2015 Russian Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 19 in the 2015 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
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| Date | 11 October 2015 | ||
| Official name | 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Sochi Autodrom, Adlersky City District, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia |
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| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.848 km (3.634 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 309.745 km (192.467 mi) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) air temperature 25–27 °C (77–81 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the north |
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| Attendance | 62,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:37.113 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:40.071 on lap 51 (lap record) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Force India-Mercedes | ||
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The 2015 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; Russian: Гран-при России 2015 года) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 October 2015. The fifty-three lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom. This was the fifteenth round of the 2015 season and marked the second time that the Russian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in 1950.
Lewis Hamilton won the race for the second season in a row, extending his Drivers' Championship lead to 66 points. With Nico Rosberg retiring early in the race, Sebastian Vettel reclaimed second place in the standings for the first time since his round two victory in Malaysia with a second-place finish. Sergio Pérez completed the podium in third for Force India.
Mercedes secured their second consecutive Constructors' Championship, having done so at the same event the previous season.
After the previous year's race showed lower-than-expected tyre degradation, Pirelli opted to supply the yellow-banded soft compound as the prime selection and the red-banded supersoft tyre as the option selection. The previous season's event saw Nico Rosberg complete 52 of 53 laps on the white-banded medium compound on his way to a second-place finish. Even with the softer tyre choice, tyre degradation was not an issue at the event, with drivers able to record fast lap times all through the race on a one-stop strategy.
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