The 2015 Formula One season has arrived. What’s changed?
Team changes
The ten “big teams” remaining the same this year, but there are two changes further down the field. Caterham entered administration at the end of 2014 and never made it out. Their property is currently being auctioned off. Marussia did make it out of administration under the name Manor, but failed to make it in to the Australian Grand Prix.
Driver changes
| Team | Driver | Last year |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| Mercedes | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| Red Bull | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull |
| Red Bull | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso |
| Williams | Felipe Massa | Williams |
| Williams | Valtteri Bottas | Williams |
| Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| Ferrari | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari |
| McLaren | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
| McLaren | Jenson Button | McLaren |
| Force India | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India |
| Force India | Sergio Perez | Force India |
| Toro Rosso | Max Verstappen | none |
| Toro Rosso | Carlos Sainz | none |
| Lotus | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus |
| Lotus | Romain Grosjean | Lotus |
| Sauber | Felipe Nasr | none |
| Sauber | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham |
The following drivers have not returned:
- Kevin Magnussen drops from McLaren’s front line to their test driver slot
- Jean-Eric Vergne leaves Toro Rosso
- Sauber drops both Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez (who has gone to Ferrari as a test driver)
- Kamui Kobayashi has no team left after Caterham folded
- Max Chilton has not survived Marussia’s change to Manor
Sadly, Marussia’s other driver, Jules Bianchi, remains in a coma following his crash during the Japanese Grand Prix.
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