Race · Round 9 of 19 · 5 July 2015

2015 British Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Silverstone Circuit. 6 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 20 °C, 0.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W06	1	52	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W06	2	52	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF15-T	6	52	Finished	15
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW37	3	52	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW37	4	52	Finished	10
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB11	7	52	Finished	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	—	9	52	Finished	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF15-T	5	51	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	—	11	51	Finished	2
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-30	17	51	Finished	1
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C34	15	51	Finished	0
12	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	20	49	Finished	0
13	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03B	19	49	Finished	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	8	31	Electrical	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB11	10	21	Electrical	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR10	13	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E23	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E23	14	0	Collision damage	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-30	18	0	Collision	0
DNS	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C34	16	—	Gearbox	0

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

F1DB layout silverstone-8 · 5.891 km · 18 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
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	52
Nico Rosberg	2	2	52
Sebastian Vettel	6	3	52
Felipe Massa	3	4	52
Valtteri Bottas	4	5	52
Daniil Kvyat	7	6	52
Nico Hulkenberg	9	7	52
Kimi Raikkonen	5	8	51
Sergio Perez	11	9	51
Fernando Alonso	17	10	51
Marcus Ericsson	15	11	51
Roberto Merhi	20	12	49
Will Stevens	19	13	49
Carlos Sainz	8	DNF	31
Daniel Ricciardo	10	DNF	21
Max Verstappen	13	DNF	3
Romain Grosjean	12	DNF	0
Pastor Maldonado	14	DNF	0
Jenson Button	18	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.796	1:33.068	1:32.248	—	0 m	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.475	1:32.737	1:32.361	+0.113	7 m	+0.113
3	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.542	1:33.707	1:33.085	+0.837	53 m	+0.724
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.171	1:33.020	1:33.149	+0.901	58 m	+0.064
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.426	1:33.911	1:33.379	+1.131	72 m	+0.230
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.562	1:33.641	1:33.547	+1.299	83 m	+0.168
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:34.422	1:33.520	1:33.636	+1.388	89 m	+0.089
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.641	1:34.071	1:33.649	+1.401	89 m	+0.013
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.594	1:33.693	1:33.673	+1.425	91 m	+0.024
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.272	1:33.749	1:33.943	+1.695	108 m	+0.270
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:34.250	1:34.268	—	—	97 m	—
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:34.646	1:34.430	—	—	108 m	—
13	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:34.819	1:34.502	—	—	112 m	—
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:34.877	1:34.511	—	—	113 m	—
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:34.643	1:34.868	—	—	135 m	—
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.888	—	—	—	92 m	—
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:34.959	—	—	—	97 m	—
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.207	—	—	—	112 m	—
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:37.364	—	—	—	248 m	—
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:39.377	—	—	—	375 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)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	52	2	19, 43	28.4, 29.0
Nico Rosberg	2	52	2	20, 44	28.4, 30.4
Sebastian Vettel	3	52	2	14, 43	28.9, 29.7
Felipe Massa	4	52	2	20, 44	29.4, 31.9
Valtteri Bottas	5	52	2	21, 44	28.8, 31.9
Daniil Kvyat	6	52	2	18, 44	28.3, 34.0
Nico Hulkenberg	7	52	2	19, 44	28.6, 33.9
Kimi Raikkonen	8	51	3	13, 38, 47	29.0, 30.4, 30.2
Sergio Perez	9	51	2	20, 44	28.9, 32.0
Fernando Alonso	10	51	3	1, 17, 37	71.2, 28.7, 32.6
Marcus Ericsson	11	51	4	23, 37, 41, 42	29.6, 30.9, 29.8, 30.2
Roberto Merhi	12	49	2	36, 44	34.7, 30.7
Will Stevens	13	49	2	36, 45	48.9, 44.0
Carlos Sainz	DNF	31	1	12	29.4
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	21	2	11, 20	28.5, 43.2
Max Verstappen	DNF	3	0	None recorded	—
Romain Grosjean	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Jenson Button	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	1 · 2	19 · 20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 6	2 · 3	20 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Felipe Massa	2 · 3	2 · 4	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 6	4 · 3	20 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	8 · 3	13 · 14	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Daniil Kvyat	6 · 7	3 · 6	14 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 4	4 · 5	20 · 21	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Daniil Kvyat	4 · 7	5 · 6	21 · 18	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	5 · 8	21 · 13	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 9	6 · 7	18 · 19	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 9	8 · 7	13 · 19	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	5 · 11	8 · 9	13 · 20	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	11 · 17	9 · 10	20 · 1	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Fernando Alonso	15 · 17	11 · 10	23 · 1	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Roberto Merhi	15 · 20	11 · 12	23 · 36	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Will Stevens · Roberto Merhi	19 · 20	13 · 12	36 · 36	Same lap	Swapped places

