2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
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. It was the seventeenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a World Championship event.
| 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 2 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 29 March 2015 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Attendance |
80,604 (Weekend) 44,611 (Race Day) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |
| Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:49.834 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:42.062 on lap 43 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second |
| Mercedes | |||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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.