2015 F1 Round 14 Japanese Grand Prix – Hamilton passes Rosberg at Turn 1 to lead Mercedes one-two

The Japanese Grand Prix on September 27 ran for 53 laps. Hamilton won in 1:28:06.508, with Rosberg second, 18.964 seconds behind, and Vettel third.

Starting second, Hamilton passed polesitter Rosberg at Turn 1. Rosberg initially dropped behind Vettel and Bottas, while Hamilton pulled away in the lead.

Rosberg used strategy across the two pit-stop phases to move ahead of Bottas and then Vettel, recovering to second. Vettel finished third, 1.886 seconds behind Rosberg.

Räikkönen moved ahead of Bottas during the second pit-stop phase to finish fourth. Bottas was fifth and Hülkenberg sixth, with the two Lotus cars of Grosjean and Maldonado seventh and eighth.

Massa and Ricciardo made contact at the start, suffering problems with the right-front and left-rear tyres respectively. Both returned to the pits and continued the race, eventually finishing 17th and 15th.

Verstappen worked his way forward from his penalised grid position and passed teammate Sainz at the chicane on lap 45, eventually finishing ninth. Sainz took tenth and the final point.

Alonso was 11th, Pérez 12th, Kvyat 13th and Ericsson 14th. Button finished 16th, while Marussia drivers Rossi and Stevens were 18th and 19th respectively.

Nasr retired late in the race and was the only driver listed as a non-finisher in the official classification. Hamilton claimed his 41st Grand Prix victory as Mercedes returned to a one-two finish.