2015 Malaysian Grand Prix result

2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

29th March 2015, 9:4629th March 2015, 16:41 | Written by Keith Collantine

Pos	#	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/gap	Difference	Reason
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	1hr 41m 05.793s
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	8.569	8.569
3	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	12.310	3.741
4	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	53.822	41.512
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	70.409	16.587
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	73.586	3.177
7	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	97.762	24.176
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	1 lap	1 lap
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	55	1 lap	1.027
10	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	55	1 lap	7.928
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	55	1 lap	17.681
12	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	55	1 lap	2.507
13	11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	55	1 lap	17.192
14	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	55	1 lap	0.455
15	98	Roberto Merhi	Manor-Ferrari	53	3 laps	2 laps
Not classified
	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	47	9 laps	6 laps	Brakes
	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	41	15 laps	6 laps	Turbo
	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	21	35 laps	20 laps	ERS
	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	3	53 laps	18 laps	Accident
	28	Will Stevens	Manor-Ferrari	0	56 laps	3 laps	Did not start

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Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
29th March 2015, 9:46
I don’t believe this !
1. OmarR-Pepper (@)
  29th March 2015, 10:08
  @tifoso1989 YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tifoso incredible race!!!! We can finally have some hope after all!!!
  Forza Ferrari!!!
  … and are you going to keep complaining about the finger now? ;P
  1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
    29th March 2015, 10:15
    @omarr-pepper
    Hi bro !!!!! That finger is very cool for me !!! YEAAAHHHH, incredible race Vettel crying, Allison almost crying in the SKY Italia interview, all of that made me crying !!!!
    Finally this non ending victory drought has been stopped ! Forza Ferrari !!!
    1. OmarR-Pepper (@)
      29th March 2015, 10:20
      @tifoso1989 check this new avatar pic YEAHH!!!!!!!!
      1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
        29th March 2015, 10:25
        @omarr-pepper
        I just hope we can see more fingers this year from Vettel and more facepalm from Hamilton/Rosberg
  2. Bobby (@f1bobby)
    29th March 2015, 10:17
    Nah, the finger wasn’t half so annoying as Vettle’s Italian.
2. Michael Brown
  29th March 2015, 10:17
  You know, for once we heard a radio response after a win. Every time Hamilton won we never heard what he said. Instead it’s always “Great job Lewis.”
Kingshark (@kingshark)
29th March 2015, 9:48
FERRARI!
1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
  29th March 2015, 9:51
  @kingshark
  Rosberg and Hamilton finally got what they wanted, a competitive Ferrari !!!
  1. Kgn11
    29th March 2015, 9:57
    Lewis can handle it, not sure Nico can.
  2. Diego (@ironcito)
    29th March 2015, 10:04
    What they said they wanted :)
    1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
      29th March 2015, 10:06
      @ironcito
      +1
2. David-A (@david-a)
  29th March 2015, 10:06
  @kingshark , @tifoso1989 – Superb performances by Vettel & Raikkonen.
  1. Kingshark (@kingshark)
    29th March 2015, 10:10
    @david-a
    I missed the first 12 laps. What happened to Kimi? The commentators said that he fell to the back of the grid.
    1. toiago (@toiago)
      29th March 2015, 10:12
      @kingshark He got a puncture after tangling with one of the Saubers.
    2. Mayank (@mjf1fan)
      29th March 2015, 10:14
      @kingshark
      He got hit by Nasr at the hairpin to the last corner and his left rear punctured, so he had to do a complete lap on 3 tyres only. Still a great recovery. I think if hr had a better grid position to start with, he could have challenged Rosberg as well for the podium.
palmerstoneroad (@palmerstoneroad)
29th March 2015, 9:49
Hey Keith suggestion for headline: This is a pip :D
McL88AsAp (@deongunner)
29th March 2015, 9:50
Unbelieveable, Vettel proving his worth as a 4 time WC again.
1. Nick (@nick101)
  29th March 2015, 9:55
  Just imagine what Ricciardo could do in that car. Destroyed Vettel last year in every sense of the word!
2. Slava (@)
  29th March 2015, 10:04
  No, he didn’t. He did nothing special yet. He must be thankfull to Allison.
  1. Kroon (@kroonracing)
    29th March 2015, 10:07
    Sigh
  2. Diego (@ironcito)
    29th March 2015, 10:09
    Oh, now it’s Allison instead of Newey? So any time that Vettel wins, it’s actually because of whoever designed his car?
