2015 F1 Championship Standings

Overview & Report

2015 F1 Championship Overview

2015 F1 World Championship

NO	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	2015 Australian F1 GP	March 15	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	01:31:54.067
2	2015 Malaysian F1 GP	March 29	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	01:41:05.793
3	2015 Chinese F1 GP	April 12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	01:39:42.008
4	2015 Bahrain F1 GP	April 19	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	01:35:05.809
5	2015 Spanish F1 GP	May 10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	66	01:41:12.555
6	2015 Monaco F1 GP	May 24	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	01:49:18.420
7	2015 Canadian F1 GP	June 7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	01:31:53.145
8	2015 Austrian F1 GP	June 21	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	01:30:16.930
9	2015 British F1 GP	July 5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	01:31:27.729
10	2015 Hungarian F1 GP	July 26	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	69	01:46:09.985
11	2015 Belgian F1 GP	August 23	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	43	01:23:40.387
12	2015 Italian F1 GP	September 6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	01:18:00.688
13	2015 Singapore F1 GP	September 20	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	61	02:01:22.118
14	2015 Japanese F1 GP	September 27	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	01:28:06.508
15	2015 Russian F1 GP	October 11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	01:37:11.024
16	2015 USA F1 GP	October 25	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	01:50:52.703
17	2015 Mexican F1 GP	November 1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	01:42:35.038
18	2015 Brazilian F1 GP	November 15	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	01:31:09.090
19	2015 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	September 29	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	01:38:30.175

2015 F1 Championship Report

Hamilton equals his hero Ayrton Senna while Ferrari returns to winning ways

With Sebastian Vettel now partnering Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari and McLaren trying to get back to top form with the returns of Honda and Fernando Alonso, Mercedes was expected to have it harder to dominate as they did in the first year of the Turbo-Hybrid Era.

However, the German team showed the same kind of power demonstrated in 2014, again with Lewis Hamilton dominating the World Drivers’ Championship ahead of Nico Rosberg. Mercedes won 16 races out of the 19 scheduled for 2015, matching their 2014 record, but this time, the other three races went to a resurgent Ferrari, instead of Red Bull, and the four-time champion Vettel.

Among the rest of the field, Russian Daniil Kvyat was now Daniel Ricciardo’s teammate at Red Bull, while Toro Rosso had an exciting new lineup with debutants Max Verstappen (the youngest ever to race in F1 at 17 years and 166 days) and Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr.

In the first half of the year, Hamilton had more consistency both mechanically and in qualifying than 2014, which ultimately helped him dominate. 

In the first round, Hamilton led a comfortable 1-2 for Mercedes at Australia. Vettel put Ferrari back in the podium in the first race of 2015, before taking advantage of the heat at Malaysia to beat Hamilton to victory and take his first triumph for the Maranello-based team and the first for Ferrari since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. 

At this point, the McLaren-Honda merger was already a disappointment, not only due to the car being uncompetitive, but also due to horrible reliability.

Hamilton then won at China in front of Rosberg and in Bahrain ahead of Raikkonen, who achieved his first podium since the 2013 Korean Grand Prix and his first since returning to Ferrari in 2014.

Rosberg stopped Hamilton’s run of Pole Positions at Spain and took the victory. Then, at Monaco, Hamilton started from Pole and was dominating the race before losing it due to an ill-advised pitstop behind a Safety Car caused by a collision between Verstappen and Lotus’ Romain Grosjean.

Rosberg won for the third straight year at Monaco and Vettel finished second, ahead of Hamilton. Jenson Button’s eighth place for McLaren-Honda meant the first points for the team in the 2015 season.

Hamilton won the next race in Canada, while Rosberg won comfortably at Austria. In those two races, Williams achieved podiums with Valtteri Bottas at Canada and Felipe Massa in Austria.

A thrilling start to the 2015 British Grand Prix meant a fight between Williams and Mercedes for the race lead. Massa led the first part of the race before a perfect undercut by third-placed Hamilton gave the lead to the British champion. Ultimately, rain also played a part in the race and Hamilton won in front of Rosberg and Vettel, who had a great performance in the wet and good timing to pit for wet tyres.

A crazy race in Hungary saw Vettel dominate and take his second win of the year in a race in which Hamilton finished sixth and Rosberg eighth. It was the first race of the Turbo-Hybrid Era in which Mercedes did not take a podium place. Also, Red Bull’s Kvyat achieved his first F1 podium and Ricciardo finished third in what were the team’s first appearances in the podium in 2015.

Hamilton had a 21-point lead over Rosberg at the end of the first half and Vettel was 21 points behind Rosberg.

The second half of the year was completely taken over by Hamilton, starting with two straight Poles at Belgium and Italy to tie the second-largest streak of Poles in history, with seven. He won those two races, despite a tyre-pressure issue was investigated after his Monza win before the win was upheld.

Vettel dominated the Singapore Grand Prix from Pole as Hamilton retired from the GP, moving closer to Rosberg for P2 in the WDC.

