2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date 29 March 2015 (2015-03-29)
Official name 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Weather Sunny
32–33 °C (90–91 °F) air temperature
53–58 °C (127–136 °F) track temperature
2 m/s (6.6 ft/s) wind from the south[3]
Attendance 80,604 (Weekend)[4]
44,611 (Race Day)[5]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:49.834
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:42.062 on lap 43
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Mercedes
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, formally titled the 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 29 March 2015 at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] It was the seventeenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a World Championship event.

Lewis Hamilton came into the race leading the Drivers' championship by seven points over teammate Nico Rosberg, followed closely by Sebastian Vettel, a further three points adrift. Mercedes entered with a twenty-eight-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' championship campaign.

Hamilton secured pole position in a rain-soaked qualifying session, the 40th pole position in his career. Vettel won the race, having started from second place on the grid. It was the 40th victory of his career, and the first victory for Ferrari since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix as well as the first victory for a German Ferrari driver since the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher. It was also the first time since the 2006 United States Grand Prix that neither McLaren was classified.

  1. ^ "Race Preview: 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / Rennen" [Malaysia GP in Sepang / Race]. motorsport-total.com (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ Collantine, Keith (8 February 2017). "Are tickets too dear? Crowds fell at some tracks in 2016". racefans.net. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ^ Collantine, Keith (15 February 2016). "What race attendance figures tell us about the state of F1". racefans.net. Retrieved 9 April 2018.