2015 Russian Grand Prix

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Sochi International Street Circuit

Race Details

Date

October 11, 2015

Official Name

2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix

Location

Sochi Autodrom
Sochi, Russia

Distance

53 laps, 309.944 km (192.590 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

Time

1:37.113

Fastest Lap

Driver

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

Time

1:40.071 on lap 51

Podium

First	Second	Third
Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sergio Pérez

Lap Leaders

The 2015 Russian Grand Prix (formally the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix)^[1] was the 15th race of the 2015 Formula One season. It was the second running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was held between 9 October and 11 October 2015.

Background

Unlike the previous year's event, soft and super soft tyres were used.^[2]

The race marks Fernando Alonso's 250th Grand Prix, although he would start from the back of the grid after receiving a 35-place grid penalty for changes gone over the limit by McLaren to some of his car's components.^[3] Roberto Merhi also had component changes gone over the limit, giving him a 20-place grid penalty.^[4]

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W06 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W06 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB11	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB11	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF15-T	Ferrari	059/3	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF15-T	Ferrari	059/3	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-30	Honda	RA615H Hybrid	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-30	Honda	RA615H Hybrid	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM08	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM08	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
33	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR10	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR10	Renault	Energy F1-2015	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
28	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
98	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C34	Ferrari	059/3	P
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C34	Ferrari	059/3	P
Free Practice 1 only
30	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E23 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106B Hybrid	P
source

Practice Overview

FP1

The first practice session was shorter than scheduled, due to that a track cleaning machine had spilled diesel fuel sometime before the session's scheduled time. It took thirty minutes for marshals to clean the track before the session was actually started. When it did, all of the drivers went out, with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa both going on wet tyres while the others went on intermediates. However, Sebastian Vettel complained during his first lap that the track was still not cleared, as saying: "What a mess!"^[5]

No one switched to slick tyres until Marcus Ericsson, who put on soft tyres. However, it took twenty minutes for anyone to set a lap time, when Fernando Alonso set a time of 2:00.736, before going faster with 1:53.854. Twenty minutes later, Ericsson became the second driver to set a time in the session, being second behind Alonso. As the rain began to fall, Jenson Button became second fastest while running on soft tyres. With only fifteen minutes left, more drivers went out onto the track, with Kimi Räikkönen being left tenth at the end of the session following a spin at Turn 8, the turn which was most affected by the diesel spillage. Ferrari was later fined €1,200 for speeding in the pit lane twice.^[6]^[7] The session ended with Nico Hülkenberg going fastest with a time of 1:44.355. Nico Rosberg followed him, with Vettel third. Lewis Hamilton finished seventh after having a spin at the penultimate corner on his final lap, which could have improved his time, and Massa had a spin in front of him at Turn 8, putting the Williams driver into twelfth place.^[5] Bottas was also reprimanded after crossing the white line at the pit entry.^[8]

FP2

Due to the heavy rain, several drivers did not decide to take part. Räikkönen, Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado, Felipe Nasr, Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi stayed in the pits, while Rosberg, Ericsson, Hamilton, Sergio Pérez, Hülkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo did not set timed laps, leaving only eight drivers with timed laps. Massa went fastest with a time of 2:00.458, followed by Vettel and Bottas. After getting fifth place behind Max Verstappen, Alonso soon had a technical problem that made his car go slowly.^[9]

FP3

The third and final practice session was dry unlike the other two, but Rosberg, Vettel and Räikkönen did not go out at the very start. At first, Kvyat was fastest with 1:46.856, but about twenty minutes later, Bottas went faster with 1:40.884, before having problems with the ERS. His teammate Massa then went second, but soon made a complain about the gear selections not working perfectly. The Ferraris eventually came out fifteen minutes later, with Vettel on soft tyres and Räikkönen on supersoft tyres. The latter went third to overtake Vettel in the session, but both of them were soon pushed down by Nasr, and later pushed out of the top ten. Rosberg went out in thirty minutes to set a time of 1:38.941 and overtake Bottas. He then set a faster time of 1:38.561. Meanwhile, Hamilton had lock-up on his first lap, but his next lap was clean, putting him up to third. The session was soon red-flagged when Sainz's car went out of control, hit the wall while approaching Turn 13, and went underneath the barriers. It was not restarted, leaving Rosberg as the fastest driver. Sainz was not seriously injured, and was taken to the medical centre, which he gave a thumbs-up to the camera to show that he was still conscious. At the hospital, he was soon confirmed to be okay, but did not have enough time to compete in qualifying. Speaking about the accident, Franz Tost believed that it was due to the steering wheel's brake shape being changed and more braking in the rear tyres which caused them to lock up.^[10]^[11] The crash also led to the first 2015 Sochi GP3 race being postponed until Sunday, when the second race was also on.^[12]

