2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Race details[1][2]
Date	29 March 2015 (2015-03-29)
Official name	2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Weather	Sunny 32–33 °C (90–91 °F) air temperature 53–58 °C (127–136 °F) track temperature 2 m/s (6.6 ft/s) wind from the south[3]
Attendance	80,604 (Weekend)[4] 44,611 (Race Day)[5]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:49.834
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:42.062 on lap 43
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, formally titled the 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 29 March 2015 at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2] It was the seventeenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a World Championship event.

Lewis Hamilton came into the race leading the Drivers' championship by seven points over teammate Nico Rosberg, followed closely by Sebastian Vettel, a further three points adrift. Mercedes entered with a twenty-eight-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' championship campaign.

Hamilton secured pole position in a rain-soaked qualifying session, the 40th pole position in his career. Vettel won the race, having started from second place on the grid. It was the 40th victory of his career, and the first victory for Ferrari since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix as well as the first victory for a German Ferrari driver since the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher. It was also the first time since the 2006 United States Grand Prix that neither McLaren was classified.