2015 Chinese Grand Prix

2015 Chinese Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)
Official name	2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
Location	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent Racing Facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Sunny 21 °C (70 °F) air temperature 46 °C (115 °F) track temperature 1.4 m/s (4.6 ft/s) wind from the northwest[1]
Attendance	145,000 (Weekend) 125,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:35.782
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:42.208 on lap 31
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 12 April 2015 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the third round of the 2015 season, and marked the twelfth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.^[2]

Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner and went into the weekend with a three-point lead in the world championship over Sebastian Vettel, who had surprised the field by taking victory in the previous round at Malaysia. Hamilton took pole position during Saturday's qualifying, the 41st of his career and the third in a row. He went on to win the race from his teammate Nico Rosberg.^[3]