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2015 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 7 June 2015
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015[1]
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.700 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:14.393
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Time 1:16.987 on lap 42
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Mercedes
Third
Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix, formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015, was a Formula One motor race held on 7 June 2015 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2015 season, and marked the 52nd running of the Canadian Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner, having won his first ever grand prix the year before. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team, while his teammate Nico Rosberg finished second.

Report

Background

Coming from the previous race in Monaco, the pit-stop decision that seemingly cost Lewis Hamilton a victory[2] was still a talking point when the paddock arrived in Canada. In Thursday's press conference however, the world champion insisted that he "couldn't care less" about the incident, saying: "I can't do anything about the past so there's honestly no point in thinking about it, it is about trying to shape the future."[3]

For causing a collision with Romain Grosjean in Monaco, Max Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty for the Canadian Grand Prix.[4] During the final practice session, Toro Rosso had to equip his car with the fifth internal combustion engine of the season. As he exceeded the limit of four units per power unit element per season, he received an additional ten-place grid penalty.[5][6]

Minor changes were made to the last right-left chicane of the track. Prior to the first session of the weekend, the stewards placed a bollard in the run-off area to keep the drivers from re-entering the track too early. Ahead of the third practice session on Saturday, an additional orange-coloured kerb was added on the apex of turn 14. The stewards stated that "any driver who fails to negotiate turn 14 by using the track, and who makes contact with any part of the new kerb element, will not be required to keep to the left of the red and white polystyrene block, but must re-join the track safely."[7]

Going into the race, Hamilton was leading the World Drivers' Championship by ten points from teammate Nico Rosberg, who had won the two previous rounds in Spain and Monaco. Sebastian Vettel was third, a further 18 points behind Rosberg.[8] In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes was leading Ferrari by 84 points, with Williams down in third.[9]

Free practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the race, two on Friday and another one on Saturday morning ahead of qualifying. During first practice on Friday morning, Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time, being over a second quicker than last year's time at the same session and four-tenths of a second ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg in second. Both Lotus and Force India showed good pace with Romain Grosjean and Nico Hülkenberg being third and fourth fastest respectively, though over 1.5 seconds behind Hamilton. Incidents during the session included Hamilton spinning out when his car locked up and Carlos Sainz stopping at the end of pit lane when he set out to post a last timed lap towards the end of practice.[10]

Events repeated themselves in second practice, as Hamilton was again quickest but was also caught out again. He went off at the turn ten hairpin and crashed his car while he was doing an intermediate tyre run in wet conditions, as a downpour of rain effected the second half of the session. Most teams sent their drivers out only in the dry first half, setting times on the super-soft tyre compound. Ferrari looked to be significantly closer to Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen finishing second and third respectively, less than 0.4 seconds behind Hamilton. Lotus confirmed their good pace[11] from the first session when Pastor Maldonado was fifth fastest, behind Rosberg.[12]

The third practice session on Saturday morning was marred by two red flag periods. Twenty minutes into practice, Felipe Nasr lost control of his car when he weaved from side to side on track to increase his tyre temperatures while his DRS was open on the first part of the last straight. He crashed into the barrier at the inside of the track. After the red flag was lifted, only twelve minutes of the session remained and all drivers took to the track to try out the super-soft compound. It was a short-lived running however, as Jenson Button had to park his car in turn seven, reporting a problem with his power unit, bringing out the red flag once again, effectively ending the session. Nico Rosberg was fastest, half a second ahead of Räikkönen, while Hamilton drove just nine laps, ending the practice with the slowest time set.[13]

Qualifying

Qualifying was divided into three parts, with the five slowest drivers in sessions 1 and 2 eliminated from further participation. The 45 minutes of qualifying were split into parts of eighteen, fifteen and twelve minutes of running respectively. While Sauber were able to place Felipe Nasr in a new car in time for qualifying following his accident in practice, Jenson Button's problems could not be sorted out and he missed the session, meaning that his participation in the race would be left to a decision by the race stewards.

During the first part of qualifying (Q1), Mercedes was able to refrain from using the faster super-soft tyres, nevertheless setting times below 1'16". Fastest in the session was Romain Grosjean, who was narrowly quicker than the Mercedes drivers, but on the softer tyre compound. With Button not participating, four drivers were left to be eliminated. The two Manors once more did not make the cut and took 18th and 19th on the grid, with Roberto Merhi out-qualifying his teammate Will Stevens for the first time in a qualifying that both drivers participated in. Joining them on the sidelines were two more prominent drivers: both Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa suffered from problems with their power units, finishing 16th and 17th respectively.