    1. Davej
      29th March 2015, 10:16
      Maybe not but certainly the “development driver” myth is exactly that- a myth. I say the same when it comes to Lewis, Fernando or any of the top drivers. But certainly Merc tied themselves in a knot and where perhaps too overconfident. Vettel drove brilliantly but certainly I think he has some way to go before restoring his rep after the drubbing he got from RIC last year.
      1. ull
        29th March 2015, 10:19
        And where was RIC?
      2. McL88AsAp (@deongunner)
        29th March 2015, 10:25
        Well Ricciardo is defeated by Kvyat now, as I think Red Bull seemed preferred new drivers rather than senior drivers.
      3. Davej
        29th March 2015, 10:45
        @ Ull- where was Vettel last season alongside RIC?
      4. David-A (@david-a)
        29th March 2015, 11:37
        @Davej – I said it somewhere else in the comments- It’s unfair to write someone like Vettel off because of 1 bad year.
      5. Davej
        29th March 2015, 12:03
        @ Dave-A- I was not writing off Vettel by any measure. Was just trying to get my point across that given the same equipment the only evidence we have of Dan vs Seb was last year and Seb got a pretty descent going over. If Dan was in that Ferrari I have no doubts he would be showing Seb the way again this year.
      6. David-A (@david-a)
        29th March 2015, 17:30
        @davej – Perhaps it was the only proof, but I can’t agree that Ricciardo would still be faster than Vettel at Ferrari. Ricciardo needs to kick on from his form last season and get on top of Kyvat first. Vettel has a track record that points to last season being an uncharacteristic dip in form.
    2. Slava (@)
      29th March 2015, 13:32
      to @ironcito – Vettel did not do anything special, like everyone thinks. Even Kimi was able to drag a car into the top four. How did that happen? Allison created a car that is able to conserve tyres better than any other car do.
      I do not like the idea that “Vettel develops car better than Alonso”, and after this race people will believe in that even more, which is wrong, to my mind. The reason for that: Vettel came into the team only several months ago, while Allison have been building this car for year and a half (approximately).
      This win was expected. You almost cannot win without the best car, and today Ferrari was the best car. So Vettel did nothing special to me, he had to win because he had the best “wheels”. He didn’t make any mistake, which is good, but let’s wait and see how he performs overall this year.
      1. rm
        29th March 2015, 15:51
        Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?
        let’s wait and see
        It’s obvious you’re not one to “wait and see”, your mind was made up long ago and you’re going to fit any new facts which come along into your preexisting view.
  3. Shreyas Mohanty (@ssm0304)
    29th March 2015, 10:26
    @kroonracing @ironcito I think @slava is being sarcastic. haha!
    1. Diego (@ironcito)
      29th March 2015, 10:37
      Hopefully :)
    2. Lari (@lari)
      29th March 2015, 11:33
      I don’t think he is, watching his previous comments on forums, he’s like that.
    3. Carlos Furtado das Neves
      29th March 2015, 21:11
      Vettel only won because Ferrari changed the spark plugs the night before the race…
      With that car today even Karthikeyan could defeat the “powerfull unbeatable Mercedes and their two phenomenal best drivers in the World”…
      This is sarcasm… !!!
      Love to see the long faces at Mercedes…
      and also the comments on Sky Sports F1… sorry guts your “loving” HAM didn’t win today.
  4. PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
    29th March 2015, 10:59
    @slava …
  5. Bio
    29th March 2015, 16:29
    Yeah right, it’s the blown diffuser…
3. Drezone
  29th March 2015, 10:57
  So how come he didn’t win a race last year when his team mate in the same car win three times. Kimi will beat Seb by end of season
  1. PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
    29th March 2015, 11:00
    You really got to take a look at those three wins. RIC has beaten Vettel last year but these three wins are nothing compared to the display of today.
    1. puneeth Bharath (@puneethvb)
      29th March 2015, 17:16
      Vettel drove brilliantly today but saying ricciardo’s wins last season were nothing is quite a statement… If anything ricciardos win in Hungary ranks among the very best in the last 4 or 5 seasons …
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
29th March 2015, 9:52
Ferrari is going to be demoted. Seb left the steering wheel on top of the car. Did he weight properly I know Lewis didn’t went straight into the scale, but where were the gloves.
