F1 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Sunday, November 29th 2015

Nico Rosberg ends 2015 F1 season with another win

By Ian Parkes
http://www.autosport.com

Nico Rosberg finished the 2015 season by completing the first victory hat-trick of his Formula 1 career, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

It was a relatively comfortable lights-to-flag triumph at the Yas Marina circuit for Rosberg, who has been unstoppable since Hamilton won his third F1 title in October.

Rosberg has won every subsequent race, finishing another runner-up campaign with six successive pole positions in total, and a run of wins that took him to 14 overall and provided him with a lift ahead of the 2016 campaign.

Come the end of the 55 laps Rosberg finished 8.2 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who opted for a different race strategy in a bid to find a way past the German, only to fall short.

When Rosberg made his second stop on lap 31 of 55, Hamilton opted to stay out rather than pit on the following lap.

As Hamilton extended the life out of a set of soft Pirelli tyres there followed an exchange of messages between driver and the pitwall over to whether he could go to the end of the race.

With Rosberg closing rapidly, Hamilton eventually pitted for a second time after 41 laps, but rather than taking on super-softs - although he had no new sets left, only used - the switch was to softs, leaving him with a 12.5s deficit.

There was another brief surge, but ultimately it was a forlorn battle for Hamilton who had to settle for runner-up to Rosberg again.

Behind Mercedes' 12th one-two of the season - a new F1 record - Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished on the podium for only the third time this year, and for once ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who rose from 15th on the grid to fourth.

Force India duo Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg finished a strong fifth and seventh either side of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.

Williams driver Felipe Massa was eighth, followed by Romain Grosjean in his final race for Lotus ahead of his move next year to Haas. The Frenchman used an alternative strategy and a late charge on super-softs to come through from 19th on the grid.

Daniil Kvyat completed the top 10 in his Red Bull, fending off Carlos Sainz Jr.

Incidents in a hectic first part of the race included a collision in the pitlane between Williams's Valtteri Bottas and McLaren's Jenson Button.

As Bottas was released - unsafely according to the stewards as he was penalised with a five-second time penalty - and as Button cut across into his pitbox, the Finn caught the rear of the Briton.

The incident resulted in damage to Button's rear wing, while Bottas sustained front-wing damage, leading to a long, slow lap back to the pits for a new nose.

That relegated Bottas to 18th at the time, with Fernando Alonso the only man behind as the two-time champion had required his own new front wing at the end of lap one in the wake of a first-corner crash with Pastor Maldonado's Lotus.

It was the ninth time this year Maldonado had retired, while Alonso's error incurred the wrath of the stewards as he was also penalised with a drive-through penalty for causing a collision.

Running around at the rear, and just before the midway point of the race, Alonso suggested he had had enough when he declared over the radio: "If we don't get a safety car I will retire the car".

The Spaniard, however, kept going to the flag, ending his worst season - in terms of points scored - since his 2001 debut with Minardi - down in 17th, with only Manor duo Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi behind him.

RESULTS - 55 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h38m30.175s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8.271s
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	19.430s
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	43.735s
5	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m03.952s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m05.010s
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m33.618s
8	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m37.751s
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m38.201s
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m42.371s
11	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m43.525s
12	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
16	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	2 Laps
18	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	3 Laps
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	Collision

FINAL DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	381
2	Nico Rosberg	322
3	Sebastian Vettel	278
4	Kimi Raikkonen	150
5	Valtteri Bottas	136
6	Felipe Massa	121
7	Daniil Kvyat	95
8	Daniel Ricciardo	92
9	Sergio Perez	78
10	Nico Hulkenberg	58
11	Romain Grosjean	51
12	Max Verstappen	49
13	Felipe Nasr	27
14	Pastor Maldonado	27
15	Carlos Sainz	18
16	Jenson Button	16
17	Fernando Alonso	11
18	Marcus Ericsson	9
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Alexander Rossi	0
21	Will Stevens	0

FINAL CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	703
2	Ferrari	428
3	Williams/Mercedes	257
4	Red Bull/Renault	187
5	Force India/Mercedes	136
6	Lotus/Mercedes	78
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	67
8	Sauber/Ferrari	36
9	McLaren/Honda	27
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix - Sunday, November 15th 2015

Nico Rosberg defeats Lewis Hamilton at Interlagos

By Lawrence Barretto
http://www.autosport.com

Nico Rosberg took his second successive Formula 1 victory as he comfortably led home Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Polesitter Rosberg came across on Hamilton as the duo approached the Senna S at the start, boldly defending his position to retain the lead and from then dictated the race from the front.

Newly-crowned champion Hamilton asked his team if it could tweak his strategy to give him a chance to beat Rosberg, but ultimately the Briton shadowed his team-mate on a three-stop and crossed the line 7.7 seconds adrift.

They had briefly been nose to tail in the second stint, before Hamilton fell away with heavier tyre wear.

