2015 Monaco Grand Prix
The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 May 2015 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco. It was the sixty-second running of the race as a World Championship event, and seventy-third running overall.
| 2015 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit de Monaco | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 24 May 2015 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015 | ||||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||||
| Weather |
Partly cloudy 18–19 °C (64–66 °F) air temperature 31–37 °C (88–99 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the west | ||||
| Attendance | 200,000 (Weekend) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
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| Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:15.098 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:18.063 on lap 74 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third |
| Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race with a twenty-point lead over teammate and defending race winner Nico Rosberg in the Drivers' Championship, with Mercedes having a seventy-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.
World Champion Lewis Hamilton secured his first ever Monaco pole position during Saturday's qualifying. In the race, Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive win at Monaco, second win of the season, and the tenth of his career, while Sebastian Vettel finished second. Championship leader Hamilton, who had led for most of the race, moved from first into third place following a "pit stop misjudgement" during a late safety car period, for which his team, Mercedes, later apologised. The renewed McLaren-Honda partnership scored its first points since Honda's return to the sport. With Rosberg's victory, he was able to reduce his deficit in the World Drivers' Championship to ten points.