1. Mouse_Nightshirt (@mouse_nightshirt)
  29th March 2015, 9:53
  Clutching at straws a bit here?
  1. Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
    29th March 2015, 10:08
    @mouse_nightshirt Not really. I never seen this careless behaviour, on the podium, there are strict rules, not that I’m wanting to ruin this 9/10 race.
    1. Mouse_Nightshirt (@mouse_nightshirt)
      29th March 2015, 10:23
      The steering wheel has been left with the car though. I don’t think it’ll be a problem.
2. Patrick (@paeschli)
  29th March 2015, 12:51
  The picture of him holding the steering wheel was fantastic though.
3. eff1
  30th March 2015, 11:27
  i think he balanced it up by putting the ferrari flag inside the cockpit after he parked the car
plutoniumhunter (@plutoniumhunter)
29th March 2015, 9:55
I’d never thought I’d be happy to see the finger. Tears as the german + italian anthems played, memories of Michael Schumacher.
1. Mayank (@mjf1fan)
  29th March 2015, 10:16
  +1 I too was embracing Seb at the podium while remembering Schumi. :)
  Get well soon Michael :)
Kgn11
29th March 2015, 9:56
Poor strategy call from Mercedes cost them the win today. Pitting under the safety car was the wrong decision.
cdavman (@cdavman)
29th March 2015, 9:57
I’m not a Ferrari fan. I’m not a Vettel fan. But I believe that was a good result for F1.
You ask almost anybody, even people who don’t like F1, to name a team, and chances are they’ll say Ferrari.
A competitive Ferrari is good for F1. It’s good marketing. I just hope it continues so we get some decent competition at the front.
Ricardo Ferreira (@yes-master)
29th March 2015, 9:58
Superb race, superb Seb, and superb Ferrari! Simply superb! F1 maybe have a future :)
Masque
29th March 2015, 9:58
Poor Alonso…
RogerA
29th March 2015, 9:59
Where are all those who kept insisting through 2010-2013 that Vettel could only win & was only any good in cars made by Adrian Newey that had a massive advantage over the rest?
I think his performances at Ferrari thus far have well & truly silenced those who used to try & make that silly argument.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
29th March 2015, 9:59
Can’t wait to see Kimi having one problem-free race fighting for wins with that amazing Ferrari. This season is going to be mega!
1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
  29th March 2015, 10:05
  Kimi’s only problem has been qualifying and first lap in the first 2 races, his race pace is absolutely mesmerizing, don’t forget Ferrari has more tokens than Mercedes and Allison who nearly cried after today’s victory has a continuous development plan for the SF-15, can’t wait for kimi/Vettel vs Lewis
  1. PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
    29th March 2015, 11:05
    @tifoso1989 The first thing they have to do now is baptize it with another name. A name that sticks, like so simple as can be F15, as in the jet fighter.
2. Mrahealpia
  29th March 2015, 10:09
  Indeed it’s a shame to see him making such progress, in each race, only to make up for some stupid situation: messed up wheel screw, blocked at qualification, punctured at turn… Bad luck can’t always haunt him all the time. Can’t wait to see Kimi get a chance to play the game straight and really shine!
Duc Pham (@ducpham2708)
29th March 2015, 10:04
Ferrari is the first team to beat an problem-free Mercedes, who would have thought of this at the end of last year?
Raikkonen with a puncture at the start and endured 1 lap with snail speed managed to get back into 4th place, it really shows how fast the Ferrari is, had he not had that problem, I think we would have a very good Kimi – Nico fight at the end!
1. Slava (@)
  29th March 2015, 10:08
  To my mind, it has all happend because of the extreme tyre degradation. We all remember how good Lotus was at managing the tyres. And that was made by Allison. So I do not think Ferrari is able to fight on a sheer pace. Let’s wait for another 2 weeks and see.
  1. David BR
    29th March 2015, 10:13
    Mercedes giving up track position after just 4 laps surely didn’t help. Over-confident they could make up any gap until almost the end of the race, when it should have been clearer their margin over Ferrari was much tighter. Poor strategy all round.
  2. Mcquiz (@mcquiz)
    29th March 2015, 10:28
    2 stop race is extreme tyre degradation now? We had 4 stop races less than 2 years ago.
