2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Race details
Date	15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2015[1]
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Weather	Dry 22–28 °C (72–82 °F) air temperature 38–48 °C (100–118 °F) track temperature 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s) wind from the north[2]
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:11.282
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:14.832 on lap 51
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2015) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 15 November 2015. It was the eighteenth race of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 44th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix as a round of the World Championship since its inception in 1950.

Nico Rosberg, driving for Mercedes, was the defending race winner. His teammate Lewis Hamilton entered the race as World Drivers' Champion, having secured the title two races earlier in the United States. Mercedes had also already clinched the Constructors' title, having done so at the 2015 Russian Grand Prix.

Rosberg took pole position in Saturday's qualifying session, the 21st of his career. He would go on to win the race from his teammate with Sebastian Vettel completing the podium for Scuderia Ferrari.