2015 Formula One World Championship

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{{F1 season | year = 2015 | champions = Drivers' Champion: Lewis Hamilton<br />{{nowrap|Constructors' Champion: Mercedes}} | support_series =<br />GP2 Series{{·}} GP3 Series{{·}} Porsche Supercup }} {{Multiple image | perrow = 3 | total_width = 450 | image1 = Lewis Hamilton 2014 China.jpg | caption1 = Lewis Hamilton won his third of eventual seven world titles after successfully defending his title after winning the United States Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rothwell|first1=James|title=Lewis Hamilton wins US Grand Prix 2015 and clinches third world title|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11953624/Lewis-Hamilton-third-Formula-One-world-title-USA-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215003131/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11953624/Lewis-Hamilton-third-Formula-One-world-title-USA-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html|archive-date=15 December 2015|work=The Telegraph|access-date=26 October 2015|date=26 October 2015}}</ref> | image2 = Nico Rosberg at the 2015 F1 Russian Grand Prix.jpg | caption2 = Nico Rosberg, Hamilton's teammate, finished runner up for Mercedes, 59 points behind Hamilton. | alt2 = Nico Rosberg donning Mercedes Grand Prix attire. | image3 = Sebastian Vettel in 2015 Malaysia.JPG | caption3 = Four-time Champion Sebastian Vettel (pictured celebrating his victory in Malaysia) finished 3rd in his first year with Ferrari. | alt3 = Sebastian Vettel cheering on the podium after winning the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix for Ferrari. | image4 = Lewis Hamilton 2015 Malaysia FP2 1.jpg | caption4 = Mercedes won their second consecutive World Constructors' Championship at the Russian Grand Prix with the F1 W06 Hybrid. | alt4 = Lewis Hamilton driving a Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid formula one car. | image5 = Sebastian Vettel 2015 Malaysia FP2 1.jpg | caption5 = Scuderia Ferrari finished second in the World Constructors' Championship. | image6 = Valtteri Bottas 2015 Malaysia FP2 1.jpg | caption6 = Williams Racing was third in the World Constructors' Championship. }}

The '''2015 FIA Formula One World Championship''' was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars. It was the 66th Formula One World Championship 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. Twenty-two drivers representing 10 teams contested 19 Grands Prix, starting in Australia on 15 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 29 November as they competed for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.

Lewis Hamilton was the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his second title at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. His team, Mercedes, began the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having clinched its first championship title at the 2014 Russian Grand Prix.

The calendar featured two significant changes from the {{F1|2014}} season. The first was the return of the Mexican Grand Prix, held for the first time since {{F1|1992}}. The other change was the cancellation of the German Grand Prix after a venue could not be agreed upon, leaving the nation without a World Championship event for the first time in fifty-five years.

Hamilton secured his third Drivers' Championship with three races left in the season. The runner-up was his teammate Nico Rosberg, 59 points behind, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel third, another 44 points adrift. Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team clinched the 2015 Constructors' Championship<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/events/formula-1-world-championship/season-2015/2015-classifications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231221954/http://www.fia.com/events/formula-1-world-championship/season-2015/2015-classifications|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 December 2015|title=2015 Classifications &#124; Federation Internationale de l'Automobile|date=31 December 2015}}</ref> at the Russian Grand Prix, ahead of Ferrari and Williams, and ended the season with a record 703 points. Hamilton also won the FIA Pole Trophy with a total of 11 pole positions in the season and the DHL Fastest Lap Award. Ferrari won the inaugural DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award. This season was also the first in which future World Champion Max Verstappen competed.

==Teams and drivers==

The following teams and drivers took part in the 2015 Formula One World Championship.<ref name="Marussia">{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/2015-fia-f1-world-championship-updated-entry-list-0 |title=2015 FIA F1 World Championship – Updated Entry List |date=10 March 2015 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312182030/http://www.fia.com/2015-fia-f1-world-championship-updated-entry-list-0 |archive-date=12 March 2015 |access-date=10 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/34891316|title=Formula 1: Do Pirelli have the hardest job in the sport?|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=24 November 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402003655/https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/34891316|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=live|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! class="unsortable" scope="column" |Entrant ! scope="column" |Constructor ! class="unsortable" scope="column" |Chassis ! scope="column" |Power unit ! scope="column" class="unsortable" |No.<!-- As per the consensus established on the talk page following the change in the number system, teams will now be arranged in the table ALPHABETICALLY by Constructor, with the drivers in each team arranged NUMERICALLY. --> ! class="unsortable" scope="column" |Race drivers ! class="unsortable" scope="column" |{{Tooltip|Rounds|Rounds entered}} |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Ferrari | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Ferrari''' |SF15-T |Ferrari 060<ref name="Ferrari engine">{{cite web|title=SF15-T|url=http://formula1.ferrari.com/en/sf15-t|publisher=Scuderia Ferrari|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227160900/https://formula1.ferrari.com/en/sf15-t/|url-status=live}}</ref> | data-sort-value="5" align="center" |5<br>7 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Vettel}}<br>{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|IND}} Sahara Force India F1 Team | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |{{nowrap|'''Force India-Mercedes'''}} |VJM08<br>VJM08B<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/7/fia-friday-press-conference---great-britain.html|title=Friday's FIA Press Conference – Great Britain|date=3 July 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=11 September 2016|quote=VM: Well, all of us have been eagerly awaiting the British Grand Prix and the launch of our new B-spec car.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705235232/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/7/fia-friday-press-conference---great-britain.html|archive-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> | Mercedes PU106B Hybrid | data-sort-value="11" align="center" |11<br>27 |{{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Pérez<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Hülkenberg}} | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lotus F1 Team | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Lotus-Mercedes''' |E23 Hybrid |{{nowrap|Mercedes PU106B Hybrid}} | data-sort-value="8" align="center" |8<br>13 | style="padding-right:24px" |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Romain Grosjean}}<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado}} | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} {{nowrap|Manor Marussia F1 Team}} | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Marussia-Ferrari''' |MR03B<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/12/manor-f1-car-appears-in-australia/? |title=Manor F1 car appears in Australia |last=Collantine |first=Keith |date=12 March 2015 |work=F1 Fanatic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315015527/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/12/manor-f1-car-appears-in-australia/ |archive-date=15 March 2015 |access-date=12 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://manorracing.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/manor-marussia-f1-team-partners-with-airbnb-helping-race-fans-around-the-globe-feel-at-home-anywhere/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714011958/https://manorracing.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/manor-marussia-f1-team-partners-with-airbnb-helping-race-fans-around-the-globe-feel-at-home-anywhere/|archive-date=14 July 2015|title=Manor Marussia F1 Team partners with Airbnb. Helping race fans around the globe feel at home anywhere|publisher=ManorMarussiaF1TeamMedia|date=4 June 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> |Ferrari 059/3<ref name="Manor F1 Team">{{cite news|title=Manor F1 Team on provisional 2015 entry list|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/fia/motorsport/story/182485.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105190639/http://www.espn.co.uk/fia/motorsport/story/182485.html|archive-date=5 November 2014|publisher=ESPN Sport UK|date=5 November 2014|access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Manor Ferrari">{{cite news|title=Manor F1 team agrees to use 2014 Ferrari engines|first1=Ben|last1=Anderson|first2=Jonathan|last2=Noble|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117752|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222131003/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117752|archive-date=22 February 2015|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=20 February 2015|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> | data-sort-value="28" align="center" |28<br>98<br>53 |{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi}} | align="center" |All{{efn|name=Marussia|Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi were entered for the first round in Australia, but although both they and Marussia were present, they did not compete as the team was unable to complete their cars in time for the event.}}<br>{{nowrap|1{{efn|name=Marussia}}–12, 15, 19}}<br>{{nowrap|13–14, 16–18}} |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} McLaren Honda | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''McLaren-Honda''' |{{nowrap|MP4-30}} |Honda RA615H | data-sort-value="14" align="center" |20<br>14<br>22 |{{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Alonso<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Jenson Button | align="center" |1<br>2–19<br>All |- | style="padding-right:24px" |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team}} | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Mercedes''' |{{nowrap|F1 W06 Hybrid}} |Mercedes PU106B Hybrid | data-sort-value="6" align="center" |6<br>44 |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton}} | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|AUT}} Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Red Bull-Renault''' |RB11 |{{nowrap|Renault Energy F1-2015}} | data-sort-value="3" align="center" |3<br>26 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo}}<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Kvyat | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|CHE}} Sauber F1 Team | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Sauber-Ferrari''' |C34 |Ferrari 060<ref name="Ferrari engine" /> | data-sort-value="9" align="center" |9<br>12 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson}}<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Nasr | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Toro Rosso | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Toro Rosso-Renault''' |STR10 |{{nowrap|Renault Energy F1-2015}} | data-sort-value="33" align="center" |33<br>55 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen}}<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr.}} | align="center" |All<br>All |- |{{flagicon|GBR}} Williams Martini Racing | style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Williams-Mercedes''' |FW37 |Mercedes PU106B Hybrid | data-sort-value="19" align="center" |19<br>77 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa<br>{{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas | align="center" |All<br>All |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="8" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Sources''':<ref name="Marussia" /><ref name="Renault 2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.renaultsportf1.com/IMG/pdf/rsf1-presskit-2015-en_v6.pdf? |title=Renault Energy F1-2015: Media Guide |publisher=Renault|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218174146/http://www.renaultsportf1.com/IMG/pdf/rsf1-presskit-2015-en_v6.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2015 |access-date=29 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PU106B">{{cite web |title=Mercedes provide early look at 2015 car |date=29 January 2015 |url=http://www.grandprix247.com/2015/01/29/mercedes-provide-early-look-at-2015-car/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204122728/http://www.grandprix247.com/2015/01/29/mercedes-provide-early-look-at-2015-car/ |archive-date=4 February 2016 |publisher=Grand Prix 247 |access-date=29 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams/McLaren.html|title=McLaren|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315091232/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams/McLaren.html|archive-date=15 March 2015|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/322001/grid-overview-formula-1-teams-of-2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029170639/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/322001/grid-overview-formula-1-teams-of-2015/|archive-date=29 October 2015|title=Grid overview: Formula 1 teams of 2015|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=7 March 2015|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="entry lists">Official entry lists: *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/championship/documents/20150312/Formula%20One%20Australian%20Grand%20Prix%202015%20Document%20-%205_0.pdf|title=2015 Australian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=12 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312173340/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/championship/documents/20150312/Formula%20One%20Australian%20Grand%20Prix%202015%20Document%20-%205_0.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2015|url-status=live|access-date=12 March 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/entry_list.pdf|title=2015 Malaysian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=26 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326174235/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/entry_list.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2015|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/formula_one_chinese_grand_prix_2015_document_-_5.pdf|title=2015 Chinese Grand Prix – Entry List|date=9 April 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409125715/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/formula_one_chinese_grand_prix_2015_document_-_5.pdf|archive-date=9 April 2015|url-status=live|access-date=9 April 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/entry_list_0.pdf|title=2015 Bahrain Grand Prix – Entry List|date=16 April 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420113445/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/entry_list_0.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/27454/download?token=5Fditt66|title=2015 Spanish Grand Prix – Entry List|date=16 May 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508153129/http://www.fia.com/file/27454/download?token=5Fditt66|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live|access-date=8 May 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/27995/download?token=gDUkPT5b|title=2015 Monaco Grand Prix – Entry List|date=20 May 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605083032/http://www.fia.com/file/27995/download?token=gDUkPT5b|archive-date=5 June 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/28814/download?token=nZT7b-8e|title=2015 Canadian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=4 June 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705144526/http://www.fia.com/file/28814/download?token=nZT7b-8e|archive-date=5 July 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/29680/download?token=Dg2knB1E|title=2015 Austrian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=18 June 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723161123/http://www.fia.com/file/29680/download?token=Dg2knB1E|archive-date=23 July 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/30655/download?token=dKScmyTk|title=2015 British Grand Prix – Entry List|date=2 July 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723174118/http://www.fia.com/file/30655/download?token=dKScmyTk|archive-date=23 July 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/31548/download?token=meodFPkp|title=2015 Hungarian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=23 July 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723145403/http://www.fia.com/file/31548/download?token=meodFPkp|archive-date=23 July 2015|url-status=live|access-date=23 July 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/32126/download?token=vWPjr41Q|title=2015 Belgian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=20 August 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824231844/http://www.fia.com/file/32126/download?token=vWPjr41Q|archive-date=24 August 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/32860/download?token=V-wnVlhX|title=2015 Italian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=3 September 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411151851/http://www.fia.com/file/32860/download?token=V-wnVlhX|archive-date=11 April 2016|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/33668/download?token=7m-i89mX|title=2015 Singapore Grand Prix – Entry List|date=17 September 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917140012/http://www.fia.com/file/33668/download?token=7m-i89mX|archive-date=17 September 2015|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/34046/download?token=0lddCwfZ|title=2015 Japanese Grand Prix – Entry List|date=24 September 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092814/http://www.fia.com/file/34046/download?token=0lddCwfZ|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live|access-date=24 September 2015}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/34712/download?token=umhHgQBx|title=2015 Russian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=8 October 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411152848/http://www.fia.com/file/34712/download?token=umhHgQBx|archive-date=11 April 2016|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/35620/download?token=ZJcSk659|title=2015 United States Grand Prix – Entry List|date=22 October 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023140508/http://www.fia.com/file/35620/download?token=ZJcSk659|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2016}} *{{cite news|url=https://www.fia.com/file/35903/download?token=JvRwvvTe|title=2015 Mexican Grand Prix – Entry List|date=29 October 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023140508/http://www.fia.com/file/35620/download?token=ZJcSk659|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2016}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/36390/download?token=hZX7vTp4|title=2015 Brazilian Grand Prix – Entry List|date=12 November 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113172603/http://www.fia.com/file/36390/download?token=hZX7vTp4|archive-date=13 November 2015|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2016}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/37054/download?token=d9aUnm9L|title=2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Entry List|date=26 November 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202043226/http://www.fia.com/file/37054/download?token=d9aUnm9L|archive-date=2 December 2015|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> |}

