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MOTORHUB MAGAZINE Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Grand Prix Australian GP Malaysian GP Chinese GP Bahrain GP Spanish GP Monaco GP Canadian GP Pole position Lewis Hamilton        Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton MALAYSIAN GP REPORT Vettel Celebrates Malaysian GP win Fastest lap Lewis Hamilton         Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton Daniel Ricciardo Kimi Räikkönen Winning driver Winning constructor Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes Sebastian Vettel   Mercedes Winner’s Table as Lewis Hamilton Mercedes of 19th June, 2015 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Nico Rosberg Mercedes Nico Rosberg Mercedes Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes Sebastian Vettel took his first victory with Ferrari in the Malaysian GP, leading the two Mercedes drivers home. Vettel held second place at the start between the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but both the silver cars pitted during an early Safety Car period. Vettel stayed out, and by running a long first stint was able to make just two pit stops. The Mercedes pair had to come in three times, and didn’t have the pace to make up the time lost in the extra pit stop. Hamilton was also forced to keep using the hard tyres, having used up his medium tyres during qualifying, while Vettel used another set for his second stint. But the Ferrari was also far stronger at Sepang – a fact underlined by Raikkonen’s recovery from 11th on the grid and a first-lap puncture to finish fourth. The Williams drivers finished fifth and sixth after Valtteri Bottas put a late pass on Felipe Massa. The two Toro Rosso drivers also exchanged places late in the race, Max Verstappen becoming the youngest-ever points scorer with seventh place. SPANISH GP REPORT Nico Rosberg won the Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli 2015 in some style, defeating Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by 17.5s in Barcelona to reinvigorate his world championship campaign. For Ferrari, finishing 45s back from Rosberg was a major disappointment, particularly as they’d come to Spain with a raft of changes that they hoped would enable them to take the fight to Mercedes.