2015 Russian Grand Prix

2015 Russian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Race details
Date	11 October 2015
Official name	2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix[1]
Location	Sochi Autodrom, Adlersky City District, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	5.848 km (3.634 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 309.745 km (192.467 miles)
Weather	Partly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) air temperature 25–27 °C (77–81 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the north[2]
Attendance	149,000 (Weekend) 62,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:37.113
Fastest lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time	1:40.071 on lap 51
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; Russian: Гран-при России 2015 года, romanized: Gran-pri Rossii 2015 goda) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 October 2015. The fifty-three lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom. This was the fifteenth round of the 2015 season and marked the second time that the Russian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in 1950.

Lewis Hamilton won the race for the second season in a row, extending his Drivers' Championship lead to 66 points. With Nico Rosberg retiring early in the race, Sebastian Vettel reclaimed second place in the standings for the first time since his round two victory in Malaysia with a second-place finish. Sergio Pérez completed the podium in third for Force India.

Mercedes secured their second consecutive Constructors' Championship, having done so at the same event the previous season.