2015 Malaysian F1 GP Springs Hot, Humid Surprises
10 years, 8 months ago - 31 March 2015
Vettel takes shock win over Hamilton
Summary
- Vettel wins, Hamilton 2nd, Rosberg 3rd
- Emotional Vettel takes first Ferrari win in second race
- Hamilton unhappy with Mercedes team over tyres
- Raikkonen 4th, Bottas 5th, Massa 6th, Verstappen 7th
- Sainz 8th, Kvyat 9th, Ricciardo 10th
- Vettel kept pace with Mercedes all race
- Hulkenberg and Perez given penalties for collisions
- Ericsson, Alonso, Button, Maldonado out, Stevens does not start
2015 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX
Race Results
| 1 | SEBASTIAN VETTEL | GER | FERRARI | 1:41:05.793 | 25 |
| 2 | LEWIS HAMILTON | GBR | MERCEDES | +8.569s | 18 |
| 3 | NICO ROSBERG | GER | MERCEDES | +12.31s | 15 |
| 4 | KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN | FIN | FERRARI | +53.822s | 12 |
| 5 | VALTTERI BOTTAS | FIN | WILLIAMS | +70.409s | 10 |
| 6 | FELIPE MASSA | BRA | WILLIAMS | +73.586s | 8 |
| 7 | MAX VERSTAPPEN | NED | TORO ROSSO | +97.762s | 6 |
| 8 | CARLOS SAINZ | ESP | TORO ROSSO | +1 lap | 4 |
| 9 | DANIIL KVYAT | RUS | RED BULL | +1 lap | 2 |
| 10 | DANIEL RICCIARDO | AUS | RED BULL | +1 lap | 1 |
| 11 | ROMAIN GROSJEAN | FRA | LOTUS | +1 lap | 0 |
| 12 | FELIPE NASR | BRA | SAUBER | +1 lap | 0 |
| 13 | SERGIO PEREZ | MEX | FORCE INDIA | +1 lap | 0 |
| 14 | NICO HULKENBERG | GER | FORCE INDIA | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | ROBERTO MERHI | ESP | MARUSSIA | +3 laps | 0 |
| RT | PASTOR MALDONADO | VEN | LOTUS | DNF | 0 |
| RT | JENSON BUTTON | GBR | MCLAREN | DNF | 0 |
| RT | FERNANDO ALONSO | ESP | MCLAREN | DNF | 0 |
| RT | MARCUS ERICSSON | SWE | SAUBER | DNF | 0 |
Fastest lap - Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1m 42.062s (lap 43)
2015 Driver Standings
| 1 | LEWIS HAMILTON | GBR | MERCEDES |  | 43 |
| 2 | SEBASTIAN VETTEL | GER | FERRARI |  | 40 |
| 3 | NICO ROSBERG | GER | MERCEDES | | 33 |
| 4 | FELIPE MASSA | BRA | WILLIAMS |  | 20 |
| 5 | KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN | FIN | FERRARI | | 12 |
| 6 | FELIPE NASR | BRA | SAUBER |  | 10 |
| 7 | VALTTERI BOTTAS | FIN | WILLIAMS | | 10 |
| 8 | DANIEL RICCIARDO | AUS | RED BULL RACING |  | 9 |
| 9 | NICO HULKENBERG | GER | FORCE INDIA |  | 6 |
| 10 | MAX VERSTAPPEN | NED | TORO ROSSO |  | 6 |
| 11 | CARLOS SAINZ | ESP | TORO ROSSO | | 6 |
| 12 | MARCUS ERICSSON | SWE | SAUBER | | 4 |
| 13 | DANIIL KVYAT | RUS | RED BULL RACING | | 2 |
| 14 | SERGIO PEREZ | MEX | FORCE INDIA | | 1 |
| 15 | JENSON BUTTON | GBR | MCLAREN |  | 0 |
| 16 | ROMAIN GROSJEAN | FRA | LOTUS |  | 0 |
| 17 | ROBERTO MERHI | ESP | MARUSSIA | | 0 |
2015 Constructor Standings
| 1 | MERCEDES | 76 |
| 2 | FERRARI | 52 |
| 3 | WILLIAMS | 30 |
| 4 | SAUBER | 14 |
| 5 | TORO ROSSO | 12 |
| 6 | RED BULL RACING | 11 |
| 7 | FORCE INDIA | 7 |
| 8 | MCLAREN | 0 |
| 9 | LOTUS | 0 |
| 10 | MARUSSIA | 0 |
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