2015 Mexican Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
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| Date | 1 November 2015 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015 | ||
| Location |
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.304 km (2.690 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.354 km (190.846 mi) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 22–24 °C (72–75 °F) air temperature 48–56 °C (118–133 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the northwest |
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| Attendance | 134,850 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:19.480 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:20.521 on lap 67 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Williams-Mercedes | ||
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The 2015 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 1 November 2015. The race, which was contested over seventy-one laps, was the seventeenth race of the 2015 Formula One season. It marked the seventeenth time that the Mexican Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in 1950, and the first time that the race had been run since 1992.
Nico Rosberg qualified in pole position, having already been fastest in two of the three free practice sessions. He won the race for Mercedes, followed by his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had secured the Drivers' Championship at the previous event in the United States. Valtteri Bottas completed the podium in third, driving for Williams. Both Ferrari drivers—Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen—retired after crashes, with both losing one position in the Championship to Rosberg and Bottas respectively. It was the first time since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix that neither Ferrari was classified.
The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit underwent substantial reconfiguration in the build-up to the event. The first corner complex was tightened on entry, while the middle part of the track was completely re-profiled, retaining much of the original design whilst reducing the reliance on aerodynamic grip. The most significant changes were made in the final part, with the Peraltada corner cut in half and the circuit redirected through the Foro Sol stadium complex in the circuit infield beginning with turn 12, following a similar layout to the one used by Champ Car between 2002 and 2007. The track layout featured two drag reduction system (DRS) zones, one on the main straight and another between turns three and four.
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