The 2015 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix)[1] was the 14th round of the 2015 Formula One Season. It was the 31st running of the Japanese Grand Prix as a round in the championship. It was held between 25 September and 27 September, 2015.
Background[]
Medium and hard tyres were used by the drivers for the race.[2][3]
Like Monaco, the Japanese Grand Prix has only one DRS zone, being on the start/finish straight.[1]
After his collision with Felipe Massa in the Singapore Grand Prix, Nico Hülkenberg was given a three-place grid penalty.[4]
Being the first Japanese Grand Prix since Jules Bianchi's crash in the previous year's event that left him passing away in July 2015,[5] Marussia announced that they would mark their return in "a very private way".[6] Additionally, Lotus had to get hospitality from other teams for Thursday, after their equipment were late arriving, along with the fact that they could not use their hospitality unit when it was not paid in time due to problems with the team's money.[7] Meanwhile, Sergio Pérez was confirmed to be driving for Force India in 2016.[8]
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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No Time | 13 | 1:49.097 | 4 | 1:34.497 | 3 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:50.519 | 4 | 1:50.268 | 5 | 1:35.222 | 8 | |||||
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:50.077 | 3 | 1:48.300 | 2 | 1:33.995 | 1 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:51.212 | 7 | 1:50.319 | 6 | 1:35.082 | 6 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Lotus-Mercedes
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1:52.534 | 15 | 1:35.602 | 9 | |||||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:53.820 | 9 | 1:51.934 | 13 | 1:36.199 | 13 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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No Time | 15 | 1:52.070 | 14 | 1:36.430 | 17 | |||||
| 12 |  Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:54.013 | 11 | 1:50.968 | 9 | 1:36.919 | 18 | |||||
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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No Time | 17 | 1:51.557 | 10 | 1:36.307 | 15 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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No Time | 16 | 1:55.239 | 17 | 1:36.360 | 16 | |||||
| 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:52.288 | 8 | 1:52.765 | 16 | 1:34.934 | 5 | |||||
| 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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1:55.678 | 12 | 1:51.861 | 12 | 1:36.174 | 12 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:49.938 | 2 | 1:48.277 | 1 | 1:36.294 | 14 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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No Time | 14 | 1:51.674 | 11 | 1:36.110 | 11 | |||||
| 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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No Time | 19 | 1:58.059 | 18 | 1:39.653 | 19 | |||||
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Lotus-Mercedes
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No Time | 18 | |||||||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:50.940 | 6 | 1:50.542 | 8 | 1:35.160 | 7 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:50.722 | 5 | 1:48.853 | 3 | 1:34.292 | 2 | |||||
| 53 |  Alexander Rossi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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No Time | 20 | 1:59.419 | 19 | 1:39.819 | 20 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:49.434 | 1 | 1:50.418 | 7 | 1:35.963 | 10 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:53.964 | 10 | No Time | 20 | 1:34.797 | 4 | |||||
| Source: [9][10][11] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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2 | 1:33.015 | 1 | 1:32.632 | 1 | 1:32.584 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1 | 1:32.844 | 2 | 1:32.789 | 2 | 1:32.660 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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4 | 1:34.326 | 5 | 1:33.416 | 3 | 1:33.024 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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7 | 1:34.431 | 6 | 1:33.844 | 4 | 1:33.245 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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9 | 1:34.744 | 4 | 1:33.377 | 5 | 1:33.337 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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3 | 1:34.171 | 3 | 1:33.361 | 6 | 1:33.347 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-Renault
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6 | 1:34.399 | 7 | 1:34.153 | 7 | 1:33.497 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Mercedes
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5 | 1:34.398 | 10 | 1:34.278 | 8 | 1:33.967 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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12 | 1:35.001 | 8 | 1:34.174 | 9 | No time | 9 | |||
| 10 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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8 | 1:34.646 | 9 | 1:34.201 | 10 | No time | PL | |||
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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13 | 1:35.328 | 11 | 1:34.390 | 13 | |||||
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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11 | 1:34.873 | 12 | 1:34.453 | 10 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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10 | 1:34.796 | 13 | 1:34.497 | 11 | |||||
| 14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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14 | 1:35.467 | 14 | 1:34.785 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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15 | 1:34.522 | 15 | No time | 17 | |||||
| 16 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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16 | 1:35.664 | 14 | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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17 | 1:35.673 | 15 | |||||||
| 18 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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18 | 1:35.760 | 16 | |||||||
| 19 | 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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19 | 1:38.783 | 18 | |||||||
| NC | 53 | Alexander Rossi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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20 | 1:47.114 | 19 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:39.386 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [12] | |||||||||||||
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Nico Rosberg | 2 | |
| ______________ | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 4 | |
| ______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Felipe Massa | 6 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 8 | |
| ______________ | Romain Grosjean | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Sergio Pérez | 10 | |
| ______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Pastor Maldonado | 12 | |
| ______________ | Fernando Alonso | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 14 | |
| ______________ | Jenson Button | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Marcus Ericsson | 16 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Nasr | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Max Verstappen | 18 | |
| ______________ | Will Stevens | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Alexander Rossi | 20 | |
| ______________ | Daniil Kvyat |
- Kvyat started the race from the pitlane due to a heavy crash in Q3.
- Nico Hülkenberg dropped 3 places due to a collision with Felipe Massa at the previous race.
- Max Verstappen dropped 3 places due to parking in an unsafe place.
- Alexander Rossi, despite not setting a qualifying time above 107%, was allowed to start the race.
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Milestones[]
- Lewis Hamilton's 41st career win, puts him equal 4th place with Ayrton Senna on the all-time wins list.
- Fernando Alonso's 248th race entry and 247th race start, placing him 6th on the all time lists, overtaking David Coulthard.
- Mercedes' 50th grand prix victory.
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Japan.html. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Pirelli move to supersoft tyres for Russian round". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/9/pirelli-move-to-supersoft-tyres-for-russian-round.html. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "Japanese Grand Prix Preview: Suzuka, September 24-27, 2015". Pirelli. Pirelli & C. S.p.A.. 21 September 2015. http://www.pirelli.com/corporate/en/press/2015/09/21/japanese-grand-prix-preview-suzuka-september-24-27-2015/. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ Saunders, Nate (20 September 2015). "Nico Hulkenberg frustrated with Massa collision penalty". ESPN UK (ESPN). http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/13700313/nico-hulkenberg-frustrated-massa-collision-penalty. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "F1 driver Jules Bianchi dies from injuries sustained in crash at Japanese Grand Prix". The Guardian. 18 July 2015. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/17/f1-driver-jules-bianchi-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-crash-at-japanese-grand-prix. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Manor to mark Suzuka return 'in private' in F1 Japanese Grand Prix". 22 September 2015. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120937. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence (24 September 2015). "Lotus F1 team's freight arrives late to Suzuka for Japanese GP". http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120962. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Sahara Force India confirms Sergio Perez for 2016". forceindiaf1.com (Sahara Force India F1 Team). 23 September 2015. http://forceindiaf1.com/news?pageId=5f0e54da-456e-464c-961e-a7c074f02971. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-japan-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-japan-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration).
- ↑ "2015 Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration).
- ↑ "2015 Japanese Grand Prix – Race results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration).
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