2015 Italian Grand Prix

The 2015 Italian Grand Prix (formally called the Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2015) was the twelfth race of the 2015 Formula One Season. It was be held between 4 September and 6 September 2015 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the 85th running of the Italian Grand Prix.
Having taken his eleventh pole of twelve (and seventh consecutive), Lewis Hamilton won the race by twenty-five seconds, completing his second Grand Chelem having lead every lap and taken the fastest lap. Sebastian Vettel finished second for , with Felipe Massa holding off a late charge from teammate Valtteri Bottas to take the final podium place.
Hamilton's teammate at , Nico Rosberg, suffered engine issues during qualifying, and having qualified in fourth, saw his engine blow a few laps from the finish. Kimi Räikkönen qualified second, but stalled at the start, falling to last before recovering to fifth.
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==Background==
Coming into the Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took a 28-point lead into Italy after winning the previous race in Belgium. While in the constructors championship, held a 184-point lead from in second place. Nico Hülkenberg stayed at after he signed a two-year contract to run in the and season.. Bottas and Massa also confirm their contracts with for another year. Soft and medium tyres will be used for the race.
==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 	
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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 	 	1:26.922	7 	1:26.222	13 	1:29.900	20 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:26.258	3 	1:25.038	3 	1:24.808	2 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:25.133	2 	1:24.300	2 	1:24.843	3 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:26.783	6 	1:25.380	6 	1:25.244	7 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	1:25.497	7 	1:25.747	10 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:27.454	13 	1:26.133	12 	1:25.692	9 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:26.730	5 	1:25.278	4 	1:25.515	8 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:27.232	11 	1:26.114	11 	1:25.912	11 	 	 	 	 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:27.118	10 	1:25.513	8 	1:25.242	6 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:28.023	17 	1:26.966	16 	1:26.632	13 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:26.936	8 	1:25.891	10 	1:25.165	5 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:28.423	18 	1:28.471	19 	1:26.750	14 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:27.275	12 	1:28.723	20 	1:28.591	17 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:26.612	4 	1:25.325	5 	1:26.141	12 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Will Stevens 	 	1:29.853	19 	1:28.201	17 	1:28.123	15 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:27.669	15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:27.591	14 	1:26.454	14 	1:28.215	16 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:24.670	1 	1:24.279	1 	1:24.544	1 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:27.907	16 	1:26.641	15 	1:28.628	18 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:27.075	9 	1:25.647	9 	1:24.946	4 	 	 	 	 	
98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:29.911	20 	1:28.439	18 	1:29.117	19 	 	 	 	 	
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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 	 	 	 	1:24.251 	 	 	1:23.383 	 	1 	1:23.397 	1
2 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	 	1:24.662 	 	 	1:23.757 	 	2 	1:23.631 	2
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	 	1:24.989 	 	 	1:23.577 	 	3 	1:23.685 	3
4 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	 	1:24.609 	 	 	1:23.864 	 	4 	1:23.703 	4
5 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	 	1:25.184 	 	 	1:23.983 	 	5 	1:23.940 	5
6 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	 	1:24.979 	 	 	1:24.313 	 	6 	1:24.127 	6
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	 	1:24.801 	 	 	1:24.379 	 	7 	1:24.626 	7
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	 	1:25.144 	 	 	1:24.448 	 	8 	1:25.054 	8
9 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	 	1:24.937 	 	 	1:24.510 	 	9 	1:25.317 	9
10 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	 	1:25.122 	 	 	1:24.457 	 	10 	1:26.214 	12
11 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	 	1:25.429 	 	11 	1:24.525 	 	 	 	10
12 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	 	1:25.121 	 	12 	1:24.898 	 	 	 	11
13 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	 	1:25.410 	 	13 	1:25.618 	 	 	 	17
14 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	 	1:25.742 	 	14 	1:25.796 	 	 	 	18
15 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	 	1:25.633 	 	15 	No Time Set 	 	 	 	19
16 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	16 	1:26.058 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
17 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	17 	
1:26.154 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	 	18 	1:27.731 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13
19 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	 	19 	1:27.912 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14
20 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	20 	No Time Set 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	1:18:00.688 	1 	25
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	+25.042 	3 	18
3 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	53 	+47.635 	5 	15
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	6 	12 	
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+68.860 	2 	10
6 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	53 	+72.783 	7 	8
7 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	52 	9 	6 	
8 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	19 	4
9 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	12 	2
10 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	1
11 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	17 	
12 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	20 	
13 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	
14 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	
15 	28 	Will Stevens 	 	51 	+ 2 Laps 	13 	
16 	98 	Roberto Merhi 	 	51 	+ 2 Laps 	14 	
17 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	51 	Engine 	4 	
18 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	47 	Electrionics	16 	
19 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	0 	Collision 	8 	
20 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	0 	Collision 	10 	
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==Milestones==
* Valtteri Bottas' 50th race entry (49th race start).
* Lewis Hamilton's 50th race for , 40th Formula 1 race win, joins Sebastian Vettel on 5th on the all-time list for consecutive points finishes with 19, overtakes Ayrton Senna in the all-time list of total podiums with 81, and secured his second Grand Chelem.
* Sebastian Vettel becomes the 40th (37th discarding shared drives) driver to take a podium finish at Monza and overtakes Fernando Alonso in the list for total career points to top the list with 1796 points.
*Felipe Massa’s last podium of his F1 career.
* ' 10th win of the season.
* Lewis Hamilton becomes the first driver to set the fastest lap in all 3 free practice sessions, all 3 qualifying stages (taking pole position), scoring the fastest lap and winning the race while also leading every lap. This form of grand slam is unofficially called "Hamilton Slam".
==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 	199 	 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	178 	 	
4 	Felipe Massa 	97 	1 	
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	92 	1 	
6 	Valtteri Bottas 	91 	 	
7 	Daniil Kvyat 	58 	 	
8 	Daniel Ricciardo 	55 	 	
9 	Romain Grosjean 	38 	 	
10 	Sergio Pérez 	33 	1 	
11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	30 	 	
12 	Max Verstappen 	26 	2 	
13 	Felipe Nasr 	16 	 	
14 	Pastor Maldonado 	12 	 	
15 	Fernando Alonso 	11 	 	
16 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	9 	 	
17 	Marcus Ericsson 	9 	 	
18 	Jenson Button 	6 	 	
19 	Roberto Merhi 	0 	1 	
20 	Will Stevens 	0 	1 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	451 	 	
2 	 	270 	 	
3 	 	188 	 	
4 	 	113 	 	
5 	 	63 	1 	
6 	 	50 	1 	
7 	 	35 	 	
8 	 	25 	 	
9 	 	17 	 	
10 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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