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At the start of the race Hamilton, Rosberg and [[Sebastian Vettel]] maintained their grid positions into the first corner, but [[Daniil Kvyat]] managed to overtake [[Daniel Ricciardo]] for fourth. Over the following laps Hamilton pulled out a lead over Rosberg, leading every lap until a late-race crash between [[Max Verstappen]] and [[Romain Grosjean]] on lap 64 brought out the safety car. Having had a lead in excess of 20 seconds beforehand, Hamilton was pitted under the safety car. However Mercedes had miscalculated the gap and he emerged marginally behind Rosberg and Vettel, who both stayed out under the safety car. With the safety car coming into the pits with 8 laps to go, Hamilton was ultimately unable to get past Vettel and [[Nico Rosberg]] crossed the line to win the race, with Vettel and Hamilton completing the podium.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/32537717 | title = How Monaco drama unfolded| publisher = BBC Sport | date = 24 May 2015 | accessdate = 24 May 2015}}</ref> |
At the start of the race Hamilton, Rosberg and [[Sebastian Vettel]] maintained their grid positions into the first corner, but [[Daniil Kvyat]] managed to overtake [[Daniel Ricciardo]] for fourth. Over the following laps Hamilton pulled out a lead over Rosberg, leading every lap until a late-race crash between [[Max Verstappen]] and [[Romain Grosjean]] on lap 64 brought out the safety car. Having had a lead in excess of 20 seconds beforehand, Hamilton was pitted under the safety car. However Mercedes had miscalculated the gap and he emerged marginally behind Rosberg and Vettel, who both stayed out under the safety car.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Parkes|first1=Ian|title=Mercedes F1 team apologises to Lewis Hamilton for Monaco GP error|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119156?source=mostpopular|website=AUTOSPORT|publisher=Autosport.com|accessdate=24 May 2015}}</ref> With the safety car coming into the pits with 8 laps to go, Hamilton was ultimately unable to get past Vettel and [[Nico Rosberg]] crossed the line to win the race, with Vettel and Hamilton completing the podium.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/32537717 | title = How Monaco drama unfolded| publisher = BBC Sport | date = 24 May 2015 | accessdate = 24 May 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:40, 24 May 2015
| 2015 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 6 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship | |||
 Circuit de Monaco | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 24 May 2015 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015[1] | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:15.098 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:18.063 on lap 74 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, formally known as the Grand Prix de Monaco 2015, is a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 May 2015 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco. It was the sixty-second running of the race as a World Championship event, and seventy-third running overall.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race with a twenty point lead over teammate and defending race winner Nico Rosberg in the Drivers' Championship, with Mercedes having a seventy point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive win at Monaco, second win of the season, and the tenth of his career from Sebastian Vettel whilst pole sitter Lewis Hamilton finished in third.
Report
Background
Ahead of the race weekend, world champion Lewis Hamilton was at the centre of attention, after Mercedes announced they had extended the contract with him for three additional years, keeping him at the squad until the end of the 2018 season.[2][3]
Circuit changes
Revisions to the Tabac corner at the harbour section of the race track meant that the drivers now entered the turn slightly earlier, shortening the track by three meters compared to previous years, and making the corner slightly tighter and slower. The corner had seen a race-stopping accident involving Pastor Maldonado and Max Chilton in 2013, leading to the changes being made.[4] This resulted in the circuit being officially classified as a new layout.
The barrier on the right of the swimming pool chicane was moved back, with new kerbs, to allow for a better view of the corner. Much of the track was resurfaced before the event.
