2015 Canadian Grand Prix

2015 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 7 June 2015
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015[1]
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Sunny
20–21 °C (68–70 °F) air temperature
39 °C (102 °F) track temperature
4 m/s (13 ft/s) wind from the north[2]
Attendance 244,374 (Weekend) 93,273 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:14.393
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Time 1:16.987 on lap 42
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix, formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015, was a Formula One motor race held on 7 June 2015 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2015 season, and marked the 52nd running of the Canadian Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner, having won his first ever grand prix the year before.

Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team won the race from pole position, leading for all but one lap of the race. He extended his championship lead over teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second, to 17 points.

  1. ^ a b "Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "GP Kanada in Montreal / Rennen" [Canada GP in Montreal / Race]. motorsport-total.com (in German). Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.