2015 Spanish Grand Prix

The 2015 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2015) was the fifth race of the 2015 Formula One season, the 25th time the Spanish Grand Prix has been held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the 56th Spanish Grand Prix. It was held between 8 May and 10 May 2015.
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==Background==
Medium and hard tyres will be used for the Grand Prix.
Jolyon Palmer, Raffaele Marciello and Susie Wolff competed in the first practice session.
 have changed the MP4-30's livery for the rest of the season, starting with the Spanish Grand Prix, so to reduce issues with reflections from the chrome paint as well as to have its appearance optimised under both sunlight and floodlights.
For the first time this season, the Grand Prix was supported by and .
Daniel Ricciardo used a modified engine, after the previous one malfunctioned at the end of the . It had the aim of making improvements on reliability and driveability.
People had been expecting to win the race again when they had a big number of laps led in the 2014 race, as well as being very competitive in the first and second tests at the circuit.
==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 	
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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===
Nico Rosberg finished the first practice session with the fastest time of 1:26.828, 0.070 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton. However, Rosberg went off one time at Turn 10, while there was a complain from Hamilton about understeer; Additionally, Rosberg was reprimanded for crossing the white line at the pit entry. Sebastian Vettel followed with Kimi Räikkönen behind. The two Ferrari drivers also had unhappiness when Vettel went off at Turns 1 and 10, and Räikkönen was angered by being sent out in a line of traffic. Toro Rosso had great results, with Carlos Sainz, Jr. fifth fastest, and Max Verstappen setting the sixth fastest time. They were both followed by Daniil Kvyat, who was ahead of Felipe Massa. Daniel Ricciardo had to miss most of the session when a throttle issue occurred during his first run, but was able to make another run at the end, getting ninth.
Felipe Nasr was the last of the top ten, followed by Nico Hülkenberg. Raffaele Marciello took over for Marcus Ericsson in the session, finishing ahead of Jolyon Palmer, who replaced Romain Grosjean in the session. Valtteri Bottas was also replaced by Susie Wolff, who had her first run of 2015. She stated afterwards, about the possibility of a female driver coming into Formula One racing after 40 years, that "If I did not think I was capable of racing at this level I would be the first to take myself out of the game. I 100% believe a woman can compete at this level." The three test drivers were all followed by Fernando Alonso, who had a 360 spin near the end, but was able to keep going and set the fifteenth fastest time in his home country. His teammate Jenson Button was sixteenth, having complained about his engine's power.
Sergio Pérez had a tough session, having finished with the seventeenth fastest time. Pastor Maldonado was eighteenth, after having more problems with his car. Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi were the last of the drivers in the results table.
===FP2===
After he was beaten in the first session, Hamilton took the fastest time of the second session from Rosberg. Vettel was second, splitting both Mercedes drivers. Räikkönen was again fourth, and Kvyat moved up into fifth. Verstappen stayed in sixth place, and Button was surprisingly seventh for McLaren in their new livery. Bottas, whose car was driven by Wolff in the first session, set the eighth fastest time, while Sainz was dropped down to ninth compared to his result in the first session. Massa was tenth fastest, and Alonso followed after having a complain about his ERS not charging. Grosjean was twelfth, after he lost his rear bodywork on the main straight, which made a brief halt to the session. It took a while before Grosjean was able to go out again. Ricciardo again had to miss most of the session while his engine was being changed by the Red Bull team, but was able to do one flying lap at the end, taking thirteenth place ahead of Maldonado.
Nasr and Ericsson were fifteenth and sixteenth respectively, followed by Hülkenberg and Pérez. Merhi was again led by Stevens. Pérez was fined €1,000 for speeding in the pit lane.
===FP3===
Rosberg went fastest in the third session with a time of 1:26.021, and Hamilton was also beaten by Vettel. Hamilton was also able to survive a hairy spin at Turn 3. Bottas was fourth fastest, although he was later fined €400 for speeding in the pit lane.
