Formula 1 World Championship 2015

Formula 1 World Championship 2015

World Champion
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton
Constructor:	Mercedes
Season dates
Number of races:	19th
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World Champion Lewis Hamilton

The 2015 Formula 1 World Championship was the 66th season of the Formula 1 World Championship and again comprised 19 Grands Prix. It began on March 15 in Melbourne, Australia and ended again on November 29 on Yas Island off Abu Dhabi . On October 25th, the Briton Lewis Hamilton prematurely became world driver champion for the third time. Mercedes won the constructors' world championship .

Changes in 2015

Racetracks

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was extensively rebuilt for 2015 (old route is highlighted in gray)

New to the calendar was the Mexican Grand Prix ( Mexico City ), which was already included in the provisional calendar for the 2014 season, but not included in the final 2014 calendar. The Korean Grand Prix , which was last on the racing calendar in 2013, was also back on the calendar. However, it was uncertain where the race should take place. In addition to the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam , a street circuit in Seoul was also mentioned as an option. For the first time in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship, there was a racing calendar with 21 races. On January 6, 2015, the FIA ​​announced that it would remove the Korean Grand Prix from the racing calendar, so the number of races remained at 20.

The regularly agreed change of the German Grand Prix from the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg to the Nürburgring was not confirmed when the race calendar was announced due to the change in ownership of the Nürburgring, the venue of the race initially remained open. Bernie Ecclestone said in mid-January 2015 that discussions with those in charge of the Hockenheimring would be in progress about hosting the race: It cannot take place at the Nürburgring because nobody is available there. Nürburgring managing director Carsten Schumacher admitted that the Nürburgring had no contract for 2015, while Hockenheimring managing director Georg Seiler confirmed that the current contract of the Hockenheimring only applies to the 2016 and 2018 races. In a fax to the Rhein-Zeitung on February 2, 2015, Ecclestone wrote [...] that there will be no Formula 1 race in Germany . However , he later told Reuters that the race was unlikely to take place, but that there were still attempts to save it. On March 17th, those responsible for the Hockenheimring announced that they would not hold the Grand Prix, although Mercedes-Benz had offered to contribute to the cost of the race, according to media reports twelve million euros. Two days later, the management of the Nürburgring announced that it would not host the race. The race was officially canceled on March 20th.

Because of Jules Bianchi's accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix , which occurred as darkness fell, races in Australia, Malaysia, China, Japan and Russia started an hour earlier.

Technical regulations

There were new regulations for the design of the vehicle nose, there were minimum cross-sections both 50 mm and 150 mm behind the nose tip. In addition, the vehicle noses had to be symmetrical when viewed from above.

The total weight of the vehicles including the driver increased by 11 kg to 702 kg.

The brake discs had to turn at the same speed as the wheels.

To improve safety, more stringent crash tests were required, and there was also improved locking of the wheel nuts.

The wind tunnel hours and CFD calculations were again reduced for the 2015 season for cost reasons; an average of 25 units per week were allowed over a period of eight weeks. One unit represented either one hour in the wind tunnel or 1.0  TeraFLOPS for CFD calculations. In addition, the maximum number of wind tunnel runs per week was reduced from 80 to 65 hours. Each team was also only allowed to use a single wind tunnel.

The cars had to be equipped with titanium strips on the underbody, which caused increased flying sparks when the vehicle touched down.

The engine manufacturers were allowed to make design changes to the drive units used in 2014 to a certain extent. For this purpose, so-called tokens were assigned to the individual components of the drive unit , the total of all tokens is 66. Each manufacturer was allowed to use 32 tokens (or around 48 percent) for modifications for the 2015 season.

At the beginning of January 2015 it became known that a final homologation of the engines before the start of the season was not explicitly stipulated in the regulations. Contrary to previous assumptions, the engine manufacturers were allowed to carry out the final homologation of their drive units for the 2015 season during the current season. However, manufacturers who are new to Formula 1 were exempt from this rule; the homologation had to take place on February 28, 2015.

As Honda felt at a disadvantage as a new engine supplier and threatened to protest against competitors making modifications during the current season, the FIA ​​accepted a compromise whereby Honda would be granted as many tokens for changes during the current season as the other three engine manufacturers in the Left average unused in the first race. If the average does not produce an even number, it was rounded down.

As part of the Australian Grand Prix , the FIA ​​announced that Mercedes had left seven, Ferrari ten and Renault twelve tokens unused. This gave Honda nine tokens for changes.

Sporting regulations

In 2015 there were two days of testing after two races during the season. In the preseason these were carried out after four races. Two test days were reserved exclusively for young drivers. On June 26, 2014, at the FIA ​​World Council meeting in Munich, it was proposed that after a safety car phase , a restart should always take place instead of the flying clearance. However, this regulation was not incorporated into the Formula 1 sports regulations published in December 2014.

New light signal with the note "Virtual Safety Car".

