2015 F1 Championship Standings

2015 F1 Standings: See all drivers & teams season final results

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See all 2015 F1 results for each race, driver and team.

The schedules below are showing all race classifications of the grand prix held in 2015. The 2015 F1 standings show total domination of the Mercedes team. Lewis Hamilton and Nco Rosberg together won 16 of the 19 races.

Because of this domination the constructors championship shows a massif gap of 275 points  between Mercedes and runner up Ferrari.

It was also the first season of the revived McLaren-Honda team. The team had a horrific season and only scored a total of 27 points. In 2014 McLaren scored 181 points.

Here you can find the 2015 F1 teams overview.

Overview & Report

 

2015 F1 Championship Overview

2015 F1 World Championship
NOGrand PrixDateWinnerTeamLapsTime
12015 Australian F1 GPMarch 15United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5801:31:54.067
22015 Malaysian F1 GPMarch 29Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Ferrari5601:41:05.793
32015 Chinese F1 GPApril 12United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5601:39:42.008
42015 Bahrain F1 GPApril 19United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5701:35:05.809
52015 Spanish F1 GPMay 10Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes6601:41:12.555
62015 Monaco F1 GPMay 24Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes7801:49:18.420
72015 Canadian F1 GPJune 7United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes7001:31:53.145
82015 Austrian F1 GPJune 21Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes7101:30:16.930
92015 British F1 GPJuly 5United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5201:31:27.729
102015 Hungarian F1 GPJuly 26Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Ferrari6901:46:09.985
112015 Belgian F1 GPAugust 23United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes4301:23:40.387
122015 Italian F1 GPSeptember 6United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5301:18:00.688
132015 Singapore F1 GPSeptember 20Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Ferrari6102:01:22.118
142015 Japanese F1 GPSeptember 27United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5301:28:06.508
152015 Russian F1 GPOctober 11United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5301:37:11.024
162015 USA F1 GPOctober 25United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes5601:50:52.703
172015 Mexican F1 GPNovember 1Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes7101:42:35.038
182015 Brazilian F1 GPNovember 15Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes7101:31:09.090
192015 Abu Dhabi F1 GPSeptember 29Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes5501:38:30.175

 

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

PDriverPtsAUSMALCHIBAHSPAMONCANOSTBRIHUNBELITASINJAPRUSUSAMEXBRAABU
1United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton3811*21*12*3121*611*DNF1*1122*2*
2Germany Nico Rosberg32223*231121*282*1742DNF2*1*11
3Germany Sebastian Vettel2783135325431122132*3DNF34
4Finland Kimi Räikkönen150DNF442*564*DNF8DNF75348DNFDNF43
5Finland Valtteri Bottas136DNS56441435513945512DNF3513
6Brazil Felipe Massa121465106156341263DNF174DNF6DSQ8
7Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat95DNS9DNF9104912624106135DNF4710
8Australia Daniel Ricciardo926109675*1310DNF3*DNF82*1515105116
9Mexico Sergio Pérez7810131181371199DNF56712358125
10Germany Nico Hülkenberg58714DNF131511867DNFDNF7DNF6DNFDNF767
11France Romain Grosjean51DNF117781210DNFDNF73DNF137DNFDNF1089
12Netherlands Max Verstappen49DNF717DNF11DNF158DNF4812891049916
13Venezuela Pastor Maldonado27DNFDNFDNF15DNFDNF77DNF14DNFDNF128781110DNF
14Brazil Felipe Nasr275128121291611DNF111113102069DNF1315
15Spain Carlos Sainz189813DNF91012DNFDNFDNFDNF11910DNF713DNF11
16United Kingdom Jenson Button1611DNF14DNS168DNFDNFDNF91414DNF1696141412
17Spain Fernando Alonso11DNF1211DNFDNFDNFDNF1051318DNF111111DNF1517
18Sweden Marcus Ericsson98DNF10141413141311101091114DNFDNF121614
19United States Alexander Rossi01418121518
20Spain Roberto Merhi0DNQ1516171816DNF14121515161319
21Denmark Kevin Magnussen0DNS
22United Kingdom Will Stevens0DNQWD1516171717DNF13161615151914DNF161718
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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

2015 F1 drivers championship position flowchart

 

Drivers Stats

2015 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

DriverGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLRETPTS
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton1910611711112081381
Germany Nico Rosberg19672157110052322
Germany Sebastian Vettel19337131112711278
Finland Kimi Räikkönen190123096425150
Finland Valtteri Bottas1900220103703136
Brazil Felipe Massa1900220108003121
Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat190101010270395
Australia Daniel Ricciardo190112010803392
Mexico Sergio Pérez190011011230178
Germany Nico Hülkenberg19000009010658
France Romain Grosjean19001108570651
Netherlands Max Verstappen190000010250549
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado19000007780927
Brazil Felipe Nasr190000010700327
Spain Carlos Sainz19000009580718
United Kingdom Jenson Button19000009280616
Sweden Marcus Ericsson1900000999039
United Kingdom Will Stevens1900000872030
Spain Fernando Alonso18000007700811
Spain Roberto Merhi1400000737010
United States Alexander Rossi500000302000
Denmark Kevin Magnussen1000000010

Teams Standings

2015 Formula 1 Championship Constructor Standings

PTeamCarAUSMALCHIBAHSPAMONCANOSTBRIHUNBELITASINJAPRUSUSAMEXBRAABUPts
1Germany Mercedes6232311212821742DNF2111703
44121123121611DNF111222
2Italy Ferrari531353254311221323DNF34428
7DNF442564DNF8DNF75348DNFDNF43
3United Kingdom Williams19465106156341263DNF174DNF6DSQ8257
77DNS56441435513945512DNF3513
4Austria Red Bull361096751310DNF3DNF821515105116187
26DNS9DNF9104912624106135DNF4710
5India Force India1110131181371199DNF56712358125136
27714DNF131511867DNFDNF7DNF6DNFDNF767
6United Kingdom Lotus F18DNF117781210DNFDNF73DNF137DNFDNF108978
13DNFDNFDNF15DNFDNF77DNF14DNFDNF128781110DNF
7Italy Toro Rosso33DNF717DNF11DNF158DNF481289104991667
559813DNF91012DNFDNFDNFDNF11910DNF713DNF11
8Switzerland Sauber98DNF10141413141311101091114DNFDNF12161436
125128121291611DNF111113102069DNF1315
9United Kingdom McLaren14 DNF1211DNFDNFDNFDNF1051318DNF111111DNF151727
2DNS                  
2211DNF14DNS168DNFDNFDNF91414DNF1696141412
10United Kingdom Manor28DNQWD1516171717DNF13161615151914DNF1617180
53            1418 121518 
98DNQ1516171816DNF1412151516  13   19
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