2015 British Grand Prix

The 2015 British Grand Prix (officially the 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix) was the 9th round of the 2015 Formula One season. It was held between July 3 and July 5, 2015.
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==Background==
Jolyon Palmer took part in the first practice session.
Medium and hard tyres were used in the Grand Prix.
The Formula One Strategy Group also made agreements to make changes to the exhaust systems in so the engine noises would be improved.
 have also made a couple of updates on their 2015 car, while the rules using more than four power units had been revised, allowing to use another in the British Grand Prix. One of the changes on Force India's car was a pair of "nostrils" on the nosecone. made a revision on their wheelnut system following Sebastian Vettel's slow pit stop in the , and had a new livery after recently being sponsored by Flex-Box.
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W06 Hybrid 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W06 Hybrid 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB11 	 	Energy F1-2015 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB11 	 	Energy F1-2015 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF15-T 	 	059/3 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF15-T 	 	059/3 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-30 	 	RA615H Hybrid 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-30 	 	RA615H Hybrid 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM08 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM08 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR10 	 	Energy F1-2015 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR10 	 	Energy F1-2015 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E23 Hybrid 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E23 Hybrid 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
28 	Will Stevens 	Manor Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 	
98 	Roberto Merhi 	Manor Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C34 	 	059/3 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C34 	 	059/3 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E23 Hybrid 	 	PU106B Hybrid 	
36 	Raffaele Marciello 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C34 	 	059/3 	
41 	Susie Wolff 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:35.818	7 	1:35.153	6 	1:34.896	12 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:35.739	6 	1:34.522	3 	1:33.918	4 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:34.274	1 	1:34.155	1 	1:33.469	2 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:35.588	4 	1:34.502	2 	1:33.692	3 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	1:36.728	14 	1:35.246	14 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	1:37.327	18 	1:35.919	17 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:36.889	12 	1:36.351	13 	1:35.121	13 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:36.855	11 	1:36.822	16 	1:35.587	15 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:38.080	16 	1:36.164	11 	1:34.708	10 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:38.222	17 	1:36.731	15 	1:36.101	18 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:36.469	10 	1:36.147	10 	1:34.501	7 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:38.860	18 	1:37.196	17 	1:35.695	16 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:35.876	8 	1:35.009	5 	1:34.545	9 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:36.157	9 	1:35.387	8 	1:34.886	11 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Will Stevens 	 	1:38.981	19 	1:38.279	19 	1:37.989	19 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:37.262	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:35.530	3 	1:35.300	7 	1:34.147	5 	 	 	 	 	
36 	Raffaele Marciello	 	1:37.372	15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
41 	Susie Wolff 	 	1:37.242	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:34.344	2 	1:34.621	4 	1:32.917	1 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:35.669	5 	1:35.866	9 	1:34.282	6 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1:36.183	12 	1:34.538	8 	 	 	 	 	 	
98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:40.477	20 	1:39.878	20 	1:38.285	20 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	4 	1:33.796 	 	3 	1:33.068 	 	1 	1:32.248 	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	2 	1:33.475 	 	1 	1:32.737 	 	2 	1:32.361 	2
3 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	9 	1:34.542 	 	7 	1:33.707 	 	3 	1:33.085 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	5 	1:34.171 	 	2 	1:33.020 	 	4 	1:33.149 	4
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	1 	1:33.426 	 	9 	1:33.911 	 	5 	1:33.379 	5
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	3 	1:33.562 	 	5 	1:33.641 	 	6 	1:33.547 	6
7 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	8 	1:34.422 	 	4 	1:33.520 	 	7 	1:33.636 	7
8 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	11 	1:34.641 	 	10 	1:34.071 	 	8 	1:33.649 	8
9 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	10 	1:34.594 	 	6 	1:33.693 	 	9 	1:33.673 	9
10 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	7 	1:34.272 	 	8 	1:33.749 	 	10 	1:33.943 	10
11 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	6 	1:34.250 	 	11 	1:34.268 	 	 	 	11
12 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	13 	1:34.646 	 	12 	1:34.430 	 	 	 	12
13 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	14 	1:34.819 	 	13 	1:34.502 	 	 	 	13
14 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	15 	1:34.877 	 	14 	1:34.511 	 	 	 	14
15 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	12 	1:34.643 	 	15 	1:34.868 	 	 	 	15
16 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	16 	1:34.888 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	17 	1:34.959 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	17 	1:35.207 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	 	19 	1:37.364 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	 	20 	1:39.377 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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===Grid===
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Note:
** Nasr's car stopped on the track while he was driving to the grid.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	52 	1h 31m 27.729s 	1 	25
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	52 	+10.956 	2 	18
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	52 	+25.443 	6 	15
4 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	52 	+36.839 	3 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	52 	+63.194 	4 	10
6 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	52 	+63.955 	7 	8
7 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	52 	+78.744 	9 	6
8 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	51 	+1 Lap 	5 	4
9 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	51 	+1 Lap 	11 	2
10 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	51 	+1 Lap 	17 	1
11 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	51 	+1 Lap 	15 	
12 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	49 	+3 Laps 	20 	
13 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	49 	+3 Laps 	19 	
Ret 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	33 	Electrical 	8 	
Ret 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	22 	Electrical 	10 	
Ret 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	3 	Spun off 	13 	
Ret 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	0 	Collision 	12 	
Ret 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	0 	Collision damage	14 	
Ret 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	0 	Collision 	18 	
DNS 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	0 	Gearbox 	—* 	
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** Nasr's car stopped on the track while he was driving to the grid.
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	194 	 	
2 	Nico Rosberg 	177 	 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	135 	 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	77 	1 	
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	76 	1 	
6 	Felipe Massa 	74 	 	
7 	Daniel Ricciardo 	36 	 	
8 	Daniil Kvyat 	27 	 	
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	24 	 	
10 	Romain Grosjean 	17 	 	
11 	Felipe Nasr 	16 	 	
12 	Sergio Pérez 	15 	 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	12 	 	
14 	Max Verstappen 	10 	 	
15 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	9 	 	
16 	Marcus Ericsson 	5 	 	
17 	Jenson Button 	4 	 	
18 	Fernando Alonso 	1 	 	
19 	Will Stevens 	0 	 	
20 	Roberto Merhi 	0 	 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	371 	 	
2 	 	211 	 	
3 	 	151 	 	
4 	 	63 	 	
5 	 	39 	 	
6 	 	29 	 	
7 	 	21 	 	
8 	 	19 	 	
9 	 	5 	 	
10 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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