In addition, the “ Virtual Safety Car ” (VSC) was introduced for 2015 , the procedure transmitted and electronically displayed a virtual safety car phase in the participants' cockpit. In the virtual safety car phase, the rules were applied similarly to the normal safety car phase, except that the safety car was not used. The VSC was usually used when double-waved yellow flags were required in a section of the route and drivers or officials could be endangered, but the circumstances did not make the use of the safety car necessary. In the Formula 1 cockpits, the drivers were shown “VSC DEPLOYED” ( German: “Virtual Safety Car used” ) and the electronic flags read “VSC”. In the sections of the route with the VSC displayed, the participants had to keep to the predetermined speed.

The safety car was allowed to return to the pits as soon as the last driver lapped had passed the leader and not only when all lapped drivers had reached the end of the field.

The parc fermé rule now applied from the third free practice instead of qualifying. In addition, the curfew , during which it was not allowed to work on the vehicles during the night, was extended from six hours to seven hours.

The award of double points in the last race of the season was abolished after only one season.

In addition to the five-second penalty introduced before the 2014 season, there was a ten-second penalty from 2015, which was to be imposed in the event of an “unsafe release”, i.e. driving off unsafe after a pit stop. Both the five-second and the ten-second penalty now had to be served at the next pit stop before starting work on the car. Previously, this was possible at any subsequent pit stop.

In the course of a season, only four instead of five copies of the individual modules of an engine unit were allowed to be used. In addition to the combustion engine itself, these were the two generators MGU-K and MGU-H, the energy store, the turbocharger and the control electronics. If a complete change was necessary, the driver no longer had to start from the pit lane, but was allowed to start the race from the last place on the grid. A penalty was cumulative for replacing the individual parts of the motor unit. If the end of the field was reached after a relocation, excess penalties were converted into time penalties.

After the number of races was increased to 21 in December 2014, the regulations allowed not four but five drive units. There has been speculation in the media that the Korean Grand Prix was added to the racing calendar only to increase the number of engine units allowed and that there was no chance of the race actually taking place. This impression was reinforced by the fact that the operators of the Korean International Circuit were not informed in advance of the inclusion of the race in the racing calendar. In addition, the race was scheduled for May 3, 2015, one week before the Spanish Grand Prix , which is an almost impossible task for the teams' logistics. Bernie Ecclestone wanted to help the engine manufacturers Ferrari , Honda and Renault in this way , as the engines from Mercedes were considered to be superior in terms of both performance and reliability. Ecclestone claimed the race was added to the calendar because the organizer had a contract that ran until 2016. Otherwise there was a risk of legal action by the organizer. The expected deletion of the race from the calendar took place on January 6, 2015.

With a new version of Article 28.4 of the sporting regulations, it was clarified on March 2, 2015 that an increase in the engine contingent would only take effect if more than 20 races were scheduled in the calendar at the start of the season. As a result, only four engine units per vehicle were allowed in the 2015 season. In contrast, on July 1, the strategy group decided that new manufacturers would have another engine unit available in the first year. This also applied retrospectively for 2015 and thus for Honda.

So that the drivers could easily be distinguished from one another on the route, the basic paintwork of a driver's helmet could not be changed during the season. According to Toto Wolff , the teams made this as a compromise in order not to have to put larger start numbers on the vehicles. This regulation caused criticism from the ranks of the drivers.

Between the last race of the season and the end of the calendar year, the teams were now allowed to run a maximum of 15 kilometers in show runs with the current cars.

After the Grand Prix of Great Britain , the FIA ​​announced rule changes that affected the largely automated start of vehicles from the Grand Prix of Belgium . For example, the friction point of the clutch was not allowed to be changed between the time the pit lane lights turned green (30 minutes before the start of the race) and the start of the race. In addition, technical aids that could be used to automatically determine the optimal grinding point were banned. In addition, the pit radio was severely restricted before the race, and discussions about the start procedure immediately led to a penalty.

Engine suppliers

Honda got back into Formula 1 as an engine supplier at the start of the season, McLaren was the only team to start with Honda engines.

In July 2014, Lotus announced that it would change the engine manufacturer for the 2015 season and start with Mercedes units instead of Renault engines . Lotus bought it prematurely from the Renault contract for five million euros.

driver

Daniil Kwjat moved from Scuderia Toro Rosso to Red Bull Racing and replaced Sebastian Vettel there . Vettel originally had a contract for the 2015 season, but drew a release clause. Since he was not within the first three drivers in the world championship on September 30, 2014, he was allowed to terminate his contract. Vettel eventually switched to Ferrari , where he replaced Fernando Alonso , who was actually tied to Ferrari until 2016. Alonso then returned to McLaren .

Will Stevens , who had contested the last race of the season for Caterham in the preseason , moved to Marussia .

Marcus Ericsson moved from Caterham to Sauber . His team mate was Felipe Nasr , who started for Carlin in the GP2 series last year and was also test and reserve driver for Williams .

