F1 season 2015

So that puts paid to those that say the team that spends the most wins
 
And so the weird idea of an alternative engine disappears It appears the F1 commission has some common sense
With there head held high Jean Toddt says it could be revived if the manufactures dont play nice, then he disappeared again
https://joesaward.wordpress.com/
 
Wouldn't have minded seeing an AER engine in F1, theirs is the best sounding out of everything running in LMP1 at the moment.
 
2015 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX


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Yas Marina Circuit
Lap length 5.554km (3.451 miles)
Race laps 55
Race distance 305.355km (189.739 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’40.279 (199.388 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2009
Fastest lap 1’38.434 (203.125 kph) by Lewis Hamilton, 2011
Maximum speed 320kph (198.839 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Two straights
Distance from grid to turn one 300m

Schedule
Friday 27th November 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 13:00-14:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 17:00-18:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 28th November 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 14:00-15:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying: 17:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 29th November 2015
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: 17:00 (UK time: 13:00)



Previous Winners
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
2011 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2010 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2009 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault

Lewis Hamilton 2012 onboard
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVidPPnfzDg


2014 first lap multishot
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRbvf3vfD88


Facts and Figures from the last race

Nico Rosberg is having a fine end to the season, with two wins and five pole positions in a row.

The latter is a personal best for him and is something only 11 other drivers have done – one of which was Lewis Hamilton earlier this year.

Win number 44 for Mercedes was not taken by their car number 44: Rosberg’s 13th career victory puts him level with Alberto Ascari and David Coulthard. He also set his 21st pole position.

Hamilton beat him to fastest lap, however, taking his 27th. It was also his seventh fastest lap of the year, meaning he now has a clean sweep of the pole position and fastest lap trophies to go with his world championship.

Sebastian Vettel took third place, meaning he shared the podium with the Mercedes drivers for the ninth time this year.

Rosberg also became the first driver this year to win a race with a three-stop strategy, and the first in ten years to take back-to-back Brazilian Grand Prix victories. Juan Pablo Montoya was the last driver to do this, winning in 2004 for Williams and 2005 for McLaren.

Despite having started from the front row four times at Interlagos, Brazil remains one of few events on the current calendar where Hamilton is yet to win, along with Austria and Mexico. Before the race he said he wanted to win as a “salute” to his hero Ayrton Senna.

Mercedes therefore equalled their record of taking 11 one-two finishes in a season, which they set last year, and can beat it in Abu Dhabi. That is also the only way they can surpass their record team points total of 701, which they also set last year.

With one race left to run the top three places in the drivers’ championship cannot change and nor can the top five positions in the constructors’ championship.

Force India are therefore confirmed in fifth place – the highest they have finished since the team entered F1 in 2008. They only did better than that on two occasions when they were Jordan: fourth in 1998 and third in 1999. They also finished fifth in their first year of competition in F1, 1991.

Nico Hulkenberg equalled his best starting and finishing positions of the year, fifth and sixth respectively, the same he scored in Austria.

Max Verstappen has scored points in the last six consecutive races – the most of any driver at the moment. His team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr was not classified due to a technical failure for the seventh time this year – the most of any driver.

And speaking of unwanted records, with one race to go Pastor Maldonado has regained the lead spot in the ‘most driver penalties’ table. He picked up his eighth of the year after tangling with Marcus Ericsson.

Current Standings

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Lewis let off the leash and Nico still tops him without to much stress, hope he kicks back into race mode next season or he won't be seeing a fourth title. Nice to see Jenson having a go though, looks like he's still got it, if only he had the car.
 
I didn't think he was really allowed off the leash, the strange decision to run him so much longer in the middle saw him lose a chunk of time and then to put him on the slower tyres for the final stint showed the Mercedes wanted their German driver to win today (I'm sure nothing to do with all the German top brass from Daimler being there today, of course).
 
Dave1 said:
I didn't think he was really allowed off the leash, the strange decision to run him so much longer in the middle saw him lose a chunk of time and then to put him on the slower tyres for the final stint showed the Mercedes wanted their German driver to win today (I'm sure nothing to do with all the German top brass from Daimler being there today, of course).
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Yep, he was clearly up for trying to run to the end and defend 1st but the team refused to even consider it & forced him into the final pit stop. There was no good reason for the strategy they gave him other than to ensure another 1-2 & Rosberg win.
 
Best result for merc for 2016
Nico thinking hes better than Lewis and Lewis having something to prove
Seb (of which we didnt see much of) from 15 to 4th must have passed someone
Max getting more and more confident, nice to see Jenson giving him a reality check

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