2015 Singapore Grand Prix

2015 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 13 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race details
Date 20 September 2015
Official name 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix[1]
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 5.065 km (3.147 miles)
Distance 61 laps, 308.828 km (191.897 miles)
Weather Dry
28–29 °C (82–84 °F) air temperature
34–36 °C (93–97 °F) track temperature
0.5 m/s (1.6 ft/s) wind from the west[2]
Attendance 260,912 (Weekend))[3]
86,970 (3-Day Average)[4]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:43.885
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:50.041 on lap 52
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Red Bull Racing-Renault
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 September 2015 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. The race was the thirteenth round of the 2015 season. It was the eighth time the race was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Defending race winner Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes entered as the leader in the World Drivers' Championship with 252 points, 53 points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg and 74 points ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes came into the race leading the Constructors' Championship by 181 points ahead of Ferrari, with Williams a further 82 points back in third place.

Vettel won the race from pole position, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in second and Vettel's Ferrari teammate Kimi Räikkönen in third. The Mercedes team struggled at Singapore; Lewis Hamilton recorded his first retirement of the season, while Nico Rosberg managed only fourth place, closing the gap in the championship to 41 points.

This is the only Grand Prix in the 2015 season where Mercedes did not secure a pole position, with their drivers qualifying fifth and sixth.

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  3. ^ "Third highest attendance ever at 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix". singaporegp.sg. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Third highest attendance ever at 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix". singaporegp.sg. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.