Max Verstappen entered Formula 1 with Scuderia Toro Rosso . In 2014 he started for Van Amersfoort Racing in the European Formula 3 championship and finished third overall. With Carlos Sainz jr. Another newcomer took over the second Toro Rosso cockpit. Sainz drove in the Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014 and became champion with DAMS .

Roberto Merhi made his Formula 1 debut for Manor . In 2014 he was third in Formula Renault 3.5 for Zeta Corse and took part in several free practice sessions in Formula 1 for the Caterham F1 Team in 2014 .

Alexander Rossi , who was already registered for a race for Marussia in 2014 but was withdrawn, competed for five Grands Prix for the successor Manor in 2015.

Four former drivers took on the role of test driver. Kevin Magnussen stayed with McLaren . Esteban Gutiérrez and Jean-Éric Vergne switched from Sauber and Toro Rosso to Ferrari, respectively . Adrian Sutil , although he had a contract with Sauber as a driver for the 2015 season, was not named by the team as a driver for the season. Before the Malaysian Grand Prix , he was a substitute driver for Williams .

André Lotterer , who contested a Grand Prix for Caterham in 2014 , competed again in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Audi Sport Team Joest in 2015 .

Former Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi switched to Super Formula for Team LeMans in 2015 .

Former Marussia driver Max Chilton joined Nissan in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015 .

Jules Bianchi , who competed for Marussia last season , has been in a coma since a serious accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix . In March 2015 it was announced that he had previously signed a contract with the Sauber team as a driver for the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship. During the Formula 1 World Championship 2015, Bianchi died on July 17th as a result of the accident.

Giedo van der Garde , who was a test driver at Sauber in the previous year, said he also had a valid contract with Sauber as a driver for the 2015 season. The team had a corresponding option in its test driver contract on June 28, 2014, and in this way sponsored money of 13 million euros. At the beginning of March, Van der Garde obtained an order from an arbitration tribunal in Switzerland, according to which the team must refrain from any action, the effect of which is that Mr van der Garde cannot assert his claim in the 2015 Formula 1 season to be able to participate as one of the two racing drivers named by Sauber . Van der Garde filed an urgent motion, decided by the Supreme Court of the Australian state of Victoria the week before the Grand Prix, to get a racing cockpit for the Australian Grand Prix. The first instance trial took place on March 9, 2015. Sauber was represented by the lawyer Rodney Garratt, van der Garde by Tom Clarke. Sauber's attorney Garrett argued that a van der Garde mission would "result in an irresponsible risk, including bodily harm and even death." On March 11, 2015, the court ruled that the contract between van der Garde and Sauber was effective and van the guard is entitled to the cockpit. This applies to the entire season and not just to the race in Australia. Sauber appealed the verdict, which was rejected on March 12, 2015. On March 13, a seat for van der Garde was adjusted, but the necessary super license was missing , which the team had to apply for. The court set a new date for a hearing on Saturday morning. In response, Sauber did not participate in the first free practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, while Ericsson and Nasr then drove in the second free practice session. Van der Garde announced on March 14, 2015 that it would waive its legal right to a cockpit with Sauber for the Australian Grand Prix. In the week after the race it became known that the contract between Sauber and van der Garde had been terminated and that van der Garde had received a compensation payment of 15 million euros.

Before the start of the season, the criteria for issuing a super license were changed by the FIA, but the changes did not come into effect until the coming season . The 2015 season was therefore the last in which drivers who had neither reached the age of 18 nor had a driver's license could take part .

Teams

The insolvent team Caterham , founded in 2010, no longer competed in 2015.

The FIA ​​had Marussia on the provisional entry list for the 2015 season under the name Manor F1 Team . However, the team had to cease operations in November 2014 due to insolvency and was temporarily managed by an insolvency administrator. On February 19, 2015, the racing team was released from bankruptcy proceedings. The team management tried to be at the start of the first race of 2015 in order to be entitled to the premium payments from the previous season. On March 4, 2015, Manor announced that it would be competing in the Australian Grand Prix with a modified car from last year under the name “Manor Marussia F1 Team” .

Before the start of the season, several other teams had significant financial difficulties. They included Sauber , Force India, and Lotus . Force India's sports director spoke of "a hard winter". The problems were indirectly related to the insolvency of Caterham and Marussia: Due to the failures of the two teams, several Formula 1 suppliers themselves got into economic difficulties, whereupon they set the remaining teams significantly shorter payment terms than in previous years. Sauber, Force India and Lotus were partially unable to meet these deadlines, which led to delays in the development of the cars; Force India in particular fell considerably behind in this way. The smaller teams' payment problems were ultimately resolved by the fact that in several cases the rights holder brought forward payments, which were planned for the summer of 2015, to January and February 2015.

