2015 Canadian Grand Prix
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| Race 7 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
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| Date | 7 June 2015 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015 | ||
| Location |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.700 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny 20–21 °C (68–70 °F) air temperature 39 °C (102 °F) track temperature 4 m/s (13 ft/s) wind from the north |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:14.393 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:16.987 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Williams-Mercedes | ||
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The 2015 Canadian Grand Prix, formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2015, was a Formula One motor race held on 7 June 2015 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2015 season, and marked the 52nd running of the Canadian Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner, having won his first ever grand prix the year before.
Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team won the race from pole position, leading for all but one lap of the race. He extended his championship lead over teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second, to 17 points.
The pit-stop decision that seemingly cost Lewis Hamilton a victory at the previous race in Monaco was still a talking point when the paddock arrived in Canada. In Thursday's press conference however, Hamilton insisted that he "couldn't care less" about the incident, saying: "I can't do anything about the past so there's honestly no point in thinking about it, it is about trying to shape the future."
Max Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty for the Canadian Grand Prix after causing a collision with Romain Grosjean in Monaco. During the final practice session, Toro Rosso had to equip his car with the fifth internal combustion engine of the season. As he exceeded the limit of four units per power unit element per season, he received an additional ten-place grid penalty.
Minor changes were made to the last right-left chicane of the track. Prior to the first session of the weekend, the stewards placed a bollard in the run-off area to keep the drivers from re-entering the track too early. Ahead of the third practice session on Saturday, an additional orange-coloured kerb was added on the apex of turn 14. The stewards stated that "any driver who fails to negotiate turn 14 by using the track, and who makes contact with any part of the new kerb element, will not be required to keep to the left of the red and white polystyrene block, but must re-join the track safely."
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