=== Free practice drivers === Four drivers drove as third or test drivers throughout the season.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |+ Drivers that took part in free practice sessions !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Constructor !colspan="3" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Practice drivers |- !class="unsortable" |No. !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Driver name !class="unsortable" |Rounds |- !nowrap|Lotus-Mercedes | align="center" nowrap| 30 | nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jolyon Palmer | align="center" nowrap| 3–5, 8–12, 14–19 |- !nowrap|Marussia-Ferrari | align="center" nowrap| 42 | nowrap|{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabio Leimer | align="center" nowrap| 10 |- !nowrap|Sauber-Ferrari | align="center" nowrap| 36 | nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello | align="center" nowrap| 2, 5, 9, 16 |- !nowrap|Williams-Mercedes | align="center" nowrap| 41 | nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Susie Wolff | align="center" nowrap| 5, 9 |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Source:'''<ref name="entry lists" /> |}

===Team changes=== [[File:Ayrton Senna 1991 USA 2.jpg|thumb|McLaren renewed their co-operation 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.|alt=A picture of Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren MP4/6 formula one car during the 1991 United States Grand Prix.]]Several team changes took place before the season began. Both McLaren and Lotus changed engine suppliers for the 2015 season. McLaren ended their 20-year partnership with Mercedes-Benz, in favour of a return to full-works Honda, who had previously supplied them from {{F1|1988}} until 1992.<ref name="Honda return">{{cite news|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/05/16/honda-confirm-f1-return-mclaren-2015/|title=Honda confirm F1 return with McLaren in 2015|last=Collantine|first=Keith|date=16 May 2013|work=F1 Fanatic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411115030/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/05/16/honda-confirm-f1-return-mclaren-2015/|archive-date=11 April 2016|access-date=16 May 2013}}</ref> Honda had been absent for seven years: they had provided British American Racing and Jordan Grand Prix with engines until they purchased the former in {{F1|2006}} and then had competed as a constructor until {{F1|2008}} and thus a Japanese-licensed engine manufacturer returned to the sport for the first season since 2009 when Toyota was the last Japanese-licensed engine manufacturer to compete.<ref name="Honda return" />

Lotus ended its association with Renault in favour of a deal with Mercedes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116239|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014191359/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116239|archive-date=14 October 2014|title=Lotus confirms Mercedes engine switch|first=Ben|last=Anderson|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=9 October 2014|access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref> This ended a 20-year involvement of Renault with the Enstone-based team, (which operated as Benetton from 1992 until 2001, as Renault from 2002 until 2011 and as Lotus from 2012 until 2015) after being an engine supplier to Benetton since {{F1|1995}}, and being the owner of the team from {{F1|2002}} to {{F1|2010}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12040/9510352|title=Struggling Lotus seal deal for Mercedes powertrain from 2015 season|last=Galloway|first=James|date=9 October 2014|website=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503105527/http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12040/9510352|archive-date=3 May 2016|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

Both Caterham F1 and Marussia went into administration towards the end of the 2014 season. The latter was saved narrowly from liquidation in February 2015, re-entering as Manor Marussia, when new investment was secured and the team left administration after an agreement with creditors was reached.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/31127165|title=Marussia team could make Formula 1 return this season|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=4 February 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311021201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/31127165|archive-date=11 March 2015|url-status=live|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> Caterham ultimately folded and its assets were auctioned off by company administrators after the start of the season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caterham Formula 1 team's assets put up for sale by administrators|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117602|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310071745/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117602|archive-date=10 March 2015|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/31144177|title=Caterham hopes fade as team's remaining assets go up for sale|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=5 February 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722234117/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/31144177|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=live|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/321731/caterham-assets-to-be-auctioned-off/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411122105/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/321731/caterham-assets-to-be-auctioned-off/|archive-date=11 April 2016|title=Caterham assets to be auctioned off|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=5 February 2015|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

===Driver changes=== [[File:Sebastian Vettel 2012 Bahrain GP.jpg|thumb|upright|Sebastian Vettel (pictured in 2012) left Red Bull Racing – the team with which he won four World Drivers' Championships – at the end of the {{F1|2014}} season to join Ferrari.|alt=A picture of Sebastian Vettel donning Red Bull Racing attire.]]The driver line-ups saw a couple of changes prior to the 2015 season and one more prior to the Singapore Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel left Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2014 season after six years with the team and nine years with its wider junior development programme to join Scuderia Ferrari in a multi-year deal replacing Fernando Alonso. However, the news would be firstly announced by Christian Horner in an interview with Sky Sports days after Vettel had told him of the move. Alonso, who was still in negotiations with the team, was caught blindsided.<ref name="Vettel Ferrari">{{cite news |date=20 November 2014 |title=Welcome Sebastian&nbsp;– Vettel and Raikkonen 2015 driver pairing |url=http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/sebastian-vettel-raikkonen-2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108013342/http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/sebastian-vettel-raikkonen-2015 |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=20 November 2014 |publisher=Ferrari}}</ref> Alonso would then replace Kevin Magnussen at McLaren, returning to the team after he last raced for them in {{F1|2007}}.<ref name="Mc2015">{{cite news|url=http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/mclaren-honda-announces-fernando-alonso-and-jenson-button-for-2015/|title=McLaren-Honda announces Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button for 2015|date=11 December 2014|publisher=McLaren|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712034652/http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/mclaren-honda-announces-fernando-alonso-and-jenson-button-for-2015/|archive-date=12 July 2015|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24180/9601051/mclaren-retain-jenson-button-as-partner-for-returning-fernando-alonso-in-2015|title=McLaren retain Jenson Button as partner for returning Fernando Alonso in 2015|last=Galloway|first=James|date=11 December 2014|work=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213115256/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24180/9601051/mclaren-retain-jenson-button-as-partner-for-returning-fernando-alonso-in-2015|archive-date=13 December 2014|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> Following an accident during pre-season testing, Alonso withdrew from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Magnussen returned as his temporary replacement.<ref name="Alonso out">{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-to-miss-australian-grand-prix/|title=Alonso to miss Australian Grand Prix|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|date=3 March 2015|publisher=Motorsport Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123101/http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-to-miss-australian-grand-prix/|archive-date=2 April 2015|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> Daniil Kvyat was promoted to Red Bull from Toro Rosso to fill the vacated seat.<ref name="KvyatRBR">{{cite news|url=http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/article/new-team-driver-line-2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512173705/http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/article/new-team-driver-line-2015|archive-date=12 May 2015|title=New Team Driver Line Up For 2015|work=Infiniti Red Bull Racing|date=4 October 2014|url-status=usurped|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref>