Teams and drivers

The overview lists all drivers who had signed a contract with the racing team as regular or test drivers for the 2015 season. The teams are arranged according to the constructors' championship of the previous year.

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P	[# 1]44	Lewis Hamilton	1-19	Pascal Wehrlein
					06th	Nico Rosberg	1-19
	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB11	Renault Energy F1 2015	P	03	Daniel Ricciardo	1-19	Sébastien Buemi António Félix da Costa Pierre Gasly
					26th	Daniil Kvyat	1-19
	Williams Martini Racing	Williams FW37	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P	19th	Felipe Massa	1-19	Alex Lynn Adrian Sutil Susie Wolff
					77	Valtteri Bottas	1-19
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 059/4	P	05	Sebastian Vettel	1-19	Marc Gené Esteban Gutiérrez Davide Rigon Jean-Éric Vergne
					07th	Kimi Raikkonen	1-19
	McLaren Honda	McLaren MP4-30	Honda RA615H	P	20th	Kevin Magnussen	1	Kevin Magnussen Oliver Turvey Stoffel Vandoorne
					14th	Fernando Alonso	2-19
					22nd	Jenson Button	1-19
	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM08	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P	27	Nico Hulkenberg	1-19	Alfonso Celis Jr. Steven Goldstein
					11	Sergio Perez	1-19
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR10	Renault Energy F1 2015	P	33	Max Verstappen	1-19	TBA
					55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1-19
	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E23 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P	08th	Romain Grosjean	1-19	Adderly Fong Carmen Jordá Jolyon Palmer
					13	Pastor Maldonado	1-19
	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 059/3	P	28	Will Stevens	1-19	Rio Haryanto Jordan King Fabio Leimer
					98	Roberto Merhi	1-12, 15, 19
					53	Alexander Rossi	13, 14, 16-18
	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C34	Ferrari 059/4	P	09	Marcus Ericsson	1-19	Adderly Fong Raffaele Marciello
					12	Felipe Nasr	1-19

Remarks

1. ↑ Lewis Hamilton decided to continue to compete with starting number 44, although as the reigning world champion he would have been entitled to starting number 1.

Season preparation

1st - 4th February: Circuito de Jerez

Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull RB11 in Jerez

Carlos Sainz Jr. at the Toro Rosso STR10 in Jerez

The first week of testing took place from February 1st to 4th at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain. With the Ferrari SF15-T , the Lotus E23 Hybrid , the McLaren MP4-30 , the Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid , the Red Bull RB11 , the Sauber C34 , the Toro Rosso STR10 and the Williams FW37 , eight cars made their track debut. Force India decided not to take part in these test drives because the VJM08 was not completed on time and test drives with the previous year's vehicle were not informative enough. However, it has been speculated that there are other reasons the team should be insolvent. Lotus arrived on February 1st and did not take part in the test drives until February 2nd.

At the start of the test on February 1, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the fastest with 1: 22.620 minutes, followed by Marcus Ericsson in a Sauber and Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes . Vettel was more than 0.6 seconds faster than the best time in the test drives in 2014. On that day, Rosberg covered almost 700 kilometers with 157 laps and was the driver with the greatest distance, Ericsson and Valtteri Bottas in the Williams drove with 73 each Round the second largest. Fernando Alonso in the McLaren only drove six laps due to electrical problems with the Honda engine, and Carlos Sainz junior in the Toro Rosso also had technical difficulties and only drove 46 laps.

On the second day of the test, Vettel was again the fastest with 1: 20.984 minutes, ahead of Sauber driver Felipe Nasr and Bottas. Vettel undercut the best time from the previous year by more than 2.2 seconds. Despite a water leak that ended the test drives for Mercedes three hours earlier that day, Lewis Hamilton drove the longest distance with 91 laps, followed by Vettel (88 laps) and Nasr (87 laps). Pastor Maldonado covered 41 laps in the Lotus on the car's track debut. McLaren, today with Jenson Button at the wheel, again only drove six laps with technical problems. Daniil Kwjat went off the track in the Red Bull and damaged his front wing. Since there were no spare parts available, he only covered 18 laps at slow speed during the day; he did not drive a timed lap. In the afternoon it started to rain so that the teams only drove a few laps.

On the third day it rained in the morning and the track began to dry up around noon. Nasr was the fastest driver with 1: 21.545 minutes, followed by Kimi Räikkönen and Rosberg. With 151 laps, Rosberg again drove the longest distance, followed by Sainz and Nasr. Alonso drove 32 laps with the McLaren, which was the first time several laps in a row, but he had to break off the test day in the early afternoon with a water leak.

On the last day of the test drives, Raikkonen set the fastest lap in 1: 20.841 minutes, ahead of Ericsson and Hamilton. This was also the fastest lap time of the entire test week and more than 2.4 seconds faster than the best time in the previous year. Hamilton drove the longest distance with 117 laps, but Ericsson and Raikkonen also covered more than 100 laps. Button drove the least with 35 laps, and Romain Grosjean also only covered 53 laps.

