Round 8 · 2015

Austrian Grand Prix

CircuitRed Bull RingLocationSpielberg, AustriaDates19 Jun – 21 Jun 2015Final

WinnerROSMercedes · from P2

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:11.235Rosberg · L35

Most laps led57Rosberg

Biggest gain+8Ricciardo P18→P10

Retirements6of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2	+1	71	1:30:16.930 FL	1	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	-1	71	+8.800	1	18
3	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	4	+1	71	+17.570	1	15
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3	-1	71	+18.180	1	12
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	6	+1	71	+53.600	1	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	5	-1	71	+1:04.080	1	8
7	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	10	+3	70	+1 lap	1	6
8	Max Verstappen VER	Toro Rosso	7	-1	70	+1 lap	1	4
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	13	+4	70	+1 lap	1	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	18	+8	70	+1 lap	1	1
11	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	8	-3	70	+1 lap	1
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Red Bull Racing	15	+3	70	+1 lap	2
13	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	11	-2	69	+2 laps	3
14	Roberto Merhi MER	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	16	+2	68	+3 laps	1
—	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	20		8	DNF · L8	3
—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	14		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	19		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	9		35	DNF · L35	2
—	Will Stevens STE	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	17		1	DNF · L1	0
—	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	12		35	DNF · L35	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	30
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	31
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	21
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	27
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	22
6	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	26
7	Max Verstappen VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	28
8	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	32
9	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	—	—	—	29
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	22
11	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	—	—	—	22
12	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	20
13	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	22
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	13
17	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	12
18	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	10
19	Roberto Merhi MER	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	12
20	Will Stevens STE	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:09.994	16
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:10.011	16
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:10.177	12
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:10.221	14
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:10.332	23
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:10.408	18
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:10.417	14
8	Max Verstappen VER	Toro Rosso	1:10.436	23
9	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	1:10.576	12
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:10.863	8
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:11.009	14
12	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:11.058	22
13	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:11.139	18
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Red Bull Racing	1:11.139	14
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:11.168	13
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:11.819	10
17	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:11.906	9
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:12.616	16
19	Will Stevens STE	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:13.328	14
20	Roberto Merhi MER	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:13.960	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:09.600	28
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:09.611	50
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:09.860	41
4	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	1:09.914	44
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:10.137	49
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:10.160	49
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:10.267	38
8	Max Verstappen VER	Toro Rosso	1:10.356	48
9	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:10.495	39
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:10.585	46
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:10.631	50
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Red Bull Racing	1:10.686	48
13	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:10.744	40
14	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:10.746	34
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:11.011	42
16	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:11.517	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:11.676	38
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:11.919	17
19	Will Stevens STE	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:12.522	34
20	Roberto Merhi MER	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:13.094	34

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:10.401	36
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:10.709	28
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:11.028	22
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:11.452	26
5	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:11.633	28
6	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Red Bull Racing	1:11.642	31
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:11.724	29
8	Max Verstappen VER	Toro Rosso	1:11.825	38
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:11.890	29
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:11.905	37
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:11.948	32
12	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	1:12.004	34
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:12.031	36
14	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Lotus F1	1:12.050	27
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:12.159	30
16	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:12.920	30
17	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:13.272	10
18	Will Stevens STE	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:13.937	29
19	Roberto Merhi MER	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:15.459	11
20	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:15.684	4

Session schedule

Practice 1Final19 Jun 2015 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final19 Jun 2015 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final20 Jun 2015 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal20 Jun 2015 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal21 Jun 2015 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	169
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	159
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	120
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	72
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	67
6	Felipe Massa MAS	62
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	36
8	Daniil Kvyat KVY	19

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Williams	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Toro Rosso	Max Verstappen VER	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Red Bull Racing	Daniil Kvyat KVY	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Sauber	Felipe Nasr NAS	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI
Lotus F1	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Jenson Button BUT
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Roberto Merhi MER	—	Will Stevens STE

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2014	Austrian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	3
2003	Austrian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2002	Austrian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	3
2001	Austrian Grand Prix	David Coulthard COT	McLaren	7
2000	Austrian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen PAI	McLaren	1
1999	Austrian Grand Prix	Eddie Irvine IRV	Ferrari	3
1998	Austrian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen PAI	McLaren	3
1997	Austrian Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve VIU	Williams	1