2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 29 March 2015 | ||
| 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 |
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| Attendance | 44,611 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:49.834 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:42.062 on lap 43 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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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. 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 team-mate 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.
The race, held on 29 March 2015 with practice and qualifying sessions on the two preceding days, was the seventeenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, which had been part of the Formula One World Championship without interruption since 1999. A race sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motorsport's governing body, had been held in Malaysia since the 1960s, with the first editions being run in Singapore, then part of the Malaysian Federation, before moving to the Shah Alam Circuit. With the arrival of the Formula One Grand Prix in 1999, the race was moved to the purpose-built Sepang International Circuit, where all editions have since been held. For sponsorship reasons, the race's official name was 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix.
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