19. – 22. February: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Pascal Wehrlein in the repainted Force India VJM07 in Barcelona

Pastor Maldonado in the Lotus E23 Hybrid in Barcelona

The second week of testing took place from February 19th to 22nd at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Force India took part in these test drives with a repainted car from last year, the premiere of the VJM08 was not to take place until the third week of testing.

On February 19th, Pastor Maldonado set the fastest lap with 1: 25.011 minutes, followed by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo . Max Verstappen covered the greatest distance that day with 94 laps, followed by Susie Wolff and Felipe Nasr . Lewis Hamilton had to stop the test drives in the morning after only eleven laps because he was suffering from a cold with a high fever . Around noon, Pascal Wehrlein , who had previously driven for Force India, took over the Mercedes. Sergio Pérez drove the Force India for the rest of the day. Even Jenson Button had the tests noon quit because of a design flaw , a change of the engine was necessary on a seal of the ERS-K. In the early afternoon Nasr and Wolff collided, both vehicles were damaged and landed in the gravel . After the accident, the drivers blamed each other for the collision. Shortly before the end of the test day, however, both of them took part in the test drives again with their repaired cars.

On February 20th, Ricciardo was fastest with a lap time of 1: 24.574 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Felipe Massa . Ricciardo also drove the longest distance with 143 laps, ahead of Pérez and Marcus Ericsson . With 155 laps, Mercedes was the team that could complete the most laps. Nico Rosberg only drove in the morning because of a nerve inflammation in the neck area, after which the recovered Hamilton took over the car. Fernando Alonso covered the shortest distance with 59 laps. This corresponded to almost a complete race distance, although McLaren had announced the day before that the test drives would have to be done on that day with the faulty seal on the ERS-K, as the newly designed spare part would not be available until February 21st.

On February 21, Maldonado was fastest in 1: 24.348 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton. Verstappen drove almost two complete race distances with 129 laps, followed by Daniil Kwjat and Sebastian Vettel . With 24 laps, Button once again drove the lowest distance by far, because despite the newly designed seal on the ERS-K, the same problem arose as on the two previous days. Ericsson also only drove 53 laps because the transmission in his car had been damaged and Sauber had no replacement transmission available.

On February 22nd, Romain Grosjean was fastest in 1: 24.067 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Kwjat. Grosjean set the fastest lap of the test week and was more than 1.1 seconds faster than Hamilton's pole position at the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix . Rosberg covered the greatest distance with 131 laps, followed by Valtteri Bottas and Grosjean. With Alonso, another McLaren driver covered the shortest distance with 20 laps. After he was delayed in starting the test drives due to the installation of the newly delivered ERS-K seal, he had an accident in the late morning. He had to be rescued from the vehicle after the accident because he could not get himself out of the car and was transported to the hospital in a rescue helicopter. McLaren announced shortly afterwards that this was a purely precautionary measure and that Alonso was unharmed. Nevertheless, on March 3, 2015, on the advice of his doctors, Alonso canceled his participation in the Australian Grand Prix . Nico Hülkenberg broke off the test drives after only 36 laps with a problem with the drive.

February 26–1. March: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

The third week of testing took place from February 26th to March 1st at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. With the Force India VJM08, the ninth car made its debut in these test drives.

On the first day of testing, February 26th, Felipe Massa set the fastest time with 1: 23.500 minutes, followed by Marcus Ericsson and Lewis Hamilton . Ericsson covered the greatest distance that day with 122 laps, followed by Massa and Carlos Sainz jr. Jenson Button only drove seven laps and had to break off the test drives in the morning because the engine had to be changed due to a hydraulic leak. Hamilton also stopped driving in the afternoon after a defect in the ERS-K. Force India did not test at all that day, but the new vehicle should be ready for use by the afternoon of February 27.

On February 27th, Nico Rosberg was fastest with a time of 1: 22.792 minutes ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Nasr . Sebastian Vettel covered the greatest distance with 143 laps, just ahead of Nasr (141 laps) and Pastor Maldonado (140 laps). With 77 laps, Nico Hülkenberg covered the shortest distance in the Force India VJM08 , which made his track debut, but he did not start the test drives until around noon. For the first time, Button drove the McLaren MP4-30 for a full day of testing without any major technical problems, doing 101 laps.

In 1: 23.022 minutes, Hamilton set the fastest time on February 28, ahead of Massa and Kimi Raikkonen . With 158 laps, Hülkenberg covered the greatest distance, ahead of Raikkonen and Sainz. Kevin Magnussen , who drove a Honda engine in the configuration for the Melbourne race for the first time, covered the shortest distance with 39 laps.

On March 1st, Bottas set the fastest time in 1: 23.063 minutes ahead of Vettel and Nasr. Nasr drove the most laps, 159, ahead of Rosberg and Sergio Pérez . Button was able to drive the shortest distance with 30 laps, and Maldonado was only able to drive 39 laps because he crashed into the barrier after a brake defect.

