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Formula One World Championship
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Lewis Hamilton the reigning world champion and the current championship leader for Mercedes.
Nico Rosberg is season for Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel is third for Ferrari in his first season with the team.

The 2015 Formula One season is the 66th Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One world championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The season consists of 19 races[1], starting in Australia on the 15th March and ending in Abu Dhabi on the 29th November. This season saw the second season since the introduction of the V6 engines format with an 8 speed automatic gearbox[2].

Teams and Drivers

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Nat. Team Constructor Chassis Tyre No. Nat. Drivers Rounds No. Nat. Free Practise Drivers
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W06
Hybrid
[3]
P 44[N 1] United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[6] 1–10
6 Germany Nico Rosberg[7] 1–10
Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red BullRenault[8] RB11[9] P 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo[10] 1–10
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat[11] 1–10
United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing WilliamsMercedes[12] FW37[13] P 19 Brazil Felipe Massa[14] 1–10 41 United Kingdom Susie Wolff[15]
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas[14] 1–10
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF15-T[16] P 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel[17] 1–10
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[18] 1–10
United Kingdom McLaren Honda[19] McLarenHonda[20] MP4-30[21] P 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen[22] 1
14 Spain Fernando Alonso[23] 2–10
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button[23] 1–10
India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force IndiaMercedes[24] VJM08
VJM08B
[25]
P 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[26] 1–10
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez[27] 1–10
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro RossoRenault[19] STR10[28] P 33[29] Netherlands Max Verstappen[30] 1–10
55[31] Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr.[32] 1–10
United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team[33] LotusMercedes[34] E23
Hybrid
[35]
P 8 France Romain Grosjean[36] 1–10 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer[37]
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado[38] 1–10
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team SauberFerrari[39] C34[40] P 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[41][40] 1–10 36 Italy Raffaele Marciello[42]
12[43] Brazil Felipe Nasr[44] 1–10
United Kingdom Manor Marussia F1 Team[19][33] MarussiaFerrari[19][33] MR03B[45][46] P 28 United Kingdom Will Stevens[47][48][33] 1–10 42 Switzerland Fabio Leimer[49]
98 Spain Roberto Merhi[50] 1–10
Source:[19][51][33]

Team Changes

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McLaren will renew their relationship with Japanese manufacturer Honda, twenty-three years since they last competed together. Pictured is the McLaren MP4/6, one of the last cars built by McLaren to use a Honda engine, racing at the 1991 United States Grand Prix.
  • Lotus will change their engine supplier from Renault to Mercedes.[52] This ended a 20 year involvement of Renault with the Enstone based team, after being an engine supplier to Benetton since 1995, and was the constructor of the team from 2002 to 2010.
  • McLaren will also change their engine supplier, taking up a deal with Honda, who will supply the team with a V6 engine and Engine Recovery System (ERS).[20]. This will end McLaren's 21 year association with Mercedes, as will as Honda's first race since 2008.
  • Following crippling financial problems which forced Caterham to miss the 2014 United States and Brazilian Grands Prix, their entry in the 2015 season was cast into doubt [53]; however, a provisional entry list that was released in November 2014 included the team.[19]. However, the same list also included Marussia under the original of the team; Manor Grand Prix.[19] However, in November 2014, the administrators announced that the Marussia team would cease operations and close.[54]
  • However, Manor kept the entry, and subsequently announced on the 4th February that the team would leave administration of the 19th February 2015,[55] of which the did, and subsequently appeared on an update entry list of the 27th February, once again called Marussia. Caterham were dropped from the entry list[33], whose assets will be sold off just days before the opening race.[56][57][58]