Lewis Hamilton was quickest in Q2, just 0.012 seconds ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg. The Mercedes power unit proved its superiority on the high-speed Montreal track, when all remaining Mercedes-powered cars made it into Q3, leaving Kimi Räikkönen and the two Red Bulls to take the remaining three places. This marked the first time in 2015 that Force India was able to bring both cars into the top ten in qualifying.

As the top ten took to the track for the final part of qualifying, Nico Rosberg was unable to beat his time set in Q2 with his first fast lap. Hamilton however improved on his time, being more than three-tenths of a second faster than the German. When both drivers were unable to improve on their times with their second timed laps, Hamilton took the 44th pole position of his career. Row two was taken up by the two Finns, Räikkönen and Valtteri Bottas, who narrowly beat the two Lotuses of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado. Both Lotus drivers had emerged from their pit boxes simultaneously for their final timed laps, entering the track side-by-side. The two Red Bulls finished eighth and ninth, splitting the two Force Indias of Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Pérez.[14][15]

Post-qualifying

In an interview following qualifying, Lewis Hamilton expressed that it was "very special" to get another pole in Canada, since Canada had been the scene of his first race win in 2007.[14] Sebastian Vettel lamented his qualifying performance, telling German TV that a small part of the car was broken but that he was confident to be able to make up places during the race, pointing to Kimi Räikkönen's fast pace in qualifying.[16]

Since he did not post a lap time within 107% of the fastest time during Q1, Jenson Button was required to apply to stewards to be allowed to the start the race. The stewards decided to grant him the permission.[17] After qualifying, McLaren had to fit his car with a fifth heat motor generator unit (MGU-H) and a fifth turbo charger for the season. As this exceeded the limit of four units per power unit element, Button was later handed a ten-place and a five-place grid penalties. As he was already slated to start from the back of the grid, the penalty was substituted with a drive-through penalty, to be served within the first three laps of the race.[18]

Sebastian Vettel was handed a five-place grid penalty for overtaking Manor's Roberto Merhi under red flags during the third free practice.[19] After Max Verstappen qualified twelfth for the race, he was unable to be placed the full fifteen places back on the grid from both his penalties. As grid penalties were no longer carried over to subsequent races in 2015, he was instead handed a ten-second penalty, to be served with his first pit stop during the race.[20]

Race

At the start of the race, all drivers at the front of the grid got away without incident and with no changes in position. On the outside of turn three, Nico Hülkenberg was able to get around Pastor Maldonado for the sixth position. Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa, who both started from the rear end of the grid, made up places early in the race, running in twelfth and thirteenth by lap 9, when Vettel came into the pits for his first stop. The pit stop did not go well, as his car was stationary for about six seconds. Massa in turn went past Marcus Ericsson for eleventh two laps later in a wheel-to-wheel manoeuvre through turns one and two. Meanwhile at the front, Lewis Hamilton had built a sufficient gap to second-placed Rosberg to deny the German the chance to use DRS and try to overtake.

By lap 14, Massa had passed the winner of the previous year's race, Daniel Ricciardo to move up into the tenth position. The first pit stops at the front began by lap 18, when Maldonado pitted from seventh. While Massa passed Daniil Kvyat for seventh place on lap 21, Sebastian Vettel was stuck in 16th behind the McLaren of Fernando Alonso, who was told to save fuel, a problem that also afflicted his teammate Jenson Button. By lap 23 however, Vettel had gone past Alonso and the two Toro Rossos of Verstappen and Sainz to move up into 13th.

Kimi Räikkönen was the first of the top runners to pit on lap 28, coming out in fourth, but spun at the hairpin in a repeat of a similar incident from the year before. The incident cost him twelve seconds and allowed Valtteri Bottas to stay ahead of him in third after the Finn pitted on lap 30. Hamilton pitted on the same lap with Rosberg following suit two laps later, both without incident. At this point, Rosberg was about 1.5 seconds behind his teammate. Another four laps later, Sebastian Vettel came in for his second and final stop of the race. Massa came in for his first and only stop on lap 38, equipping the super-soft tyres, dropping from sixth to ninth. Räikkönen pitted again on lap 42, staying in fourth position ahead of the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.