Racing calendar

World map with the host countries and locations of all Formula 1 races.

Host country Grands Prix 2015

(Track locations marked with )

Host country for Grands Prix before 2015

(Track locations marked with )

The provisional racing calendar, which included 20 races, was published on September 8, 2014 and approved by the FIA ​​World Council on September 12, 2014. However, the final racing calendar, which was decided by the FIA ​​World Council on December 3, 2014, comprised 21 Grands Prix. On January 6, 2015, the FIA ​​announced that it would remove the Korean Grand Prix planned for May 3 from the racing calendar. On March 20, 2015, the FIA ​​World Council confirmed the cancellation of the German Grand Prix.

No.	date	Grand Prix (track)	Distance (km)	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	March, 15	Australia ( Melbourne )	307,574	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Mercedes
02	March 29	Malaysia ( Sepang )	310.408	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
03	12. April	China ( Shanghai )	305.066	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
04th	April 19th	Bahrain ( as-Sachir )	308.238	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )
05	10th of May	Spain ( Montmeló )	307.104	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
06th	May 24th	Monaco ( Monte Carlo )	260.286	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - Renault )
07th	June 7th	Canada ( Montréal )	305.270	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Williams - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )
08th	June 21st	Austria ( Spielberg )	307.020	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Felipe Massa ( Williams - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
09	5th July	Great Britain ( Silverstone )	306,198	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
10	July 26th	Hungary ( Mogyoród )	302.249	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Daniil Kwjat ( Red Bull - Renault )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - Renault )
11	August 23	Belgium ( Spa-Francorchamps )	301.048	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Romain Grosjean ( Lotus - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
12	September 6th	Italy ( Monza )	306.720	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Felipe Massa ( Williams - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
13	September 20th	Singapore ( Singapore )	308.828	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - Renault )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - Renault )
14th	September 27th	Japan ( Suzuka )	307,471	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
15th	October 11th	Russia ( Sochi )	309.745	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Sergio Pérez ( Force India - Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )
16	October 25	USA ( Austin )	308,405	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
17th	November 1st	Mexico ( Mexico City )	305.584	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Williams - Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
18th	15th of November	Brazil ( Interlagos )	305.909	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
19th	November 29th	Abu Dhabi ( Yas Island )	305.355	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 31: 54.067
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 1.360
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 34.523
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 26.327
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 30.945

The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit took place on March 15, 2015 and covered a distance of 58 laps of 5.303 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.574 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel .

The race was marked by many failures. Only 15 drivers started the race, eleven crossed the finish line.

Malaysian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 41: 05.793
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 8.569
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 12,310
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 49.834
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 42.062

The Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit took place on March 29, 2015 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.543 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 310.408 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg . It was Vettel's first win for Ferrari.

Chinese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 China Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 39: 42.008
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 0.714
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 2.988
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 35.782
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 42.208

The Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit took place on April 12, 2015 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.451 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.066 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel .

Bahrain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 35: 05.809
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	+ 3.380
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 6.033
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 32.571
SR	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 36.311

The Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit took place on April 19, 2015 and covered a distance of 57 laps of 5.412 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.238 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg .

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 41: 12.555
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 17,551
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 45.342
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 24.681
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 28.270

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya took place on May 10, 2015 and covered a distance of 66 laps of 4.655 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.104 km.

Nico Rosberg won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel .

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 49: 18.420
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 4.486
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 6,053
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 15.098
SR	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 18.063

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 24, 2015 and covered a distance of 78 laps of 3.337 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 260.864 km.

Nico Rosberg won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton . Hamilton led the race dominantly for long stretches until he pitted in a safety car phase and thus fell behind Rosberg and Vettel.

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 31: 53.145
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 2.285
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	+ 40.666
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 14.393
SR	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 16.987

The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve took place on June 7, 2015 and covered a distance of 70 laps of 4.361 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.270 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas .

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Austrian Grand Prix 2015

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 30: 16.930
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 8,800
3	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	+ 17.573
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 08.455
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 11.235

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring took place on June 21, 2015 and covered a distance of 71 laps of 4.326 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.020 km.

Nico Rosberg took the lead at the start and won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa .

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 31: 27.729
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 10,956
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 25.443
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 32.248
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 37.093

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit took place on July 5, 2015 and covered a distance of 52 laps of 5.891 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 306.198 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel .

Hungarian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 46: 09.985
2	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	+ 15.748
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	+ 25.084
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 22.020
SR	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 24.821

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring took place on July 26, 2015 and covered a distance of 69 laps of 4.381 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 302.249 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Daniil Kwjat and Daniel Ricciardo . It was Kwjat's first podium finish

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 23: 40.387
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 2.058
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	+ 37.988
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 47.197
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 52.416

The Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 23, 2015 and covered a distance of 43 laps of 7.004 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 301.048 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean .

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 18: 00.688
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 25.042
3	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	+ 47.635
PP	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 23.397
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 26.672

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza took place on September 6, 2015 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.793 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 306.720 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa .

Singapore Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Singapore Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2: 01: 22.118
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	+ 1.478
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	+ 17.154
PP	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 43.885
SR	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 50.041

The Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit took place on September 20, 2015 and covered a distance of 61 laps of 5.065 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.828 km.

Sebastian Vettel won the race ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Räikkönen .

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 28: 06,508
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 18.964
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 20,850
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 32.584
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 36.145

The Japanese Grand Prix on the Suzuka International Racing Course took place on September 27, 2015 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.807 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 307.471 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel .

All 20 drivers were rated.

Russian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Russian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 37: 11.024
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 5,953
3	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	+ 28.918
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 37.113
SR	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 40.071

The Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom took place on October 11, 2015 and covered a distance of 53 laps of 5.848 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 309.745 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Pérez . Mercedes won the constructors' championship early.

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : US Grand Prix 2015

space	driver	team	time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 50: 52.703
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+ 2.850
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 3.381
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 56.824
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 40.666

The US Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas took place on October 25, 2015 and covered a distance of 56 laps of 5.513 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 308.405 km.

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel . With this, Hamilton prematurely won his third world title.

Mexican Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Mexican Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 42: 35.038
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 1.954
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	+ 14,592
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 19.480
SR	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 20.521

The Mexican Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez took place on November 1, 2015 and covered a distance of 71 laps of 4.304 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.584 km.

Nico Rosberg won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas .

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 31: 09.090
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 7.756
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 14.244
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 11.382
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 14.832

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace took place on November 15, 2015 and covered a distance of 71 laps of 4.309 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.909 km.

Nico Rosberg won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel .

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38: 30.175
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 8.271
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	+ 19,430
PP	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 40.237
SR	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 44.517

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit took place on November 29, 2015 and covered a distance of 55 laps of 5.554 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 305.355 km.

Nico Rosberg won the race ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen .

Qualifying / racing duels

These two tables show which drivers in each team achieved the better positions in qualifying and in the race.

Qualifying duels driver : driver  Mercedes  Lewis Hamilton 12: 7  Nico Rosberg  Red Bull-Renault  Daniel Ricciardo 12: 7  Daniil Kvyat  Williams-Mercedes  Felipe Massa 8:11  Valtteri Bottas  Ferrari  Sebastian Vettel 15: 4  Kimi Raikkonen  McLaren Honda  Kevin Magnussen 0: 1  Jenson Button  Fernando Alonso 10: 8  Force India-Mercedes  Nico Hulkenberg 11: 8  Sergio Perez  Toro Rosso-Renault  Max Verstappen 9:10  Carlos Sainz Jr.  Lotus Mercedes  Romain Grosjean 17: 2  Pastor Maldonado  Marussia Ferrari  Will Stevens 9: 4  Roberto Merhi 2: 3  Alexander Rossi  Clean Ferrari  Marcus Ericsson 10: 9  Felipe Nasr

Racing duels driver : driver  Mercedes  Lewis Hamilton 12: 7  Nico Rosberg  Red Bull-Renault  Daniel Ricciardo 9:10  Daniil Kvyat  Williams-Mercedes  Felipe Massa 9: 9  Valtteri Bottas  Ferrari  Sebastian Vettel 14: 4  Kimi Raikkonen  McLaren Honda  Kevin Magnussen 0: 1  Jenson Button  Fernando Alonso 6: 8  Force India-Mercedes  Nico Hulkenberg 7:11  Sergio Perez  Toro Rosso-Renault  Max Verstappen 10: 7  Carlos Sainz Jr.  Lotus Mercedes  Romain Grosjean 12: 5  Pastor Maldonado  Marussia Ferrari  Will Stevens 6: 7  Roberto Merhi 1: 4  Alexander Rossi  Clean Ferrari  Marcus Ericsson 8:11  Felipe Nasr