    1. Slava (@)
      29th March 2015, 12:57
      “Extreme” in comparison to Ferrari:-0
2. f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
  29th March 2015, 10:36
  Not exactly problem free. Mercedes were overconfident that they will beat vettel at the end and came up with crap strategies like pitting at the front when sc came out
Carlos Furtado das Neves (@furtadodasneves)
29th March 2015, 10:05
The FINGER is back!
Il Miracolo di San Maranello!
Can this be a birth of a new Mith?
McL88AsAp (@deongunner)
29th March 2015, 10:05
Verstappen had brilliant qualifying and race. Youngest points scorer ever in F1, plus he beat Sainz who is a promising driver as well. Let’s hope they don’t join Red Bull in few years time.
1. Clive Allen (@clive-allen)
  29th March 2015, 12:29
  It looks as though they were right about Verstappen. His pass on Sainz was brilliant. If that’s the kind of thing he can do, we’re in for a treat.
Eggry (@eggry)
29th March 2015, 10:06
What a race! Brilliant job from Ferrari and Vettel. I don’t think Mercedes dominance would hurt though.
1. Eggry (@eggry)
  29th March 2015, 10:21
  I’m a Ferrari fan and Alonso fan. What a happy and sad day.
  1. Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
    29th March 2015, 12:57
    @eggry
    It’s really sad for a talent like Fernando to waist his talent in noncompetitive cars, but as far as i remember this McLaren is really a disaster, i don’t think Fernando faced this situation even in his Minardi days.
    His management are really a disaster for him from a sporting point of view, they were aware of the stratospheric investments and resources that Sergio Marchionne allocated to the team :
    – A new HQ with cutting edge technologies, only the MTC is on par with it
    – A new simulator from AVL for engine testing
    – Many key people from the road car division were asked to work on the PU : Jean Jacques His.
    – The main failure architectures like Fry ,Marmorini, Tombazis …. were fired and Allison is in charge of the new car.
    No one would have expected that Ferrari will catch Mercedes very quickly but compared to Mclaren who were nowhere in 2013/2014 despite having a Mercedes PU, Ferrari seemed to be the logic option for Fernando
    Another thing is that after the summer break AutoSprint mentioned that the Honda is in real trouble with its PU which is thirsty on fuel and the electric part of it doesn’t work.
    It was obvious the Mclaren-Honda will not be on the level of Ferrari.
MtlRacer (@mtlracer)
29th March 2015, 10:06
Just when everyone thought F1 was going to be boring… boom! Wow.
Valentin Stoian (@wally02avg)
29th March 2015, 10:06
They stole it from under their noses by not pitting, it took Hamilton a lot of time to pass people while Vettel was flying.Shame about Kimi, could have made Nico’s day even harder
Manule
29th March 2015, 10:07
Bravo Seb! Imperious drive! That’s why he is a 4x WDC and a rare commodity. Showing how a driver really makes a difference. It really took a great one to end Ferrari’s drought. Congrats to the team, their progress is unbelievable. They’re still behind Mercs of course, but the gap now can be closed by driver skills and clever tactics. Forza Ferrari!
1. Davej
  29th March 2015, 10:39
  Oh dear. Here we go with the development driver myth. The Ferrari is a quick car period, to suggest that a driver can make such a drastic difference 3months into the team is fanciful thinking in my opinion. Remember Allison’s cars have always been kind on their tyres. Remember the Lotus in 2012 and 2013? Anyway, one area I will give Seb credit for though is his race management. He is very good at that and today he did show his class so bravo to him. Also happy for Kimi’s recovery after a difficult start to the season. It just goes to show how good that Ferrari is, albeit the SC helped Kimi out a bit.
  1. floring (@floring)
    29th March 2015, 11:02
    Helped him out in the sense that it balanced out the fact that he had to do a whole lap on 3 tyres, but he was still at the bottom of the grid when the SC came in.
  2. Drezone
    29th March 2015, 11:03
    +1
  3. Lari (@lari)
    29th March 2015, 11:37
    SC helped Kimi so that he wasn’t a full lap behind, but ‘only’ 18th when restart happened. Yeah, would’ve rather had this race without that tyre puncture, then the odds would’ve been little better.
  4. Patrick (@paeschli)
    29th March 2015, 12:55
    Oh dear. Here we go with the development driver myth.
    At no point in his comment Manule was talking abouth the development driver myth.
