Race · Round 8 of 19 · 21 June 2015

2015 Austrian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 6 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 17 °C, 2.7 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2014 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	71	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	71	Finished	18
3	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	4	71	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	3	71	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	6	71	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	5	71	Finished	8
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	10	70	Finished	6
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	7	70	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	13	70	Finished	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	18	70	Finished	1
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	8	70	Finished	0
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	15	70	Finished	0
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	11	69	Finished	0
14	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	16	68	Finished	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	9	35	Gearbox	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	12	35	Electrical	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	20	8	Electrical	0
DNF	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	17	1	Oil leak	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	19	0	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout spielberg-3 · 4.326 km · 10 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	2	1	71
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	2	71
Felipe Massa	4	3	71
Sebastian Vettel	3	4	71
Valtteri Bottas	6	5	71
Nico Hulkenberg	5	6	71
Pastor Maldonado	10	7	70
Max Verstappen	7	8	70
Sergio Perez	13	9	70
Daniel Ricciardo	18	10	70
Felipe Nasr	8	11	70
Daniil Kvyat	15	12	70
Marcus Ericsson	11	13	69
Roberto Merhi	16	14	68
Romain Grosjean	9	DNF	35
Carlos Sainz	12	DNF	35
Jenson Button	20	DNF	8
Will Stevens	17	DNF	1
Kimi Raikkonen	14	DNF	0
Fernando Alonso	19	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.218	1:09.062	1:08.455	—	0 m	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:10.976	1:08.634	1:08.655	+0.200	13 m	+0.200
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:11.184	1:09.392	1:08.810	+0.355	22 m	+0.155
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:11.830	1:09.719	1:09.192	+0.737	46 m	+0.382
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:11.319	1:09.604	1:09.278	+0.823	52 m	+0.086
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:11.894	1:09.598	1:09.319	+0.864	54 m	+0.041
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:11.307	1:09.631	1:09.612	+1.157	73 m	+0.293
8	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:12.092	1:10.187	1:09.694	+1.239	78 m	+0.082
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:12.001	1:09.652	1:09.713	+1.258	79 m	+0.019
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:11.821	1:09.920	—	—	81 m	—
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:11.661	1:10.374	—	—	109 m	—
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:12.388	1:10.426	—	—	113 m	—
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:11.158	1:10.465	—	—	115 m	—
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:11.973	1:10.482	—	—	116 m	—
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:12.508	1:10.736	—	—	132 m	—
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:12.522	—	—	—	94 m	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:12.632	—	—	—	101 m	—
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:12.867	—	—	—	115 m	—
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:14.071	—	—	—	188 m	—
20	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:15.368	—	—	—	267 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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. 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	71	1	33	21.8
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	71	1	35	21.9
Felipe Massa	3	71	1	34	22.4
Sebastian Vettel	4	71	1	36	31.9
Valtteri Bottas	5	71	1	26	22.8
Nico Hulkenberg	6	71	1	25	21.7
Pastor Maldonado	7	70	1	37	21.8
Max Verstappen	8	70	1	26	22.0
Sergio Perez	9	70	1	38	26.7
Daniel Ricciardo	10	70	1	50	27.7
Felipe Nasr	11	70	1	24	22.8
Daniil Kvyat	12	70	2	1, 45	28.6, 22.1
Marcus Ericsson	13	69	3	2, 12, 45	30.2, 16.2, 22.4
Roberto Merhi	14	68	1	34	23.9
Romain Grosjean	DNF	35	1	23	22.0
Carlos Sainz	DNF	35	1	25	27.6
Jenson Button	DNF	8	2	3, 6	24.1, 28.7
Will Stevens	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Fernando Alonso	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	2 · 1	35 · 33	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	1 · 4	33 · 36	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	1 · 4	2 · 3	35 · 34	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	4 · 3	36 · 34	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 5	3 · 6	34 · 25	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 6	4 · 5	36 · 26	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Valtteri Bottas	5 · 6	6 · 5	25 · 26	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	6 · 7	5 · 8	26 · 26	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Pastor Maldonado	5 · 10	6 · 7	25 · 37	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Pastor Maldonado	7 · 10	8 · 7	26 · 37	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Pastor Maldonado · Marcus Ericsson	10 · 11	7 · 13	37 · 2	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez	7 · 13	8 · 9	26 · 38	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Felipe Nasr	7 · 8	8 · 11	26 · 24	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniel Ricciardo	13 · 18	9 · 10	38 · 50	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Daniel Ricciardo	8 · 18	11 · 10	24 · 50	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Daniil Kvyat	8 · 15	11 · 12	24 · 1	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 15	13 · 12	2 · 1	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Roberto Merhi	15 · 16	12 · 14	1 · 34	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Roberto Merhi	11 · 16	13 · 14	2 · 34	Marcus Ericsson	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	1:10.401	—	0 m	—	36
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:10.709	+0.308	19 m	+0.308	28
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:11.028	+0.627	38 m	+0.319	22
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:11.452	+1.051	64 m	+0.424	26
5	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:11.633	+1.232	76 m	+0.181	28
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:11.642	+1.241	76 m	+0.009	31
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:11.724	+1.323	81 m	+0.082	29
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:11.825	+1.424	87 m	+0.101	38
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:11.890	+1.489	91 m	+0.065	29
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:11.905	+1.504	92 m	+0.015	37
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:11.948	+1.547	95 m	+0.043	32
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:12.004	+1.603	98 m	+0.056	34
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:12.031	+1.630	100 m	+0.027	36
14	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:12.050	+1.649	101 m	+0.019	27
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:12.159	+1.758	108 m	+0.109	30
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:12.920	+2.519	155 m	+0.761	30
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:13.272	+2.871	176 m	+0.352	10
18	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:13.937	+3.536	217 m	+0.665	29
19	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:15.459	+5.058	310 m	+1.522	11
20	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:15.684	+5.283	324 m	+0.225	4

