The 2015 Italian Grand Prix (formally called the Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2015)[1] was the twelfth race of the 2015 Formula One Season. It was be held between 4 September and 6 September 2015 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the 85th running of the Italian Grand Prix.
Having taken his eleventh pole of twelve (and seventh consecutive), Lewis Hamilton won the race by twenty-five seconds, completing his second Grand Chelem having lead every lap and taken the fastest lap. Sebastian Vettel finished second for Ferrari, with Felipe Massa holding off a late charge from Williams teammate Valtteri Bottas to take the final podium place.
Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes, Nico Rosberg, suffered engine issues during qualifying, and having qualified in fourth, saw his engine blow a few laps from the finish. Kimi Räikkönen qualified second, but stalled at the start, falling to last before recovering to fifth.
Background[]
Coming into the Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took a 28-point lead into Italy after winning the previous race in Belgium. While in the constructors championship, Mercedes held a 184-point lead from Ferrari in second place. Nico Hülkenberg stayed at Force India after he signed a two-year contract to run in the 2016 and 2017 season.[2]. Bottas and Massa also confirm their contracts with Williams for another year.[3] Soft and medium tyres will be used for the race.[4]
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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1:26.922 | 7 | 1:26.222 | 13 | 1:29.900 | 20 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:26.258 | 3 | 1:25.038 | 3 | 1:24.808 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:25.133 | 2 | 1:24.300 | 2 | 1:24.843 | 3 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:26.783 | 6 | 1:25.380 | 6 | 1:25.244 | 7 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Lotus-Mercedes
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1:25.497 | 7 | 1:25.747 | 10 | |||||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:27.454 | 13 | 1:26.133 | 12 | 1:25.692 | 9 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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1:26.730 | 5 | 1:25.278 | 4 | 1:25.515 | 8 | |||||
| 12 |  Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:27.232 | 11 | 1:26.114 | 11 | 1:25.912 | 11 | |||||
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:27.118 | 10 | 1:25.513 | 8 | 1:25.242 | 6 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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1:28.023 | 17 | 1:26.966 | 16 | 1:26.632 | 13 | |||||
| 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:26.936 | 8 | 1:25.891 | 10 | 1:25.165 | 5 | |||||
| 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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1:28.423 | 18 | 1:28.471 | 19 | 1:26.750 | 14 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:27.275 | 12 | 1:28.723 | 20 | 1:28.591 | 17 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:26.612 | 4 | 1:25.325 | 5 | 1:26.141 | 12 | |||||
| 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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1:29.853 | 19 | 1:28.201 | 17 | 1:28.123 | 15 | |||||
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:27.669 | 15 | |||||||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:27.591 | 14 | 1:26.454 | 14 | 1:28.215 | 16 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:24.670 | 1 | 1:24.279 | 1 | 1:24.544 | 1 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:27.907 | 16 | 1:26.641 | 15 | 1:28.628 | 18 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:27.075 | 9 | 1:25.647 | 9 | 1:24.946 | 4 | |||||
| 98 | Roberto Merhi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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1:29.911 | 20 | 1:28.439 | 18 | 1:29.117 | 19 | |||||
| Source: [5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
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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1:24.251 | 1:23.383 | 1 | 1:23.397 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:24.662 | 1:23.757 | 2 | 1:23.631 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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1:24.989 | 1:23.577 | 3 | 1:23.685 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:24.609 | 1:23.864 | 4 | 1:23.703 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:25.184 | 1:23.983 | 5 | 1:23.940 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:24.979 | 1:24.313 | 6 | 1:24.127 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:24.801 | 1:24.379 | 7 | 1:24.626 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:25.144 | 1:24.448 | 8 | 1:25.054 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:24.937 | 1:24.510 | 9 | 1:25.317 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:25.122 | 1:24.457 | 10 | 1:26.214 | 12 | |||||
| 11 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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1:25.429 | 11 | 1:24.525 | 10 | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:25.121 | 12 | 1:24.898 | 11 | ||||||
| 13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:25.410 | 13 | 1:25.618 | 17 | ||||||
| 14 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:25.742 | 14 | 1:25.796 | 18 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:25.633 | 15 | No Time Set | 19 | ||||||
| 16 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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16 | 1:26.058 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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17 |
1:26.154 |
16 | |||||||
| 18 | 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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18 | 1:27.731 | 13 | |||||||
| 19 | 98 | Roberto Merhi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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19 | 1:27.912 | 14 | |||||||
| 20 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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20 | No Time Set | 20 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:30.148 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [8] | |||||||||||||
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Milestones[]
- Valtteri Bottas' 50th race entry (49th race start).
- Lewis Hamilton's 50th race for Mercedes, 40th Formula 1 race win, joins Sebastian Vettel on 5th on the all-time list for consecutive points finishes with 19, overtakes Ayrton Senna in the all-time list of total podiums with 81, and secured his second Grand Chelem.
- Sebastian Vettel becomes the 40th (37th discarding shared drives) Ferrari driver to take a podium finish at Monza and overtakes Fernando Alonso in the list for total career points to top the list with 1796 points.
- Felipe Massa’s last podium of his F1 career.
- Mercedes' 10th win of the season.
- Lewis Hamilton becomes the first driver to set the fastest lap in all 3 free practice sessions, all 3 qualifying stages (taking pole position), scoring the fastest lap and winning the race while also leading every lap. This form of grand slam is unofficially called "Hamilton Slam".
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2015". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Italy.html. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "Force India sign new two-year deal with Hulkenberg". f1fanatic.com. Keith Collantine. http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/09/01/hulkenberg-extends-force-india-contract-2/. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Williams confirm Massa and Bottas for 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 3 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/9/williams-confirm-massa-and-bottas-for-2016.html. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Pirelli opt for aggressive tyre choice for Italy". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 18 June 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/pirelli-opt-for-aggressive-tyre-choice-for-monza.html. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 4 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-italy-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 4 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-italy-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 4 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-italy-results/practice-3.html. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Italian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 5 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-italy-results/qualifying.html. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Collantine, Keith (6 September 2015). "2015 Italian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/09/06/2015-italian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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