Rosberg's fifth victory of the season secured second in the drivers' championship as his main rival for the position Sebastian Vettel could only finish third for Ferrari.

It was a largely processional race with a small threat of rain in the closing stages never materialising and Rosberg lapping everyone up to fourth place.

Ferrari was unable to challenge Mercedes. Vettel tried something different by running a second stint on the softs as most chose mediums but could not get closer and finished comfortably clear of two-stopping team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in third.

Williams's Valtteri Bottas made a brilliant getaway from his penalised seventh on the grid to squeeze past Daniil Kvyat and Nico Hulkenberg for fifth.

But that was as good as it got for the Finn, who stayed in that position for the remainder of the race and ensured his Williams team clinched third in the constructors' championship.

Hulkenberg crossed the line sixth, ahead of Kvyat and Felipe Massa, whose Williams team was summoned to the stewards after the race in relation to a tyre pressure and temperature discrepancy on the grid.

Romain Grosjean was ninth ahead of Max Verstappen, who made a series of passes in the final stint after choosing to run the soft.

It was Verstappen's sixth successive points-scoring finish, which is record run for a Toro Rosso driver.

It was a tougher day for his team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr, who had a problem on the grid and had to start from the pitlane before retiring on the first lap.

Pastor Maldonado, who ended up 11th, collided with Marcus Ericsson at the Senna S, tipping the Sauber into a spin and incurring a five-second penalty.

Daniel Ricciardo, running the updated Renault engine, was 12th, ahead of Felipe Nasr and McLaren duo Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.

Ericsson, who lost five places on the first lap when he ran wide at the Descida do Lago, continued after the contact with Maldonado but lost too much ground and finished 17th.

The Manor-run Marussias of Will Stevens and Alexander Rossi, who will be replaced by Roberto Merhi for the final race in Abu Dhabi, completed the finishers in 18th and 19th respectively.

RESULTS - 71 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h31m09.090s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7.756s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	14.244s
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	47.543s
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1 Lap
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1 Lap
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1 Lap
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
12	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
14	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	2 Laps
17	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	4 Laps
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia/Ferrari	4 Laps
-	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	Disqualified
-	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	Electrical

DRIVERS' STANDINGS:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	363
2	Nico Rosberg	297
3	Sebastian Vettel	266
4	Valtteri Bottas	136
5	Kimi Raikkonen	135
6	Felipe Massa	117
7	Daniil Kvyat	94
8	Daniel Ricciardo	84
9	Sergio Perez	68
10	Nico Hulkenberg	52
11	Romain Grosjean	49
12	Max Verstappen	49
13	Felipe Nasr	27
14	Pastor Maldonado	27
15	Carlos Sainz	18
16	Jenson Button	16
17	Fernando Alonso	11
18	Marcus Ericsson	9
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Alexander Rossi	0
21	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	660
2	Ferrari	401
3	Williams/Mercedes	253
4	Red Bull/Renault	178
5	Force India/Mercedes	120
6	Lotus/Mercedes	76
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	67
8	Sauber/Ferrari	36
9	McLaren/Honda	27
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Mexican Grand Prix - Sunday, November 1st 2015

Nico Rosberg beats Lewis Hamilton to win F1 Mexican GP By Lawrence Barretto http://www.autosport.com

Nico Rosberg took his first Formula 1 victory since June as he comfortably led home Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the first Mexican Grand Prix for 23 years.

The pole-sitter held off a challenge from Hamilton at the start and then dictated the race, surviving a late safety car period which cancelled out his lead to secure his fourth win of the season and 12th of his career.

Newly-crowned world champion Hamilton crossed the line second for his 15th podium in 17 races this season with Valtteri Bottas completing the podium.

Such was the pace of the two Mercedes that they were able to pit for a second time before the safety car came out and still rejoin in front of the rest of the field.

Hamilton questioned Mercedes' decision to bring him in, as he felt his tyres were in good shape, however his team insisted he had to pit for safety reasons, and he eventually relented.

The result means Rosberg reclaims second in the drivers' standings after Sebastian Vettel crashed out.
Vettel started third but collided with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo at the first corner and picked up a puncture.

The four-time champion complained about Ricciardo's driving on team radio but though the stewards investigated the incident, they deemed no further action was necessary.

Vettel recovered to the pits but he had a messy race, spinning at the esses and then crashing out of the race at the same spot when the rear end of the car got away from him - bringing out the safety car.

There was more drama for Ferrari when Kimi Raikkonen collided with Valtteri Bottas for the second time in three races following their last-lap clash in Sochi.

The duo went side-by-side into Turn 4 with Bottas' front-left hitting Raikkonen's right-rear and breaking the Ferrari's suspension.

Raikkonen retired instantly, signalling Ferrari's first double retirement since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.

Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat finished fourth, after losing a place to Bottas on the restart, while Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa completed the top six.