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the 2015 Formula 1 season

The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top ten drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																				Points
01	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	6th	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	2	2	381
02	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	8th	2	17 *	4th	2	DNF	2	1	1	1	322
03	S. Vettel	Ferrari	3	1	3	5	3	2	5	4th	3	1	12 *	2	1	3	2	3	DNF	3	4th	278
04th	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	DNF	4th	4th	2	5	6th	4th	DNF	8th	DNF	7th	5	3	4th	8th	DNF	DNF	4th	3	150
05	V. Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	WD	5	6th	4th	4th	14th	3	5	5	13	9	4th	5	5	12 *	DNF	3	5	13	136
06th	F. Massa	Williams-Mercedes	4th	6th	5	10	6th	15th	6th	3	4th	12	6th	3	DNF	17th	4th	DNF	6th	DSQ	8th	121
07th	D. Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	DNS	9	DNF	9	10	4th	9	12	6th	2	4th	10	6th	13	5	DNF	4th	7th	10	95
08th	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	6th	10	9	6th	7th	5	13	10	DNF	3	DNF	8th	2	15th	15 *	10	5	11	6th	92
09	S. Perez	Force India-Mercedes	10	13	11	8th	13	7th	11	9	9	DNF	5	6th	7th	12	3	5	8th	12	5	78
10	N. Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	7th	14th	DNF	13	15th	11	8th	6th	7th	DNF	DNS	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	7th	58
11	R. Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	DNF	11	7th	7th	8th	12	10	DNF	DNF	7th	3	DNF	13 *	7th	DNF	DNF	10	8th	9	51
12	M. Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	DNF	7th	17 *	DNF	11	DNF	15th	8th	DNF	4th	8th	12	8th	9	10	4th	9	9	16	49
13	F. Nasr	Clean Ferrari	5	12	8th	12	12	9	16	11	DNS	11	11	13	10	20 *	6th	9	DNF	13	15th	27
14th	P. Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	12	8th	7th	8th	11	10	DNF	27
15th	C. Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	9	8th	13	DNF	9	10	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	10	DNF	7th	13	DNF	11	18th
16	J. Button	McLaren Honda	11	DNF	14th	DNS	16	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	14th	14th	DNF	16	9	6th	14th	14th	12	16
17th	F. Alonso	McLaren Honda	INJ	DNF	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	5	13	18 *	DNF	11	11	11	DNF	15th	17th	11
18th	M. Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	8th	DNF	10	14th	14th	13	14th	13	11	10	10	9	11	14th	DNF	DNF	12	16	14th	9
19th	R. Merhi	Marussia Ferrari	DNP	15th	16	17th	18th	16	DNF	14th	12	15th	15th	16			13				19th	0
20th	A. Rossi	Marussia Ferrari													14th	18th		12	15th	18th		0
21st	W. Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	DNP	WD	15th	16	17th	17th	17th	DNF	13	16 *	16	15th	15th	19th	14th	DNF	16	17th	18th	0
-	K. Magnussen	McLaren Honda	DNS												INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ			0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																				Points
01	Mercedes	44	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	6th	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	2	2	703
		6th	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	8th	2	17 *	4th	2	DNF	2	1	1	1
02	Ferrari	5	3	1	3	5	3	2	5	4th	3	1	12 *	2	1	3	2	3	DNF	3	4th	428
		7th	DNF	4th	4th	2	5	6th	4th	DNF	8th	DNF	7th	5	3	4th	8th	DNF	DNF	4th	3
03	Williams-Mercedes	19th	4th	6th	5	10	6th	15th	6th	3	4th	12	6th	3	DNF	17th	4th	DNF	6th	DSQ	8th	257
		77	WD	5	6th	4th	4th	14th	3	5	5	13	9	4th	5	5	12 *	DNF	3	5	13
04th	Red Bull-Renault	3	6th	10	9	6th	7th	5	13	10	DNF	3	DNF	8th	2	15th	15 *	10	5	11	6th	187
		26th	DNS	9	DNF	9	10	4th	9	12	6th	2	4th	10	6th	13	5	DNF	4th	7th	10
05	Force India-Mercedes	27	7th	14th	DNF	13	15th	11	8th	6th	7th	DNF	DNS	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	7th	136
		11	10	13	11	8th	13	7th	11	9	9	DNF	5	6th	7th	12	3	5	8th	12	5
06th	Lotus Mercedes	8th	DNF	11	7th	7th	8th	12	10	DNF	DNF	7th	3	DNF	13 *	7th	DNF	DNF	10	8th	9	78
		13	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	7th	7th	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	12	8th	7th	8th	11	10	DNF
07th	Toro Rosso-Renault	33	DNF	7th	17 *	DNF	11	DNF	15th	8th	DNF	4th	8th	12	8th	9	10	4th	9	9	16	67
		55	9	8th	13	DNF	9	10	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	10	DNF	7th	13	DNF	11
08th	Clean Ferrari	9	8th	DNF	10	14th	14th	13	14th	13	11	10	10	9	11	14th	DNF	DNF	12	16	14th	36
		12	5	12	8th	12	12	9	16	11	DNS	11	11	13	10	20 *	6th	9	DNF	13	15th
09	McLaren Honda	20/14	DNS	DNF	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	5	13	18 *	DNF	11	11	11	DNF	15th	17th	27
		22nd	11	DNF	14th	DNS	16	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	14th	14th	DNF	16	9	6th	14th	14th	12
10	Marussia Ferrari	28	DNP	WD	15th	16	17th	17th	17th	DNF	13	16 *	16	15th	15th	19th	14th	DNF	16	17th	18th	0
		98/53	DNP	15th	16	17th	18th	16	DNF	14th	12	15th	15th	16	14th	18th	13	12	15th	18th	19th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

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