    For me, “Showing how a driver really makes a difference.” means it’s always good to have a 4x WDC who’s gentle on the tires to lead a crazy race like this to a good end.
    1. Davej
      29th March 2015, 16:14
      This is why there is something called a difference in interpretation. I have no qualms admitting I mistook what he said but let’s not sugarcoat things, that Ferrari is a pretty descent car and much of the credit goes to the engineering team and Mr Allison.
  5. Manule
    29th March 2015, 13:03
    I have no idea where in my post did you see anything about development. That’s all in your head. Where Seb did make a huge difference, it’s behind the wheel. He perfectly poised himself for a fight yesterday with an excellent qualifying effort, and was class of the field today in the competitive to be sure, yet not the best car. Unlike certain other ex-Ferrari driver, who upon finishing on podium more than once said ‘To me this is like a win’, Seb has shown today what a real win is.
    1. Davej
      29th March 2015, 16:12
      And so the ululating continues……..
Dean
29th March 2015, 10:08
Not a vettel fan and most certainly not a Ferrari fan but well done, fully deserved today. Think it may be a bit of an anomoly and we will be back to merc domination in cooler climes but from a big LH fan…. Well done seb and well done ferrari.
John G (@jfever78)
29th March 2015, 10:29
Please, please, please let this mean these forums will begin to regain their former integrity. For so long now, I’ve been really in shock at the level of criticism and negativity surrounding F1’s “entertainment” and Mercedes’ domination. It’s as if peoples memories were reduced to one year. Any real F1 fan knows you don’t watch this sport on a yearly subscription, it’s a life long love affair. We love the cyclical, emotional, and unpredictable roller coaster F1 is. Sometimes one team (or even one driver) dominates. That’s not a bad thing. It’s the nature of the sport. After one race this year, everyone collectively seemed to lose their mind.
1. Drezone
  29th March 2015, 11:00
  +1
Ed Marques (@edmarques)
29th March 2015, 10:29
Not a Vettel fan, but amazing win. Just what F1 needed.
Lets hope it’s not a one-off and Ferrari really have something special.
Jack (@jmc200)
29th March 2015, 10:40
FERNANDO WHAT HAVE YOU DONEE
1. Drezone
  29th March 2015, 11:00
  +1
2. Lari (@lari)
  29th March 2015, 11:38
  Let Ferrari loose and get a ‘team’ rather than 1 man entourage.
Drezone
29th March 2015, 11:02
I’m hoping that was a genuine battle and not Mercedes sandbagging after all this equalisation talk. Red bull are just rubbish that even the sister team beats them. Poor RIC and KYV. They deserve better
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  29th March 2015, 12:02
  Throwing a race win just to shut Christian Horner up? No chance whatsoever.
  Frankly I think it’s an insult to Mercedes’ hard-working engineers and drivers to even suggest it.
  1. Oletros (@oletros)
    29th March 2015, 12:08
    Well, in some places people is saying that Mercedes was forced by Ecclestone to downgrade the PU and let Ferrari win.
    1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      29th March 2015, 15:11
      @oletros Do those places have padded walls?
      1. Oletros (@oletros)
        29th March 2015, 17:33
        They live in their own reality, Ecclestone makes the champions and always punishes Alonso
  2. Manule
    29th March 2015, 13:08
    Some people are prepared to go that far rather than admit that this ‘finger boy’ they hate so much for being successful has clearly outdriven their precious driver.
    1. Carlos Furtado das Neves
      30th March 2015, 12:23
      Fantastic Manule.
      That’s absolutely right.
      Starting with Sky Sports F1 commentators…
      What a disgrace to see VETTEL beating their “Loving HAM”.
      I hope SEB wins this year the 5th WDC, but it’s a very hard task…
Lars (@lars)
29th March 2015, 11:18
Great day for Alonso. Must be very rewarding for him to see the team he worked hard for finally win! Not really, he must be so disappointed.
Nick (@npf1)
29th March 2015, 11:50
Great result today, from Seb winning to Verstappen in the points, Kimi coming back to finish 4th.. Hopefully we can have more of these kind of races this season, with different people in contention for points.
rick bradner (@3304hl)
29th March 2015, 16:22
well that didn’t take long-
Arrivabene indeed! in primo posto!
– looks like the new fashion amongst the tifosi will be sweaters this season…

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