Race · Round 5 of 19 · 10 May 2015

2015 Spanish Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 26 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	66	Finished	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	66	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	3	66	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	4	66	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	7	66	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	9	66	Finished	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	10	65	Finished	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	11	65	Finished	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	5	65	Finished	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	8	65	Finished	1
11	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	6	65	Finished	0
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	15	65	Finished	0
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	18	65	Finished	0
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	16	65	Finished	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	17	65	Finished	0
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	14	65	Finished	0
17	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	63	Finished	0
18	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	20	62	Finished	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	12	45	Collision damage	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	13	26	Brakes	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout catalunya-4 · 4.655 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nico Rosberg	1	1	66
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	66
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	66
Valtteri Bottas	4	4	66
Kimi Raikkonen	7	5	66
Felipe Massa	9	6	66
Daniel Ricciardo	10	7	65
Romain Grosjean	11	8	65
Carlos Sainz	5	9	65
Daniil Kvyat	8	10	65
Max Verstappen	6	11	65
Felipe Nasr	15	12	65
Sergio Perez	18	13	65
Marcus Ericsson	16	14	65
Nico Hulkenberg	17	15	65
Jenson Button	14	16	65
Will Stevens	19	17	63
Roberto Merhi	20	18	62
Pastor Maldonado	12	DNF	45
Fernando Alonso	13	DNF	26

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:26.490	1:25.166	1:24.681	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:26.382	1:25.740	1:24.948	+0.267	15 m	+0.267
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:27.534	1:26.167	1:25.458	+0.777	43 m	+0.510
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:27.262	1:26.197	1:25.694	+1.013	56 m	+0.236
5	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:26.773	1:26.475	1:26.136	+1.455	80 m	+0.442
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:27.393	1:26.441	1:26.249	+1.568	87 m	+0.113
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:26.637	1:26.016	1:26.414	+1.733	96 m	+0.165
8	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:27.833	1:26.889	1:26.629	+1.948	108 m	+0.215
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:27.165	1:26.147	1:26.757	+2.076	115 m	+0.128
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:27.611	1:26.692	1:26.770	+2.089	115 m	+0.013
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:27.383	1:27.375	—	—	121 m	—
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:27.281	1:27.450	—	—	125 m	—
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:27.941	1:27.760	—	—	142 m	—
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:27.813	1:27.854	—	—	148 m	—
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:27.625	1:28.005	—	—	156 m	—
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:28.112	—	—	—	94 m	—
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:28.365	—	—	—	107 m	—
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:28.442	—	—	—	111 m	—
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:31.200	—	—	—	261 m	—
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:32.038	—	—	—	306 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Nico Rosberg	1	66	2	15, 45	21.9, 22.5
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	66	3	13, 32, 51	24.6, 22.7, 22.0
Sebastian Vettel	3	66	2	14, 40	21.8, 21.8
Valtteri Bottas	4	66	2	15, 42	22.1, 21.8
Kimi Raikkonen	5	66	2	17, 41	22.6, 21.8
Felipe Massa	6	66	3	14, 32, 47	22.1, 22.6, 22.3
Daniel Ricciardo	7	65	2	13, 42	22.4, 24.9
Romain Grosjean	8	65	2	15, 40	23.3, 33.3
Carlos Sainz	9	65	2	14, 42	22.9, 22.2
Daniil Kvyat	10	65	2	11, 38	22.7, 22.3
Max Verstappen	11	65	2	13, 37	24.4, 22.6
Felipe Nasr	12	65	2	12, 39	22.7, 23.2
Sergio Perez	13	65	2	19, 36	22.5, 22.4
Marcus Ericsson	14	65	2	18, 45	25.3, 22.9
Nico Hulkenberg	15	65	3	10, 26, 49	22.7, 22.5, 22.5
Jenson Button	16	65	3	11, 27, 44	22.6, 23.3, 24.1
Will Stevens	17	63	3	16, 32, 47	24.7, 23.0, 22.8
Roberto Merhi	18	62	3	17, 30, 49	24.6, 23.1, 24.2
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	45	3	14, 15, 43	25.0, 32.5, 22.6
Fernando Alonso	DNF	26	1	21	23.7