Toro Rosso changed their entire line-up: along with Kvyat joining Red Bull, the team chose not to renew Jean-Éric Vergne's contract. Vergne went on to compete in the Formula E Championship while also becoming a Ferrari development driver.<ref>{{cite web|title = Jean-Eric Vergne becomes test driver for the Scuderia|url =http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/jean-eric-vergne-test-driver-scuderia|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150123205403/http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/jean-eric-vergne-test-driver-scuderia|archive-date=23 January 2015|publisher =Ferrari.com|date =19 December 2014|access-date =19 December 2014}}</ref> They were replaced by the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Carlos Sainz Jr.<ref name="Sainz STR">{{cite news|first=Glenn|last=Freeman|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116973|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409190226/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116973|archive-date=9 April 2015|title=Carlos Sainz Jr joins Max Verstappen at Toro Rosso for F1 2015|date=28 November 2014|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> and the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship third-place finisher Max Verstappen. The latter became the youngest driver to make a Formula One début, at the age of 17 years, 164 days when he started the season.<ref name="STR">{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/314888/verstappen-to-race-for-toro-rosso-in-2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411120413/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/314888/verstappen-to-race-for-toro-rosso-in-2015/|archive-date=11 April 2016|title=Verstappen to race for Toro Rosso in 2015|work=GPUpdate.net|date=18 August 2014|publisher=JHED Media BV|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref>

Esteban Gutiérrez and Adrian Sutil were released from Sauber, where they were replaced by the former Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson and the GP2 driver Felipe Nasr.<ref name="Sauber ERI">{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116581|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323013315/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116581|archive-date=23 March 2015|title=Sauber F1 team signs ex-Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson for 2015|date=1 November 2014|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Nasr">{{cite web|url=http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/season/news/detail-view/-/das-sauber-f1-team-gibt-felipe-nasr-fuer-2015-bekannt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119035904/http://www.sauberf1team.com/en/season/news/detail-view/-/das-sauber-f1-team-gibt-felipe-nasr-fuer-2015-bekannt|archive-date=19 January 2015|title=Sauber F1 Team announces Felipe Nasr as its driver for 2015 |publisher=Sauber |date=5 November 2014 |access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Gutiérrez and Sutil went on to join Ferrari and Williams respectively as reserve drivers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/30479341|title=Ferrari sign Esteban Gutierrez as test driver|date=15 December 2014|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404090422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30479341|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live|access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Noble|first1=Jonathan|title=Adrian Sutil becomes Williams Formula 1 reserve driver|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118209|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416153250/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118209|archive-date=16 April 2016|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=26 March 2015|date=26 March 2015}}</ref>

Manor Marussia also had two new drivers: They employed the former Caterham driver Will Stevens to drive for his first full season in the sport,<ref name="Stevens">{{cite news|url= http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117815|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150304153253/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117815|archive-date=4 March 2015|title=Will Stevens secures Manor Formula 1 race seat|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=25 February 2015|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> while another former Caterham test driver, Roberto Merhi, was signed to a short-term deal while he also drove in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.<ref name="Merhi">{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117975|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314041621/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117975|archive-date=14 March 2016|title=Roberto Merhi to race for Manor F1 team in Australian Grand Prix|date=9 March 2015|access-date=9 March 2015|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|first=Glenn|last=Freeman}}</ref> Max Chilton relinquished his seat, joining the Indy Lights championship,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indycar.com/Series/Indy-Lights/Max-Chilton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113629/http://www.indycar.com/Series/Indy-Lights/Max-Chilton|archive-date=22 December 2015|title=Indy Lights – Max Chilton|date=2015|publisher=Indycar.com|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref> while Jules Bianchi was in a coma at the start of the season and ultimately died from injuries sustained at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-18/jules-bianchi-profile/6630514?section=sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522201624/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-18/jules-bianchi-profile/6630514?section=sport|archive-date=22 May 2016|title=Jules Bianchi's promising F1 career ends in tragedy after earlier hopes of joining Ferrari's ranks|work=abc.net.au|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=17 July 2015|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jules Bianchi's prognosis unclear after F1 crash|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/jules-bianchis-prognosis-unclear-after-f1-crash-20141008-113d1p.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204122728/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/jules-bianchis-prognosis-unclear-after-f1-crash-20141008-113d1p.html|archive-date=4 February 2016|date=7 October 2014|publisher=AFP|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=7 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="braininjury">{{cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/10/07/bianchi-suffered-brain-injury-crash/|title=Bianchi suffered brain injury in crash|last=Collantine|first=Keith|date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319042503/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/10/07/bianchi-suffered-brain-injury-crash/|archive-date=19 March 2015|access-date=7 March 2015|work=F1 Fanatic}}</ref> Alexander Rossi was later drafted in by Manor Marussia to make his Formula One début at the Singapore Grand Prix, replacing Merhi. The Spaniard returned to the team for the Russian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, sharing the car with Rossi for the remainder of the season.<ref name="rossi sgp">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/f1-alexander-rossi-manor-marussia-seat-japan-report-091615|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002103702/http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/f1-alexander-rossi-manor-marussia-seat-japan-report-091615|archive-date=2 October 2015|title=American racing driver Alexander Rossi to make F1 debut this weekend|publisher=Fox Sports Interactive Media|date=16 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>

Kamui Kobayashi went on to race in the Super Formula series in Japan after the folding of Caterham left him without a drive in Formula One.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/189941.html|title=Kobayashi joins Japanese Super Formula for 2015|work=ESPN F1 |date=31 January 2015|publisher=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209184742/http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/189941.html|archive-date=9 February 2015|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref>

==Calendar== The following nineteen Grands Prix took place in 2015:<ref name="15 calendar">{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/node/9172|title=World Motor Sport Council 2014&nbsp;– Doha|date=3 December 2014|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200239/http://www.fia.com/node/9172|archive-date=19 March 2015|access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- ! scope=col| Round ! scope=col| Grand Prix ! scope=col| Circuit ! scope=col| Date |- ! scope=row| 1 |Australian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|AUS}} Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne |15 March |- ! scope=row| 2 |Malaysian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|MYS}} Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur |29 March |- ! scope=row| 3 |Chinese Grand Prix |{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai |12 April |- ! scope=row| 4 |Bahrain Grand Prix |{{flagicon|BHR}} Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir |19 April |- ! scope=row| 5 |Spanish Grand Prix |{{flagicon|ESP}} Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló |10 May |- ! scope=row| 6 |Monaco Grand Prix |{{flagicon|MCO}} Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo |24 May |- ! scope=row| 7 |Canadian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|CAN}} Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal |7 June |- ! scope=row| 8 |Austrian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Ring, Spielberg |21 June |- ! scope=row| 9 |British Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone |5 July |- ! scope=row| 10 |Hungarian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungaroring, Mogyoród |26 July |- ! scope=row| 11 |Belgian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|BEL}} Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot |23 August |- ! scope=row| 12 |Italian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|ITA}} Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza |6 September |- ! scope=row| 13 |Singapore Grand Prix |{{flagicon|SGP}} Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore |20 September |- ! scope=row| 14 |Japanese Grand Prix |{{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka |27 September |- ! scope=row| 15 |Russian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi Autodrom, Sochi |11 October |- ! scope=row| 16 |United States Grand Prix |{{flagicon|USA}} Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas |25 October |- ! scope=row| 17 |Mexican Grand Prix |{{flagicon|MEX}} Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City |1 November |- ! scope=row| 18 |Brazilian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|BRA}} Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo |15 November |- ! scope=row| 19 |Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |{{flagicon|ARE}} Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi |29 November |- |colspan="5" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Sources:<ref name="15 calendar" /><ref name="Germany Dropped">{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/3/germany-dropped-from-2015-calendar.html|title=Germany dropped from 2015 calendar|date=20 March 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409064344/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/3/germany-dropped-from-2015-calendar.html|archive-date=9 April 2015|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref>''' |}

===Calendar changes=== [[File:Formula 1 all over the world-2015-new.svg|thumb|left|Nations that hosted a Grand Prix in 2015 are highlighted in green, with circuit locations marked with black dots. Former host nations are shown in dark grey, and former host circuits are marked with white dots.|alt=A map showing the countries that hosted a Formula One race during the 2015 season. Countries which had previously hosted a race are shown as well.]] {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = | image1 = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1986-2014.svg | width1 = 250 | alt1 = An image of the 1992 layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, running clockwise with fourteen corners. | caption1 = | image2 = Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2015.svg | width2 = 250 | alt2 = An image of the redesigned layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, which was introduced in 2015, and runs clockwise with seventeen corners. | footer = Comparison between the configuration of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez last used by Formula One in 1992 (top), and the redeveloped layout used from 2015 (bottom). }} There were a few revisions to the calendar from the previous season. The Mexican Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 1992. The race was held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit located in the centre of Mexico City, which was the location of all Mexican Grands Prix in previous decades.<ref name="MexGP">{{cite news|last1=Noble|first1=Jonathan|title=Mexico to return to Formula 1 calendar in 2015|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115106|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100043/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115106|archive-date=6 October 2014|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=23 July 2014|date=23 July 2014}}</ref> The circuit was substantially reconfigured to accommodate the sport's return.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/07/24/video-reveals-planned-changes-mexicos-f1-track/|title=Video reveals planned changes to Mexico's F1 track|last=Collantine|first=Keith|date=24 July 2014|work=F1 Fanatic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411120148/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/07/24/video-reveals-planned-changes-mexicos-f1-track/|archive-date=11 April 2016|access-date=24 July 2014}}</ref>

The Grand Prix of America and the Indian Grand Prix were both contracted but did not feature on the calendar.<ref name="15 calendar" /> The former originally aimed for a debut in {{F1|2013}} at the Port Imperial Street Circuit in New Jersey after a 15-year contract was signed, but was delayed for a third straight year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/new-jersey-formula-one-race-shelved-until-least-2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150130042805/http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/new-jersey-formula-one-race-shelved-until-least-2016|work=Autoweek|publisher=Crain Communications|archive-date=30 January 2015|title=New Jersey Formula One race shelved until at least 2016|date=28 July 2014|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sylt|first=Christian|title=New Jersey Grand Prix organizers in breach of contract says Ecclestone|publisher=Crain Communications|work=Autoweek|date=24 December 2013|url=http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/new-jersey-grand-prix-organizers-breach-contract-says-ecclestone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329080700/http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/new-jersey-grand-prix-organizers-breach-contract-says-ecclestone|archive-date=29 March 2015|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> while the latter was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to an unresolved tax case in the Bombay High Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/indian-gp/Tax-issues-have-to-be-sorted-for-Indian-GP-return-Sameer-Gaur/articleshow/47630473.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231163801/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/indian-gp/Tax-issues-have-to-be-sorted-for-Indian-GP-return-Sameer-Gaur/articleshow/47630473.cms|archive-date=31 December 2015|title=Tax issues have to be sorted for Indian GP return: Sameer Gaur |work=The Times of India|date=11 July 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>

