2015 Austrian Grand Prix

2015 Austrian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Race details
Date	21 June 2015
Official name	Formula 1 Rolex Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015[1]
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.326 km (2.684 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 307.146 km (190.564 miles)
Weather	Cloudy 14–15 °C (57–59 °F) air temperature 27–32 °C (81–90 °F) track temperature 2 m/s (6.6 ft/s) wind from the west[2]
Attendance	120,000 (Weekend) 55,000 (Race Day)[3]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:08.455
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:11.235 on lap 35
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2015 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2015) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 June 2015 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race was the eighth round of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 29th running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 28th time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered as the defending race winner, while his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, entered with a seventeen-point lead over him in the Drivers' Championship standings. Mercedes were leading rivals Ferrari by 105 points in the Constructors' standings.

Hamilton started from pole position, but was overtaken by Rosberg at the first corner. Rosberg held the lead for the remainder of the race, barring brief periods during pit stops, and won by over three seconds. Hamilton remained ahead of Williams driver Felipe Massa to claim the runner-up position. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel had been holding third position for much of the first half of the race, but a delay due to a stuck wheel nut during his pit stop dropped him into fourth place. Former World Champions Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso were eliminated on the first lap, after Räikkönen lost control of his Ferrari at the second turn and collided with Alonso. The two came to rest against the safety barrier, with Alonso's McLaren atop the Ferrari.