2015 Russian Grand Prix Vettel. Nico Rosberg dropped to third, seven points behind Vettel on 229 points. 2015 Russian Grand Prix The 2015 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; ) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 October 2015. The fifty-three lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom. This was the fifteenth round of the 2015 season and marked the second time that the Russian Grand Prix was run as a round of the Formula One World Championship since its inception in . Lewis Hamilton won the race for the second season
1985 German Grand Prix and at that race Niki Lauda had a near-fatal accident in his Ferrari that forced the Formula One circus to move to the safer, shorter and faster Hockenheimring. The GP-Strecke would not host another Grand Prix until it hosted the 1995 European Grand Prix, and would not host the German Grand Prix again until 2009. Michele Alboreto won the race, his fifth and last F1 victory. This event was the first occasion on which an onboard camera was used in a race; one was attached to François Hesnault's Renault. That car was not eligible for championship points, and this race