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class="infobox-image"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sepang.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sepang.svg/200px-Sepang.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sepang.svg/300px-Sepang.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sepang.svg/400px-Sepang.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="945" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details<sup id="cite_ref-fiadata_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fiadata-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fom_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 29 March 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-03-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 2015 Formula 1 <a href="/wiki/Petronas" title="Petronas">Petronas</a> <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="Malaysian Grand Prix">Malaysia Grand Prix</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Sepang_International_Circuit" title="Sepang International Circuit">Sepang International Circuit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sepang_District" title="Sepang District">Sepang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.543 km (3.444 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Sunny<br />32–33 °C (90–91 °F) air temperature<br />53–58 °C (127–136 °F) track temperature<br />2 m/s (6.6 ft/s) wind from the south<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 80,604 (Weekend)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />44,611 (Race Day)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:49.834</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest 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style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:42.062 on lap 43</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium#In_motorsport" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">First</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" 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href="#cite_note-fom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the seventeenth running of the <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="Malaysian Grand Prix">Malaysian Grand Prix</a> as a World Championship event. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> came into the race leading the Drivers' championship by seven points over teammate <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a>, followed closely by <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>, a further three points adrift. <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> entered with a twenty-eight-point lead over <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> in the Constructors' championship campaign. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/2013_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Spanish Grand Prix">2013 Spanish Grand Prix</a> as well as the first victory for a German Ferrari driver since the <a href="/wiki/2006_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2006 Chinese Grand Prix">2006 Chinese Grand Prix</a> won by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>. It was also the first time since the <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2006 United States Grand Prix">2006 United States Grand Prix</a> that neither McLaren was classified. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The race, held on 29 March 2015 with practice and qualifying sessions on the two preceding days,<sup id="cite_ref-fom_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the seventeenth running of the <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="Malaysian Grand Prix">Malaysian Grand Prix</a>, which had been part of the <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One World Championship">Formula One World Championship</a> without interruption since <a href="/wiki/1999_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1999 Formula One World Championship">1999</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A race sanctioned by the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile</a>, motorsport's governing body, had been held in Malaysia since the 1960s, with the first editions being run in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, then part of the Malaysian Federation, before moving to the <a href="/wiki/Shah_Alam_Circuit" title="Shah Alam Circuit">Shah Alam Circuit</a>. With the arrival of the Formula One Grand Prix in 1999, the race was moved to the purpose-built <a href="/wiki/Sepang_International_Circuit" title="Sepang International Circuit">Sepang International Circuit</a>, where all editions have since been held.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For sponsorship reasons, the race's official name was <i>2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-fom_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Going into the weekend, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> was leading the Drivers' Championship, having won the first race ahead of his teammate <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>. He therefore had 25 points and held a seven-point advantage over Rosberg, with Vettel another three points behind.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the constructors' standings, <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> was on top, having taken the maximum available 43 points from their 1–2 finish in <a href="/wiki/2015_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Australian Grand Prix">Melbourne</a>. <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> were second on 15 points, followed by <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a> with 14.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg/220px-Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg/330px-Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg/440px-Lewis_Hamilton_2015_Malaysia_FP3_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>The dominance of <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> (pictured during practice) was a major talking point before the race.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mercedes arrived at the second race of the season with maximum points from <a href="/wiki/2015_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Australian Grand Prix">Australia</a>, having finished first and second with third placed Sebastian Vettel half a minute down. Following their dominant performance, many commentators voiced fears that the sport might become even more one-sided and boring over the course of the 2015 season than it had been the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>'s team principal <a href="/wiki/Christian_Horner" title="Christian Horner">Christian Horner</a> called for the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">FIA</a> to step in and apply rule changes that would level the competition, stating: "The FIA, within the rules, have an equalisation mechanism and that needs to be looked at."<sup id="cite_ref-15_March_2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15_March_2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Red Bull subsequently threatened to leave the sport, should no measures be taken.