Nico Hulkenberg was seventh, one place ahead of home favourite Sergio Perez, who received rapturous cheers throughout the grand prix and was the only driver who managed to only make one stop.

Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean completed the top 10.

Pastor Maldonado missed out on his fourth consecutive points finish in 11th, with Marcus Ericsson, Carlos Sainz Jr, Jenson Button, Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens the other finishers.

McLaren's Fernando Alonso cited a lack of power just after the start and was told by the team to retire the car at the end of lap one.

Shortly before the restart Button radioed his team to say the brakes on Felipe Nasr's car were on fire and shortly after, the Sauber retired in the 55,000-seater stadium section, reporting his brakes were "finished".

MEXICAN GP RESULT

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h42m35.038s	71
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1.954s	71
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	14.592s	71
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	16.572s	71
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	19.682s	71
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	21.493s	71
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	25.860s	71
8	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	34.343s	71
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	35.229s	71
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	37.934s	71
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	38.538s	71
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	40.180s	71
13	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	48.772s	71
14	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	49.214s	71
15	Alexander Rossi	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps	69
16	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps	69
-	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	Brakes	57
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Spun off	50
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	Collision	21
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	Power Unit	1

DRIVERS' STANDINGS

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	345
2	Nico Rosberg	272
3	Sebastian Vettel	251
4	Valtteri Bottas	126
5	Kimi Raikkonen	123
6	Felipe Massa	117
7	Daniil Kvyat	88
8	Daniel Ricciardo	84
9	Sergio Perez	68
10	Max Verstappen	47
11	Romain Grosjean	45
12	Nico Hulkenberg	44
13	Felipe Nasr	27
14	Pastor Maldonado	26
15	Carlos Sainz	18
16	Jenson Button	16
17	Fernando Alonso	11
18	Marcus Ericsson	9
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Alexander Rossi	0
21	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS' STANDINGS

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	617
2	Ferrari	374
3	Williams/Mercedes	243
4	Red Bull/Renault	172
5	Force India/Mercedes	112
6	Lotus/Mercedes	71
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	65
8	Sauber/Ferrari	36
9	McLaren/Honda	27
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - US Grand prix - Sunday, October 25th 2015

Lewis Hamilton wins his third F1 world title in US Grand Prix
By Ian Parkes
http://www.autosport.com

Lewis Hamilton won his third Formula 1 world championship after claiming victory in a wild United States Grand Prix.

Hamilton, who finished 2.8s clear of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg come the conclusion to an astonishing 56 laps, also becomes the first Briton to win back-to-back titles.

From second on the grid and on the run up the hill into Turn 1, Hamilton had the inside line, and not for the first time this year he forced Rosberg wide and off track after they had bumped wheels, relegating the German to fifth.

When Sauber's Felipe Nasr lost most of his front wing at Turn 1 on lap two after clipping the rear-left tyre of team-mate Marcus Ericsson - on the occasion of the team's 400th grand prix - debris at that corner led to the virtual safety car being called.

On the restart, Hamilton backed up those behind him to such a degree that once the racing resumed Rosberg soon passed Red Bull duo Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat.

Over the next few laps, on wearing intermediate tyres and on a circuit not quite ready for a switch to slicks, a titanic battle ensued between the leading quartet.

Ricciardo took the lead on lap 15 from Hamilton, with Rosberg through for second shortly after.

That forced Hamilton into the pits at the end of lap 18, taking on the softs, with the Briton setting the tone as the rest of the field followed him in either on that lap or the following one.

From fourth and second respectively, Hamilton and Rosberg made their way up to third and first with moves on Kvyat and Ricciardo, with the latter duo not as strong on slick rubber.

When Ericsson pulled his car out of the race at Turn 11 on lap 28, its positioning on the track brought the safety car out.

At that stage it wiped out a 10.6s lead for Rosberg over Hamilton, who had passed Ricciardo for second just before Ericsson's exit.

All bar the leading four - Rosberg, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Kvyat - pitted for another change of tyres, with fifth-placed Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari taking on a new set of mediums in an attempt to get to the end without another stop.

Once the safety car departed after five laps, the German soon cleared Kvyat and Ricciardo to move up to third before another incident on lap 37.

This time it was Force India's Nico Hulkenberg retiring after running into the side of Ricciardo in a bid to claim fifth, leading to a second virtual safety car, under which Rosberg pitted, dropping to fourth, with Hamilton staying out.

Come lap 42, with Rosberg within six seconds of Hamilton, the safety car was deployed again when Kvyat lost his car on the approach to the final turn, sending him into a barrier.

That allowed Hamilton to make his second stop and come out behind Rosberg, whose hopes of extending the title race into Mexico next Sunday ended when he got out of shape at Turn 15 on the power and ran off track at Turn 16-17.

