2015 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2015 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was the thirteenth race of the 2015 Formula One season, and the 8th Singapore Grand Prix. It was held between 18 September and 20 September 2015.
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==Background==
Changes were made onto the section of track between turns 11 and 13, which has turns 11 and 12 altered so that the drivers go onto the left lane of Fullerton Road and Anderson Bridge, and turn 13 being widened by one metre so to allow more opportunities of overtaking. Alexander Rossi officially debuted at this race after signing a five-race deal to replace Roberto Merhi in the team. The circuit has two DRS zones: one being on the start/finish straight, and the other being on the straight between turns five and seven. Garry Connelly and Vincenzo Spano acted as stewards for the race.
Supersoft and soft tyres were used in the Grand Prix.
A week before the race, concerns began to build around a smog intended to travel over Singapore and affect crowd members' health and vision of the race. However, the event organisers announced that the race would not be amended, saying that they could not tell what the pollution level would be like due to changing every hour, although they allowed people to buy masks, as well as having medical and first aid posts on standby. Additionally, they reported that the smog had cleared, leaving the Grand Prix to continue as planned. Also, the F1 in Schools had their World Final over at the The Hard Rock Hotel with a collaboration team winning the title, becoming the first collaboration team to win the competition.
On 16 September 2015, announced that they are planning to stop supplying engines to other teams in the future, and would either leave the sport or make their own team. Additionally, a day later, announced that they had already started work on the FW38. also brought a new front wing for their STR10.
Additionally, Nico Rosberg had a new engine to use in the Singapore Grand Prix, which is his fourth engine of the season, after his last one gave up in the . also had their C34 "heavily updated", with a nose that is shorter than the original, new engine and brake ducts, and revised front and rear wings.
==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 	
53 	Alexander Rossi 	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 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
Debuting in his first F1 race, Alexander Rossi was doing well in the first practice session, until he crashed at turn 18, bringing out the red flags. The damage of his car's right-hand suspension was enough to prevent him from taking part in the session again, being in last place. However, his teammate Will Stevens was able to get into nineteenth. Nico Rosberg went fastest during the session, which Daniel Ricciardo took a faster lap than Lewis Hamilton until the latter improved, but it was not enough to beat Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel had some understeering, going off at turn 5, but was able to stop his car before it could hit the wall. He finished the session in fourth ahead of teammate Kimi Räikkönen. Fernando Alonso could not get into the top ten when his car had charging problems during the session, resulting in eleventh place. Because of his fuel systems malfunctioning, Daniil Kvyat was only able to have eight laps completed before he had to spend the rest of the session in the pit garage, being in eighteenth place, while Felipe Massa finished seventeenth.
The stewards noticed that Felipe Nasr one time left the track at turn 2, and thought that he had passed while off the track, but gave no further action after he admitted having not overtook on the right of the kerb, along with the fact that it was not the qualifying session or the race. Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz, Jr. was thought to have been speeding under the yellow flags on his twenty-fifth lap, but again did not get a penalty after explaining that the lap was abnormal.
===FP2===
Surprisingly, rather than the Mercedes drivers being on the top of the results in the second session, Kvyat set the fastest time, which Hamilton and Rosberg were fourth and seventh respectively. Stevens only managed a couple of laps in the session, before his car received a power surge and went off at turn 11, making light contact with the wall, and also briefly bringing out the red flags. Alonso got an impressive eighth, but Jenson Button was in fourteenth place, having said afterwards that he was hoping the car was better. Sainz was fifteenth, having one time punctured his left-rear tyre when touching the wall at turn 5. Maldonado had a similar scene, where his car also touched a wall. Having to wait a couple of hours for his car to be repaired, Rossi managed to go on the track, setting a time faster than Stevens. Speaking after the session, Hamilton said that he did think Red Bull and Ferrari would be faster during the session, while Vettel believed that it would be changed the next day.