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While many commentators pointed out that Red Bull had enjoyed their own share of dominance in the prior years,<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Formula One supremo <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone" title="Bernie Ecclestone">Bernie Ecclestone</a> voiced understanding for the team, saying: "There is a rule that I think [former president] <a href="/wiki/Max_Mosley" title="Max Mosley">Max</a> [Mosley] put in when he was there that in the event... that a particular team or engine supplier did something magic - which Mercedes have done - the FIA can level up things. They [Mercedes] have done a first class job which everybody acknowledges. We need to change things a little bit now and try to level things up a little bit."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mercedes' executive director <a href="/wiki/Toto_Wolff" title="Toto Wolff">Toto Wolff</a> reacted to the calls by urging his rivals to "get your fucking head down and work to sort it out".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> also raised doubt over the practicality of rule changes, saying "There's nothing really to ban because it doesn't look like Mercedes are doing anything other teams aren't doing."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"All you bloody crowd have been complaining about everything, so let's hear it. If you were in my position, apart from leaving, what would you do?" </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone" title="Bernie Ecclestone">Bernie Ecclestone</a>, speaking about Formula One's problems with journalists in Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Following criticism voiced by Red Bull, the future of engine supplier <a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> was also a matter of debate. While Renault contemplated exiting the sport, another scenario that received media attention was a possible buy-out of the <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discussion about the future of the sport was additionally fuelled by the news that the <a href="/wiki/German_Grand_Prix" title="German Grand Prix">German Grand Prix</a> would be dropped from the 2015 calendar, due to a lack of financing.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exclusion of one of motorsport's most traditional events caused many to raise the question whether the same fate might await other traditional venues such as <a href="/wiki/Autodromo_Nazionale_Monza" class="mw-redirect" title="Autodromo Nazionale Monza">Monza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> returned from his pre-season injury to take back his seat at McLaren, which had been filled by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> at the previous race in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also returning was <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a>, who missed the previous race due to a back injury sustained during qualifying.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Manor Marussia</a>, who were able to field their cars for the first time in Malaysia,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were under criticism after they failed to run their cars at the Australian Grand Prix, with Ecclestone saying they would need to pay for their travel expenses, which are usually covered by the commercial rights holder.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As in the previous two years, <a href="/wiki/Pirelli" title="Pirelli">Pirelli</a> announced they would be supplying teams with the orange-banded hard compound tyre as the prime selection and the white-banded medium compound as the option selection for the event. The event also made use of Pirelli's two wet weather tyres, the green-banded intermediate and blue-banded full wet tyres.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg/220px-Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg/330px-Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg/440px-Fernando_Alonso_2015_Malaysia_FP1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> returned to the grid after missing the first race in Australia.</figcaption></figure> <p>Per the regulations for the 2015 season, three practice sessions were held, two 90-minute sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday.<sup id="cite_ref-pracreg_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pracreg-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in the first practice session on Friday morning, while championship leader Lewis Hamilton was sidelined due to engine problems.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recovered to take fastest time in the second session of the day, while Ferrari proved that they would be closer to their rivals in Sepang, coming within 0.4 seconds in both free practice sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-fp2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fernando Alonso made his debut in the new McLaren, finishing 14th and 16th in the two Friday sessions respectively, outpacing teammate Jenson Button both times.<sup id="cite_ref-fp2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also debuting during free practice were Manor-Marussia, with both cars struggling to meet the time limit of <a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107%</a>. <a href="/wiki/Raffaele_Marciello" title="Raffaele Marciello">Raffaele Marciello</a> filled in for <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-regular <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nasr" title="Felipe Nasr">Felipe Nasr</a> during the first session.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the third practice session on Saturday morning, both Mercedes drivers were once again fastest, with Rosberg setting the fastest time, while Ferrari was about half a second behind.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg/220px-Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg/330px-Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg/440px-Max_Verstappen_2015_Malaysia_Q2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a>, pictured here during the wet qualifying session, became the youngest driver to score points in Formula One.</figcaption></figure> <p>Qualifying consisted of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with five drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-pracreg_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pracreg-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first part of qualifying (Q1) got under way in the dry and sunny conditions; this was not the conditions that would favour McLaren as they were still off the pace of the midfield although they made progress. Jenson Button along with his returning teammate Fernando Alonso were separated by only a tenth of a second, but were 17th and 18th on the grid. Joining them were the Manor-Marussia cars of <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Merhi" title="Roberto Merhi">Roberto Merhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Will_Stevens" title="Will Stevens">Will Stevens</a>; Merhi recorded a time that was almost five seconds slower than Alonso, and Stevens failed to take to the circuit, while Felipe Nasr also failed to make it out of Q1, as he struggled for balance in his Sauber.