From there it was a smooth run to the finish for Hamilton, with Rosberg just holding off Vettel for second, followed by Toro Rosso's Max Vertsappen in fourth after a long final stint on his tyres.

Just 12 drivers saw the flag, with eight retiring through mechanical failure or after on-track incidents.

US GRAND PRIX RESULT

Pos	Driver	Car	Laps	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1h50m52.703s
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	2.850s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	3.381s
4	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	56	22.359s
5	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	56	24.413s
6	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	56	28.058s
7	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	56	30.619s
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	56	32.273s
9	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	56	40.257s
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	56	53.371s
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	56	54.816s
12	Alexander Rossi	Marussia/Ferrari	56	1m15.277s
-	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	41	Spun off
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	35	Collision
-	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	25	Electrical
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	25	Spun off
-	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	23	Suspension
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	10	Collision
-	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	5	Suspension
-	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1	Collision

F1 - Russian Grand Prix - Sunday, October 11th 2015

Lewis Hamilton dominates after Nico Rosberg retires

By Lawrence Barretto
http://www.autosport.com

Lewis Hamilton moved within touching distance of a third Formula 1 world championship by dominating the Russian Grand Prix after his Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg retired.

Hamilton went side-by-side with polesitter Rosberg on the rundown to Turn 2 on the opening lap, but the German was able to keep the lead.

Then when the safety car was called into action for a first-lap collision between Nico Hulkenberg's spinning Force India and a helpless Marcus Ericsson, Rosberg encountered a problem with his throttle pedal.

The struggling German twice ran wide at Turn 2, allowing Hamilton to take the lead and then Williams's Valtteri Bottas into second.

Rosberg subsequently slowed, crawling back to the pits where he retired the car, to leave him 73 points behind championship leader Hamilton with only 100 still available.




Mercedes will have to wait until at least Austin to unpack its constructors' championship t-shirts as it failed to outscore Ferrari by the required three points.

It was Hamilton's 42nd career win, putting him one clear of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna and level with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel was second, moving above Rosberg into second in the drivers' standings, though if Hamilton outscores Vettel by nine points and Rosberg by two in America he will be champion.

Force India's Sergio Perez scored Force India's third-ever podium, after choosing to pit under a second safety car and running a long stint on the softs.

That safety car period had been caused when Romain Grosjean lost the rear end of his Lotus at Turn 3 and as he tried to corrected, the car wobbled the other way, sending him onto the marbles and into the barriers.

The Frenchman walked away from the incident, but admitted he would probably feel a little sore on Monday morning.

There was drama on the final lap, when Bottas passed Perez for third, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen following him through.

But Raikkonen then had a lunge at Turn 4, hitting Bottas at the apex and pushing the Williams into the barrier.

Raikkonen survived the damage to get to the finish in fifth, behind Williams's Felipe Massa who produced a superb recovery drive from 15th.

The stewards confirmed they would investigate the collision between Raikkonen and Bottas.

Daniil Kvyat finished sixth on home soil in the Red Bull ahead of Sauber's Felipe Nasr and Lotus's Pastor Maldonado.

McLaren scored points with both cars for the first time this season with Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, celebrating his 250th grand prix weekend but 248th start, ninth and 10th respectively.

Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz Jr was on course for a superb points finish having started at the the back of the field after missing qualifying following a high-speed crash in final practice.

But the Spaniard appeared to suffer a brake problem, causing him to spin twice, once into the barriers, and then retire the car a few corners later with significant damage to the rear wing.

Team-mate Max Verstappen, who suffered a puncture on the first lap when clipped by the spinning Hulkenberg, 11th with Bottas classified 12th.

Ricciardo was on course to finish fourth, but pulled off track with six laps to go, suggesting something had broken on the suspension.

The Manor-run Marussias of Roberto Merhi and Will Stevens completed the list of finishers.

RESULTS - 53 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h37m11.024s
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5.953s
3	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	28.918s
4	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	38.831s
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	47.566s
6	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	56.508s
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m01.088s
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m12.358s
9	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m19.467s
10	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m28.424s
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m31.210s
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	Collision
13	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1 Lap
14	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	Suspension
-	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	Brakes
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	Spun off
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Throttle
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	Collision
-	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	Collision

DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	302
2	Sebastian Vettel	236
3	Nico Rosberg	229
4	Kimi Raikkonen	123
5	Valtteri Bottas	111
6	Felipe Massa	109
7	Daniil Kvyat	76
8	Daniel Ricciardo	73
9	Sergio Perez	54
10	Romain Grosjean	44
11	Nico Hulkenberg	38
12	Max Verstappen	33
13	Felipe Nasr	25
14	Pastor Maldonado	22
15	Carlos Sainz	12
16	Fernando Alonso	11
17	Marcus Ericsson	9
18	Jenson Button	8
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0
21	Alexander Rossi	0

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	531
2	Ferrari	359
3	Williams/Mercedes	220
4	Red Bull/Renault	149
5	Force India/Mercedes	92
6	Lotus/Mercedes	66
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	45
8	Sauber/Ferrari	34
9	McLaren/Honda	19
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Japanese Grand Prix - Sunday, September 27th 2015

Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg after first-lap dice

By Ian Parkes
http://www.autosport.com

Lewis Hamilton took another significant stride towards his third Formula 1 world title with a comfortable Japanese Grand Prix victory after a close first-lap moment with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.

