Formula 1 in 2015

NOT an F1 driver in NOT an F1 car!

The 2015 Formula 1 season kinda-sorta-almost starts TODAY when the Force India team unveils their new car in Mexico!  Of course they won't be testing it right away, but the big news is that an F1 teams is DOING something, so that's close enough for me! The Williams-Martini team released just one photo of their car yesterday, so this has been very exciting for F1 fans that have to wait for March 15th when the first race kicks off the season in Australia.







The real season will be with us soon, so just like last year NMS will be making some pre-season predictions on top drivers and how the constructors (or teams) will finish.  Believe it or not, we've never driven in a Formula 1 race, so let me suggest to go to the McLaren F1 team website and hear from two time world champion Mika Hakkinen on what the off season and start of a new season means to a real F1 driver. He will be blogging during the year at this website, and his first post is an outstanding glimpse into that world:  McLaren-Mika-on-new-season

Right now it looks like the championship will have three sessions of on track testing before the first race on March 15 in Australia, so I'm going to make an executive decision and wait for some testing before making any predictions. To predict anything now would just be a waste of time...other than I'd have to say Mercedes will continue to dominate and win it all in 2015 for a back-to-back title for both drivers and constructors. You can find all the real info and dates at the official Formula 1 website: FORMULA ONE

Car launches / roll-outs

Team/Car	Date	Venue
McLaren MP4-30	January 29	Online
Ferrari (TBA)	January 30	Online
Toro Rosso STR10	January 31	Jerez, Spain
Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid	February 1	Jerez, Spain
Force India VJM08	February 19	Barcelona, Spain
Sauber C34	TBA	TBA
Red Bull RB11	TBA	TBA
Williams FW37	TBA	TBA
Lotus E23	TBA	TBA

Pre-season testing

Venue	Dates
Jerez, Spain	February 1-4
Barcelona, Spain	February 19-22
Barcelona, Spain	February 26-March 1

2015 Formula One races:

March 15         Australia

March 29         Malaysia

April 12           China

April 19           Bahrain

May 10            Spain

May 24            Monaco

June 7              Canada

June 21            Austria

July 5               Great Britain

July 19             Germany

July 26             Hungary

August 23        Belgium

September 6    Italy

September 20  Singapore

September 27  Japan

October 11      Russia

October 25      United States

November 1    Mexico