<sup id="cite_ref-f1fanqual_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1fanqual-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clouds built up at the west of the circuit before Q2 and there was a traffic jam in the pit lane. A scramble for position started to be evident and only one driver – Nico Rosberg – managed a clean lap without traffic, as the rest of the field dealt with the thunderstorm that was warned to arrive during Q2 and started tripping up on each other. The biggest casualty of the session was Ferrari's <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> who got held up by <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a>. Räikkönen recorded a lap of 1:42.173, which was not fast enough to get into Q3 as rain started soon after. Joining Räikkönen were <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force Indias</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> and the Toro Rosso of <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a>, as they could not improve on their original lap times due to the conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-f1fanqual_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1fanqual-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a delay of half an hour, the cars returned to the circuit, with the majority of the remaining ten drivers on intermediate tyres, while <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> and Valtteri Bottas initially surveyed the circuit on wets before switching to the intermediates. Ultimately, Hamilton took <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> by 0.074 seconds ahead of Vettel, with Rosberg third. They were followed by the Red Bull cars of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a>, while Toro Rosso's young driver <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> took sixth place. The rest of the top ten was completed by Massa, Grosjean, Bottas and Ericsson.<sup id="cite_ref-f1fanqual_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f1fanqual-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the 40th pole position of Hamilton's career.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After qualifying, Romain Grosjean was found to have left the pit lane in a different position to the one he left the garage, and so he received a two place grid penalty dropping him to tenth on the grid.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying_classification">Qualifying classification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Qualifying classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg/220px-Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg/330px-Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg/440px-Will_Stevens_2015_Malaysia_FP3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Will_Stevens" title="Will Stevens">Will Stevens</a> (pictured here during free practice) was unable to participate in the race.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Qualifying position">Pos.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number">Car<br />no.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Driver </th> <th rowspan="2">Constructor </th> <th colspan="3"><span class="nowrap">Qualifying times</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Final grid position">Final<br />grid</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Q1 </th> <th>Q2 </th> <th>Q3 </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td><b>1:39.269</b> </td> <td>1:41.517 </td> <td><b>1:49.834</b> </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:39.814 </td> <td>1:39.632 </td> <td>1:49.908 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:39.374 </td> <td><b>1:39.377</b> </td> <td>1:50.299 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:40.504 </td> <td>1:41.085 </td> <td>1:51.541 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:40.546 </td> <td>1:41.665 </td> <td>1:51.951 </td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:40.793 </td> <td>1:41.430 </td> <td>1:51.981 </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:40.543 </td> <td>1:41.230 </td> <td>1:52.473 </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:40.303 </td> <td>1:41.209 </td> <td>1:52.981 </td> <td align="center">10<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:40.249 </td> <td>1:40.650 </td> <td>1:53.179 </td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:40.340 </td> <td>1:41.748 </td> <td>1:53.261 </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:40.415 </td> <td>1:42.173 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:40.361 </td> <td>1:42.198 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></span> </td> <td>1:40.830 </td> <td>1:43.023 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></span> </td> <td>1:41.036 </td> <td>1:43.469 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:39.814 </td> <td>1:43.701 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:41.636 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:41.746 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:46.217 </th></tr> <tr> <th>— </th> <td align="center">98 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Merhi" title="Roberto Merhi">Roberto Merhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:46.677 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">19<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>— </th> <td align="center">28 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Stevens" title="Will Stevens">Will Stevens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>no time </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">20<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> — Romain Grosjean received a two place grid penalty for failing to "leave the pitlane in the order of his arrival."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span> — Roberto Merhi and Will Stevens were granted permission to start by race stewards.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg/220px-Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg/330px-Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg/440px-Safety_Car_with_Sebastian_Vettel_2015_Malaysia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>An early safety car phase proved to be a decisive factor in the race's outcome.</figcaption></figure> <p>Temperatures on race day were very hot, with the track temperature at 61 °C (142 °F). Rain was possible, though less than in previous years, also due to the earlier starting time.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams were hoping for a dry race, since qualifying showed they were still off the pace in wet conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Will Stevens, who missed qualifying due to a fuel system problem, was ultimately unable to participate in the race.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 44,611 people attended the race.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the start, Lewis Hamilton got away well, while Nico Rosberg challenged Sebastian Vettel for second place, but the Ferrari was able to come out on top. Both Pastor Maldonado and Kimi Räikkönen suffered punctures on lap one after contact with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Nasr respectively<sup id="cite_ref-winlose_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winlose-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had to come in for a new set of tyres. Vettel was able to stay with the Mercedes of Hamilton over the first few laps. On lap four, Marcus Ericsson braked too late and spun in turn one, retiring from the race and bringing out the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a>. All but seven cars went into the pits to change tyres, including both Mercedes drivers, while Sebastian Vettel stayed out. When racing resumed on lap seven, Vettel led Nico Hülkenberg, Romain Grosjean, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Sergio Pérez, with Hamilton the first of the cars who made pit stops right behind.