McLaren claimed the crash was caused by a sudden gust of wind disrupting the car's downforce, while Alonso insisted the crash was caused by his steering wheel locking up.Mercedes began the season with a one–two finish in Australia, resulting in a twenty-eight-point lead after just one round.With McLaren's longest continuous testing session lasting twelve laps in Following a tumultuous pre-season in which they went through a period of administration and were saved by late investment, Manor Marussia arrived in Melbourne with a car that had passed its mandatory crash tests but had completed no testing.Ferrari came into the season seemingly much more competitive than the previous season, finishing on the podium in the opening race.Rosberg quickly cut into Hamilton's championship lead by securing victories in Spain (reducing his deficit to twenty points) and The Drivers' Championship remained closely contested between leader Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with the gap between them never larger than twenty-eight points after Hamilton's victory in round eleven in Hamilton closed out the European portion of the season with his seventh victory of the season in Lewis Hamilton ended the season winning not only the championship, but also the FIA Pole Trophy for most pole positions of the seasonSauber's early season preparations were disrupted by a series of legal challenges from the former Caterham driver Lotus suffered financially throughout the season, culminating in Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, using the following structure: His team, Mercedes, began the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having clinched its first championship title at the 2014 Russian Grand Prix. Both The driver line-ups saw a couple of changes prior to the 2015 season and one more prior to the Singapore Grand Prix. 381: 2 ROS Nico Rosberg.
The Mexican Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 1992. The pit exit would have been closed and the first car to arrive in the pit lane would have proceeded to the exit with the others lining up behind in the order in which they arrived, regardless of race standing or garage location.
Driver Standings. If two or more drivers or constructors achieved equal results an equal number of times, the FIA would have nominated the winner according to such criteria as it thought fit. The race was held at the The number of power units a driver could use in a season was reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015.Following the backlash over "ugly" nose designs in 2014, the FIA moved to amend the rules surrounding nose designs for the 2015 season. Lewis Hamilton was the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his second title at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The calendar featured two significant changes from the Hamilton secured his third Drivers' Championship with three races left in the season. Furthermore, the design of the nose had to 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 The minimum weight of the cars at all times during an event was increased to 702 kilograms (1,548 lb), a difference of 10 kilograms (22 lb) from 2014,Several rules regarding penalties were changed for the 2015 season. The runner-up was his teammate The following teams and drivers took part in the 2015 Formula One World Championship.Several team changes took place before the season began. 322: 3 VET Sebastian Vettel. The replacement of a complete power unit, exceeding the maximum number allowed per season, no longer resulted in a penalty in itself. This restriction added to the partial radio ban implemented at the end of the previous season.Before the start of the season, Hamilton announced he would not be exercising his option of switching his car number to 1 for 2015, as was his prerogative as reigning World Champion, and would instead race with his career number 44.
Formula One Standings 2015.
The qualifying procedure was further clarified to cater to different sizes of starting grids: if twenty-four cars were entered for the race, seven would have been eliminated after each of the first two qualifying segments; if twenty-two were entered, six would have been eliminated after each qualifying segment and so on if fewer cars were eligible.There were other changes introduced in a bid to further increase the safety of the sport.
Severe circumstances could still have required cars to stop immediately on track.Beginning with the Belgian Grand Prix, radio communication from engineers to drivers pertaining to race starts, such as recommended torque map settings for optimal acceleration, was no longer allowed. Toro Rosso changed their entire line-up: along with Kvyat joining Red Bull, the team chose not to renew Manor Marussia also had two new drivers: They employed the former Caterham driver The following nineteen Grands Prix took place in 2015:There were a few revisions to the calendar from the previous season. Penalties continued to be applied cumulatively for the replacement of individual components of the power unit, and if such a As well as the existing five-second penalty that could be served during a driver's scheduled pit stop, a new ten-second penalty was introduced, to be served in the same manner.The rules regarding qualifying and the start times of some races were tweaked. Drivers Constructors. 278: 4 RAI Kimi Raikkonen.
"F1 2015" redirects here. For the video game based on the 2015 Formula One season, see In the event that two or more drivers or constructors achieved the same best result an equal number of times, their next-best result was used, and so on.
PTS; 1 HAM Lewis Hamilton. In the event of a tie, a count-back system was used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's best result used to decide the standings.Constructors' Championship points were awarded as per the Drivers' Championship with the results of both cars taken into account.