Tyres
Tyre supplier Pirelli will bring its yellow-marked soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-marked super-soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, just as they did the previous three seasons. It will be the first time in the season that the super-soft compound will be used at a race weekend.[5]
Pit lane
As in Australia and Singapore, the pit lane speed limit for the duration of the event will be reduced to 60 km/h (37 mph), instead of the standard 80 km/h (50 mph), due to the confined nature of the circuit.[6]
Schedule
As usual, the race schedule for the weekend was different in Monaco compared to the other races on the calendar. In order to be able to attend sponsor meetings and other social events, the two first practice session were set for Thursday instead of Friday.[7]
Free practice
After a thunderstorm on Wednesday night, the first of free practice sessions, held on Thursday morning, started with every driver setting their installation laps on intermediate tyres. The track soon dried up and the cars took to the track on slick tyres. Nico Rosberg had an early shunt when he clipped his front wing exiting the Tabac corner, though he did not sustain considerable damage to his car. The two Mercedes drivers swapped places on the top of the time sheets for most of the session, until late improvements pushed Rosberg down the order to finish ninth, more than a second off his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Rookie Max Verstappen surprised the paddock by finishing second, just two-tenths of a second down on Hamilton. After a disappointing start to the season for Renault as an engine provider, the first practice session saw the Renault-powered teams Red Bull and Toro Rosso put in an impressive performance, with all four drivers finishing in the top seven. It was however a disappointing outing for the Williams team, who ended the session in tenth and seventeenth, owing to a car better suited for high-speed tracks.[8]
The second session on Thursday afternoon saw considerably less running than the first. A red flag was shown ten minutes into practice after Roberto Merhi crashed on the exit of the tunnel. During the stoppage, rain began to fall, keeping most drivers in the garage when racing was re-started. It was not until ten minutes from the end of the session that the drivers took to the track again, but under damp conditions they only managed times far off the pace set at the beginning. Lewis Hamilton finished the session fastest, more than seven-tenths of a second in front of his team mate. Toro Rosso confirmed their strong pace with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen in sixth and seventh respectively, while McLaren proved they might challenge for points as predicted[9] with Fernando Alonso in eighth place.[10]
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton took pole in qualifying with a time of 1:15.098, with Nico Rosberg qualifying behind him in second.
Race
At the start of the race Hamilton, Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel maintained their grid positions into the first corner, but Daniil Kvyat managed to overtake Daniel Ricciardo for fourth. Over the following laps Hamilton pulled out a lead over Rosberg, leading every lap until a late-race crash between Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean on lap 64 brought out the safety car. Having had a lead in excess of 20 seconds beforehand, Hamilton was pitted under the safety car. However Mercedes had miscalculated the gap and he emerged marginally behind Rosberg and Vettel, who both stayed out under the safety car.[11] With the safety car coming into the pits with 8 laps to go, Hamilton was ultimately unable to get past Vettel and Nico Rosberg crossed the line to win the race, with Vettel and Hamilton completing the podium.[12]
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:16.588 | 1:15.864 | 1:15.098 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes | 1:16.528 | 1:15.471 | 1:15.440 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | 1:17.502 | 1:16.181 | 1:15.849 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-Renault | 1:17.254 | 1:16.706 | 1:16.041 | 4 |
| 5 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault | 1:16.845 | 1:16.453 | 1:16.182 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | 1:17.660 | 1:16.440 | 1:16.427 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.376 | 1:16.999 | 1:16:808 | 7 |
| 8 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:17.246 | 1:16.762 | 1:16.931 | PL2 |
| 9 | 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes | 1:17.630 | 1:16.775 | 1:16:946 | 8 |
| 10 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:16.750 | 1:16.546 | 1:16.957 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Mercedes | 1:17.767 | 1:17.007 | 151 | |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda | 1:17.492 | 1:17.093 | 10 | |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.552 | 1:17.193 | 11 | |
| 14 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:17.679 | 1:17:278 | 12 | |
| 15 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda | 1:17.778 | 1:26.632 | 13 | |
| 16 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.101 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:18.434 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.513 | 17 | ||
| 19 | 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari | 1:20.655 | 18 | ||
| 20 | 98 | Roberto Merhi
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Marussia-Ferrari | 1:20.904 | 19 | ||
| 107% time: 1:21.884 | |||||||
| Source:[13] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 — Romain Grosjean received a five place grid penalty for unscheduled gearbox change.[14]
- ^2 — Carlos Sainz, Jr was penalized with a pit lane start for bypassing a weight request following Q1.[15]
Race
Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ Weaver, Paul (20 May 2015). "Lewis Hamilton agrees £100m deal to stay at Mercedes for three years". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Daniel (20 May 2015). "Lewis Hamilton signs £100m deal with Mercedes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (20 May 2015). "Monaco lap shortened by Tabac changes". F1Fanatic. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Pirelli to use softest compounds at three of next four races". ESPN UK. ESPN. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "FIA confirms reduced pit lane speed limit". GP Update. GP Update. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Monaco timetable". formula1.com. FIA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (21 May 2015). "Hamilton leads as Verstappen stars in practice". F1Fanatic. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Alonso again predicts points for McLaren". planetf1.com. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (21 May 2015). "Hamilton tops rain-disrupted second session". F1Fanatic. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Parkes, Ian. "Mercedes F1 team apologises to Lewis Hamilton for Monaco GP error". AUTOSPORT. Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "How Monaco drama unfolded". BBC Sport. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "2015 Monaco Qualifying". FIA. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Barretto, Lawrence (20 May 2015). "Romain Grosjean gets grid penalty for F1's Monaco Grand Prix". Autosport. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Sainz loses P8 grid slot for weighbridge infringement". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco 2015 - Race results". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
