2015 Singapore Grand Prix
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.
| 2015 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Attendance |
260,912 (Weekend)) 86,970 (3-Day Average) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:43.885 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:50.041 on lap 52 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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.