The German and Korean Grands Prix were both included on the provisional calendar.<ref name="15 calendar" /> The former was set to return to the Nürburgring, in accordance with the event-sharing agreement established between the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring in 2008.<ref name="German GP">{{cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|title=Hockenheim secures Formula 1 future|url=http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79068|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906160732/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79068|archive-date=6 September 2016|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=Autosport|date=1 October 2009|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> 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 the provisional calendar,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/320842/nurburgring-unsure-if-it-will-host-race-in-2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428093612/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/320842/nurburgring-unsure-if-it-will-host-race-in-2015/|archive-date=28 April 2016|title=German GP at Nürburgring still uncertain|date=13 January 2015|access-date=13 January 2015|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV}}</ref> leaving the event-sharing agreement at a stalemate.<ref name="Hockenheim no contract">{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/320904/hockenheim-says-nothing-fixed-for-2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029085211/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/320904/hockenheim-says-nothing-fixed-for-2015/|archive-date=29 October 2015|title=Hockenheim says 'nothing fixed' for 2015|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=15 January 2015|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12518/9655205/bernie-ecclestone-says-german-gp-not-certain-to-take-place-in-2015|title=Bernie Ecclestone says German GP not certain to take place in 2015|last=Galloway|first=James|date=21 January 2015|work=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321193340/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12518/9655205/bernie-ecclestone-says-german-gp-not-certain-to-take-place-in-2015|archive-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> With both venues unwilling to host the event,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323319/hockenheim-rules-out-hosting-2015-german-gp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411131522/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323319/hockenheim-rules-out-hosting-2015-german-gp/|archive-date=11 April 2016|title=Hockenheim rules out hosting German GP|work=GP Update.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=17 March 2015|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323390/nurburgring-will-not-stage-german-gp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403082122/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323390/nurburgring-no-formula-1-race-in-2015/|archive-date=3 April 2015|title=Nürburgring will not stage German GP|date=19 March 2015|access-date=20 March 2015|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV}}</ref> the race was ultimately cancelled, leaving the country off the Grand Prix calendar for the first time since {{F1|1960}}.<ref name="Germany Dropped" /> The Korean Grand Prix was scheduled to return to the Formula One calendar after being removed in 2014,<ref name="15 calendar" /> but the plan was ultimately abandoned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/30698154|title=Korea dropped from 2015 calendar|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=6 January 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406074156/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30698154|archive-date=6 April 2015|url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==Regulation changes==

===Technical===

==== Power units ==== thumb|Sparks returned in 2015 due to titanium skid blocks attached to the underside of the cars.|alt=A picture a Lotus E23 Hybrid and a Marussia MR03B driving side by side during the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix, with sparks flying up from behind the Lotus. The number of power units a driver could use in a season was reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/renault-rs34-the-future-of-formula-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411122116/http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/renault-rs34-the-future-of-formula-1/|archive-date=11 April 2016|title=Renault RS34&nbsp;– the future of Formula 1|first=Sam|last=Collins|work=Racecar Engineering|publisher=Chelsea Magazines Ltd.|date=5 March 2013|access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> This was tweaked after the 2015 British Grand Prix, with new power unit manufacturers being allowed one other power unit in their first season of competition; the only manufacturer affected in the 2015 season was Honda, who were allowed to take advantage of the rule even though it had been introduced after the season had begun.<ref name="rules changed">{{cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-2015-mexico|title=World Motor Sport Council 2015&nbsp;– Mexico|date=10 July 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711225644/http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-2015-mexico|archive-date=11 July 2015|access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> The rules regarding engine development that were introduced for the previous season were changed as well, with the manufacturers allowed to perform half the development permitted in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/changing-the-f1-engines-of-today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712153845/http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/changing-the-f1-engines-of-today|archive-date=12 July 2014|title=Changing the F1 engines of today|first=Joe|last=Saward|work=joeblogsf1|publisher=WordPress|date=8 July 2014|access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref>

==== Noses ==== Following the backlash over "ugly" nose designs in 2014, the FIA moved to amend the rules surrounding nose designs for the 2015 season. Noses were lower than in 2014, retaining a minimum cross section, but they had to 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 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 E22 chassis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Formula 1 chiefs move to avoid ugly noses in 2015|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114548|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102160602/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114548|archive-date=2 January 2015|first1=Jonathan|last1=Noble|first2=Craig|last2=Scarborough|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=20 June 2014|access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref>

==== Weight and bodywork ==== The minimum weight of the cars at all times during an event was increased to {{convert|702|kg|lb}}, a difference of {{convert|10|kg|lb}} from 2014,<ref name="15 calendar" /> addressing concerns raised the year before that the lighter weight limit forced taller drivers to become unhealthily slim.<ref name="rulechanges">{{cite web|last1=Collantine|first1=Keith|title=The new F1 rules for 2015 at a glance|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/08/the-new-f1-rules-for-2015-at-a-glance/|publisher=F1Fanatic|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710203119/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/08/the-new-f1-rules-for-2015-at-a-glance/|archive-date=10 July 2016|date=8 March 2015}}</ref> The ban on front-and-rear interconnected suspension systems (FRIC) that had been implemented in the middle of the 2014 season was formalised, with the regulations stating that the front and rear suspension had to be designed in such a way that any change in performance had to be a direct result of a change in load applied solely to them.<ref name="15 calendar" /> The anti-intrusion panels on both sides of the survival cell were extended upwards to the rim of the cockpit and alongside the driver's head<ref name="15 calendar" /> in order to improve the drivers' safety in event of a side impact.<ref name="rulechanges"/> Titanium skid blocks on the underside of the car were made mandatory for the 2015 season, which led to a return of sparks being created by the cars as the underbody touched the track.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32375705|title=Bahrain Grand Prix: Why sparks can make F1 great again|date=19 April 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423050206/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32375705|archive-date=23 April 2015|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

===Sporting regulations===

==== Penalties ==== Several rules regarding penalties were changed for the 2015 season. The replacement of a complete power unit, exceeding the maximum number allowed per season, no longer resulted in a penalty in itself. Penalties continued to be applied cumulatively for the replacement of individual components of the power unit, and if such a grid place penalty was imposed and the driver's starting position was such that it could not be applied in full, the remainder of the penalty was no longer carried over to the next race, but was instead applied in the form of a time penalty during the race corresponding to the number of grid spaces remaining in the penalty.<ref name="15 calendar" /> This was tweaked after the 2015 British Grand Prix with immediate effect, to make demotion to the back of the grid the maximum penalty for engine changes. Additional time penalties to be served during the race were abandoned.<ref name="rules changed" />

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.<ref name="15 calendar" /> If a car was deemed to have been released from a pit stop in an unsafe manner, the driver would receive a ten-second stop-and-go penalty. Further penalties could be applied if the stewards believed the driver was aware of this and attempted to drive the car regardless.<ref name="15 calendar" /> If any team personnel or team equipment remained on the grid after the fifteen-second signal had been shown before the start of the formation lap, the driver of the car concerned would have had to start the race from the pit lane. If the driver concerned failed to obey this, they would have received a ten-second stop-and-go penalty.<ref name="15 calendar" />

==== Schedule and points ==== The rules regarding qualifying and the start times of some races were tweaked. 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.<ref name="15 calendar" /> In light of a regulation introduced in 2014 dictating that a race could 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 were moved forward by an hour so races did not start with less than four hours until dusk. Thus, the Australian, Malaysia, Chinese, Japanese and Russian Grands Prix started an hour earlier than in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/30896269|title=Formula 1 races to start early after Jules Bianchi crash|date=20 January 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014040853/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30896269|archive-date=14 October 2015|url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>

===== Safety innovations ===== There were other changes introduced in a bid to further increase the safety of the sport. In the aftermath of Bianchi's accident, a new procedure called the Virtual Safety Car (VSC) was introduced following trials during the last three Grands Prix of 2014. The procedure could be initiated when double waved yellow flags were needed on any section of a circuit where competitors and officials were in danger, but the circumstances did not warrant deployment of the actual safety car. It obliged drivers to reduce their speed to match one indicated on the displays on their steering wheels.<ref name="15 calendar" /> The safety car procedure was amended as well: once the last lapped car had passed the leader, the safety car returned to the pit lane at the end of the following lap. This was 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 pit lane.<ref name="15 calendar" />

If a race were suspended (red-flagged), the cars would no longer have lined up on the grid but instead would have slowly proceeded to the pit lane. 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. Severe circumstances could still have required cars to stop immediately on track.<ref name="15 calendar" />

===== Other ===== 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. This restriction added to the partial radio ban implemented at the end of the previous season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lewis Hamilton fears starts will be made even worse by F1 rule change|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11766123/Lewis-Hamilton-fears-starts-will-be-made-even-worse-by-F1-rule-change.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208191221/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11766123/Lewis-Hamilton-fears-starts-will-be-made-even-worse-by-F1-rule-change.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=27 July 2015 |access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> Drivers were also no longer permitted to change the design of their helmet in-season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117721|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321134538/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117721|archive-date=21 March 2015|title=F1 helmet design changes in-season to be banned|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=18 February 2015|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> The time limit rule was also adjusted, so that after races reached two hours and the leader completed a lap, an additional full lap would be run before the race ended.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://f1i.com/magazine/691-sporting-changes.html|title=2015 F1 Sporting Regulations: Sporting some changes|date=30 January 2015|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227142540/https://f1i.com/magazine/691-sporting-changes.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Season report== [[File:Max Verstappen 2015 Malaysia Q2.jpg|thumb|Max Verstappen (pictured at the Malaysian Grand Prix) set two records in his first two races: youngest driver to start a race, and youngest driver to score points.|alt=A picture of Max Verstappen driving a Toro Rosso TR10 during the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.]]

