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The 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars.It was the 66th Formula One World Championship recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
The World Drivers' Championship is awarded to the most successful F1 driver over the course of the season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results, [12] and has been awarded since the first F1 season in 1950. [13] The championship is the successor of the pre-war AIACR European Championship held between 1931 and 1939. [14]
The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] Each winner is presented with a trophy and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. [4]
25 October 2015: Official name: 2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix [1] Location: Circuit of the Americas Travis County, Austin, Texas: Course: Permanent racing facility: Course length: 5.513 km (3.426 miles) Distance: 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles) Weather: Very cloudy 17 °C (63 °F) air temperature 17–20 °C (63–68 °F) track ...
In 2021, F1 introduced the Sprint weekend format, which moved traditional qualifying to Friday and put in its place a shortened race that would award minimal points and set the grid for Sunday’s ...
The 2015 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2015) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 September 2015 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. The race was the twelfth round of the 2015 season , and marked the 85th running of the Italian Grand Prix .
The shortened-race format was first introduced at three rounds in 2021, and has been doubled to six for this year, with the first of the season taking place in Azerbaijan at the end of the month.
In 2021, F1 introduced the Sprint weekend format, which moved traditional qualifying to Friday and put in its place a shortened race that would award minimal points and set the grid for Sunday’s ...