After his DNF at Singapore, Hamilton won at Suzuka and Sochi. In Japan, Hamilton tied his hero Ayrton Senna in terms of race wins, with 41, at a track in which the Brazilian sealed his three F1 titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

At Russia, polesitter Rosberg suffered an issue with his throttle pedal that meant his second DNF due to mechanical trouble in the year. Vettel finished second at Sochi and overtook Rosberg in the championship.

The running in the 2015 US Grand Prix was limited due to heavy rain at Austin, and qualifying took place under wet conditions on Sunday. Rosberg started from Pole, but Hamilton took the lead after an aggressive overtake into the first corner of the first lap.

Hamilton entered the weekend with a chance to secure his third World Drivers’ Championship, as he needed to outscore Vettel by nine points and Rosberg by two. 

The race was eventful and a wet start was great for Red Bull, as their two drivers were able to challenge Hamilton for the lead in the early stages. As the track dried, the Red Bull’s lost their way, while Vettel was recovering from P13 on the grid.

Rosberg was leading the race heading into the final laps, but on lap 48 he made a mistake and Hamilton got through. Vettel had overtaken Verstappen for P3, but was unable to pass Rosberg for P2.

Hamilton took his 43rd Grand Prix win and secured his third Formula 1 World Championship, matching Senna’s tally, which he described as “the greatest moment” of his life and "a very humbling experience".

The Englishman had secured the championship with three races to spare, which was the first time he had won a title before the final race of the season. 

In the remaining three races and with the two championships decided, the major fight was between Vettel and Rosberg for P2 in the WDC. Rosberg won the three races from Pole Position in a trio of Mercedes 1-2 to seal a 1-2 for the German team in the World Drivers’ Championship.

Vettel finished third for Ferrari in his first season, exactly as his idol, Michael Schumacher, had done in 1996, and with three wins too.

Raikkonen finished fourth in the championship, while the two Williams’ drivers managed to beat the Red Bull pair. Mercedes, Ferrari and Williams led the Constructors’ table, while McLaren finished a lowly ninth.

Hamilton had shown Senna-Esque speed in his early years, and in 2015 he matched the legendary Brazilian’s tally of titles in route to joining F1’s group of most successful drivers.

Drivers Standings

2015 F1 Championship Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	Pts	AUS	MAL	CHI	BAH	SPA	MON	CAN	OST	BRI	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JAP	RUS	US	MEX	BRA	ABU
1	Lewis Hamilton	381	1*	2	1*	1	2*	3	1	2	1*	6	1	1*	DNF	1*	1	1	2	2*	2*
2	Nico Rosberg	322	2	3*	2	3	1	1	2	1*	2	8	2*	17	4	2	DNF	2*	1*	1	1
3	Sebastian Vettel	278	3	1	3	5	3	2	5	4	3	1	12	2	1	3	2*	3	DNF	3	4
4	Kimi Räikkönen	150	DNF	4	4	2*	5	6	4*	DNF	8	DNF	7	5	3	4	8	DNF	DNF	4	3
5	Valtteri Bottas	136	DNS	5	6	4	4	14	3	5	5	13	9	4	5	5	12	DNF	3	5	13
6	Felipe Massa	121	4	6	5	10	6	15	6	3	4	12	6	3	DNF	17	4	DNF	6	EXC	8
7	Daniil Kvyat	95	DNS	9	DNF	9	10	4	9	12	6	2	4	10	6	13	5	DNF	4	7	10
8	Daniel Ricciardo	92	6	10	9	6	7	5*	13	10	DNF	3*	DNF	8	2*	15	15	10	5	11	6
9	Sergio Pérez	78	10	13	11	8	13	7	11	9	9	DNF	5	6	7	12	3	5	8	12	5
10	Nico Hülkenberg	58	7	14	DNF	13	15	11	8	6	7	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	7	6	7
11	Romain Grosjean	51	DNF	11	7	7	8	12	10	DNF	DNF	7	3	DNF	13	7	DNF	DNF	10	8	9
12	Max Verstappen	49	DNF	7	17	DNF	11	DNF	15	8	DNF	4	8	12	8	9	10	4	9	9	16
13	Pastor Maldonado	27	DNF	DNF	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	7	7	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	12	8	7	8	11	10	DNF
14	Felipe Nasr	27	5	12	8		12	9	16	11	DNF	11	11	13	10	DNF	6	9	DNF	13	15
15	Carlos Sainz	18	9	8	13	DNF	9	10	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	10	DNF	7	13	DNF	11
16	Jenson Button	16	11	DNF	14	DNS	16	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	14	14	DNF	16	9	6	14	14	12
17	Fernando Alonso	11		DNF	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	5	13	18	DNF	11	11	11	DNF	15	17
18	Marcus Ericsson	9	8	DNF	10	14	14	13	14	13	11	10	10	9	11	14	DNF	DNF	12	16	14
19	Alexander Rossi	0													14	18		12	15	18
20	Roberto Merhi	0	DNQ	15	16	17	18	16	DNF	14	12	15	15	16			13				19
21	Kevin Magnussen	0	DNS
22	Will Stevens	0	DNQ	WD	15	16	17	17	17	DNF	13	16	16	15	15	19	14	DNF	16	17	18
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2015 F1 results distribution of points: P1=25, P2=18, P3=15, P4=12, P5=10, P6=8, P7=6, P8=4, P9=2 & P10=1 point
* = this driver drove the fastest lap of the race.

