2015 Formula One season

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The 2015 Formula One season was the 4th Formula One championship contested over 20 circuits in 19 countries. Defending champion Marcus Ericsson won his third championship consecutively, only this time, with Ferrari instead of Marussia. Lotus–Renault also won their third consecutive championship, and Renault won their second engine championship.

Signed teams and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rounds
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 1 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All
2 Spain Fernando Alonso All
The United Kingdom Lotus Lotus-Renault France Renault 3 France Romain Grosjean All
4 Finland Kimi Raikkonen All
Russia Com Hem Marussia Cosworth Marussia-Cosworth Germany Cosworth 5 Germany Timo Glock All
6 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All
France Red Bull Renault Works Team Renault France Renault 7 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 1–18
Brazil Fabiano Cruz 19–20
8 China Ma Quinghua All
The United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Team McLaren-Honda Japan Honda 9 Taiwan Tu Yu All
10 Australia Daniel Ricciardo All
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Germany Mercedes 11 Germany Michael Schumacher All
12 Germany Sebastian Vettel All
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari Italy Ferrari 14 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta All
15 Germany Dieter Aeschelman All
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Germany BMW 16 Germany Nico Rosberg All
17 Brazil Felipe Massa All
Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham-Cosworth Germany Cosworth 18 India Narain Karthikeyan 1–17
The United States Alexander Rossi 18
Italy Nino Magro 19–20
19 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde All
The Netherlands Team Aethra EADS EADS-BMW Germany BMW 20 Italy Federico Piazza All
21 Russia Ilya Alkaev All
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Ferrari Italy Ferrari 22 France Jean-Eric Vergne All
23 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe All
South Korea Hyundai F1 Team Hyundai-BMW Germany BMW 24 Spain Jaime Alguersuari All
25 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All

Team changes[edit | edit source]

  • Red Bull Racing → Red Bull Renault Works Team. Following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2014, Renault announced an interest in re-entering F1. Failed talks with Lotus resulted in them looking to Red Bull. The talks were much more successful, and eventually, a deal was agreed on wherein Red Bull would remain as title sponsor, and thus would supply the majority of the funds to the team. Toro Rosso also continued to receive funding from Red Bull GmbH.

Driver changes[edit | edit source]

  • Ma Quinghua: Caterham → Renault. Ma Quinghua impressed in his maiden season in Formula One, scoring five points in what was largely seen as a back-marker team. Red Bull/Renault offered him a contract, the team looking for new talent that might give them a shot at the constructor's title.
  • Giedo van der Garde: EADS → Caterham. Giedo was given the chance to
  • Federico Piazza joins EADS. EADS were looking to
  • Daniel Ricciardo: Renault → McLaren. Rising start Ricciardo was forced from his seat at Red Bull (now Renault) by a rivalry with team mate Maldonado, as Red Bull were looking to give another young driver the chance to ride with a top team. He expressed disappointment at Red Bull, but was relieved another top team was giving him good potential.
  • Lewis Hamilton: McLaren → Marussia. Lewis Hamilton, being forced from his seat by Ricciardo's superior 2014 season results, was happy to join rising constructor Marussia, claiming he will be hoping to fight for podiums more vigorously than last year.
  • Marcus Ericsson: Marussia → Ferrari. Two-time World Champion Marcus Ericsson was looking to prove to the community that it was not just a Marussia he was capable of winning in. He signed a contract with Ferrari as soon as he could, stating "it has been my life-long dream to be on the Ferrari team – the absolute pinnacle of Formula One."
  • Felipe Massa: Ferrari → Williams. Felipe Massa was forced out of his seat with Marcus Ercisson's arrival. Ericsson admitted regret, though Massa approached the situation confidently, stating his 2014 season at Ferrari didn't give him the results he wanted.
  • Bruno Senna without a drive. Massa's move meant fellow Brazilian and Ayrton Senna's nephew, Bruno, was left without a drive. With a disappointing season driving for Williams behind him, though, he claimed he saw it coming.
  • Tu Yu joins McLaren. The first Taiwanese made his debut at McLaren for 2015. McLaren recognized his talents early on in his life, and brought him up through their own young driver's program.
  • Jenson Button without a drive. During the contract negotiations, he only accepted contracts from larger teams, claiming that his intention was to retire after the next contract expires. His disappointing 2014 season meant that this was not possible, and, in an interview, claimed "15 years in Formula One has been plenty enough."
  • Ilya Alkaev joins EADS.
  • Davide Valsecchi without a drive.
  • Dieter Aeschelman joins Sauber.
  • Kamui Kobayashi without a drive.

