| Pos | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/gap | Difference | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 57 | 1hr 35m 05.809s | ||
| 2 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 57 | 3.380 | 3.380 | |
| 3 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 57 | 6.033 | 2.653 | |
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 57 | 42.957 | 36.924 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 57 | 43.989 | 1.032 | |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | 61.751 | 17.762 | |
| 7 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Mercedes | 57 | 84.763 | 23.012 | |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | 1 lap | 1 lap | |
| 9 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | 1 lap | 7.206 | |
| 10 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 56 | 1 lap | 6.106 | |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 56 | 1 lap | 3.978 | |
| 12 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | 1 lap | 1.120 | |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | 1 lap | 7.404 | |
| 14 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | 1 lap | 1.149 | |
| 15 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Mercedes | 56 | 1 lap | 36.881 | |
| 16 | 28 | Will Stevens | Manor-Ferrari | 55 | 2 laps | 1 lap | |
| 17 | 98 | Roberto Merhi | Manor-Ferrari | 54 | 3 laps | 1 lap | |
| Not classified | |||||||
| 33 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso-Renault | 34 | 23 laps | 20 laps | Electrics | |
| 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 29 | 28 laps | 5 laps | Handling | |
| 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 0 | 57 laps | 29 laps | Did not start | |
Mashiat (@mashiat)
19th April 2015, 17:43
Good to see McLaren-Honda being just outside of the points on pace.
Wait, did I just say good?
Grosjean's smile (@testacorsa)
19th April 2015, 17:54
They are stadily improving. Good on them, and who knows? – maybe Alonso’s decition will be proven a good one down the line.
Patrick (@paeschli)
19th April 2015, 18:39
Button managed to do 20 laps over three days, how is this any good?
SotF1Rules (@sotiris07)
19th April 2015, 17:43
Alonso missed the points for just a little… Ricciardo’s engine broke just in time! :Ρ
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
19th April 2015, 18:09
Just 3.9 seconds.. one more lap or two needed given Massa’s lack of pace..
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
19th April 2015, 22:36
Indeed, almost in the points!
Mashiat (@mashiat)
20th April 2015, 10:07
@fastiesty Nope. Just another 100m. Ricciardo would have been out.
Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
20th April 2015, 15:50
@mashiat Heh, true, but he would only have lost one position as those behind Grosjean were all lapped.
Oletros (@oletros)
19th April 2015, 17:48
Very bad dat for Vettel and happy for Raikkonen, Forza Ferrari :)
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
19th April 2015, 17:58
Ferrari missed out on 2 points today.
Patrick (@paeschli)
19th April 2015, 18:40
Yes, only two points but now he’s only third in the championship.
Andrew
19th April 2015, 17:49
Both Manors made it to the end? I’m guessing more than a few laps down but still something good for them to hang their hat on and build from.
altitude2k
19th April 2015, 18:00
And last race.
Ivan B (@njoydesign)
19th April 2015, 20:52
and they were actually shown on tv during qualy and the race. is Bernie warming up to them now?
Brandon (@brandonrc)
19th April 2015, 18:01
Hamilton, Kimi, Bottas and Perez were incredible today, very good race, but not better than 2014.
Sean Doyle (@spdoyle17)
19th April 2015, 19:56
Glad for the spoiler alert. This Pérez/Raikkonen/Montoya/Power fan is at the IndyCar race in Long Beach.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
19th April 2015, 18:01
I knew ferrari didn’t have the pace. Bahrain is very testing of Ferrari’s weakness, which is the PU, until now this was not significant. Obviously the PU is miles better than the previous one, especially during the 2015 race. In qualifying it’s also a factor watching the Vettel and Ham lap you could see that on qualifying there’s the same issue right on the start finish straight Merc is a step ahead. In spite of degradation Ferrari had no answer but the fact that Ferrari’s reliability seems to be in check as ever even if Ferrari chose to introduce an all new PU this weekend.
Mayank (@mjf1fan)
19th April 2015, 18:36
+1
Despite all the upgrades to there PU, they are still down on Mercedes PU. Hopefully they can get 20% more HP in Canada ( as they are expecting) and certainly give a closer fight to the Mercedes.
There was a comment yesterday that Ferrari PU is equal to Mercedes PU because of their topspeed in Speed trap. This race again proved that they are not equal but not too far away as well.
evered7 (@evered7)
19th April 2015, 18:45
@peartree @mjf1fan Ferrari introduced a new ICE and not a PU. The other components are the same from the previous 4 races.
20% upgrade will not happen. Even only considering the ICE power (around 650HP if I am not wrong) that would mean 130HP increase. They will decimate the competition if that happens. They were talking of 20-30 HP increase for Canada upgrade.
Ferrari could have pit Kimi a lap earlier and maybe pressured Lewis to concede the win. They wouldn’t have lost 1.5 s to Mercs and gained a couple as well by switching to the faster tire soon. But it is no use telling it in the hindsight. Kimi was their best chance of winning this GP and they lost it by pitting him a lap or two late.
evered7 (@evered7)
19th April 2015, 18:45
*previous 3; not 4.
Mayank (@mjf1fan)
19th April 2015, 19:23
@evered7 Yeah I know they changed ICE for this race. I was talking about the whole PU in general terms. And yes, it is expected to increase about 20-30HP with Canada update. I was wrong about 20%.
You are again right about suggesting Kimi to pit a lap earlier, but in hindsight it is not useful.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
20th April 2015, 17:19
@evered7 I didn’t knew what part was new as in same spec but unused. I reckon the Mercs didn’t change any of the parts specifically for this race, Lewis was on the 2nd control unit already. Anyhow Ferrari is still quite not there yet. thanks for the info though.
@key75 The speed trap figure is affected by DRS and slipstream use, which is much more easily seen on cars fighting for the lower positions of the race because of that you may not have any data from leading cars also the leading cars might have the luxury of saving the machine. Speed trap figures aside just watch the comparison of Lewis and vettel’s lap, just on the start finish straight the Merc gaps the Ferrari.
Key (@key75)
19th April 2015, 21:32
@mjf1fan Speed trap says otherwise!! Ferrari was faster on speed… Ferrari is missing more downforce.
Key (@key75)
19th April 2015, 21:34
And I’m speaking like a robot… sorry about that lol
Mayank (@mjf1fan)
20th April 2015, 9:05
@key75
That speed must have been combination of full ers discharge + drs + slipstream of bottas ( I think when he locked his wheels at turn 1 while trying to overtake Bottas). It’s true, Ferrari are missing downforce in comparison to Mercedes as they were slow in S2 which requires downforce, but their PU is still not efficient (the whole process – restoring and discharging ers, torque etc) as Mercedes PU. Ferrari PU is definitely miles better than their last year PU, but still somewhat behind Mercedes PU.
No need to say sorry about that. :)
bosyber (@bosyber)
19th April 2015, 18:12
Good race for Perez, have to say that I didn’t really see entirely how he got there, but did see him in top ten for most of the race, so did he just get a good start+first stint?
Patrick (@paeschli)
19th April 2015, 18:58
And what happened to Hulkenberg? I though he was ahead of Perez the whole race and now I see he only finished 13th.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
19th April 2015, 19:00
Will Ricciardo get some sort of penalty for only just finishing the race?
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
20th April 2015, 17:22
@ultimateuzair No. He must get into trouble because of the reduced allocation but otherwise he’s fine as the FIA safeguards unfortunate failures such as Ricciardo’s engine blowing up, if it had been a gearbox I wouldn’t be able of answering your question.