<sup id="cite_ref-ticker_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticker-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both Mercedes cars now made their way through the field, with Hamilton overtaking Hülkenberg for second position on the end of lap ten, now ten seconds down on race leader Vettel. Rosberg reached third position on lap 14, while Hamilton was unable to make significant gains on Vettel in front. The cars that had not used the safety car phase for their stops began to change tyres on lap 16, while Maldonado was handed a ten-second penalty for exceeding the safety car time. Meanwhile, the Red Bull cars showed signs of brake problems with brake dust exiting the wheels at the major braking points on both cars. Vettel came in for his first stop on lap 18, handing the lead back to Hamilton. Vettel rejoined in third place and began to close rapidly on second-placed Rosberg. Vettel made good use of his fresher tyres, overtaking Rosberg on lap 22 and setting out to do the same on Hamilton, shortly before the latter went into the pits for his second pit stop on lap 24. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso retired due to engine problems on lap 21 while running in ninth place. With deteriorating front wing damage, Daniel Ricciardo let his teammate Daniil Kvyat through into eleventh place on the beginning of lap 26,<sup id="cite_ref-ticker_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticker-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> only for Kvyat to be sent in a spin by Hülkenberg, who ran wide and hit the Red Bull in turn two. Both drivers were able to continue.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other Force India of Pérez sent Romain Grosjean's <a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a> into a spin five laps later. Both Force India drivers were handed a ten-second penalty for their actions.<sup id="cite_ref-ticker_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticker-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg/220px-Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg/330px-Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg/440px-Red_Bull_duo_2015_Malaysia_Race_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>Both <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bulls</a> suffered from brake issues. Brake dust can be seen here blowing out from the brake discs.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vettel made a pit stop for a second and final time on lap 38, handing the lead back to Hamilton, who came in for his final stop a lap later, emerging about twelve seconds behind Vettel in third place. His teammate Rosberg made a pit stop on lap 41, elevating Hamilton to second, who now started to close on Vettel. Jenson Button retired from the race on lap 40 due to a turbo failure,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Maldonado's bad day turned worse when he had to park his car suffering brake problems.<sup id="cite_ref-winlose_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winlose-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton was unable to overcome the gap between himself and Vettel, leaving Vettel to take his 40th victory, the first since the <a href="/wiki/2013_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Brazilian Grand Prix">2013 Brazilian Grand Prix</a> and his first with Ferrari.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bottas was able to overtake his teammate Felipe Massa on the final lap, after both Williams drivers had an uneventful race to finish fifth and sixth respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-ticker_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticker-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Ferrari's first win since the <a href="/wiki/2013_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Spanish Grand Prix">2013 Spanish Grand Prix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-race">Post-race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg/220px-Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg/330px-Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg/440px-Podium_2015_Malaysia_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1707" /></a><figcaption>The podium after the race</figcaption></figure> <p>Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari reacted emotionally to the victory, with Vettel unable to hold back tears on the podium.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking about the experience as a Ferrari driver, he told <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan" title="Eddie Jordan">Eddie Jordan</a> during the podium interview: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I remember when the gate opened in Maranello it was like a dream coming true. I remember the last time I was there was as a young kid watching <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael [Schumacher]</a> over the fence driving around in the Ferrari and now I'm driving that very red car. It's incredible. The day today, the race, really spot on, the whole team was there, great strategy, great pace, we beat them fair and square [...].<sup id="cite_ref-fia_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fia-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Second placed Lewis Hamilton conceded that Ferrari and Vettel "did a fantastic job this weekend" and that he had not expected them to be as quick as they were.<sup id="cite_ref-fia_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fia-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ferrari team shared Vettel's enthusiasm, as they could be seen singing along to the Italian national anthem during the podium ceremony, led by team principal <a href="/wiki/Maurizio_Arrivabene" title="Maurizio Arrivabene">Maurizio Arrivabene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later admitted he cried after receiving a congratulatory text message from Michael Schumacher's manager on behalf of his family.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comparisons between Vettel and Schumacher were omnipresent in the following days, with commentators pointing out that it took Vettel merely two races for his first win with the Scuderia, while Schumacher achieved a victory only in his <a href="/wiki/1996_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="1996 Spanish Grand Prix">seventh race</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-senna_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senna-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the post-race press conference, Vettel expressed hope to emulate Schumacher's success at Ferrari and win the world championship.<sup id="cite_ref-fia_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fia-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The result was viewed as a welcome rebuttal of the fears of monotony voiced after the Australian Grand Prix. German newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung" title="Süddeutsche Zeitung">Süddeutsche Zeitung</a></i> declared Vettel's win was "the best the flagging sport could have hoped for".