Mid season[edit | edit source]

  • Caterham: Narain Karthikeyan → Alexander Rossi. Karthikeyan's struggling Caterham crashed and set alight during his home race at India. American test driver Alexander Rossi replaced him.
  • Caterham: Alexander Rossi → Nino Magro. Alexander Rossi was also injured during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the following race, in an incident involving Maldonado, who was also injured. Italian Nino Magro replaced him for the remainder of the season.
  • Renault: Pastor Maldonado → Fabiano Cruz. Pastor's injuries were a little less severe than Rossi's, but nevertheless he was ordered to not participate in the rest of the season, despite being fourth at the time. Hyundai-hopeful and Brazilian, Fabiano Cruz, replaced him. He performed extremely well in the two races, scoring two podiums. Pastor was demoted to 5th by team mate Quinghua by the end of the season. Cruz performed so well that Renault demoted Pastor to test driver for the 2016 season. If he performed better than Maldonado before his crash (210 points by the Indian GP), he would be permanently replaced.

Report[edit | edit source]

The opening round at Australia showed strong pace for the Renault-engine teams, Lotus and Renault. In particular, Ma Quinghua, with only a year at Caterham in his pocket, scored his first podium for the new Renault team. Vettel had a strong race with Mercedes, thought Schumacher was forced to retire. Nevertheless, the Mercedes' pace was definitely perceived as faster than in 2014. Timo Glock and Lewis Hamilton also proved strong after much speculation that Marussia wouldn't perform well without Marcus Ericsson, though their Cosworth engines gave them problems, demoting them to lower points-scoring positions that were not representative of their race pace. Ericsson proved strong as ever, scoring a 4th despite starting from the back of the grid and serving a drive-through. The same cannot be said for his Ferrari team mate Alonso, though. The media speculated that the Ferrari was not as strong this year.

Toro Rosso seemed to replace Caterham yet again as the low-midfield team, the latter struggling to score points throughout the first part of the season.

Results and standings[edit | edit source]

See also: Results table
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor engine Driver Lead Constructor Lead Engine Lead
1 Australian Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen France Renault France Renault Finland Kimi Raikkonen 7 France Renault 8 France Renault 35
2 Malaysian Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Venezuela Pastor Maldonado France Renault France Renault Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 10 41 45
3 Chinese Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault Finland Kimi Raikkonen 5 15 51
4 Bahrain Finland Kimi Raikkonen Taiwan Tu Yu France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault 8 3 109
5 Spanish China Ma Quinghua Sweden Marcus Ericsson China Ma Quinghua France Renault France Renault China Ma Quinghua 2 5 171
6 Monaco Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Pastor Maldonado France Renault France Renault 5 25 231
7 Canadian Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Venezuela Pastor Maldonado France Reanult France Renault 2 60 264
8 European Finland Kimi Raikkonen Germany Timo Glock France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 3 42 330
9 British Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault China Ma Quinghua 7 23 348
10 German Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 21 30 344
11 Hungarian Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault 5 The United Kingdom Lotus 1 355
12 Belgian Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Venezuela Pastor Maldonado France Renault France Renault 8 France Renault 32 375
13 Italian Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari France Romain Grosjean 1 14 348
14 Singapore Finland Kimi Raikkonen Taiwan Tu Yu France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault 2 12 400
15 Japanese Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Romain Grosjean Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault 12 The United Kingdom Lotus 17 453
16 Korean Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus France Renault 10 53 465
17 Indian Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault France Renault Finland Kimi Raikkonen 8 44 479
18 Abu Dhabi Sweden Marcus Ericsson Germany Timo Glock Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 14 72 464
19 United States Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault France Renault 7 71 487
20 Brazilian Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Paul di Resta France Renault Italy Ferrari Sweden Marcus Ericsson 8 45 473

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Ferrari) 1 The United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 1 France Renault
2 Finland Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 2 France Renault 2 Italy Ferrari
3 France Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 3 Italy Ferrari 3 Japan Honda
4 China Ma Quinghua (Renault) 4 The United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 4 Germany Cosworth
5 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado (Renault) 5 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 5 Germany Mercedes
6 Australia Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 6 Russia Marussia-Cosworth 6 Germany BMW
7 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Marussia) 7 Germany Mercedes N/A
8 Germany Dieter Aescheiman (Sauber) 8 The United Kingdom Williams-BMW
9 Taiwan Tu Yu (McLaren) 9 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta (Sauber) 10 The Netherlands EADS-BMW
11 Germany Timo Glock (Marussia) 11 Malaysia Caterham-Cosworth
12 Germany Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 12 South Korea Hyundai-BMW
13 Spain Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) N/A
14 Germany Nico Rosberg (Williams)
15 Brazil Fabiano Cruz (Renault)
16 Germany Sebastian Vettel (Mercedes)
17 Brazil Felipe Massa (Williams)
18 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
19 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe (Toro Rosso)
20 Italy Federico Piazza (EADS)
20 Russia Ilya Alkaev (EADS)
21 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
22 Italy Nino Magro (Caterham)
23 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne (Hyundai)
24 India Narain Karthikeyan (Caterham)
25 Spain Jaime Alguersuari (Hyundai)
NC The United States Alexander Rossi (Caterham)