On lap 46, Vettel went past compatriot Hülkenberg for eighth at the final chicane, with the Force India spinning in the process, but without contact made between the two drivers. Fernando Alonso became the first retirement of the race two laps later, his third in a row. On lap 52, Romain Grosjean tried to lap Will Stevens, cutting his rear left tyre in the process. The incident also brought him a five-second time penalty. The other Lotus of Pastor Maldonado also lost a position when Vettel moved past him for fifth on lap 56. Jenson Button joined his teammate in retirement two laps later, being called into the box. Felipe Massa went up into sixth overtaking Maldonado on lap 64. For the remaining laps, Hamilton managed to control the lead and went on to win in Montreal for the fourth time in his career, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of Rosberg, with Bottas in third a further 38 seconds behind.[21]

Post-race

During the podium interview, conducted by reporter Ted Kravitz, Lewis Hamilton expressed delight at his victory, saying that he needed the victory after the disappointment of Monaco. While he stated that the car suffered from understeer throughout the race, he felt that he "always had it under control", saying: "I had a bit of time in my pocket to be able to pull it out when I needed to, so it was never too serious." In turn, Nico Rosberg felt that his qualifying performance on Saturday "[made] that big difference" and had cost him the chance at victory.[22]

Following the race, Kimi Räikkönen apologised to his team over the radio for his spin,[23] which many felt cost him a podium finish.[24][25] In post-race interviews, he explained that an issue with the torque map, caused by the pit stop, had caused him to spin out at the hairpin.[26] After finishing sixth from 15th on the grid, Felipe Massa was happy with a "good race", but lamented his problems in qualifying as he felt a podium finish would have been in reach, should he have started further up the order.[27]

For causing the collision with Will Stevens, Romain Grosjean was given two penalty points on his FIA Super License and said after the race: "I thought I was past the Manor, but it was soon clear that I wasn't. It was my fault entirely and I apologise for it. You never stop learning as a driver."[28] Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel insisted that "it was fairly clear [with Hulkenberg] [...] When I got close enough I went around the outside, braking later and still managing to get the corner. I was clearly ahead and then I saw him opening the brakes into the last part of the chicane, so I reacted and jumped the second part because if I started on the track, we would have crashed."[29] Nico Hülkenberg in turn declared that Vettel "didn't leave me anywhere to go so to avoid contact I kept braking, lost the rear and spun". He did however voice satisfaction with his result, finishing eighth and taking four championship points.[30]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.895 1:14.661 1:14.393 1
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.893 1:14.673 1:14.702 2
3 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.259 1:15.348 1:15.014 3
4 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:16.552 1:15.506 1:15.102 4
5 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 1:15.833 1:15.187 1:15.194 5
6 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 1:16.098 1:15.622 1:15.329 6
7 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:16.186 1:15.706 1:15.614 7
8 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 1:16.415 1:15.891 1:16.079 8
9 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1:16.410 1:16.006 1:16.114 9
10 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:16.827 1:15.974 1:16.338 10
11 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 1:16.611 1:16.042 11
12 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 1:16.361 1:16.245 191
13 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.796 1:16.262 12
14 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:17.012 1:16.276 13
15 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.968 1:16.620 14
16 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:17.344 182
17 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:17.886 15
18 98 Spain Roberto Merhi Marussia-Ferrari 1:19.133 16
19 28 United Kingdom Will Stevens Marussia-Ferrari 1:19.157 17
107% time: 1:21.141
— 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda no time 203
Source:[31][32]
Notes

^1 – Max Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision during the previous race and a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding the allowed internal combustion engine allocation.[4][5]
^2 – Sebastian Vettel received a five-place grid penalty for overtaking under red flags during the third free practice.[19]
^3 – Jenson Button received permission from the stewards to start the race despite not setting a qualifying time.[17] He later received a ten- and five-place grid penalties for exceeding the allowed allocation of two of his power unit components.[18]

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts.
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 1:31:53.145 1 25
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 70 +2.285 2 18
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 +40.666 4 15
4 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +45.625 3 12
5 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 70 +49.903 18 10
6 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 70 +56.381 15 8
7 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 70 +1:06.664 6 6
8 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 7 4
9 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 69 +1 Lap 8 2
10 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 5 1
11 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 10
12 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso-Renault 69 +1 Lap 11
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 69 +1 Lap 9
14 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 12
15 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 69 +1 Lap 19
16 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 14
17 28 United Kingdom Will Stevens Marussia-Ferrari 66 +4 Laps 17
Ret 98 Spain Roberto Merhi Marussia-Ferrari 57 Driveshaft 16
Ret 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 54 Exhaust 20
Ret 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 44 Exhaust 13
Source:[33][34]

Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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