Driver Changes

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Max Verstappen became the youngest ever driver to enter a Grand Prix, aged just 17 years 166 days when he entered the Australian Grand Prix.
  • Sebastian Vettel will leave Red Bull to join Ferrari after being with the team since 2009. [17] This will also end a 15 year association that Vettel had with the team. Daniil Kvyat was choosen to take Vettel's seat at Red Bull, after only one season at Toro Rosso.[11]
  • As a result of Vettel joining Ferrari, Fernando Alonso left the team after being with the team since 2010.[17] Alonso decided to return to McLaren, seven years after he last raced for the team. After weeks of speculation, Jenson Button was confirmed as the team's second driver, with Kevin Magnussen retained in a test and reserve role.[23][59] The decision to appoint Button alongside Alonso gave McLaren the single most experienced driver line-up in Formula One history, with the drivers having over five hundred Grand Prix starts between them. However, in pre-season testing, Alonso's McLaren crashed subsequently forcing him to miss the Australian Grand Prix. He was replaced by Magnussen.[22]
  • Before the Kyvat and Vettel changed teams, Max Verstappen was choosen by Toro Rosso to race for them, making him the youngest ever driver at 17 years, 164 days at the Australian Grand Prix. [30] After Kyvat left for Red Bull, Toro Rosso choose Carlos Sainz, Jr. to be his team mate. [32] Jean-Éric Vergne elected to leave the team before Toro Rosso choose Sainz, Jr. This ended his association with the team after driving since 2011. Vergne later joined Ferrari as a test driver.[60]
  • After only one season with Caterham, Marcus Ericsson left to join Sauber. [41] He was later partnerned by former Williams test driver, Felipe Nasr. [44] This meant that Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutiérrez, who had driven for the team since 2013. Gutierrez later joined Ferrari as a test driver.[61] However, in March 2015, Giedo van der Garde took legal action against Sauber, claiming that he had a contract to drive for Sauber in 2015.[62] On the 11 March, the court ruled in favour of van der Garde, of which Sauber launched an appeal which was heard on the same day, claiming it would be "unsafe" for van der Garde to race in Australia.[63] However, on the 12th March, it was announced that Sauber had lost their appeal,[64] before van der Garde ultimately waived his right as part of a settlement with a view to finding a more permanent solution later in the year.[65]
  • Will Stevens joined Manor F1 for his first full season in the sport. Stevens made a previous appearance for Caterham at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[47][48] His team mate was announced as Roberto Merhi who joined Manor F1 to make his race début, initially signing a one-race deal.[50]

Regulation Changes

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Technical Changes

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  • The number of power units that a driver may use in a season will be reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015.[66]
  • The rules regarding engine development that were introduced in 2014 were changed, with the manufacturers allowed to perform half the development permitted in 2014; the development will be halved again in 2016.[67]
  • Following the backlash over "ugly" nose designs in 2014, the FIA moved to amend the rules surrounding nose designs for the 2015 season. Noses are now lower than in 2014, retaining a minimum cross section, but they must taper to a point at a fixed linear rate, effectively outlawing the dramatic finger shapes seen in 2014 in favour of a more gradual shape. Furthermore, the design of the nose must be symmetrical and consistent with the centreline of the car, thereby banning the more exotic designs, such as the "twin-tusk" approach used by Lotus on the E22 chassis.[68]
  • The minimum weight of the cars at all times during an event was increased to 702 kilograms (1,548 lb).[1]
  • The ban on Front-and-Rear Interconnected suspension systems (FRIC) implemented in the middle of the 2014 season was formalised, with the regulations stating that the front and rear suspension must be designed in such a way that any change in performance must be a direct result of a change in load applied solely to them.[1]
  • The anti-intrusion panels on both sides of the survival cell have been extended upwards to the rim of the cockpit and alongside the driver's head.[1]
  • Following the financial struggles faced by Marussia and Caterham in 2014, the FIA approved the use of 2014-specification chassis in 2015 provided that teams showed cause and received an individual dispensation to compete with their old chassis.[69] However a request by Manor F1 to use their 2014 car was later rejected by the other teams.[70][71] Subsequent regulation changes allowed the team to use the 2014 model of Ferrari power units in their 2015 chassis instead of the 2015 specification power units used by Ferrari and other customer teams.[72]