DNQ = Did Not Qualify, DNS = Did Not Start, Ret = Retired, DSQ = Disqualified, NC = Not Classified

2015 F1 Drivers Championship Position Flowchart

Drivers Stats

2015 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	Laps	FL	RET	PTS
Lewis Hamilton	19	10	6	1	17	11	1120	8	1	381
Nico Rosberg	19	6	7	2	15	7	1100	5	2	322
Sebastian Vettel	19	3	3	7	13	1	1127	1	1	278
Kimi Räikkönen	19	0	1	2	3	0	964	2	5	150
Valtteri Bottas	19	0	0	2	2	0	1037	0	3	136
Felipe Massa	19	0	0	2	2	0	1080	0	3	121
Daniil Kvyat	19	0	1	0	1	0	1028	0	3	95
Daniel Ricciardo	19	0	1	1	2	0	1080	3	3	92
Sergio Pérez	19	0	0	1	1	0	1123	0	1	78
Nico Hülkenberg	19	0	0	0	0	0	902	0	6	58
Romain Grosjean	19	0	0	1	1	0	858	0	6	51
Max Verstappen	19	0	0	0	0	0	1025	0	5	49
Pastor Maldonado	19	0	0	0	0	0	794	0	9	27
Carlos Sainz	19	0	0	0	0	0	958	0	7	18
Jenson Button	19	0	0	0	0	0	928	0	6	16
Marcus Ericsson	19	0	0	0	0	0	999	0	3	9
Will Stevens	19	0	0	0	0	0	872	0	2	0
Felipe Nasr	18	0	0	0	0	0	1014	0	3	27
Fernando Alonso	18	0	0	0	0	0	749	0	8	11
Roberto Merhi	14	0	0	0	0	0	737	0	1	0
Alexander Rossi	5	0	0	0	0	0	302	0	0	0
Kevin Magnussen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Teams Standings

2015 Formula 1 Championship Constructor Standings

Pos	Team	Car	AUS	MAL	CHI	BAH	SPA	MON	CAN	OST	BRI	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JAP	RUS	US	MEX	BRA	ABU	Pts
1	Mercedes	6	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	8	2	17	4	2	DNF	2	1	1	1	703
		44	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	6	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	2	2
2	Ferrari	5	3	1	3	5	3	2	5	4	3	1	12	2	1	3	2	3	DNF	3	4	428
		7	DNF	4	4	2	5	6	4	DNF	8	DNF	7	5	3	4	8	DNF	DNF	4	3
3	Williams	19	4	6	5	10	6	15	6	3	4	12	6	3	DNF	17	4	DNF	6	EXC	8	257
		77	DNS	5	6	4	4	14	3	5	5	13	9	4	5	5	12	DNF	3	5	13
4	Red Bull	3	6	10	9	6	7	5	13	10	DNF	3	DNF	8	2	15	15	10	5	11	6	187
		26	DNS	9	DNF	9	10	4	9	12	6	2	4	10	6	13	5	DNF	4	7	10
5	Force India	11	10	13	11	8	13	7	11	9	9	DNF	5	6	7	12	3	5	8	12	5	136
		27	7	14	DNF	13	15	11	8	6	7	DNF	DNF	7	DNF	6	DNF	DNF	7	6	7
6	Lotus F1	8	DNF	11	7	7	8	12	10	DNF	DNF	7	3	DNF	13	7	DNF	DNF	10	8	9	78
		13	DNF	DNF	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	7	7	DNF	14	DNF	DNF	12	8	7	8	11	10	DNF
7	Toro Rosso	33	DNF	7	17	DNF	11	DNF	15	8	DNF	4	8	12	8	9	10	4	9	9	16	67
		55	9	8	13	DNF	9	10	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	10	DNF	7	13	DNF	11
8	Sauber	9	8	DNF	10	14	14	13	14	13	11	10	10	9	11	14	DNF	DNF	12	16	14	36
		12	5	12	8		12	9	16	11	DNF	11	11	13	10	DNF	6	9	DNF	13	15
9	McLaren	14		DNF	12	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	5	13	18	DNF	11	11	11	DNF	15	17	27
		2	DNS
		22	11	DNF	14	DNS	16	8	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	14	14	DNF	16	9	6	14	14	12
10	Manor	28	DNQ	WD	15	16	17	17	17	DNF	13	16	16	15	15	19	14	DNF	16	17	18	0
		53													14	18		12	15	18
		98	DNQ	15	16	17	18	16	DNF	14	12	15	15	16			13				19
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