2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Race 19 of 19[1] in the 2015 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Race details
Date	29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)
Official name	2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix[2]
Location	Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.554 km (3.451 miles)
Distance	55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 miles)
Weather	Clear 25–27 °C (77–81 °F) air temperature 28–29 °C (82–84 °F) track temperature 1.5 m/s (4.9 ft/s) wind from the south[3]
Attendance	60,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:40.237
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:44.517 on lap 44
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 29 November 2015. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2015 season, and marked the seventh running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a round of the World Championship since its inception in 1950.

Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner and had already secured his third Drivers' Championship earlier in the season at the United States Grand Prix. His team, Mercedes, had decided the Constructors' Championship in their favour at the Russian Grand Prix.

In Saturday's qualifying, Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) secured his sixth consecutive pole position and went on to win the race ahead of teammate Hamilton. Kimi Räikkönen finished third for Ferrari. It was the twelfth one-two finish for Mercedes, cementing a record-breaking season that saw them finish with the highest ever number of points scored by a constructor at 703, most front row lockouts and one-two finishes over the course of any Formula One season. This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Will Stevens, Roberto Merhi, and Pastor Maldonado.