Sporting Regulations

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  • The replacement of a complete power unit no longer results in a penalty. Penalties continue to be applied cumulatively for individual components of the power unit, and if such a grid place penalty is imposed and the driver's grid position is such that it cannot be applied in full, the remainder of the penalty is no longer carried over to the next race, but is instead applied in the form of a time penalty during the race corresponding to the number of grid spaces remaining in the penalty.[1]
  • In addition to the existing five-second penalty that may be served during a driver's scheduled pit stop, a new ten-second penalty that has to be served in the same manner, was introduced.[1]
  • If a car is deemed to have been released from its pit stop in an unsafe manner, the driver receives a ten second stop-and-go penalty. Further penalties are applied if the stewards believe that the driver is aware of this and attempts to drive the car regardless.[1]
  • The qualifying procedure has been further clarified to cater to different sizes of starting grids: if twenty-four cars are entered for the race, seven are eliminated after the each of the first two qualifying segments; if twenty-two are entered, six are eliminated after each qualifying segment and so on if fewer cars are eligible.
  • Double points will no longer be awarded at the final event of the championship.[1]
  • In light of a regulation introduced in 2014 dictating that a race can not run for more than four hours and following recommendations from the report into Jules Bianchi's accident the previous season, the start times of five Grands Prix have been moved one hour earlier, so that races do not start with less than four hours until dusk. Thus, the Australian, Malaysia, Chinese, Japanese and Russian Grands Prix will start an hour earlier than in 2014.[73]
  • In the aftermath of Bianchi's accident, a new procedure called virtual safety car (VSC) was introduced, obliging drivers to reduce their speed to match the one indicated on their displays on their steering wheels. The procedure may be initiated when double waved yellow flags are needed on any section of a circuit where competitors and officials may be in danger, but the circumstances are not as such to warrant deployment of the actual safety car.[1]
  • The safety car procedure was amended. Once the last lapped car has passed the leader, the safety car returns to the pits at the end of the following lap. This is a change of the previous practice which required the unlapped cars to have caught up with the back of the pack before the safety car could return to the pits.[1]
  • If a race is suspended (red-flagged), the cars no longer line up on the grid but instead slowly proceed to the pit lane. Pit exit is closed and the first car to arrive in the pit lane proceeds to the exit with the others lining up behind in the order in which they arrive, regardless of race standing or garage location. Severe circumstances may still require cars to stop immediately on track.[1]
  • If any team personnel or team equipment remain on the grid after the fifteen-second signal has been shown before the start of the formation lap, the driver of the car concerned must start the race from the pit lane. If the driver concerned fails to obey this, they receive a ten second stop-and-go penalty.[1]
  • Drivers are no longer permitted to change the design of their helmet in-season.[74]

Results

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Rnd. Grand Prix Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Constructor Report
1 Australia Australian Grand Prix Albert Park, Melbourne 15 March United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes Report
2 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpar 29 March United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari Report
3 China Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 12 April United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes Report
4 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 19 April United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes Report
5 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 10 May Germany Nico Rosberg United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes Report
6 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 24 May United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Australia Daniel Ricciardo Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes Report
7 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 7 June United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes Report
8 Austria Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 June United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes Report
9 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 5 July United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes Report
10 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Budapest 26 July United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Australia Daniel Ricciardo Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari Report
11 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 23 August Report
12 Italy Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 6 September Report
13 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 20 September Report
14 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 September Report
15 Russia Russian Grand Prix Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 11 October Report
16 United States United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin 25 October Report
17 Mexico Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 1 November Report
18 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 15 November Report
19 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 29 November Report
Source:[75][1]

Calendar Changes

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  • The Mexican Grand Prix is scheduled to return to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 1992. The race is to be held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit located in the centre of Mexico City, which also was the location of all of the Mexican Grands Prix in previous decades.[76] The circuit will be substantially reconfigured to accommodate the sport's return.[77]
  • The Grand Prix of America, originally aimed for a debut in 2013 at the Port Imperial Street Circuit in New Jersey, was again delayed for a third straight year.[78][79]
  • The German Grand Prix was set to return to the Nürburgring, in accordance with the event-sharing agreement established between the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring in 2008.[80] The Nürburgring had previously hosted the race in 2013 and so was scheduled to host it again in 2015, but the venue was left off of the provisional calendar,[81] leaving the event-sharing agreement at a stalemate.[82][83] With both venues unwilling to host the event,[84][85] the race was ultimately cancelled, leaving the country off the Grand Prix calendar for the first time since 1960.[86]
  • The Indian Grand Prix was cancelled for the second consecutive year following tax disputes between the FIA and the Uttar Pradesh government.[87]
  • The Korean Grand Prix was scheduled to return to the Formula One calendar after being removed in 2014,[1] but the plan was ultimately abandoned.[88]

