2015 Chinese Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 12 April 2015 | ||
| 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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 mi) | ||
| 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 |
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| Attendance | 125,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:35.782 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:42.208 on lap 31 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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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.
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 team mate Nico Rosberg.
After Sebastian Vettel's surprise victory two weeks prior in Malaysia, eyes were on Ferrari whether they would be able to continue their good race pace in China and challenge the Mercedes for the win. As lower track temperatures were expected for the race, a serious competitiveness of Ferrari was cast into doubt, as they had benefited from lower tyre degradation in the heat of Malaysia. All ten teams taking part in the championship participated in the race, with Manor Marussia hoping to finally be able to run both cars continually, after Will Stevens had failed to start in Malaysia.
As in 2014, Pirelli announced they would be supplying teams with the white-banded medium compound tyre as the prime selection and the yellow-banded soft compound as the option selection for the event.
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