===Pre-season=== Lewis Hamilton was the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his second title at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/30168481|title=Lewis Hamilton wins world championship in Abu Dhabi|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=23 November 2014|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026081205/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30168481|archive-date=26 October 2015|url-status=live|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref> His team, Mercedes, began the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having clinched its first championship title at the 2014 Russian Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/10/hamilton-wins-rosberg-errs-mercedes-clinch-constructors-title-in-sochi/|title=Hamilton wins, Rosberg errs, Mercedes clinch constructors' title in Sochi|last=Allen|first=James|date=12 October 2014|work=James Allen on F1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017074841/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/10/hamilton-wins-rosberg-errs-mercedes-clinch-constructors-title-in-sochi/|archive-date=17 October 2014|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>

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. It was the first season since {{F1|1994}}, when Alain Prost retired from the sport following his fourth and final World Drivers' Championship title in {{F1|1993}}, that the field did not contain a number one car.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/11/25/hamilton-wont-number-one-car-2015/|title=Hamilton won't have number one on his car in 2015|last=Collantine|first=Keith|date=25 November 2014|publisher=F1 Fanatic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303154151/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/11/25/hamilton-wont-number-one-car-2015/|archive-date=3 March 2015|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref name="never give up">{{cite news|url=http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/12/never-give-up-caterham-and-former-marussia-f1-teams-still-hoping-for-f1-reprieve/|title="Never give up": Caterham and former Marussia F1 teams still hoping for F1 reprieve|last=Allen|first=James|date=13 December 2014|work=James Allen on F1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411120358/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/12/never-give-up-caterham-and-former-marussia-f1-teams-still-hoping-for-f1-reprieve/|archive-date=11 April 2016|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> A request by Manor Marussia to use their 2014 car was rejected by the other teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/31158612|title=Marussia comeback blocked by Force India no vote|date=5 February 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208104645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/31158612|archive-date=8 February 2015|url-status=live|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/17581/9701370/marussia-future-under-threat-as-rival-teams-turn-down-2014-car-use-request|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150329080528/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/17581/9701370/marussia-future-under-threat-as-rival-teams-turn-down-2014-car-use-request|archive-date=29 March 2015|title= Marussia future under threat as rival teams turn down 2014 car use request|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|work=Sky Sports|date= 6 February 2015|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> Subsequent regulation changes allowed the team to use a modified 2014 chassis which met updated safety and dimensional limits. The car was powered by a 2014 specification Ferrari power unit, with a new chassis to be introduced later in the season.<ref name="Manor Ferrari" /> However, following the twelfth round, Manor Marussia elected to abandon those plans in favour of developing the car for the following season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120753|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024091401/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120753 |archive-date=24 October 2015 |title=Manor F1 team set to delay new car introduction to 2016|first=Lawrence|last=Barretto|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=11 September 2015|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>

McLaren's Fernando Alonso was involved in a pre-season testing accident that saw the two-time World Drivers' Champion hospitalised. 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/9776231/fernando-alonso-says-he-didn8217t-think-the-year-was-1995-following-his-testing-crash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327110520/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/9776231/fernando-alonso-says-he-didn8217t-think-the-year-was-1995-following-his-testing-crash|archive-date=27 March 2015|title=Fernando Alonso says locked steering caused Barcelona crash|work=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|date=28 March 2015|access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref> On physicians' advice, Alonso elected to sit out the opening round in Australia, prompting the team to replace him with Kevin Magnussen for the race.<ref name="Alonso out" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/2/mclaren--wind-to-blame-for-alonso-accident.html|title=McLaren: wind to blame for Alonso crash|date=23 February 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522220922/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/2/mclaren--wind-to-blame-for-alonso-accident.html|archive-date=22 May 2016|access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref> Alonso was cleared to race by the second round in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport/formula-one/fernando-alonso-and-valtteri-bottas-cleared-to-race-in-formula-1-malaysian-grand-prix/story-e6frf3zl-1227279891380 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327074654/http://www.foxsports.com.au/subscribe/news/1/index.html?sourceCode=FSWEB_WRE150_a&mode=breached&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fmotor-sport%2Fformula-one%2Ffernando-alonso-and-valtteri-bottas-cleared-to-race-in-formula-1-malaysian-grand-prix%2Fstory-e6frf3zl-1227279891380&memtype=anonymous |archive-date=27 March 2015 |title=Alonso, Bottas cleared to race in Malaysia |publisher=Fox Sports Interactive Media |date=26 March 2015 |access-date=4 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Championship=== [[File:Sebastian Vettel 2015 Malaysia podium 2.jpg|thumb|upright|In Malaysia, Sebastian Vettel secured Ferrari's first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix and his first victory since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix.|alt=A picture of Sebastian Vettel cheering on the podium after winning the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix for Ferrari.]]

====Opening rounds==== Mercedes began the season with a one–two finish in Australia, resulting in a twenty-eight-point lead after just one round.<ref name=AUSres>{{cite news|first=Lawrence|last=Barretto|url=http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118069/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712134541/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118069/|archive-date=12 July 2016|title=Australian GP: Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg to win|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=15 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> They finished over thirty seconds clear of Sebastian Vettel, who finished third and secured a podium finish in his first race with Ferrari.<ref name=AUSres/> Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo finished a lap down in sixth,<ref name="2015 Australia" /> prompting the team to continue to voice their frustrations with Renault, as they were forced to use its second of four allotted power units for Ricciardo on the very first day of the season.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Edd|last1=Straw|first2=Matt|last2=Beer|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118028|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315162224/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118028|archive-date=15 March 2015|title=Daniel Ricciardo already onto second F1 engine|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=13 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> The team also voiced its displeasure over the progress Renault had made in terms of power, with the team principal, Christian Horner, saying the Renault Energy F1-2015 was still {{convert|100|hp}} down on Mercedes's PU106B Hybrid.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323244/horner-says-renault-100hp-behind-mercedes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029084655/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323244/horner-says-renault-100hp-behind-mercedes/|archive-date=29 October 2015|title=Horner says Renault 100hp behind Mercedes|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=15 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> After the race, the Red Bull team advisor Helmut Marko suggested that Red Bull might exit Formula One entirely if changes to the regulations were not made to level the field or cut development costs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.espnf1.com/redbull/motorsport/story/194819.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408052540/http://en.espn.co.uk/redbull/motorsport/story/194819.html|archive-date=8 April 2015|title=Red Bull issues quit threat over F1 regulations|publisher=ESPN F1|date=15 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Renault countered with their own threat to pull out of Formula One as an engine supplier if its reputation continued to be damaged or if its participation was otherwise not profitable to the company.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/renault-could-quit-f1-or-buy-toro-rosso/6355146|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329040040/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-27/renault-could-quit-f1-or-buy-toro-rosso/6355146|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=Renault threatens to quit Formula One as engine stoush continues|agency=Reuters|publisher=ABC Online|date=27 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Mercedes followed up by finishing second and third in Malaysia, while Red Bull continued to struggle, rounding out the top ten a lap down.<ref name=MALRes>{{cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Barretto|url=http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118279/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712133146/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118279/|title=F1 Malaysian GP: Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari defeat Mercedes|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=29 March 2015|archive-date=12 July 2016|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> After four rounds, Mercedes led the field, having earned 159 points (with Lewis Hamilton acquiring 93 out of 100 possible points),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421015544/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=21 April 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> while Red Bull's struggles continued.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/324806/horner-no-short-term-fixes-for-red-bull/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711105510/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/324806/horner-no-short-term-fixes-for-red-bull/|archive-date=11 July 2015|title=Horner: No short-term fixes for Red Bull|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=23 April 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> The team acquired twenty-six points, enough for a distant fourth,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-constructor-standings.html|title=2015 Constructor Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421015558/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-constructor-standings.html|archive-date=21 April 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> and Ricciardo entered the European stages of the season on his fourth and final permissible power unit with fifteen events remaining on the calendar.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Straw|first1=Edd|last2=Rencken|first2=Dieter|title=Daniel Ricciardo onto his fourth F1 engine after Bahrain GP failure|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118608|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=19 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521220200/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118608|archive-date=21 May 2016|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

With McLaren's longest continuous testing session lasting twelve laps in Montmeló – a total of {{convert|56|km|0}}, a sixth of a total Grand Prix distance – before running into engine trouble, Honda elected to detune the power units for the opening Grands Prix in an effort to improve reliability and longevity while the manufacturer worked to improve these areas before homologation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118058|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315094801/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118058|archive-date=15 March 2015|title=Australian GP: Honda detunes McLaren's F1 engine for reliability|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=14 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> After both cars qualified on the back row, Kevin Magnussen failed to reach the grid after suffering an abrupt engine failure while on his way from the pit lane to the grid.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323209/points-don-t-matter-to-mclaren-button/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920225930/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/323209/points-don-t-matter-to-mclaren-button/|archive-date=20 September 2015|title=Points don't matter to McLaren – Button|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=15 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Jenson Button managed to finish the race, albeit in the last classified position, two laps behind the leaders.<ref name="2015 Australia">{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-australia-results/race.html|title=Race|date=15 March 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316092731/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-australia-results/race.html|archive-date=16 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Magnussen relinquished his seat back to Alonso in Malaysia;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collantine|first1=Keith|title=Alonso's race return confirmed by FIA|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/26/alonsos-race-return-confirmed-by-fia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328233636/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/26/alonsos-race-return-confirmed-by-fia|archive-date=28 March 2015|publisher=F1Fanatic|date=26 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> both cars qualified ahead of only the Manor Marussia cars and eventually retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32099506|title=Lewis Hamilton on Malaysian GP pole after torrential rain|date=28 March 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|last1=Benson|first1=Andrew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328122111/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32099506|archive-date=28 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Weaver|first1=Paul|title=Sebastian Vettel wins F1's Malaysia GP to leave Lewis Hamilton frustrated|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/29/sebastian-vettel-wins-malaysia-f1-lewis-hamilton-second|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522112838/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/29/sebastian-vettel-wins-malaysia-f1-lewis-hamilton-second|archive-date=22 May 2016|date=29 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> The team showed signs of improvement in terms of performance and was able to compete with the midfield cars in China and Bahrain, although reliability continued to prove troublesome as Button's car was unable to compete in the latter Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Report|url=http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2015/bahrain-grand-prix/bahrain-grand-prix-race-report-2015/|publisher=McLaren|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113256/http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2015/bahrain-grand-prix/bahrain-grand-prix-race-report-2015/|archive-date=22 May 2016|date=19 April 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/31645618|title=Marussia team could make Formula 1 return this season|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=4 February 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316191416/http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/31645618|archive-date=16 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> After the team's arrival in Australia, while assembling the cars, it was discovered that their computers had been wiped completely clean of all data in preparation for auction,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/fia-miffed-over-manor-marussia-f1-teams-absence-australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316203454/http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/fia-miffed-over-manor-marussia-f1-teams-absence-australia|archive-date=16 March 2015|title=FIA miffed over Manor Marussia F1 team's absence in Australia|date=14 March 2015|agency=GMM|work=Autoweek|publisher=Crain Communications|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> and they ultimately could not compete in the Grand Prix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/31748403|title=Australian Grand Prix qualifying&nbsp;– As it happened|last=Rose|first=Gary|date=14 March 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313232429/http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/31748403|archive-date=13 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> The team managed to get their cars running and on the racetrack by the second round in Malaysia, and were able to set times within 107% of the leading times in practice, giving stewards reasonable grounds to allow the team to race when they failed to do so in qualifying.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/3/marussia-drivers-granted-permission-to-start.html|title=Marussia drivers granted permission to start in Malaysia|date=28 March 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330205211/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/3/marussia-drivers-granted-permission-to-start.html|archive-date=30 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Merhi was able to finish the race three laps down in fifteenth, while Stevens did not start.<ref name=MALRes/> Manor Marussia continued to show signs of consistency, with both cars qualifying within 107%, starting, and finishing both Grands Prix in China and Bahrain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/324721/manor-marussia-proud-of-flyaway-efforts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712152248/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/324721/manor-marussia-proud-of-flyaway-efforts/|archive-date=12 July 2016|title=Manor Marussia 'proud' of flyaway efforts|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=20 April 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> They were one of two teams, the other being McLaren, to return to Europe without a championship point.<ref name=BAHRes>{{cite web|first=Lawrence|last=Barretto|url=http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118598/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712152833/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118598/|title=F1 Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton wins ahead of Kimi Raikkonen|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=19 April 2015|archive-date=12 July 2016|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