Following the anomaly of Mercedes' struggle for pace in Singapore, around Suzuka normal service was resumed as Hamilton led home Rosberg by 18.9 seconds, their eighth one-two of the year.

The win was Hamilton's 41st, equalling the haul of hero Ayrton Senna, and from his 162nd start, one more than the late three-time champion.

Hamilton is now 48 points clear of Rosberg with 125 available from the remaining five races, with Sebastian Vettel falling 59 points adrift after the Ferrari driver could only manage third.

The key moment came in the opening seconds, as Rosberg and Hamilton ran side by side through the first corners.

With the preferable inside line at Turn 2, Hamilton was able to edge Rosberg aside, leading to the latter running marginally off track, allowing Vettel and Williams's Valtteri Bottas to sweep by into second and third.

Aside from one complaint shortly before his second pitstop after 31 laps about "vibrations so big" that left him "struggling", Hamilton was never troubled through to the chequered flag.

Rosberg limited the damage to Hamilton by passing Bottas on lap 17 before the undercut worked on Vettel 13 laps later come the second round of stops.

Behind Vettel was team-mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari made its own undercut work on Bottas who, from third on the grid at the start, had to settle for fifth.

Team-mate Felipe Massa's race was ruined inside the opening few hundred metres as the passing Daniel Ricciardo's left-rear tyre collided with his own front right.

Both men suffered punctures, with Massa also requiring a new front-wing due to damage sustained on the slow crawl back to the pits.

The Brazilian finished 17th and two laps down, with only Manor duo Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens and late retiree Felipe Nasr behind him.

Sergio Perez was also pitched off the road as the pack avoided the damaged Williams and Red Bull, but recovered to 12th after a pitstop for repairs.

Ricciardo was 15th and a lap adrift, a week after finishing second in Singapore.

Red Bull team-mate Daniil Kvyat - whose car was completely rebuilt following his heavy crash in qualifying, requiring a new chassis, power unit and gearbox - endured a frustrating race and multiple issues as he could only manage 13th.

From 13th on the grid, after serving a three-place penalty for causing a collision with Massa in Singapore, Nico Hulkenberg was a fine sixth in his Force India, gaining ground at the start and then jumping both Lotus drivers at the first stops.

Despite Lotus's ongoing financial woes, Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado were seventh and eighth, with Toro Rosso pair Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr rounding out the points scorers.
Verstappen had started 17th after serving his own three-place penalty for stopping in a potentially dangerous place in qualifying when his car suffered an electrical failure.

Sainz had his own moment in the race, hitting a bollard on the entry to the pitlane, forcing his pit crew into an unexpected front-wing change. He then lost out in a late battle with Verstappen.

As for McLaren, on Honda's home track, Fernando Alonso could have done no more to suggest he wants either a swift exit from his three-year contract or a dramatic rapid improvement.

Early on Alonso bemoaned his lack of pace, saying "it's embarrassing, very embarrassing", before later labelling Honda's V6 engine as "GP2" standard, followed by an exasperated cry of frustration.
Alonso eventually finished 11th, with Jenson Button 16th.

RESULTS - 53 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h28m06.508s
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	18.964s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	20.850s
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	33.768s
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	36.746s
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	55.559s
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m12.298s
8	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m13.575s
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m35.315s
10	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
12	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
16	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
17	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	2 Laps
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	3 Laps
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	Not running

DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	277
2	Nico Rosberg	229
3	Sebastian Vettel	218
4	Kimi Raikkonen	119
5	Valtteri Bottas	111
6	Felipe Massa	97
7	Daniel Ricciardo	73
8	Daniil Kvyat	66
9	Romain Grosjean	44
10	Sergio Perez	39
11	Nico Hulkenberg	38
12	Max Verstappen	32
13	Felipe Nasr	17
14	Pastor Maldonado	16
15	Carlos Sainz	12
16	Fernando Alonso	11
17	Marcus Ericsson	9
18	Jenson Button	6
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0
21	Alexander Rossi	0

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	506
2	Ferrari	337
3	Williams/Mercedes	208
4	Red Bull/Renault	139
5	Force India/Mercedes	77
6	Lotus/Mercedes	60
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	44
8	Sauber/Ferrari	26
9	McLaren/Honda	17
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Singapore GP - Sunday, September 20th 2015

Sebastian Vettel wins Singapore GP as Lewis Hamilton retires

By Lawrence Barretto

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position as Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton retired with an engine problem.