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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:09.600	—	0 m	—	28
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:09.611	+0.011	1 m	+0.011	50
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:09.860	+0.260	16 m	+0.249	41
4	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:09.914	+0.314	19 m	+0.054	44
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:10.137	+0.537	33 m	+0.223	49
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:10.160	+0.560	35 m	+0.023	49
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:10.267	+0.667	41 m	+0.107	38
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:10.356	+0.756	47 m	+0.089	48
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:10.495	+0.895	56 m	+0.139	39
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:10.585	+0.985	61 m	+0.090	46
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:10.631	+1.031	64 m	+0.046	50
12	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:10.686	+1.086	67 m	+0.055	48
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:10.744	+1.144	71 m	+0.058	40
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:10.746	+1.146	71 m	+0.002	34
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:11.011	+1.411	88 m	+0.265	42
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:11.517	+1.917	119 m	+0.506	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:11.676	+2.076	129 m	+0.159	38
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:11.919	+2.319	144 m	+0.243	17
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:12.522	+2.922	181 m	+0.603	34
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:13.094	+3.494	217 m	+0.572	34

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	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:09.994	—	0 m	—	16
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:10.011	+0.017	1 m	+0.017	16
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:10.177	+0.183	11 m	+0.166	12
4	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:10.221	+0.227	14 m	+0.044	14
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:10.332	+0.338	21 m	+0.111	23
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:10.408	+0.414	26 m	+0.076	18
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:10.417	+0.423	26 m	+0.009	14
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:10.436	+0.442	27 m	+0.019	23
9	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:10.576	+0.582	36 m	+0.140	12
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:10.863	+0.869	54 m	+0.287	8
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:11.009	+1.015	63 m	+0.146	14
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:11.058	+1.064	66 m	+0.049	22
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:11.139	+1.145	71 m	+0.081	18
14	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:11.139	+1.145	71 m	+0.000	14
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:11.168	+1.174	72 m	+0.029	13
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:11.819	+1.825	113 m	+0.651	10
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:11.906	+1.912	118 m	+0.087	9
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:12.616	+2.622	162 m	+0.710	16
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:13.328	+3.334	206 m	+0.712	14
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:13.960	+3.966	245 m	+0.632	8

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: 8 of 2015
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 21 Jun 2015
Layout raced: Red Bull Ring · 4.318 km · 10 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.