Ferrari came into the season seemingly much more competitive than the previous season, finishing on the podium in the opening race.<ref name=AUSres/> Kimi Räikkönen said the SF15-T was "much better" to drive than 2014's F14 T.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raikkonen: SF15-T gives Ferrari 'something to work with'|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/ferrari/motorsport/story/190727.html|website=en.espn.co.uk|publisher=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803193943/http://en.espn.co.uk/ferrari/motorsport/story/190727.html|archive-date=3 August 2016|date=4 February 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> In Malaysia, Vettel won comfortably and Räikkönen finished in fourth, despite suffering a tyre failure.<ref name=MALRes/> The team then finished third and fourth in China and Räikkönen secured his first podium appearance since rejoining Ferrari the previous season with a second-place finish in Bahrain.<ref name=BAHRes/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12040/9801857|title=Chinese GP: Hamilton wins again ahead of Rosberg and Vettel|last=Galloway|first=James|date=15 October 2015|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712153743/http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12040/9801857|archive-date=12 July 2016|work=Sky Sports|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> With 107 points, the team returned to Europe 52 points behind Mercedes, and 46 points ahead of Williams, who were third.<ref name=BAHRes/> Sauber left the opening rounds with their first points since {{F1|2013}}.<ref>{{cite news|first=Edd|last=Straw|url=http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118085/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604125352/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118085/|archive-date=4 June 2016|title=Sauber: Australian GP points a relief after van der Garde court row|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=16 March 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

====European and Canadian rounds==== [[File:Start 2015 Spanish Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|Nico Rosberg leads the field on the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix. He would go on to win the race.|alt=A picture of the 2015 field of formula one cars negotiating the first turns during the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix.]] Mercedes arrived at Spain already with a comfortable lead. Lewis Hamilton had scored ninety-three points out of a possible one hundred, giving him a twenty-seven-point lead over his teammate Nico Rosberg entering the eight-race European portion of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421015544/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=21 April 2015}}</ref>

Rosberg quickly cut into Hamilton's championship lead by securing victories in Spain (reducing his deficit to twenty points) and Monaco. The latter win was aided by the result of a costly miscalculation by the Mercedes team to pit Hamilton with a 19-second lead during a safety car period (that briefly saw the use of the "Virtual Safety Car" for the first time in F1's history) with 14 laps remaining. Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel did not make pit stops, allowing both to narrowly pass Hamilton by the pit lane exit. Racing resumed on lap seventy-one and Rosberg quickly pulled away, remaining in the lead until the chequered flag. Vettel held off Hamilton for second and third, respectively.<ref name=monaco>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Daniel|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11627296/Monaco-Grand-Prix-2015-Lewis-Hamiltons-dream-victory-shattered-by-Mercedes-strategy-blunder.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150526160353/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11627296/Monaco-Grand-Prix-2015-Lewis-Hamiltons-dream-victory-shattered-by-Mercedes-strategy-blunder.html|archive-date=26 May 2015|title= Monaco Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton's dream victory shattered by Mercedes' strategy blunder|date=24 May 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref> As a result, Hamilton's lead over Rosberg in the Drivers' Championship was cut in half, to just ten points.<ref name=sky>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=James|title=Monaco GP: Nico Rosberg wins after Mercedes 'mistake' denies Hamilton|url=http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12517/9863249|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525101201/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12517/9863249|archive-date=25 May 2015|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|work=Sky Sports|access-date=18 June 2015|date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, Button secured McLaren's first points of the season by finishing eighth.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mitchell|first1=Scott|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119151|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525013715/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119151|archive-date=25 May 2015|title=Jenson Button proud of first McLaren 2015 F1 points in Monaco GP|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=Autosport|date=25 May 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> This left the Marussia drivers of Stevens and Merhi, along with the other McLaren driver, Fernando Alonso, as the only full-time drivers not to score a point after seven rounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525175907/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=25 May 2015}}</ref>

{{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = | image1 = Hamilton Britain 2015 victory.jpg | alt1 = A picture of Lewis Hamilton driving a Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid formula one car during the 2015 British Grand Prix, raising his arm in celebration after winning the race. | caption1 = | image2 = Alonso Britain 2015.jpg | alt2 = A picture of Fernando Alonso driving a McLaren MP4-30 formula one car during the 2015 British Grand Prix. | caption2 = Lewis Hamilton (top) gestures to his home crowd following his fifth win of the season at Silverstone, while Fernando Alonso (bottom) picked up his first point of the season. }}

At the following Grands Prix in Canada,<ref name="canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/hamilton-beats-rosberg-to-victory-in-canada.html|title=Hamilton beats Rosberg to victory in Canada|date=7 June 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609200252/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/6/hamilton-beats-rosberg-to-victory-in-canada.html|archive-date=9 June 2015}}</ref> Austria,<ref name=austria>{{cite web|last1=Barretto|first1=Lawrence|title=Austrian GP: Nico Rosberg beats Lewis Hamilton to F1 victory|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119618|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=9 July 2016|date=21 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709171724/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119618|archive-date=9 July 2016}}</ref> and Britain,<ref name="britain">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/33401990|title=Lewis Hamilton wins British GP brilliantly after late rain|date=5 July 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|last1=Benson|first1=Andrew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706222727/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/33401990|archive-date=6 July 2015|access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref> Mercedes put to rest the criticism following the result in Monaco<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2015/6/toto-wolff-q-a--montreal-proved-mercedes-no-idiots.html|title=Toto Wolff Q&A: Montreal proved we're no idiots|date=7 June 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|quote=Q: Do you feel that the race result restored the balance of the team after the Monaco incident? TW: I must say that after Monaco it was very difficult for the team to handle that situation after the massive media hype. We were exposed to massive criticism. It looked as if all the previous race wins and both title wins of 2014 were suddenly forgotten and a bunch of idiots were managing the team. Today's result makes that all a thing of the past.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609191701/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/interviews/2015/6/toto-wolff-q-a--montreal-proved-mercedes-no-idiots.html|archive-date=9 June 2015|access-date=9 June 2015}}</ref> through finishing first and second in the next three races, extending their championship lead to 160 points over Ferrari. Williams collected their first two podiums of the season in the form of third-place results by Valtteri Bottas in Canada and Felipe Massa in Austria, while Ferrari lost ground to Mercedes following a retirement in Austria and an eighth-place finish in Britain by Räikkönen.<ref name=canada/><ref name=austria/><ref name=britain/> Other power unit manufacturers continued to struggle, with a Renault-powered car finishing in the top five only once, in Monaco,<ref name=monaco/> indicating their continued lack of power.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Ben|last2=Adam|first2=Mitchell|title=Daniel Ricciardo says Renault's F1 woes are hurting Red Bull set-up|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119998|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718020608/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119998|archive-date=18 July 2015|date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Honda continued to have reliability issues and, up to the British Grand Prix, suffered nine retirements and two failures to start due to power unit problems, translating to only seven overall finishes out of 18 possible results.<ref>{{cite web|title=McLaren-Honda Formula One marriage is an embarrassment|url=http://autoweek.com/article/racing/f1-embarrassment-mclaren-honda|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620011122/http://autoweek.com/article/racing/f1-embarrassment-mclaren-honda|archive-date=20 June 2015|date=17 June 2016|work=Autoweek|publisher=Crain Communications}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Giles|title=British Grand Prix: once mighty McLaren appear to have lowered F1 sights|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/05/british-grand-prix-mclaren-f1-fernando-alonso-jenson-button|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707022856/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/05/british-grand-prix-mclaren-f1-fernando-alonso-jenson-button|date=5 July 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015}}</ref>

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 Belgium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2015/08/belgian-grand-prix-lewis-hamilton-dominates-to-take-sixth-win-of-the-season/|title=Belgian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton dominates to take sixth win of the season|date=23 August 2015|website=James Allen on F1|last1=Kalinauckas|first1=Alex|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824124214/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2015/08/belgian-grand-prix-lewis-hamilton-dominates-to-take-sixth-win-of-the-season/|archive-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> The two would trade victories between rounds six and nine, closing the gap to as little as ten points. Sebastian Vettel, who at one time was within three points of the lead, after his victory in Malaysia, and who was the only non-Mercedes winner after eleven rounds, could not overcome team errors in Canada and Austria, and fell fifty-nine points off the pace of Hamilton after round nine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707040223/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> He rebounded in Hungary by winning his second race of the season,<ref name="hungary">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/26/ferrari-sebastian-vettel-wins-hungarian-grand-prix-mercedes-lewis-hamilton|title=F1: Sebastian Vettel capitalises on poor Mercedes start to win in Hungary|date=26 July 2015|last1=Richards|first1=Giles|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807135430/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/26/ferrari-sebastian-vettel-wins-hungarian-grand-prix-mercedes-lewis-hamilton|archive-date=7 August 2015}}</ref> reducing the gap to Hamilton to forty-two points in the process, but fell out of a point-scoring position in Belgium after a tyre failure on the penultimate lap, dropping him to sixty-seven points behind the leader.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Giles|title=Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel unhappy with Pirelli after tyre explosion|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/23/ferrari-sebastian-vettel-pirelli-tyre-explosion|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=24 August 2015|date=23 August 2015|archive-date=24 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824191808/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/23/ferrari-sebastian-vettel-pirelli-tyre-explosion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827012203/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