Vettel led away from the start and negotiated one virtual safety car period and two full safety car deployments to secure his third win of the season and fourth in Singapore.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo finished second with the other Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen completing the podium.

The second safety car reacted to a fan getting on the track, walking on the straight after the Anderson Bridge before climbing over the barriers.

Hamilton was running fourth when he reported a loss of power and though his Mercedes team spent several laps trying to find a solution, it decided to retire the car after the Briton dropped to 16th
.
It was Hamilton's first retirement in 20 races, and Mercedes' second engine problem in as many races following Nico Rosberg's fault at Monza.

Rosberg finished fourth, 14.2s adrift of Vettel, to cut Hamilton's lead to 41 points, with Vettel now just eight points further back in third place.

After a quiet opening stint of the race, and with Ricciardo starting to close on Vettel as the leader's pace dropped away, the virtual safety car was called into action when Felipe Massa and Nico Hulkenberg collided at Turn 3.

Massa had just pitted and was rejoining the track when he met with Hulkenberg at the apex, with the German spearing into the barriers.

The stewards deemed Hulkenberg was at fault and handed him a three-place grid drop for next weekend's Japanese GP.

Massa continued, but had to pit because of a puncture to his front-right tyre before he later retired having reported gearbox issues.

His Williams team-mate Valtteri Bottas survived a gearbox glitch in the closing stages to finish fifth, ahead of Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat who pitted before the virtual safety car and dropped out of contention for a podium as a result.

Force India's Sergio Perez was seventh, holding off Max Verstappen, who fought back after failing to get away from the grid.

Toro Rosso got him going again and though he was a lap down, he was hauled back into contention for points when he was able to unlap himself when the safety car was deployed.

Following the second round of stops, Verstappen found himself ninth and fought his way past Romain Grosjean to finish eighth.

His team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr lost several places when his car dropped into neutral, something that affected Massa and McLaren's Fernando Alonso too, but Sainz rescued points with ninth after also passing Grosjean.

Verstappen was told by his team to swap positions with Sainz on the final lap but did not do so.
Felipe Nasr scored the final point in the heavily-updated Sauber after a late pass on Grosjean with team-mate Marcus Ericsson 11th.

Pastor Maldonado's survived contact with Jenson Button to finish 12th with the other Lotus of Grosjean stopping before the end but classified as 13th.

It was a miserable day for McLaren, with Button and Alonso failing to finish.

The Manors were the last of the finishers with Alexander Rossi beating his team-mate Will Stevens to finish 14th on his Formula 1 debut.

SINGAPORE GP RESULT

Pos	Driver	Car	Laps	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	61	2h01m22.118s
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	61	1.478s
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	61	17.154s
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	61	24.720s
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	61	34.204s
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	61	35.508s
7	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	61	50.836s
8	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	61	51.450s
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	61	52.860s
10	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	61	1m30.045s
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	61	1m37.507s
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	61	1m37.718s
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	59	Not running
14	Alexander Rossi	Marussia/Ferrari	59	2 Laps
15	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	59	2 Laps
-	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	52	Gearbox
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	33	Retirement
-	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	32	Power Unit
-	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	30	Power Unit
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	12	Collision

F1 - Italian Grandprix - Sunday, September 6th 2015

Lewis Hamilton wins the 2015 Italian Grand Prix

By Lawrence Barretto
http://www.autosport.com

Lewis Hamilton secured his 40th career Formula 1 victory in the Italian Grand Prix despite late drama, as his team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg retired in the closing stages.

The reigning world champion made a clean getaway to lead away from pole, while Rosberg slipped back to sixth, and front-row starter Kimi Raikkonen fell to the back of the field.

Hamilton dominated the race from there, but with a few laps remaining, he was told by his team that he needed to push without being given a reason for doing so.

Hamilton did as he was told and took the chequered flag with a 25-second lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

After the race Mercedes was referred to the stewards because its tyres were measured below Pirelli's 19.5psi guideline on the grid just before the race.

Meanwhile, there was more drama for Mercedes as Rosberg's engine expired with a few laps to go when the German was running third and catching Vettel.

It was the first mechanical retirement for Mercedes this season and comes after Rosberg had to revert to an old engine, which had done six races, after an issue with his upgraded unit.

It means Hamilton, who secured his seventh win of the season, now leads Rosberg by 53 points in the championship with seven races remaining.

Williams' Felipe Massa inherited third, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas fourth and Raikkonen fifth after a strong recovery drive.

Force India's B-spec car continued to impress with Sergio Perez following up his fifth place finish at Spa with sixth at Monza, one place clear of team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.

It moved the Silverstone-based team back ahead of Lotus into fifth place in the constructors' championship, after Lotus's race lasted just a couple of laps.

Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado both suffered contact at Turn 1, with Grosjean pulling off track and Maldonado recovering to the pits and parking the car in the garage.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo recovered from starting 19th after a 25-place grid penalty for changing engine elements to finish eighth with team-mate Daniil Kvyat 10th.

Sauber's Marcus Ericsson scored points for the third successive race with ninth.

Carlos Sainz Jr just missed out of points in 11th, one place head of Toro Rosso team-mate Max Verstappen, who started last and had to serve a drive-through penalty as punishment for his team releasing his car without its bodywork secure in qualifying, 12th.

Felipe Nasr was 13th for Sauber ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who made a blistering start to rise from 15th to ninth before dropping back.

The Manors of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi brought up the rear with McLaren's Fernando Alonso retired with three laps to go.

ITALIAN GP RESULT - 53 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h18m00.688s
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	25.042s
3	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	47.635s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	47.996s
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m08.860s
6	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m12.783s
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
11	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
12	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
14	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
15	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps
16	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	2 Laps
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Engine
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	Electrical
-	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	Collision
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	Collision

DRIVERS' STANDINGS

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	252
2	Nico Rosberg	199
3	Sebastian Vettel	178
4	Felipe Massa	97
5	Kimi Raikkonen	92
6	Valtteri Bottas	91
7	Daniil Kvyat	58
8	Daniel Ricciardo	55
9	Romain Grosjean	38
10	Sergio Perez	33
11	Nico Hulkenberg	30
12	Max Verstappen	26
13	Felipe Nasr	16
14	Pastor Maldonado	12
15	Fernando Alonso	11
16	Carlos Sainz	9
17	Marcus Ericsson	9
18	Jenson Button	6
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS' STANDINGS

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	451
2	Ferrari	270
3	Williams/Mercedes	188
4	Red Bull/Renault	113
5	Force India/Mercedes	63
6	Lotus/Mercedes	50
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	35
8	Sauber/Ferrari	25
9	McLaren/Honda	17
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Belgian GP Sunday, August 23rd 2015

Lewis Hamilton stretches F1 points lead with Spa win

 

By Lawrence Barretto
http://www.autosport.com

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix to extend his Formula 1 world championship lead to 28 points.

The reigning F1 champion made a good getaway and then held off a fast-starting Sergio Perez in the Force India at Les Combes to lead.

Rosberg bogged down at the start, dropping to fifth, and though he recovered to second and started closing the gap to Hamilton, he was unable to get close enough to challenge.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was on course to complete the podium, after attempting a one-stop strategy that required a 29-lap stint on the mediums, but a right-rear tyre failure with a few laps to go ended his race.

That allowed Romain Grosjean, who had been hustling Vettel, to give Lotus its first podium of the season - a big boost amid an uncertain future and legal battles.

The start was initially aborted when Force India's Nico Hulkenberg encountered mechanical gremlins on the grid, waving his hands to signal he would be unable to get away.

The field went round for a second formation lap while Hulkenberg was pushed into the pits where he retired the car.

At the second time of asking, the field got away with Perez battling Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo into La Source and coming out on top to take second.

Red Bull ran its Monza-spec at Spa, which allowed Daniil Kvyat and Ricciardo to attack on the straights.

Kvyat charged to fourth after going out of sync on strategy, but last year's race winner Ricciardo was in contention for a podium, running third early on, before slowing and retiring on the exit of the Bus Stop. A brief virtual safety car was required while the Red Bull was retrieved.

Perez secured his best result of the season with fifth in the Force India ahead of Williams's Felipe Massa and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who rescued some points after starting 16th.

Max Verstappen tried a move on Raikkonen at Les Combes on the last lap but ran out of road and had to settle for eighth, ahead of Valtteri Bottas, whose race unravelled when Williams mistakenly fitted his car with three soft tyres and a medium, which earned him a drive-through penalty.

Sauber fitted the 2015-spec Ferrari engine to its cars for the first time this season with Marcus Ericsson benefiting from Vettel's late tyre failure to snatch the final point with 10th, one place ahead of team-mate Felipe Nasr.

Vettel was classified 12th for his first non-scoring finish of the season.

McLaren's Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso made brilliant getaways, on a weekend when drivers had to find their own clutch bite point under new rules.

Alonso climbed from 20th and last to 12th while Button rose from 19th to 14th, but duo struggled on the high-speed Spa circuit and finished 13th and 14th respectively.

Carlos Sainz Jr pulled into the pits after the formation lap, citing a loss of power, and though Toro Rosso managed to get him going, he retired with 11 laps to go.

Lotus's Pastor Maldonado was unable to take advantage of his top 10 start as he parked the car early in the race with a mechanical problem.

