2015 Spanish Grand Prix

2015 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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A track map of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The track has 16 corners, which range in sharpness from hairpins to gentle, sweeping turns. There are two long straights that link the corners together. The pit lane splits off from the track on the inside of Turn 16, and rejoins the track after the start-finish straight.
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Race details[1][2]
Date 10 May 2015
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2015[1]
Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Montmeló, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.655 km (2.892 mi)
Distance 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 mi)
Weather Sunny
25 °C (77 °F) air temperature
44 °C (111 °F) track temperature
1.8 m/s (5.9 ft/s) wind from the northeast[3]
Attendance 86,700 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:24.681
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:28.270 on lap 54
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Spanish Grand Prix, formally titled the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2015, was a Formula One motor race held on 10 May 2015 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2015 season and marked the forty-fifth running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship and the twenty-fifth running at Catalunya. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took his first win of the season, his first in Spain and the ninth of his career. His team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished second after a bad start, followed by Sebastian Vettel in third.

  1. ^ a b "2015 Formula 1 Gran Premio de España". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Race Preview: 2015 Spanish Grand Prix". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "GP Spanien in Barcelona / Rennen" [GP Spain in Barcelona / Race]. motorsport-total.com (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.