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	15 · 13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	2 · 3	13 · 14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 4	3 · 4	14 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 7	4 · 5	15 · 17	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Carlos Sainz	4 · 5	4 · 9	15 · 14	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 7	11 · 5	13 · 17	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	7 · 9	5 · 6	17 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniil Kvyat	7 · 8	5 · 10	17 · 11	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Felipe Massa	8 · 9	10 · 6	11 · 14	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Daniel Ricciardo	9 · 10	6 · 7	14 · 13	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	10 · 11	7 · 8	13 · 15	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Romain Grosjean	5 · 11	9 · 8	14 · 15	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Daniil Kvyat	5 · 8	9 · 10	14 · 11	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Max Verstappen	5 · 6	9 · 11	14 · 13	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Daniil Kvyat	6 · 8	11 · 10	13 · 11	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Felipe Nasr	6 · 15	11 · 12	13 · 12	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Felipe Nasr	14 · 15	16 · 12	11 · 12	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Sergio Perez	15 · 18	12 · 13	12 · 19	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Marcus Ericsson	15 · 16	12 · 14	12 · 18	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Sergio Perez	16 · 18	14 · 13	18 · 19	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	17 · 18	15 · 13	10 · 19	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Will Stevens	18 · 19	13 · 17	19 · 16	Will Stevens	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Nico Hulkenberg	16 · 17	14 · 15	18 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nico Hulkenberg	14 · 17	16 · 15	11 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Will Stevens	14 · 19	16 · 17	11 · 16	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Roberto Merhi	19 · 20	17 · 18	16 · 17	Will Stevens	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:26.828	—	0 m	—	28
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:26.898	+0.070	4 m	+0.070	27
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:27.806	+0.978	53 m	+0.908	21
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:27.832	+1.004	54 m	+0.026	16
5	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:28.132	+1.304	70 m	+0.300	27
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:28.529	+1.701	92 m	+0.397	23
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:28.785	+1.957	105 m	+0.256	7
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:28.831	+2.003	108 m	+0.046	21
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.075	+2.247	121 m	+0.244	9
10	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:29.140	+2.312	124 m	+0.065	14
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:29.409	+2.581	139 m	+0.269	20
12	Raffaele Marciello (never started a Grand Prix)	Sauber	36	1:29.630	+2.802	151 m	+0.221	15
13	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:29.676	+2.848	153 m	+0.046	21
14	Susie Wolff (never started a Grand Prix)	Williams	41	1:29.708	+2.880	155 m	+0.032	22
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:29.813	+2.985	161 m	+0.105	22
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:29.817	+2.989	161 m	+0.004	22
17	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:30.096	+3.268	176 m	+0.279	19
18	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:30.110	+3.282	177 m	+0.014	7
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:32.471	+5.643	304 m	+2.361	22
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:32.647	+5.819	313 m	+0.176	20

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:26.852	—	0 m	—	26
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:27.260	+0.408	22 m	+0.408	37
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:27.616	+0.764	41 m	+0.356	35
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:27.780	+0.928	50 m	+0.164	36
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:27.943	+1.091	59 m	+0.163	25
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:28.017	+1.165	63 m	+0.074	32
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:28.494	+1.642	88 m	+0.477	31
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:28.525	+1.673	90 m	+0.031	39
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:28.674	+1.822	98 m	+0.149	31
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:28.712	+1.860	100 m	+0.038	36
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:28.723	+1.871	101 m	+0.011	28
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:29.086	+2.234	120 m	+0.363	14
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.098	+2.246	121 m	+0.012	4
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:29.217	+2.365	127 m	+0.119	34
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:29.333	+2.481	134 m	+0.116	37
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:29.361	+2.509	135 m	+0.028	34
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:29.601	+2.749	148 m	+0.240	38
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:29.707	+2.855	154 m	+0.106	35
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:31.929	+5.077	273 m	+2.222	30
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:32.751	+5.899	318 m	+0.822	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:26.021	—	0 m	—	19
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:26.177	+0.156	8 m	+0.156	14
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:26.222	+0.201	11 m	+0.045	10
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:26.682	+0.661	36 m	+0.460	19
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:26.944	+0.923	50 m	+0.262	14
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:27.048	+1.027	56 m	+0.104	19
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:27.109	+1.088	59 m	+0.061	19
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:27.132	+1.111	60 m	+0.023	18
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:27.313	+1.292	70 m	+0.181	7
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:27.809	+1.788	97 m	+0.496	17
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:27.938	+1.917	104 m	+0.129	17
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:28.082	+2.061	112 m	+0.144	13
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:28.096	+2.075	113 m	+0.014	23
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:28.304	+2.283	124 m	+0.208	17
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:28.578	+2.557	139 m	+0.274	17
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:28.618	+2.597	141 m	+0.040	18
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:28.788	+2.767	150 m	+0.170	20
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:28.996	+2.975	162 m	+0.208	14
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:31.125	+5.104	277 m	+2.129	16
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:31.749	+5.728	311 m	+0.624	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 2015
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 10 May 2015
Layout raced: With Turn 10 chicane · 4.675 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.