2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Race 19 of 19[1] in the 2015 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Race details
Date 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)
Official name 2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix[2]
Location Yas Marina Circuit
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.554 km (3.451 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 miles)
Weather Clear
25–27 °C (77–81 °F) air temperature
28–29 °C (82–84 °F) track temperature
1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the south[3]
Attendance 60,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:40.237
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:44.517 on lap 44
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 29 November 2015. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2015 season, and marked the seventh running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a round of the World Championship since its inception in 1950.

Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner and had already secured his third Drivers' Championship earlier in the season at the United States Grand Prix. His team, Mercedes, had decided the Constructors' Championship in their favour at the Russian Grand Prix.

In Saturday's qualifying, Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) secured his sixth consecutive pole position and went on to win the race ahead of teammate Hamilton. Kimi Räikkönen finished third for Ferrari. It was the twelfth one-two finish for Mercedes, cementing a record-breaking season that saw them finish with the highest ever number of points scored by a constructor at 703, most front row lockouts and one-two finishes over the course of any Formula One season. This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Will Stevens, Roberto Merhi, and Pastor Maldonado.

  1. ^ "World Motor Sport Council 2014 – Doha". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / Rennen". motorsport-total.com (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.

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