Hamilton closed out the European portion of the season with his seventh victory of the season in Italy. With Rosberg's retirement at the event, Hamilton entered the closing rounds of the season with a lead of fifty-three points over his teammate in the Drivers' Championship standings, the largest gap of the season at that point,<ref name=italy>{{cite news|last1=Weaver|first1=Paul|title=F1: Lewis Hamilton hails 'best weekend' after cruising to victory at Monza|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/06/lewis-hamilton-f1-best-weekend-victory-monza|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024200833/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/06/lewis-hamilton-f1-best-weekend-victory-monza|archive-date=24 October 2015|date=6 September 2016}}</ref> while Vettel sat a further twenty-one points behind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907105251/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=7 September 2015|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Hamilton's tenth pole position in Belgium assured him of victory in the FIA Pole Trophy, the award for the driver who achieves the most pole positions during the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamilton not excited to secure pole trophy|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns31737.html|website=grandprix.com|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709174055/http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns31737.html|archive-date=9 July 2016|date=28 August 2015}}</ref> Mercedes had built up a 181-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship, with Williams in third, 263 points behind the leaders.<ref name="constritaly">{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-constructor-standings.html|title=2015 Constructor Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912044246/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-constructor-standings.html|archive-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> After twelve rounds, half of the teams had been represented on the podium,<ref>{{cite web|title=F1 2015 Calendar|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/season/185539.html|publisher=ESPN|access-date=9 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709174512/http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/season/185539.html|archive-date=9 July 2016}}</ref> while nine out of ten had scored points.<ref name=constritaly/>

====Asian, Russian, and American rounds==== [[File:Rossi US GP 2015.jpg|thumb|American Alexander Rossi, seen here driving at his home race, made his Formula One race debut at the Singapore Grand Prix.|alt=A picture of Alexander Rossi driving a Marussia MR03B Formula One car during the 2015 United States Grand Prix.]] Shortly before the thirteenth round in Singapore, Manor Marussia announced that the American GP2 driver Alexander Rossi would race for the team, replacing Merhi in five of the final seven rounds, while Merhi was retained for the remaining two.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/rossi-to-make-f1-race-debut-with-manor-in-singapore|title=Rossi to make F1 race debut with Manor in Singapore|last=Noble|first=Jonathan|date=16 September 2015|publisher=Motorsport Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918003338/http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/rossi-to-make-f1-race-debut-with-manor-in-singapore|archive-date=18 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> Vettel won his third victory of the season in Singapore, closing his gap to Nico Rosberg in second place to just eight points.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weaver|first1=Paul|title=F1: Sebastian Vettel wins in Singapore but intruder walks on track in race|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/20/f1-sebastian-vettel-singapore-intruder-walks-on-to-track-lewis-hamilton|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521214953/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/20/f1-sebastian-vettel-singapore-intruder-walks-on-to-track-lewis-hamilton|archive-date=21 May 2016|date=20 September 2015}}</ref>

Rosberg could not close the gap to Hamilton in Japan or Russia; despite winning pole position in both races, his leads were short-lived.<ref name="japan">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34373139? |title=Japan GP: Lewis Hamilton wins to match Ayrton Senna mark |date=27 September 2015 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |last1=Benson |first1=Andrew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930235930/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34373139 |archive-date=30 September 2015 |access-date=4 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="russia">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34500072|title=Lewis Hamilton wins incident-packed Russian Grand Prix|date=11 October 2015|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|last1=Benson|first1=Andrew|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025123542/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34500072|archive-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> He was passed by Hamilton on the opening corner in Japan<ref name=japan/> and retired on lap seven in Russia.<ref name=russia/> Vettel capitalised on the results with third and second-place finishes respectively, to take second place in the Drivers' Championship from Rosberg with four rounds remaining, while Hamilton extended his lead to sixty-six points, the highest lead he had held in the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|title=2015 Driver Standings|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015183804/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-driver-standings.html|archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> A victory in the United States, with Rosberg and Vettel finishing second and third respectively, secured the third Drivers' Championship for Hamilton with three races left to run.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weaver|first1=Paul|title=Lewis Hamilton wins third F1 world title with victory at US Grand Prix|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/25/lewis-hamilton-wins-f1-world-title-third-time-us-grand-prix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026231406/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/25/lewis-hamilton-wins-f1-world-title-third-time-us-grand-prix|archive-date=26 October 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 October 2015|date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Rosberg won the final three races in Mexico,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bull|first1=JJ|title=Nico Rosberg wins...at last! |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11968838/Mexican-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102142020/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11968838/Mexican-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html|archive-date=2 November 2015|date=1 November 2015}}</ref> Brazil,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Daniel|title=Lewis Hamilton fails to emulate hero Ayrton Senna as Nico Rosberg triumphs at Brazilian Grand Prix|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11997455/Lewis-Hamilton-fails-to-emulate-hero-Ayrton-Senna-as-Nico-Rosberg-triumphs-at-Brazilian-Grand-Prix.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119231452/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11997455/Lewis-Hamilton-fails-to-emulate-hero-Ayrton-Senna-as-Nico-Rosberg-triumphs-at-Brazilian-Grand-Prix.html|archive-date=19 November 2015|date=15 November 2015}}</ref> and Abu Dhabi to reclaim second in the Drivers' Championship from Vettel,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weaver|first1=Paul|title=Nico Rosberg takes third straight win with victory in Abu Dhabi GP|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/29/nico-rosberg-lewis-hamilton-abu-dhabi-grand-prix|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421082410/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/29/nico-rosberg-lewis-hamilton-abu-dhabi-grand-prix |archive-date=21 April 2016 |date=29 November 2015}}</ref> while Hamilton secured the Fastest Lap Award in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhl-in-motion.com/f1/article/dhl-fastest-lap-award-2015-formula-1-grande-premio-petrobras-do-brasil|title=DHL Fastest Lap Award: 2015 Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras Do Brasil|date=16 November 2015|work=DHL in motion|publisher=DHL International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214025332/http://www.dhl-in-motion.com/f1/article/dhl-fastest-lap-award-2015-formula-1-grande-premio-petrobras-do-brasil|archive-date=14 February 2016|access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

===Awards=== Lewis Hamilton ended the season winning not only the championship, but also the FIA Pole Trophy for most pole positions of the season<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/lewis-hamilton-i-m-not-excited-by-winning-pole-trophies_sto4883819/story.shtml|title=Lewis Hamilton: I'm not excited by winning pole trophies|date=29 August 2015|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203134349/http://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/lewis-hamilton-i-m-not-excited-by-winning-pole-trophies_sto4883819/story.shtml|archive-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> and the DHL Fastest Lap Award. Ferrari won the inaugural DHL Pit Stop Award, posting the fastest pit stop time at seven of the first eighteen races of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/11/hamilton-and-ferrari-pick-up-dhl-fastest-lap-and-pit-stop-awards.html|title=Hamilton and Ferrari pick up DHL Fastest Lap and Pit Stop Awards|date=29 November 2015|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203134342/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/11/hamilton-and-ferrari-pick-up-dhl-fastest-lap-and-pit-stop-awards.html|archive-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> Both Hamilton and Mercedes collected their championship trophies at a gala held in Paris on 4 December 2015. Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen collected three post-season awards for Rookie of the Year, Personality of the Year and Action of the Year (for his overtake on Felipe Nasr through Blanchimont corner at the Belgian Grand Prix).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=James|title=Lewis Hamilton & Mercedes officially crowned 2015 world champions|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24181/10087594/lewis-hamilton-mercedes-officially-crowned-2015-world-champions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205171818/http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24181/10087594/lewis-hamilton-mercedes-officially-crowned-2015-world-champions|archive-date=5 December 2015|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|work=Sky Sports|access-date=5 December 2015|date=5 December 2015}}</ref>

===Legal disputes===

====Sauber==== Sauber's early season preparations were disrupted by a series of legal challenges from the former Caterham driver Giedo van der Garde, who claimed the team had reneged on a contract that was signed in June 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/322771/sauber-confirms-van-der-garde-lawsuit/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428043901/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/322771/sauber-confirms-van-der-garde-lawsuit/|archive-date=28 April 2016|title=Sauber confirms van der Garde lawsuit|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=5 March 2015|access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref> Van der Garde filed a motion with the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia in an effort to force the team to replace one of their drivers with him at the opening round in Melbourne,<ref name="VDG legal">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-sport/formula-one/australian-formula-one-grand-prix-driver-giedo-van-der-garde-demands-start/news-story/e59d0d6f28cdfe91e4d526e173c98c33?= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527151724/https://www.webcitation.org/6dZlGteUq?url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-sport/formula-one/australian-formula-one-grand-prix-driver-giedo-van-der-garde-demands-start/news-story/e59d0d6f28cdfe91e4d526e173c98c33%3F&nk=3992aeac769eed00d96fc9ed135fc07d-1449414921 |last=Murphy |first=Padraic |title=Australian Formula One Grand Prix: driver Giedo van der Garde demands start |date=5 March 2015 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |work=Herald Sun|access-date=5 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with the court finding in his favour.<ref name="VDG">{{cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/11/sauber-will-not-risk-safety-after-van-der-garde-ruling|title=Sauber will not risk safety after van der Garde ruling|last=Collantine|first=Keith|date=10 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313141606/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/11/sauber-will-not-risk-safety-after-van-der-garde-ruling|archive-date=13 March 2015|work=F1 Fanatic|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> Van der Garde later agreed not to participate in the event, with the driver and team settling the dispute for an undisclosed sum and terminating the contract following the first round.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-racing-vandergarde-idUKKBN0ME11B20150318|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408222955/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/uk-motor-racing-vandergarde-idUKKBN0ME11B20150318|archive-date=8 April 2015|title=Van der Garde settles dispute with Sauber|work=Reuters|date=18 March 2015|access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref>

