2015 Mexican Grand Prix
The 2015 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 1 November 2015. The race, which was contested over seventy-one laps, was the seventeenth race of the 2015 Formula One season. It marked the seventeenth time that the Mexican Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in 1950, and the first time that the race had been run since 1992.
| 2015 Mexican Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 1 November 2015 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015 | ||||
| Location |
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.304 km (2.674 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles) | ||||
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Partly cloudy 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) air temperature 48–56 °C (118–133 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the northwest | ||||
| Attendance | 134,850 (Race Day) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:19.480 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:20.521 on lap 67 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second |
| Mercedes | |||
| Third | Williams-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Nico Rosberg qualified in pole position, having already been fastest in two of the three free practice sessions. He won the race for Mercedes, followed by his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had secured the Drivers' Championship at the previous event in the United States. Valtteri Bottas completed the podium in third, driving for Williams. Both Ferrari drivers—Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen—retired after crashes, with both losing one position in the Championship to Rosberg and Bottas respectively. It was the first time since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix that neither Ferrari was classified.