2015 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Monaco
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| Date | 24 May 2015 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2015 | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 mi) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 18–19 °C (64–66 °F) air temperature 31–37 °C (88–99 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the west |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:15.098 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull Racing-Renault | |
| Time | 1:18.063 on lap 74 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, formally known as the Grand Prix de Monaco 2015, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 May 2015 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco. It was the sixty-second running of the race as a World Championship event, and seventy-third running overall.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race with a twenty-point lead over teammate and defending race winner Nico Rosberg in the Drivers' Championship, with Mercedes having a seventy-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.
World Champion Lewis Hamilton secured his first ever Monaco pole position during Saturday's qualifying. In the race, Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive win at Monaco, second win of the season, and the tenth of his career, while Sebastian Vettel finished second. Championship leader Hamilton, who had led for most of the race, moved from first into third place following a "pit stop misjudgement" during a late safety car period, for which his team, Mercedes, later apologised. The renewed McLaren-Honda partnership scored its first points since Honda's return to the sport. With Rosberg's victory, he was able to reduce his deficit in the World Drivers' Championship to ten points.
Ahead of the race weekend, Mercedes announced they had extended their contract with world champion Lewis Hamilton for three additional years, keeping him at the team until the end of the 2018 season.
Revisions to the Tabac corner at the harbour section of the race track meant that the drivers now entered the turn slightly earlier, shortening the track by 3 metres (9.8 ft) compared to previous years, and making the corner slightly tighter and slower. The corner had seen a race-stopping accident involving Pastor Maldonado and Max Chilton in 2013, leading to the changes being made. This resulted in the circuit being officially classified as a new layout. The barrier on the right of the swimming pool chicane was moved back, with new kerbs, to allow for a better view of the corner. Much of the track was resurfaced before the event. As in Australia and Singapore, the pit lane speed limit for the duration of the event was reduced to 60 km/h (37 mph), instead of the standard 80 km/h (50 mph), due to the confined nature of the circuit. The race schedule for the weekend was different in Monaco compared to the other races on the calendar. The first two free practice sessions were held on Thursday instead of Friday.
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