Drivers Championship

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Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver Grands Prix Points
AUS
Australia
MYS
Malaysia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JPN
Japan
RUS
Russia
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
ABU
United Arab Emirates
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 6 73
2 Germany Nico Rosberg 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 8 56
3 Germany Sebastian Vettel 3 1 3 5 3 2 5 4 3 1 45
4 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ret 4 4 2 5 6 4 Ret 8 Ret 18
5 Finland Valtteri Bottas INJ 5 6 4 4 14 3 5 5 13 17
6 Brazil Felipe Massa 4 6 5 10 6 15 6 3 4 12 15
7 Russia Daniil Kvyat DNS 9 Ret 9 10 4 9 12 6 2 10
8 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 6 10 9 6 7 5 13 10 Ret 3 8
9 Netherlands Max Verstappen Ret 7 17† Ret 11 Ret 15 8 Ret 4 3
10 Brazil Felipe Nasr 5 12 8 12 12 9 16 11 DNS 11 2
11 Spain Fernando Alonso Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 5 2
12 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 7 14 Ret 13 15 11 8 6 7 Ret 1
France Romain Grosjean Ret 11 7 7 8 12 10 Ret Ret 7
Mexico Sergio Pérez 10 13 11 8 13 7 11 9 9 Ret
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 14
Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. 9 8 14 Ret 9 10 12 Ret Ret Ret
United Kingdom Jenson Button 11 Ret 13 DNS 16 8 Ret Ret Ret 9
Sweden Marcus Ericsson 8 Ret 10 14 14 13 14 13 11 10
United Kingdom Will Stevens WD DNS 15 16 17 17 17 Ret 12 16†
Spain Roberto Merhi WD DNQ 16 17 18 16 Ret 14 13 15
Denmark Kevin Magnussen DNS

Notes:

  • † — Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they finished 90% or more of the race distance
  • Drivers failing the 107% time in Q1 will fail to qualify. Drivers with no time will depend on the stewards ruling.

Constructors Championship

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Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1
Pos. Constructor No. Grands Prix Points
AUS
Australia
MYS
Malaysia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JPN
Japan
RUS
Russia
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
ABU
United Arab Emirates
1 Germany Mercedes 44 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 6 129
6 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 8
2 Italy Ferrari 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 5 4 3 1 67
7 Ret 4 4 2 5 6 4 Ret 8 Ret
3 United Kingdom WilliamsMercedes 19 4 6 5 10 6 15 6 3 4 12 32
77 INJ 5 6 4 4 14 3 5 5 13
4 Austria Red BullRenault 3 6 10 9 6 7 5 13 10 Ret 3 18
26 DNS 9 Ret 9 10 4 9 12 6 2
5 Italy Toro RossoRenault 33 Ret 7 17† Ret 11 Ret 15 8 Ret 4 3
55 9 8 14 Ret 9 10 12 Ret Ret Ret
6 Switzerland SauberFerrari 9 8 Ret 10 14 14 13 14 13 11 10 2
12 5 12 8 12 12 9 16 11 DNS 11
7 United Kingdom McLarenHonda [N 2] DNS Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 5 2
22 11 Ret 13 DNS 16 8 Ret Ret Ret 9
8 India Force IndiaMercedes 27 7 14 Ret 13 15 11 8 6 7 Ret 1
11 10 13 11 8 13 7 11 9 9 Ret
United Kingdom LotusMercedes 8 Ret 11 7 7 8 12 10 Ret Ret 7
13 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 14
United Kingdom MarussiaFerrari 28 WD DNS 15 16 17 17 17 Ret 12 16†
98 WD DNQ 16 17 18 16 Ret 14 13 15

Notes:

  • † — Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they finished 90% or more of the race distance
  • Drivers failing the 107% time in Q1 will fail to qualify. Drivers with no time will depend on the stewards ruling.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Lewis Hamilton had the choice to choose to use number 1 or number 44 for the 2015 season as he won the Driver's Championship in 2014.[4] He eventually choose to use 44.[5]
  2. ^ Fernando Alonso was injured in preseason, and susequently couldn't take his No. 14 position up in Australia. Therefore McLaren's Reserve driver Kevin Magnussen took his place with No. 20[22][23].

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