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	1:34.274	—	0 m	—	12
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.344	+0.070	4 m	+0.070	26
3	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:35.530	+1.256	78 m	+1.186	18
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.588	+1.314	82 m	+0.058	21
5	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.669	+1.395	87 m	+0.081	33
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.739	+1.465	92 m	+0.070	17
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.818	+1.544	96 m	+0.079	26
8	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:35.876	+1.602	100 m	+0.058	22
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.157	+1.883	118 m	+0.281	28
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:36.469	+2.195	137 m	+0.312	23
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:36.855	+2.581	161 m	+0.386	20
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.889	+2.615	163 m	+0.034	26
13	Susie Wolff (never started a Grand Prix)	Williams	41	1:37.242	+2.968	185 m	+0.353	19
14	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	30	1:37.262	+2.988	187 m	+0.020	26
15	Raffaele Marciello (never started a Grand Prix)	Sauber	36	1:37.372	+3.098	194 m	+0.110	17
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:38.080	+3.806	238 m	+0.708	8
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.222	+3.948	247 m	+0.142	12
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.860	+4.586	287 m	+0.638	10
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:38.981	+4.707	294 m	+0.121	23
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:40.477	+6.203	388 m	+1.496	23

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	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:34.155	—	0 m	—	34
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.502	+0.347	22 m	+0.347	29
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.522	+0.367	23 m	+0.020	27
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.621	+0.466	29 m	+0.099	23
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:35.009	+0.854	53 m	+0.388	25
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.153	+0.998	62 m	+0.144	22
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:35.300	+1.145	72 m	+0.147	36
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.387	+1.232	77 m	+0.087	34
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.866	+1.711	107 m	+0.479	37
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:36.147	+1.992	125 m	+0.281	33
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:36.164	+2.009	126 m	+0.017	32
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:36.183	+2.028	127 m	+0.019	33
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.351	+2.196	137 m	+0.168	29
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:36.728	+2.573	161 m	+0.377	21
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.731	+2.576	161 m	+0.003	19
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:36.822	+2.667	167 m	+0.091	23
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:37.196	+3.041	190 m	+0.374	16
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:37.327	+3.172	198 m	+0.131	37
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:38.279	+4.124	258 m	+0.952	21
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:39.878	+5.723	358 m	+1.599	21

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.917	—	0 m	—	18
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.469	+0.552	35 m	+0.552	14
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.692	+0.775	49 m	+0.223	20
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.918	+1.001	63 m	+0.226	17
5	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:34.147	+1.230	78 m	+0.229	20
6	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.282	+1.365	87 m	+0.135	23
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.501	+1.584	100 m	+0.219	19
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.538	+1.621	103 m	+0.037	19
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:34.545	+1.628	103 m	+0.007	16
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:34.708	+1.791	114 m	+0.163	25
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.886	+1.969	125 m	+0.178	21
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.896	+1.979	125 m	+0.010	15
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.121	+2.204	140 m	+0.225	22
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.246	+2.329	148 m	+0.125	22
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.587	+2.670	169 m	+0.341	19
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.695	+2.778	176 m	+0.108	19
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.919	+3.002	190 m	+0.224	20
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.101	+3.184	202 m	+0.182	6
19	Will Stevens	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	28	1:37.989	+5.072	322 m	+1.888	19
20	Roberto Merhi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	98	1:38.285	+5.368	340 m	+0.296	18

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: 9 of 2015
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Jul 2015
Layout raced: Arena layout · 5.891 km · 18 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.