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===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:29.075	9 	1:29.098	13 	1:27.048	6 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:27.806	3 	1:27.260	2 	1:26.177	2 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:26.828	1 	1:27.616	3 	1:26.021	1 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:27.832	4 	1:27.780	4 	1:26.944	5 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	1:29.086	12 	1:28.578	15 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	1:29.361	16 	1:28.788	17 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:30.096	17 	1:29.707	18 	1:28.996	18 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:29.140	10 	1:29.333	15 	1:28.096	13 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:30.110	18 	1:29.217	14 	1:28.618	16 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:29.813	15 	1:28.723	11 	1:28.304	14 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:28.831	8 	1:28.712	10 	1:27.109	7 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:29.817	16 	1:28.494	7 	1:27.938	11 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:28.785	7 	1:27.943	5 	1:27.313	9 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:29.409	11 	1:29.601	17 	1:28.082	12 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Will Stevens 	 	1:32.471	19 	1:31.929	19 	1:31.125	19 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:29.676	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:28.529	6 	1:28.017	6 	1:27.132	8 	 	 	 	 	
36 	Raffaele Marciello	 	1:29.630	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
41 	Susie Wolff 	 	1:29.708	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:26.898	2 	1:26.852	1 	1:26.222	3 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:28.132	5 	1:28.674	9 	1:27.809	10 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1:28.525	8 	1:26.682	4 	 	 	 	 	 	
98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:32.647	20 	1:32.751	20 	1:31.749	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 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	2 	1:26.490 	 	1 	1:25.166 	 	1 	1:24.681 	1
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:26.382 	 	2 	1:25.740 	 	2 	1:24.948 	2
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	10 	1:27.534 	 	5 	1:26.167 	 	3 	1:25.458 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	6 	1:27.262 	 	6 	1:26.197 	 	4 	1:25.694 	4
5 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	4 	1:26.773 	 	8 	1:26.475 	 	5 	1:26.136 	5
6 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	9 	1:27.393 	 	7 	1:26.441 	 	6 	1:26.249 	6
7 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	3 	1:26.637 	 	3 	1:26.016 	 	7 	1:26.414 	7
8 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	14 	1:27.833 	 	10 	1:26.889 	 	8 	1:26.629 	8
9 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	5 	1:27.165 	 	4 	1:26.147 	 	9 	1:26.757 	9
10 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	11 	1:27.611 	 	9 	1:26.692 	 	10 	1:26.770 	10
11 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	8 	1:27.383 	 	11 	1:27.375 	 	 	 	11
12 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	7 	1:27.281 	 	12 	1:27.450 	 	 	 	12
13 	20 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	15 	1:27.941 	 	13 	1:27.760 	 	 	 	13
14 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	13 	1:27.813 	 	14 	1:27.854 	 	 	 	14
15 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	12 	1:27.625 	 	15 	1:28.005 	 	 	 	15
16 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	16 	1:28.112 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	17 	1:28.365 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	18 	1:28.442 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	 	19 	1:31.200 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	 	20 	1:32.038 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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===Grid===
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==Race==
===Report===
===Post-race===
No further action was given by the stewards for Kvyat and Sainz's incident.
It turned out that Alonso's brake failure was caused when the right-rear brake duct was blocked by a helmet visor tear-off.
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	66 	1:41:12.555 	1 	25
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	66 	+ 17.551 	2 	18
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	66 	+ 45.342 	3 	15
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	66 	+ 59.217 	4 	12
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	66 	+ 1:00.002 	7 	10
6 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	66 	+ 1:21.314 	9 	8
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	6
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	4
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	5 	2
10 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	1
11 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	
12 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	
13 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
14 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	16 	
15 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	17 	
16 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	65 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	
17 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	63 	+ 3 Laps 	19 	
18 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	62 	+ 4 Laps 	20 	
Ret 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	47 	Accident damage	12 	
Ret 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	28 	Brake failure 	13 	
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==Milestones==
*Nico Rosberg's 40th pole position
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	111 	 	
2 	Nico Rosberg 	91 	 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	80 	 	
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	52 	 	
5 	Valtteri Bottas 	42 	1 	
6 	Felipe Massa 	39 	1 	
7 	Daniel Ricciardo 	25 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	16 	1 	
9 	Felipe Nasr 	14 	1 	
10 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	8 	 	
11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	6 	 	
12 	Max Verstappen 	6 	 	
13 	Daniil Kvyat 	5 	2 	
14 	Sergio Pérez 	5 	1 	
15 	Marcus Ericsson 	5 	1 	
16 	Fernando Alonso 	0 	 	
17 	Jenson Button 	0 	 	
18 	Will Stevens 	0 	 	
19 	Roberto Merhi 	0 	 	
20 	Pastor Maldonado 	0 	 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	202 	 	
2 	 	132 	 	
3 	 	81 	 	
4 	 	30 	 	
5 	 	19 	 	
6 	 	16 	 	
7 	 	14 	 	
8 	 	11 	 	
9 	 	0 	 	
10 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
Category:Spanish Grand Prix
Category:2015 Grands Prix
Category:Formula One races in Spain