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Controversy arose when Force India's Bob Fernley accused Manor Marussia of intentionally only running one car during qualifying and the race and urged the FIA to investigate the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manor rejected these claims, with sporting director <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Lowdon" title="Graeme Lowdon">Graeme Lowdon</a> saying "I can guarantee you if that car could have moved, it would have raced".<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finishing seventh, Max Verstappen became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Youngest_drivers_to_score_points" title="List of Formula One driver records">youngest driver to score World Championship points</a>. Verstappen was quoted saying that it had been a "good day", while his father, former Formula One driver <a href="/wiki/Jos_Verstappen" title="Jos Verstappen">Jos Verstappen</a>, commented: "I'm very pleased for what he has done today. I'm happy that he finished the race and the way he raced, he deserved it. I'm very proud."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the race, Vettel approached to three points of Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship, on 43 to 40 points. Rosberg followed in third with 33 points, 13 ahead of <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes retained their lead at now 76 points, 24 clear of Ferrari, with <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> following in third on 30 points.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_classification">Race classification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Race classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Time/Retired </th> <th>Grid </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>1:41:05.793 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center"><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+8.569 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center"><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+12.310 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center"><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+53.822 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center"><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a></span></b> </td> <td><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></span></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+1:10.409 </td> <td align="center">8 </td> <td align="center"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+1:13.586 </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center"><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a></b>-<b><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">56 </td> <td>+1:37.762 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">15 </td> <td align="center"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a></b>-<b><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a></b> </td> <td align="center" nowrap=""><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>8 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nasr" title="Felipe Nasr">Felipe Nasr</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></span> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">14 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="center">55 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td align="center">98 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Merhi" title="Roberto Merhi">Roberto Merhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">53 </td> <td>+3 Laps </td> <td align="center">19 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pastor_Maldonado" title="Pastor Maldonado">Pastor Maldonado</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lotus_F1" title="Lotus F1">Lotus</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="center">46 </td> <td>Brakes </td> <td align="center">12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">22 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td align="center">40 </td> <td>Turbo </td> <td align="center">17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td align="center">20 </td> <td>Power Unit </td> <td align="center">18 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Spun off </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNS </th> <td align="center">28 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Stevens" title="Will Stevens">Will Stevens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marussia_F1" title="Marussia F1">Marussia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">0 </td> <td>Fuel system </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a 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height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td align="left">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></span> </td> <td align="left">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> </td> <td align="left">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> </td> <td align="left">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 7 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td align="left">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-Championship_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Championship-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Constructors' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="left">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span>   <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="left">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 2 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro 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<li><a href="/wiki/2012_British_Grand_Prix" title="2012 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_German_Grand_Prix" title="2012 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2012 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> 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title="2013 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_British_Grand_Prix" title="2013 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_German_Grand_Prix" title="2013 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2013 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2014 Formula One World Championship">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Monaco Grand 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Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_British_Grand_Prix" title="2015 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2015 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_European_Grand_Prix" title="2016 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_British_Grand_Prix" title="2016 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_German_Grand_Prix" title="2016 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2016 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2017_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2017 Formula One World Championship">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_British_Grand_Prix" title="2017 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2017 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2018_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2018 Formula One World Championship">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_French_Grand_Prix" title="2018 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_British_Grand_Prix" title="2018 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_German_Grand_Prix" title="2018 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a 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