Sebastian Vettel Wins First Race with Ferrari F1 Team
Sebastian Vettel and Scuderia Ferrari take surprise leap ahead of Mercedes. Sebastian Vettel takes first win driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
Sepang, 29 March –Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix for Ferrari at the wheel of his SF-15T. Having started from second on the grid, the German managed to finish ahead of the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. His team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finished fourth, after having to make an unscheduled pit stop on lap 2, because of a puncture. He then fought his way back up the order to finish just off the podium. The Formula 1 circus will be back in action after a two week break, at the Shanghai circuit in China.
Sebastian Vettel Malaysian Grand Prix Quote
Sebastian Vettel: “Grande gara, bella macchina! (A great race and a beautiful car). Sorry for starting to speak in Italian, but today is such a special day for me. I don’t really know what to say, I am speechless. It’s not only one childhood dream that becomes true, it seems to be many dreams together. It was amazing to look down from the podium and see the mechanics, the engineers, the whole team and listen to the German and Italian anthems. The atmosphere in the team has always been great, but it’s just getting better and better. For today, the important thing is for all of us to enjoy this moment together and celebrate. I did not swap teams that much in the past, so winning for a new team is always a relief. Since I joined Ferrari I felt incredibly welcome and together we have worked to improve things. The potential, as I always said, is huge, it’s good to see what a step forward we did over the winter. There were a lot of changes in the background (including one driver…) which never make things easy, but everyone saw the positives of that. It just doesn’t compare to last year, when the car was also good but I couldn’t get on top of it. With Ferrari I had a good feeling right from the start. This is a special day, it has been a while since both I and team won for the last time. I’d like to be in the same position at every race, but we must be realistic, Mercedes were a bit struggling today but they have a great package and our target is to make the gap smaller at every Grand Prix and make sure that we are the team right behind them”.
2015 Malaysian Grand Prix Results
| P | Driver | Car | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
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1h41m05.793s |
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| 2 |
Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
8.569s
|
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| 3 |
Nico Rosberg
|
Mercedes
|
12.310s
|
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| 4 |
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Ferrari
|
1m51.541s
|
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| 5 |
Valtteri Bottas
|
Williams/Mercedes
|
1m10.409s | |
| 6 |
Felipe Massa
|
Williams/Mercedes
|
1m13.586s
|
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| 7 |
Max Verstappen
|
Toro Rosso/Renault
|
1m39.085s
|
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| 8 |
Carlos Sainz
|
Toro Rosso/Renault
|
1 Lap
|
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| 9 |
Daniil Kvyat
|
Red Bull/Renault
|
1 Lap
|
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| 10 |
Daniel Ricciardo
|
Red Bull/Renault
|
1 Lap
|
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| 11 |
Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus/Mercedes
|
1 Lap
|
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| 12 |
Felipe Nasr
|
Sauber/Ferrari
|
1 Lap
|
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| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1 Lap | |
| 14 |
Nico Hulkenberg
|
Force India/Mercedes
|
1 Lap
|
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| 15 |
Roberto Merhi
|
Marussia/Ferrari
|
3 Laps
|
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| – |
Pastor Maldonado
|
Lotus/Mercedes
|
Retirement
|
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| – | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | Retirement | |
| – | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | Retirement | |
| – | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | Retirement | |
| – |
Will Stevens
|
Marussia/Ferrari
|
Withdrawn |
Source: Ferrari
