2015 Formula One Discussion

[tderias]

The 2015 calendar has been confirmed, with the addition of Mexico, 20 races are planned:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 16342.html

Although we still have a few racing seats to be confirmed for next year, the grid looks to shape up as follows:

Mercedes AMG Petronas
Lewis Hamilton / Nico Rosberg
Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Daniel Ricciardo / Daniil Kvyat
Williams Martini Racing
Valtteri Bottas / Felipe Massa
Scuderia Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen / Sebastian Vettel
McLaren Honda
Fernando Alonso* / Jenson Button* / Kevin Magnussen* / Stoffel Vandoorne*
Sahara Force India
Nico Hulkenberg / Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Max Verstappen / Carlos Sainz Jnr.
Lotus F1 Team
Pastor Maldonado / Romain Grosjean
Manor Grand Prix
TBC / TBC
Sauber F1 Team
Marcus Ericsson / Felipe Nasr
1Malaysia Racing Team
TBC / TBC


*likely candidate, not yet confirmed

[tderias]

Vettel starts work in Maranello:

[Vlad-SRB]

Not wasting time, real champ. ;)

[tderias]

[KevC]

Carlos Sainz is dropping the 'junior' part of his name for F1 and revealed that he has picked the number 55 to race throughout his F1 career.

"Since my childhood I have had success with number 5," he said, "but Vettel has this number." Sainz explained that the final 'S' in his first name and the first 'S' in his surname resembles the number 55.

Another good marketing number, like Bo77as

[iceman1]

[KevC]

McLaren appear poised to finally confirm their 2015 driver line-up on Thursday after scheduling a media event at their Woking HQ.

[KevC]

That's the grid sorted out then

Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat
Williams - Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari - Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren - Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button
Force India - Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez
Toro Rosso - Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz
Lotus - Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean
Sauber - Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson

[KevC]

Verstappen will race as #33

[Vlad-SRB]

Sponsors from Mexico that were with Gutierrez now came to Ferrari. Nice to know, it's development time.

Edit: I just knew that heads will roll in Ferrari as soon as Vettel goes there. One by one they fall...

[KevC]

Jean-Eric Vergne has joined Ferrari as test driver with a focus on simulator work

[MJawad12]

Korea has been removed from the calander, 20 races in 2015.

[megasyxx]

good day guys.....I was wondering if anyone could explain the term they use for the engines which is "token".

I'm really sorry, did not have time to watch f1 last season.....

[phil1993]

The 'tokens' are the parts which compromise the power unit. There are 66 'tokens', weighted in terms of how important a part is. So if a manufacturer wants to upgrade part A, they might use three tokens, for example. Teams can use 32 tokens across the course of the 2015 season, so they can upgrade 48% of the power unit.

[megasyxx]

I see......thanks for the info Phil.