RESULTS - 43 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h23m40.387s
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2.058s
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	37.988s
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	45.692s
5	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	53.997s
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	55.283s
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	55.703s
8	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	56.076s
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m01.040s
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m31.234s
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m42.311s
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Tyre
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
14	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
15	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1 Lap
16	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1 Lap
-	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	Power Unit
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	Electrical
-	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	Transmission
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	Not started

DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	227
2	Nico Rosberg	199
3	Sebastian Vettel	160
4	Kimi Raikkonen	82
5	Felipe Massa	82
6	Valtteri Bottas	79
7	Daniil Kvyat	57
8	Daniel Ricciardo	51
9	Romain Grosjean	38
10	Max Verstappen	26
11	Sergio Perez	25
12	Nico Hulkenberg	24
13	Felipe Nasr	16
14	Pastor Maldonado	12
15	Fernando Alonso	11
16	Carlos Sainz	9
17	Marcus Ericsson	7
18	Jenson Button	6
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	426
2	Ferrari	242
3	Williams/Mercedes	161
4	Red Bull/Renault	108
5	Lotus/Mercedes	50
6	Force India/Mercedes	49
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	35
8	Sauber/Ferrari	23
9	McLaren/Honda	17
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Sunday, July 26th 2015,

Sebastian Vettel wins thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix

By Lawrence Barretto

http://www.autosport.com

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel took victory in a dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg suffered their worst race of the season.

It was the German's first victory at the Hungaroring and second of the season, bringing his career tally to 41 to equal three-time world champion Ayrton Senna's mark.

It was also the first time since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix, a run of 29 races, where Mercedes failed to score a podium finish with either car with Hamilton sixth and Rosberg eighth.

Hamilton was on course to lose his championship lead, first after running wide at the chicane on the first lap when he felt Rosberg crossed his line and then losing time when he pitted for a new wing and then having to a drive-through penalty after contact with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.

But in defending second with a few laps to go, Rosberg clashed with Ricciardo at Turn 1, giving the Mercedes a puncture and damaging Ricciardo's front wing.

Rosberg was forced to pit and rejoined eighth, two places behind Hamilton who had fought his way back through the field to increase his championship lead to 21 points.

Hamilton and Rosberg both bogged down from the front row at the start, allowing Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen to get ahead, with Rosberg running third ahead of Hamilton.

Ferrari looked on course for its first one-two since the 2010 German Grand Prix before a MGU-K problem cost Raikkonen power. He eventually retired after the team were unable to fix it.

The virtual safety car was called into action when Nico Hulkenberg's Force India suffered a front wing failure, pitching the German head-on into the tyre barrier at Turn 1.

When it became clear there was too much debris on the track, the real safety car was sent out, bunching the field up to cost Vettel his sizeable lead - setting up a thrilling finale.

Daniil Kvyat scored a career-best second, to become the youngest driver to score a podium since Vettel in Italy 2008, the Russian benefitting from Ricciardo's clash with Rosberg late on.

Ricciardo survived the contact, which the stewards decided to take no further action on, with Rosberg to give Red Bull a double podium with third.

Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen, who had a drive-through penalty for making contact with Williams' Valtteri Bottas, battled his way up to a career-best fourth place.

The drama in the second-half of the race allowed Fernando Alonso to finish fifth, scoring McLaren-Honda's best result of the season, with Jenson Button finishing ninth.

Romain Grosjean was seventh in the Lotus while Marcus Ericsson gave Sauber an unlikely point with 10th, a few seconds clear of team-mate Felipe Nasr.

Williams failed to score for only the second time this season, with Massa - who was given a time-penalty for being out of position on the grid and forcing an aborted start - 12th and Bottas 13th.

RESULT

Pos	Driver	Car	Laps	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	69	1h46m09.985s
2	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	69	15.748s
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	69	25.084s
4	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	69	44.251s
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	69	49.079s
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	69	52.025s
7	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	69	58.578s
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	69	58.876s
9	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	69	1m07.028s
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	69	1m09.130s
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	69	1m13.458s
12	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	69	1m14.278s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	69	1m20.228s
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	69	1m25.142s
15	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	67	2 Laps
16	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	65	Vibration
-	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	60	Power Unit
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	55	Power Unit
-	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	53	Brakes
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	41	Wing

DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	202
2	Nico Rosberg	181
3	Sebastian Vettel	160
4	Valtteri Bottas	77
5	Kimi Raikkonen	76
6	Felipe Massa	74
7	Daniel Ricciardo	51
8	Daniil Kvyat	45
9	Nico Hulkenberg	24
10	Romain Grosjean	23
11	Max Verstappen	22
12	Felipe Nasr	16
13	Sergio Perez	15
14	Pastor Maldonado	12
15	Fernando Alonso	11
16	Carlos Sainz	9
17	Jenson Button	6
18	Marcus Ericsson	6
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	383
2	Ferrari	236
3	Williams/Mercedes	151
4	Red Bull/Renault	96
5	Force India/Mercedes	39
6	Lotus/Mercedes	35
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	31
8	Sauber/Ferrari	22
9	McLaren/Honda	17
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0