2015 World Championship Season

66th World Championship season

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Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Lewis Hamilton (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Mercedes (2nd title)
Races:	19
Winning drivers:	Lewis Hamilton (10) Nico Rosberg (6) Sebastian Vettel (3)
Winning constructors:	Mercedes (16) Ferrari (3)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

2015 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Australia	Melbourne	15 March	2015 Australian Grand Prix
2	Malaysia	Sepang	29 March	2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
3	China	Shanghai	12 April	2015 Chinese Grand Prix
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	19 April	2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
5	Spain	Catalunya	10 May	2015 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	24 May	2015 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	7 June	2015 Canadian Grand Prix
8	Austria	Spielberg	21 June	2015 Austrian Grand Prix
9	Britain	Silverstone	5 July	2015 British Grand Prix
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	26 July	2015 Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	23 August	2015 Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italy	Monza	6 September	2015 Italian Grand Prix
13	Singapore	Marina Bay	20 September	2015 Singapore Grand Prix
14	Japan	Suzuka	27 September	2015 Japanese Grand Prix
15	Russia CT	Sochi	11 October	2015 Russian Grand Prix
16	USA DT	Austin	25 October	2015 United States Grand Prix
17	Mexico	Mexico City	1 November	2015 Mexican Grand Prix
18	Brazil	Interlagos	15 November	2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	29 November	2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1.360s
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	8.569s
3	China	Shanghai	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.714s
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	3.380s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	17.551s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	4.486s
7	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	2.285s
8	Austria	Spielberg	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	8.800s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	10.956s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	15.748s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	2.058s
12	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	25.042s
13	Singapore	Marina Bay	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	1.478s
14	Japan	Suzuka	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	18.964s
15	Russia	Sochi	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	5.953s
16	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	2.850s
17	Mexico	Mexico City	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	1.954s
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	7.756s
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	8.271s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.594s
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.074s
3	China	Shanghai	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.042s
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.411s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.267s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	0.342s
7	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.309s
8	Austria	Spielberg	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.200s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.113s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	0.575s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.458s
12	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.234s
13	Singapore	Marina Bay	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	0.543s
14	Japan	Suzuka	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	0.076s
15	Russia	Sochi	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	DNF	0.320s
16	USA	Austin	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	0.105s
17	Mexico	Mexico City	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.188s
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.078s
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.377s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2	Malaysia	Sepang	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
3	China	Shanghai	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	Bahrain	Sakhir	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
5	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault
7	Canada	Montreal	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
8	Austria	Spielberg	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
9	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
12	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
13	Singapore	Marina Bay	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault
14	Japan	Suzuka	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
15	Russia	Sochi	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
16	USA	Austin	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
17	Mexico	Mexico City	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes

2015 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	381
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	322	-59
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	278	-103
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	150	-231
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	136	-245
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	121	-260
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	95	-286
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	92	-289
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	78	-303
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	58	-323
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	51	-330
12	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	49	-332
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	27	-354
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	27	-354
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	18	-363
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	16	-365
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	11	-370
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	-372
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia	0	-381
20	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	0	-381
21	Will Stevens	Marussia	0	-381
NC	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	0	-381

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Every race counted towards the championship.

Constructor

Pos	Team	Points	Gap
1	Mercedes	703
2	Ferrari	428	-275
3	Williams-Mercedes	257	-446
4	Red Bull-Renault	187	-516
5	Force India-Mercedes	136	-567
6	Lotus-Mercedes	78	-625
7	Toro Rosso-Renault	67	-636
8	Sauber-Ferrari	36	-667
9	McLaren-Honda	27	-676
10	Marussia-Ferrari	0	-703