====Lotus==== Lotus suffered financially throughout the season, culminating in Pirelli withholding their tyres for the Friday practice sessions in Hungary. Before the Belgian Grand Prix, amid negotiations with Renault for a potential takeover, the former Lotus reserve driver Charles Pic initiated legal action against Lotus alleging lack of seat time in 2014, resulting in breach of contract. Belgian authorities later moved to impound the assets of Lotus for four days following Grosjean's podium finish.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/motor-racing-lotus-idINKCN0R14O320150901|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204122729/http://in.reuters.com/article/motor-racing-lotus-idINKCN0R14O320150901|archive-date=4 February 2016|title=Lotus head for Monza hoping for good news|first=Alan|last=Baldwin|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=2 September 2015|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> After talks between the FIA and Lotus,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gill|first1=Pete|title=Lotus cars allowed to leave Spa|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12473/9966577/lotus-cars-allowed-to-leave-spa|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|work=Sky Sports|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404031414/http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12473/9966577/lotus-cars-allowed-to-leave-spa |archive-date=4 April 2016 |date=27 August 2015}}</ref> the team was allowed to leave Spa with their equipment and cars, and was able to start the following race in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lotus startet trotz Rechtsstreits|url=http://www.sport1.de/motorsport/formel1/2015/09/formel-1-lotus-startet-trotz-rechtsstreits-mit-charles-pic-in-monza|publisher=Sport1|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521213349/http://www.sport1.de/motorsport/formel1/2015/09/formel-1-lotus-startet-trotz-rechtsstreits-mit-charles-pic-in-monza|archive-date=21 May 2016|language=de|date=1 September 2015}}</ref>

==Results and standings==

===Grands Prix===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;" !scope="column"|Round !scope="column"|Grand Prix !scope="column"|Pole position !scope="column"|Fastest lap !scope="column"|Winning driver !scope="column"|{{nowrap|Winning constructor}} !scope="column" class=unsortable|{{Tooltip|Report|Race report}} |- !scope="row"|1 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Australian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|2 |{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Vettel}} |{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari |Report |- !scope="row"|3 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Chinese Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|4 |{{flagicon|BHR}} Bahrain Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|5 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Spanish Grand Prix |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|6 |{{flagicon|MCO}} &nbsp;Monaco Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|7 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Canadian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|8 |{{flagicon|AUT}} Austrian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|9 |{{flagicon|GBR}} British Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|10 |{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungarian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo |{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Vettel |{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari |Report |- !scope="row"|11 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|12 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Italian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|GER}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|13 |{{flagicon|SGP}} Singapore Grand Prix |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel}} |{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo |{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel |{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari |Report |- !scope="row"|14 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese Grand Prix |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg}} |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton}} |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton}} |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|15 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Russian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel}} |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|16 |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} United States Grand Prix}} |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|17 |{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexican Grand Prix |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|18 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazilian Grand Prix |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |- !scope="row"|19 |{{flagicon|ARE}} Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |{{flagicon|DEU}} Mercedes |Report |-class=sortbottom |colspan="7" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Sources:<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2015/races.html|title=2015 Race Results|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118195220/http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2015/races.html|archive-date=18 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/stats/2015/races|title=2015 Season Overview|website=Sky Sports|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324014019/http://www.skysports.com/f1/stats/2015/races|archive-date=24 March 2016|access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2015/fastest-laps.html|title=2015 DHL Fastest Lap Award|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|access-date=19 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019154036/http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2015/fastest-laps.html|archive-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>''' |}

===Scoring system=== {{further|List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems}} Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, using the following structure:<ref name=Sporting_Regs/>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" !scope="row"|Position |style="background-color:#ffffbf"|'''1st''' |style="background-color:#dfdfdf"|'''2nd''' |style="background-color:#ffdf9f"|'''3rd''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''4th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''5th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''6th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''7th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''8th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''9th''' |style="background-color:#dfffdf"|'''10th''' |- !scope="row"|Points |style="background-color:#ffffbf" align="center"|25 |style="background-color:#dfdfdf" align="center"|18 |style="background-color:#ffdf9f" align="center"|15 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|12 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|10 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|8 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|6 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|4 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|2 |style="background-color:#dfffdf" align="center"|1 |- |}

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.{{efn|name=standings tiebreaker|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. 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.<ref name=Sporting_Regs>{{cite web|title=2015 Formula one Sporting Regulations|url=http://www.fia.com/file/31071/download?token=xkk2udqj|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|date=10 July 2015|access-date=29 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123823/http://www.fia.com/file/31071/download?token=xkk2udqj |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>}}

===World Drivers' Championship standings=== {| |style="vertical-align:middle;"| {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" |-style="vertical-align:middle;" !style="vertical-align:middle"|{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} !style="vertical-align:middle"|Driver !style="vertical-align:top"|AUS<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MAL<br>{{flagicon|MYS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CHN<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BHR<br>{{flagicon|BHR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ESP<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MON<br>{{flagicon|MCO}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CAN<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|AUT<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} !style="vertical-align:top"|GBR<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|HUN<br>{{flagicon|HUN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BEL<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ITA<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|SIN<br>{{flagicon|SGP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|JPN<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|RUS<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|USA<br>{{flagicon|USA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MEX<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BRA<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ABU<br>{{flagicon|ARE}} !style="vertical-align:middle"|Points |- !scope="row"|1 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p|f}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p|f}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|{{F1 race position|3|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p|f}} |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|{{F1 race position|6|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p|f}} |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|f}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|1 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|1 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''381''' |- !scope="row"|2 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|{{F1 race position|3|f}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|1 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|f}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17^† |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|p}} |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|{{F1 race position|Ret|p}} |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|p|f}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p|f}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''322''' |- !scope="row"|3 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Vettel |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|1 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|1 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12^† |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#FFFFBF"|{{F1 race position|1|p}} |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''278''' |- !scope="row"|4 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|{{F1 race position|4|f}} |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''150''' |- !scope="row"|5 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12^† |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''136''' |- !scope="row"|6 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#000000; color:white"|DSQ |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''121''' |- !scope="row"|7 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Kvyat |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''95''' |- !scope="row"|8 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|{{F1 race position|5|f}} |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|{{F1 race position|3|f}} |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15^† |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''92''' |- !scope="row"|9 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Pérez |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''78''' |- !scope="row"|10 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Hülkenberg |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''58''' |- !scope="row"|11 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Romain Grosjean |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13^† |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''51''' |- !scope="row"|12 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17^† |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''49''' |- !scope="row"|13 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Nasr |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|20^† |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''27''' |- !scope="row"|14 |style="text-align:left"|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|VEN}} Pastor Maldonado}} |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''27''' |- !scope="row"|15 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr. |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''18''' |- !scope="row"|16 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jenson Button |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''16''' |- !scope="row"|17 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Alonso | |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18^† |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''11''' |- !scope="row"|18 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|11 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''9''' |- !scope="row"|19 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi |style="text-align:center" | DNP |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 | | |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 | | | |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|19 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''0''' |- !scope="row"|20 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18 | |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18 | |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''0''' |- !scope="row"|21 |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens |style="text-align:center" | DNP |style="background-color:#FFFFFF" |DNS |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16^† |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|19 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18 |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''0''' |- !scope="row"| — |style="text-align:left"|{{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''0''' |- |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|{{Tooltip|'''Pos.'''|Position}} |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Driver''' !style="vertical-align:top"|AUS<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MAL<br>{{flagicon|MYS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CHN<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BHR<br>{{flagicon|BHR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ESP<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MON<br>{{flagicon|MCO}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CAN<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|AUT<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} !style="vertical-align:top"|GBR<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|HUN<br>{{flagicon|HUN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BEL<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ITA<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|SIN<br>{{flagicon|SGP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|JPN<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|RUS<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|USA<br>{{flagicon|USA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MEX<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BRA<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ABU<br>{{flagicon|ARE}} |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Points''' |- |colspan=24 style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Sources:<ref name=results/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/37263/download?token=zcdGCEC6|title=2015 Formula One season – Drivers' Championship|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202044430/http://www.fia.com/file/37263/download?token=zcdGCEC6|archive-date=2 December 2015|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>''' |} |style="vertical-align:top;"| {{F1 driver results legend 7}}

|} '''Notes:''' * ^†&nbsp;– Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

===World Constructors' Championship standings=== Constructors' Championship points were awarded as per the Drivers' Championship with the results of both cars taken into account.<ref name=Sporting_Regs/> In the event of a tie, a count-back system was used as a tie-breaker, with a constructor's best result used to decide the standings.{{efn|name=standings tiebreaker}} {| |style="vertical-align:top;"| {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" |-style="vertical-align:middle;" !style="vertical-align:middle"|{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} !style="vertical-align:middle"|Constructor !style="vertical-align:top"|AUS<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MAL<br>{{flagicon|MYS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CHN<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BHR<br>{{flagicon|BHR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ESP<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MON<br>{{flagicon|MCO}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CAN<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} 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|style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12^† |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |- !rowspan=2 scope="row"|3 |rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Williams-Mercedes |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#FFDF9F"|3 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |rowspan=2 style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''257''' |- |style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|DNS |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|17 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|12^† |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#000000;color:white"|DSQ |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |- !rowspan=2 scope="row"|4 |rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull-Renault |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|9 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|2 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|8 |style="background-color:#DFDFDF"|{{F1 race position|2|f}} |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|13 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|5 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|10 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|4 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|7 |style="background-color:#DFFFDF"|6 |rowspan=2 style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''187''' |- 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|style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16^† |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|15 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|19 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|14 |style="background-color:#EFCFFF"|Ret |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|16 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|18 |style="background-color:#CFCFFF"|19 |- |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}''' |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Constructor''' !style="vertical-align:top"|AUS<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MAL<br>{{flagicon|MYS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CHN<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BHR<br>{{flagicon|BHR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ESP<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MON<br>{{flagicon|MCO}} !style="vertical-align:top"|CAN<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|AUT<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} !style="vertical-align:top"|GBR<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} !style="vertical-align:top"|HUN<br>{{flagicon|HUN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BEL<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ITA<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|SIN<br>{{flagicon|SGP}} !style="vertical-align:top"|JPN<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} !style="vertical-align:top"|RUS<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} !style="vertical-align:top"|USA<br>{{flagicon|USA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|MEX<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} !style="vertical-align:top"|BRA<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} !style="vertical-align:top"|ABU<br>{{flagicon|ARE}} |style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|'''Points''' |- | colspan="23" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" |'''Source:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/file/37264/download?token=vhtHnanl|title=2015 Formula One season – Constructors' Championship|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202044435/http://www.fia.com/file/37264/download?token=vhtHnanl|archive-date=2 December 2015|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>''' |} |style="vertical-align:top;"| {{F1 driver results legend 7}}

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'''Notes:''' * ^† – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance. * The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers.

==See also== * {{ill|2015 Formula One pre-season testing|es|Anexo:Pretemporada 2015 de Fórmula 1}}

==Footnotes== {{portal|Formula One}} {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links==

{{commons category}} * {{official website|http://www.formula1.com}} * [http://www.fia.com/ Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]

{{Formula One Championship}} {{World championships in 2015}}

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