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/4/pirelli-reveal-tyre-choices-for-spain--monaco--canada-and-austri.html. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "More Friday outings for Palmer at Lotus". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/more-friday-outings-for-palmer-at-lotus.html. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ "No B-spec Force India 2015 Formula 1 car until Austrian Grand Prix". 7 April 2015. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118386. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian GP: Honda upgrade won't give McLaren F1 team power boost". 4 June 2015. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119306. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Ferrari and Honda use F1 engine tokens". 2 June 2015. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/exclusive-ferrari-and-honda-use-f1-engine-tokens/. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Austrian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 19 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-austria-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Austrian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 19 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-austria-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-austria-results/practice-3.html. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Austrian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 24". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 June 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/29003/download?token=RM_tDbUG. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 11". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 June 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/29775/download?token=-XgWeRo0. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 12". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 June 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/29776/download?token=rzptO0vU. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 29". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 June 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/29936/download?token=s2ANS3Yr. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 26". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 June 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/29876/download?token=IrmvgJJb. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Austrian Grand Prix Race Report". McLaren. 21 June 2015. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2015/austrian-grand-prix/2015-austrian-grand-prix-race-report/. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Austrian Grand Prix 2015 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-austria-results/race.html. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Collantine, Keith (21 June 2015). "2015 Austrian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/06/21/2015-austrian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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