2015 Formula One Season

The 2015 Formula One Season was the 66th season of the Formula One World Championship.

Race tracks
The Mexican Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the first time since 1992 whilst the Malaysian, Chinese, Spanish, Austrian, German and Singapore Grand Prixs were removed from the calendar.

Engine suppliers
Honda returned to F1 and partnered with McLaren for the first time since 1992 after McLaren split with Mercedes at the end of 2014 after 19 years together.

Due to financial reasons, which saw the team nearly go under at the end of 2014, Manor stuck with the 2014 Ferrari engine after an agreement with the Italian team.

Mercedes supplied engines to Lotus for 2015 as a result of the team spliting with Renault.

Drivers
Sebastian Vettel left Red Bull at the end of 2014 to join Ferrari in 2015 alongside Kimi Räikkönen and replacing Fernando Alonso.

Daniil Kvyat left Toro Rosso at the end of 2014 to join sister team Red Bull in 2015 alongside Daniel Ricciardo and replacing Sebastian Vettel.

Fernando Alonso retired from Formula 1 at the end of 2014.

2014 GP2 champion, Aarava made his debut in Formula 1 with McLaren replacing Kevin Magnussen who became a test driver for the team and partnered alongside Jenson Button.

Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, Jr. made his debut in 2015 with Toro Rosso replacing Jean-Eric Vergne who left Formula 1 for Formula E and Daniil Kvyat who moved to Red Bull.

Will Stevens made his full-time debut in Formula 1 with the rebranded Manor-Marussia team after spending racing with the defunct Caterham team at Abu Dhabi in 2014. He replaced Max Chilton will moved to IndyCar.

Roberto Merhi made his debut in Formula 1 with the rebranded Manor-Marussia team in 2015. He replaced Jules Bianchi as a result of the Frenchman unfortunate death at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

Marcus Ericsson moved to Sauber in 2015 as a result of Caterham going under at the end of 2014. He replaced Esteban Gutiérrez who left to become Ferrari's test driver.

Felipe Nasr made his debut in 2015 with Sauber replacing Adrian Sutil who left Formula 1 at the end of 2014.

Teams
At the end of the 2014 season, Marussia rebranded as Manor-Marussia thus becoming a British team as a result of the team nearly going under at the end of 2014.

Trivia

 * This season marks the first time since 1950 in which a debuting driver won the World Title.
 * This also marks the first time ever that a driver wins the World Title whilst not driving in an inaugural Championship season.
 * This season marks the first time since the 1991 season that a Honda-powered car wins the World Title.
 * This season also marks the first time since 1991 that a McLaren Honda wins the World Title.
 * Additionally, this is the first time since 1998 that a McLaren wins the World Title.


 * This is the first time since 2012 a Mercedes does not finish in the top 2 of the Constructor standings.
 * This is the first time since 2008 a Red Bull does not finish in the top 3 of the Constructor standings.