2015 Italian Grand Prix

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.

BackgroundEdit

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 listEdit

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W06 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W06 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB11	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB11	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF15-T	Ferrari	059/3	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF15-T	Ferrari	059/3	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-30	Honda	RA615H Hybrid	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-30	Honda	RA615H Hybrid	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM08	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM08	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
33	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR10	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR10	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
28	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
98	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C34	Ferrari	059/3	P
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C34	Ferrari	059/3	P
Free Practice 1 only
30	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
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Practice OverviewEdit

FP1Edit

FP2Edit

FP3Edit

Practice ResultsEdit

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:26.922	7	1:26.222	13	1:29.900	20
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.258	3	1:25.038	3	1:24.808	2
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:25.133	2	1:24.300	2	1:24.843	3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:26.783	6	1:25.380	6	1:25.244	7
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	DNP	21 !	1:25.497	7	1:25.747	10
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.454	13	1:26.133	12	1:25.692	9
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.730	5	1:25.278	4	1:25.515	8
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.232	11	1:26.114	11	1:25.912	11
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1:27.118	10	1:25.513	8	1:25.242	6
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:28.023	17	1:26.966	16	1:26.632	13
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:26.936	8	1:25.891	10	1:25.165	5
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:28.423	18	1:28.471	19	1:26.750	14
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1:27.275	12	1:28.723	20	1:28.591	17
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.612	4	1:25.325	5	1:26.141	12
28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	1:29.853	19	1:28.201	17	1:28.123	15
30	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus-Mercedes	1:27.669	15	DNP	22 !	DNP	22 !
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:27.591	14	1:26.454	14	1:28.215	16
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.670	1	1:24.279	1	1:24.544	1
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:27.907	16	1:26.641	15	1:28.628	18
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:27.075	9	1:25.647	9	1:24.946	4
98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:29.911	20	1:28.439	18	1:29.117	19
Source: [5][6][7]

QualifyingEdit

Q1Edit

Q2Edit

Q3Edit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes			1:24.251			1:23.383		1	1:23.397	1
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari			1:24.662			1:23.757		2	1:23.631	2
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1:24.989			1:23.577		3	1:23.685	3
4	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes			1:24.609			1:23.864		4	1:23.703	4
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes			1:25.184			1:23.983		5	1:23.940	5
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes			1:24.979			1:24.313		6	1:24.127	6
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes			1:24.801			1:24.379		7	1:24.626	7
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes			1:25.144			1:24.448		8	1:25.054	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes			1:24.937			1:24.510		9	1:25.317	9
10	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari			1:25.122			1:24.457		10	1:26.214	12
11	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes			1:25.429		11	1:24.525				10
12	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari			1:25.121		12	1:24.898				11
13	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault			1:25.410		13	1:25.618				17
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault			1:25.742		14	1:25.796				18
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault			1:25.633		15	No Time Set				19
16	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		16	1:26.058							15
17	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		17	1:26.154							16
18	28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari		18	1:27.731							13
19	98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari		19	1:27.912							14
20	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault		20	No Time Set							20
107% time: 1:30.148
Source: [8]

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ReportEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1:18:00.688	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+25.042	3	18
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+47.635	5	15
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+47.996	6	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+68.860	2	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+72.783	7	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	52	+ 1 Lap	9	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 1 Lap	19	4
9	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+ 1 Lap	12	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	52	+ 1 Lap	18	1
11	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+ 1 Lap	17
12	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+ 1 Lap	20
13	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+ 1 Lap	11
14	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	52	+ 1 Lap	15
15	28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	51	+ 2 Laps	13
16	98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	51	+ 2 Laps	14
17	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	51	Engine	4
18	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	47	Electrionics	16
19	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	0	Collision	8
20	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	0	Collision	10
Source:

MilestonesEdit

• 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.

Standings after raceEdit

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 252 — 2 Nico Rosberg 199 — 3 Sebastian Vettel 178 — 4 Felipe Massa 97 ▲1 5 Kimi Räikkönen 92 ▼1 6 Valtteri Bottas 91 — 7 Daniil Kvyat 58 — 8 Daniel Ricciardo 55 — 9 Romain Grosjean 38 — 10 Sergio Pérez 33 ▲1 11 Nico Hülkenberg 30 — 12 Max Verstappen 26 ▼2 13 Felipe Nasr 16 — 14 Pastor Maldonado 12 — 15 Fernando Alonso 11 — 16 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 9 — 17 Marcus Ericsson 9 — 18 Jenson Button 6 — 19 Roberto Merhi 0 ▲1 20 Will Stevens 0 ▼1 Source: [9]

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 451 — 2 Ferrari 270 — 3 Williams-Mercedes 188 — 4 Red Bull-Renault 113 — 5 Force India-Mercedes 63 ▲1 6 Lotus-Mercedes 50 ▼1 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 35 — 8 Sauber-Ferrari 25 — 9 McLaren-Honda 17 — 10 Marussia-Ferrari 0 — Source: [9]

NotesEdit

1. ↑ "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.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ "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.
6. ↑ "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.
7. ↑ "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.
8. ↑ "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. ↑ ^{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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