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Every race counted towards the championship.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	RUS	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Avg.	Best
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	1.58	1
2	Nico Rosberg	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.05	1
3	Sebastian Vettel	4	2	3	2	3	3	16	3	6	3	9	3	1	4	4	5	3	3	16	4.89	1
4	Valtteri Bottas	6	9	5	5	4	17	4	6	4	6	3	6	7	3	3	12	6	4	6	6.11	3
5	Kimi Raikkonen	5	11	6	4	7	6	3	18	5	5	14	2	3	6	5	8	15	5	3	6.89	2
6	Daniel Ricciardo	7	4	7	7	10	4	9	14	10	4	6	15	2	7	10	3	5	9	5	7.26	2
7	Felipe Massa	3	7	4	6	9	14	17	4	3	8	7	5	9	5	15	9	7	8	8	7.79	3
8	Daniil Kvyat	13	5	12	17	8	5	8	8	7	7	12	14	4	10	11	4	4	7	9	8.68	4
9	Romain Grosjean	9	8	8	10	11	11	5	10	12	10	4	8	10	8	8	13	12	15	15	9.84	4
10	Nico Hulkenberg	14	13	16	8	17	13	7	5	9	11	11	9	11	11	6	7	10	6	7	10.05	5
11	Sergio Perez	15	14	15	11	18	7	10	16	11	13	5	7	13	9	7	6	9	13	4	10.68	4
12	Max Verstappen	12	6	13	15	6	10	12	7	13	9	15	20	8	15	9	10	8	10	11	11.00	6
13	Carlos Sainz	8	15	14	9	5	8	11	13	8	12	10	13	14	12	20	20	11	12	10	11.84	5
14	Pastor Maldonado	10	12	11	16	12	9	6	11	14	14	8	11	18	13	14	15	13	16	13	12.42	6
15	Felipe Nasr	11	16	9	12	15	16	15	9	16	18	16	12	16	18	12	17	17	11	14	14.21	9
16	Marcus Ericsson	16	10	10	13	16	18	13	12	15	17	13	10	17	17	17	16	14	14	18	14.53	10
17	Fernando Alonso		18	18	14	13	15	14	15	17	15	18	17	12	14	16	11	16	20	17	15.56	11
18	Jenson Button	17	17	17	20	14	12	20	17	18	16	17	16	15	16	13	14	20	17	12	16.21	12
19	Kevin Magnussen	18																			18.00	18
20	Alexander Rossi													20	20		18	18	18		18.80	18
21	Will Stevens	19	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19.00	18
22	Roberto Merhi	20	19	20	19	20	20	18	19	20	19	20	19			19				20	19.43	18

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	MYS	CHN	BHR	ESP	MCO	CAN	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	RUS	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	6	1	1	R	1	1	1	2	2	2	381
2	Nico Rosberg	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	8	2	17^R	4	2	R	2	1	1	1	322
3	Sebastian Vettel	3	1	3	5	3	2	5	4	3	1	12^R	2	1	3	2	3	R	3	4	278
4	Kimi Raikkonen	R	4	4	2	5	6	4	R	8	R	7	5	3	4	8	R	R	4	3	150
5	Valtteri Bottas	DNS	5	6	4	4	14	3	5	5	13	9	4	5	5	12^R	R	3	5	13	136
6	Felipe Massa	4	6	5	10	6	15	6	3	4	12	6	3	R	17	4	R	6	DSQ	8	121
7	Daniil Kvyat	DNS	9	R	9	10	4	9	12	6	2	4	10	6	13	5	R	4	7	10	95
8	Daniel Ricciardo	6	10	9	6	7	5	13	10	R	3	R	8	2	15	15^R	10	5	11	6	92
9	Sergio Perez	10	13	11	8	13	7	11	9	9	R	5	6	7	12	3	5	8	12	5	78
10	Nico Hulkenberg	7	14	R	13	15	11	8	6	7	R	DNS	7	R	6	R	R	7	6	7	58
11	Romain Grosjean	R	11	7	7	8	12	10	R	R	7	3	R	13^R	7	R	R	10	8	9	51
12	Max Verstappen	R	7	17^R	R	11	R	15	8	R	4	8	12	8	9	10	4	9	9	16	49
13	Felipe Nasr	5	12	8	12	12	9	16	11	DNS	11	11	13	10	20^R	6	9	R	13	15	27
14	Pastor Maldonado	R	R	R	15	R	R	7	7	R	14	R	R	12	8	7	8	11	10	R	27
15	Carlos Sainz	9	8	13	R	9	10	12	R	R	R	R	11	9	10	R	7	13	R	11	18
16	Jenson Button	11	R	14	DNS	16	8	R	R	R	9	14	14	R	16	9	6	14	14	12	16
17	Fernando Alonso		R	12	11	R	R	R	R	10	5	13	18^R	R	11	11	11	R	15	17	11
18	Marcus Ericsson	8	R	10	14	14	13	14	13	11	10	10	9	11	14	R	R	12	16	14	9
19	Roberto Merhi	DNQ	15	16	17	18	16	R	14	12	15	15	16			13				19
20	Alexander Rossi													14	18		12	15	18
21	Will Stevens	DNQ	DNS	15	16	17	17	17	R	13	16^R	16	15	15	19	14	R	16	17	18
NC	Kevin Magnussen	DNS

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

2015 World Championship Statistics

See: 2015 World Championship Statistics