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:48.331	3 	1:46.256	3 	1:46.359	4 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:48.494	4 	1:46.487	5 	1:45.682	1 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:47.995	1 	1:46.781	7 	1:47.223	6 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:48.785	5 	1:46.181	2 	1:46.132	2 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:50.341	14 	1:48.096	16 	1:48.116	17 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:50.883	16 	1:47.795	13 	1:47.568	10 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:50.125	12 	1:46.659	6 	1:48.002	16 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:50.158	13 	1:47.755	12 	1:48.932	18 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:50.068	10 	1:50.094	18 	1:47.817	15 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:50.123	11 	1:46.959	8 	1:47.237	7 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:51.035	17 	1:47.684	11 	1:47.733	14 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:50.455	15 	1:47.888	14 	1:47.715	13 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:51.188	18 	1:46.142	1 	1:46.167	3 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:49.854	8 	1:47.294	9 	1:47.640	12 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Will Stevens 	 	1:53.903	19 	1:59.932	20 	1:55.293	20 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:49.466	7 	1:47.427	10 	1:47.464	9 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:48.314	2 	1:46.479	4 	1:46.802	5 	 	 	 	 	
53 	Alexander Rossi 	 	1:53.918	20 	1:56.739	19 	1:52.588	19 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:50.019	9 	1:48.012	15 	1:47.301	8 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:49.380	6 	1:48.118	17 	1:47.587	11 	 	 	 	 	
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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 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	3 	1:46.017 	 	1 	1:44.743 	 	1 	1:43.885 	1
2 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	4 	1:46.166 	 	4 	1:45.291 	 	2 	1:44.428 	2
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	8 	1:46.467 	 	3 	1:45.140 	 	3 	1:44.667 	3
4 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	1 	1:45.340 	 	2 	1:44.979 	 	4 	1:44.745 	4
5 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:45.765 	 	6 	1:45.650 	 	5 	1:45.300 	5
6 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	5 	1:46.201 	 	7 	1:45.653 	 	6 	1:45.415 	6
7 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	6 	1:46.231 	 	10 	1:45.887 	 	7 	1:45.676 	7
8 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	9 	1:46.483 	 	5 	1:45.635 	 	8 	1:45.798 	8
9 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	14 	1:46.879 	 	8 	1:45.701 	 	9 	1:46.077 	9
10 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	13 	1:46.860 	 	9 	1:45.805 	 	10 	1:46.413 	10
11 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	12 	1:46.669 	 	11 	1:46.305 	 	 	 	11
12 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	11 	1:46.600 	 	12 	1:46.328 	 	 	 	12
13 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	10 	1:46.576 	 	13 	1:46.385 	 	 	 	13
14 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	7 	1:46.465 	 	14 	1:46.894 	 	 	 	14
15 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	15 	1:46.891 	 	15 	1:47.019 	 	 	 	15
16 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	16 	1:46.965 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	17 	1:47.088 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	18 	1:47.323 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	 	19 	1:51.021 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	53 	Alexander Rossi 	 	 	20 	1:51.523 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	61 	2h 01m 22.118s	1 	25
2 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	61 	+1.478 	2 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	61 	+17.154 	3 	15
4 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	61 	+24.720 	6 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	61 	+34.204 	7 	10
6 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	61 	+35.508 	4 	8
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	61 	+50.836 	13 	6
8 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	61 	+51.450 	8 	4
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	61 	+52.860 	14 	2
10 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	61 	+90.045 	16 	1
11 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	61 	+97.507 	17 	
12 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	61 	+97.718 	18 	
13 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	59 	Gearbox 	10 	
14 	53 	Alexander Rossi 	 	59 	+2 Laps 	20 	
15 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	59 	+2 Laps 	19 	
Ret 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	52 	Gearbox 	15 	
Ret 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	33 	Gearbox 	12 	
Ret 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	32 	Throttle 	5 	
Ret 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	30 	Transmission 	9 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	12 	Collision 	11 	
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==Milestones==
*Alexander Rossi's first race.
*Felipe Massa's 225th race entry.
*Valtteri Bottas' 50th race start.
*With Sebastian Vettel on pole, it was his first pole position since the 2013 Brazilian GP, his first for and the first pole for a non-Mercedes powered car since that race.
*Vettel's 42nd career win placing him third in the all time standings, overtaking Ayrton Senna.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	252 	 	
2 	Nico Rosberg 	211 	 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	203 	 	
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	107 	1 	
5 	Valtteri Bottas 	101 	1 	
6 	Felipe Massa 	97 	2 	
7 	Daniil Kvyat 	58 	 	
8 	Daniel Ricciardo 	73 	 	
9 	Sergio Pérez 	39 	1 	
10 	Romain Grosjean 	38 	1 	
11 	Max Verstappen 	30 	1 	
12 	Nico Hülkenberg 	30 	1 	
13 	Felipe Nasr 	17 	 	
14 	Pastor Maldonado 	12 	 	
15 	Fernando Alonso 	11 	 	
16 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	11 	 	
17 	Marcus Ericsson 	9 	 	
18 	Jenson Button 	6 	 	
19 	Roberto Merhi 	0 	 	
20 	Will Stevens 	0 	 	
21 	Alexander Rossi 	0 	 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	463 	 	
2 	 	310 	 	
3 	 	198 	 	
4 	 	139 	 	
5 	 	69 	 	
6 	 	50 	 	
7 	 	41 	 	
8 	 	26 	 	
9 	 	17 	 	
10 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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