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:45.233	5	No Time	14	1:43.347	18
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:44.986	3	2:00.659	2	1:42.686	16
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:44.407	2	No Time	9	1:38.561	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.215	10	No Time	–	1:42.297	12
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	DNP	21 !	No Time	–	1:42.371	13
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:54.272	19	No Time	10	1:42.450	14
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.146	4	No Time	12	1:39.616	4
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.747	13	No Time	–	1:41.229	10
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1:48.006	15	No Time	–	1:40.767	8
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:47.443	14	2:01.077	5	1:41.200	9
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.333	12	2:00.458	1	1:39.875	5
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:46.231	11	2:02.845	8	1:40.581	7
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1:48.096	16	2:01.418	6	1:41.358	11
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:44.355	1	No Time	13	1:39.917	6
28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	1:58.254	20	No Time	–	1:47.249	20
30	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus-Mercedes	1:49.094	17	DNP	22 !	DNP	22 !
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:46.203	9	2:00.806	4	1:43.089	17
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.691	7	No Time	11	1:39.363	3
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:45.488	6	2:02.805	7	1:42.683	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:45.746	8	2:00.688	3	1:39.287	2
98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:52.994	18	No Time	–	1:46.767	19
Source: ^[13]^[14]^[15]

Qualifying

Q1

Q2

Q3

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	1:38.343	1	1:37.500	1	1:37.113	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	1:38.558	2	1:37.672	2	1:37.433	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	2	1:38.448	3	1:38.194	3	1:37.912	3
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	1:38.598	5	1:38.402	4	1:37.965	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7	1:39.207	4	1:38.224	5	1:38.348	5
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	8	1:39.250	6	1:38.727	6	1:38.659	6
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	12	1:39.617	8	1:38.914	7	1:38.691	7
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	6	1:39.056	7	1:38.754	8	1:38.787	8
9	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	9	1:39.411	10	1:39.119	9	1:38.924	9
10	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	10	1:39.574	9	1:39.005	10	1:39.728	10
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	11	1:39.580	11	1:39.214			11
12	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	15	1:40.042	12	1:39.323			12
13	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	14	1:39.739	13	1:39.763			13
14	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	13	1:39.724	14	1:39.811			14
15	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	5	1:38.926	15	1:39.895			15
16	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	16	1:40.144					19*
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	17	1:40.660					16
18	28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	18	1:43.693					17
19	98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	19						18^†
107% time: 1:45.227
NC	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	–	no time					20^‡
Source: ^[16]

* Fernando Alonso was given a 35-place grid penalty for going over the limit of the number of changes on his car's components.^[3]
^† Roberto Merhi was given a 20-place grid penalty for using more than the limit of component changes.^[4]
^‡ Carlos Sainz, Jr. did not take part in qualifying due to his accident in the third practice session. He was given permission from the stewards to race, although he still had to do a medical test,^[11]^[17] which was successfully passed. With changes to his gearbox, engine and turbocharger, he was given a 20-place grid penalty.^[18]

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Nico Rosberg	2
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 2	3	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	4
	______________	Sebastian Vettel
Row 3	5	______________
	Kimi Räikkönen	6
	______________	Nico Hülkenberg
Row 4	7	______________
	Sergio Pérez	8
	______________	Romain Grosjean
Row 5	9	______________
	Max Verstappen	10
	______________	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 6	11	______________
	Daniil Kvyat	12
	______________	Felipe Nasr
Row 7	13	______________
	Jenson Button	14
	______________	Pastor Maldonado
Row 8	15	______________
	Felipe Massa	16
	______________	Marcus Ericsson
Row 9	17	______________
	Will Stevens	18
	______________	Roberto Merhi*
Row 10	19	______________
	Fernando Alonso^†	20
	______________	Carlos Sainz, Jr.^‡

Source

* Roberto Merhi was given a 20-place grid penalty for using more than the limit of component changes.^[4]
^† Fernando Alonso was given a 35-place grid penalty for going over the limit of the number of changes on his car's components.^[3]
^‡ Carlos Sainz, Jr. did not take part in qualifying due to his accident in the third practice session. He was given permission from the stewards to race, although he still had to do a medical test,^[11]^[17] which was successfully passed. With changes to his gearbox, engine and turbocharger, he was given a 20-place grid penalty.^[18]

Race

Report

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1:37:11.024	2	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+5.953	4	18
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+28.918	7	15
4	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+38.831	15	12
5	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	53	+47.566	11	10
6	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+56.508	12	8
7	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	53	+61.088	14	6
8*	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+72.358	5	4
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	53	+79.467	13	2
10	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	53	+88.424	9	1
11^†	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	53	+91.210	19
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	52	Collision	3
13	98	Roberto Merhi	Marussia-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	18
14	28	Will Stevens	Marussia-Ferrari	51	+2 Laps	17
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	49	Suspension	10
16	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	47	Brakes	20
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	12	Accident	8
18	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	Throttle	1
19	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	Collision	6
20	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	0	Collision	16
Source: ^[19]

* Räikkönen was given a 30-second time penalty post-race after his collision with Bottas on the final lap.
^† Alonso was given a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

Milestones

First race to be held on October 11.
200th race entry for Red Bull.
Fernando Alonso's 250th grand prix entry (249th start).
Felipe Massa's 225th race start (227th entry).
Lewis Hamilton's 42nd victory, placing him equal third on the all time list with Sebastian Vettel, also placing him second on the all time points list between Vettel and Fernando Alonso.
Sergio Pérez's 5th podium finish.
Mercedes secure their second consecutive Constructor's Championship at Russia.

Standings after race

Notes

↑ "2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Russia.html. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
↑ "Pirelli move to supersoft tyres for Russian round". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 September 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/9/pirelli-move-to-supersoft-tyres-for-russian-round.html. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Alonso hit with grid penalties after Honda upgrade - updated". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/alonso-takes-grid-penalties-after-honda-upgrade.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 13". FIA. 9 October 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/34766/download?token=FcktIpY6. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "FP1 - Hulkenberg fastest in Sochi after diesel spillage delay". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp1---hulkenberg-fastest-in-sochi-after-diesel-spillage-delay.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 9". FIA. 9 October 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/34763/download?token=BnmDjyAD. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 10". FIA. 9 October 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/34764/download?token=qXZ9VjlB. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 15". FIA. 9 October 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/34805/download?token=OWLs1djB. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "FP2 - Massa heads near-washout in Russia". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp2---massa-heads-near-washout-in-russia.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "FP3 - practice halted in Russia after Sainz crash". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp3---practice-halted-in-russia-after-sainz-crash.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Sainz out of hospital and wanting to race". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/sainz-okay--trying-to-convince-doctors-to-let-him-race.html. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "GP2 News - GP3: Race 1 'cancelled' after big F1 practice accident". crash.net. 10 October 2015. http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/223992/1/gp3-race-1-cancelled-after-big-f1-practice-accident.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-russia-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-russia-results/practice-2.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-russia-results/practice-3.html. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Russian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-russia-results/qualifying.html. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 "Carlos Sainz released from hospital after Sochi crash". Sky Sports. 10 October 2015. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/31882/10023723/carlos-sainz-taken-to-the-circuit-medical-centre-after-sochi-crash. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 "Sainz cleared to race in Russia". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 October 2015. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/sainz-cleared-to-race-in-russia.html. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Russian Grand Prix – Race results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-russia-results/race.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

V T E	2015 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Stevens • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 53 Rossi • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 98 Merhi
Other Drivers	Buemi • Celis • Daruvala • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Gasly • Gutiérrez • Jordá • King • Leimer • Lynn • Marciello • Palmer • Pic • Prost • Rigon • Sutil • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne • Wehrlein • Wolff
Cars	SF15-T • VJM08 • E23 Hybrid • MR03B • MP4-30 • W06 Hybrid • RB11 • C34 • STR10 • FW37
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Malaysia • China • Bahrain • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Austria • Britain • ~~Germany~~ • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Japan • Russia • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Jerez • Barcelona: 1 • 2 • 3 • Spielberg • Abu Dhabi
See also	2014 Formula One Season • 2016 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Russian Grand Prix
Circuits	Sochi Autodrom (2014-2021) • Igora Drive (2023 onwards)
Races	2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • ~~2022~~

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[formal-1] "2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/Russia.html. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

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[Alonso_penalty-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Alonso hit with grid penalties after Honda upgrade - updated". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/alonso-takes-grid-penalties-after-honda-upgrade.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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[FP1-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "FP1 - Hulkenberg fastest in Sochi after diesel spillage delay". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp1---hulkenberg-fastest-in-sochi-after-diesel-spillage-delay.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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[8] "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 15". FIA. 9 October 2015. http://www.fia.com/file/34805/download?token=OWLs1djB. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[FP2-9] "FP2 - Massa heads near-washout in Russia". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp2---massa-heads-near-washout-in-russia.html. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[FP3-10] "FP3 - practice halted in Russia after Sainz crash". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/fp3---practice-halted-in-russia-after-sainz-crash.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[Sainz_okay-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Sainz out of hospital and wanting to race". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/sainz-okay--trying-to-convince-doctors-to-let-him-race.html. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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