Provisional 21 race calendar for 2015 as Korea set to return

(Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team)

The FIA have confirmed that Formula One will feature a 21 race calendar in 2015 with the potential return of the Korean Grand Prix. Mexico city will also return to Formula One.

March 15 - Australian Grand Prix

March 29 - Malaysian Grand Prix

April 12 - Chinese Grand Prix

April 19 - Bahrain Grand Prix

May 3 - Korean Grand Prix (TBC)

May 10 - Spanish Grand Prix

May 24 - Monaco Grand Prix

June 7 - Canadian Grand Prix

June 21 - Austrian Grand Prix

July 5 - British Grand Prix

July 19 - German Grand Prix

July 26 - Hungarian Grand Prix

August 23 - Belgian Grand Prix 

September 6 - Italian Grand Prix

September 20 - Singapore Grand Prix

September 27 - Japanese Grand Prix

October 11 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi)

October 25 - United States Grand Prix (Austin)

November 1 - Mexican Grand Prix 

November 15 - Brazilian Grand Prix

November 29 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sporting Regulations for 2015

1. The points system for 2015 will remain unchanged with the exception of the final race of the season which will no longer be double points.
2. Articles 42.7 and 42.8 regarding the standing restarts following Safety Car periods have been rescinded due to safety concerns.
3. VSC - After successful tests towards the end of the 2014 Formula One season the Virtual Safety Car has been introduced and will be introduced to neutralize a race by the race director instead of calling out the safety car.
4. When are race is suspended, all cars must now proceed to the pit-lane rather then lining up on the grid. The race leader will enter the pit-lane and make their way to the end of the pit-lane with all other drivers following. Drivers should remain in the fast lane.
5. All team personnel and team equipment must vacate the grid no later then 15 seconds prior to the start of the race, failure to do so will result in their driver starting the race from the pit-lane. If the driver in question fails to start the race from the pit-lane they will receive a stop and go penalty.
6. The replacement of a complete power unit will no longer result in a penalty, If a driver receives a grid penalty for using more then the permitted components and can not serve the complete penalty they will instead receive time penalties during the race instead of the remainder of the grid penalty being carried over to the next race.

• 1 to 5 grid places untaken - A penalty under Article 16.3(a) will be applied
• 6 to 10 grid places untaken - A penalty under Article 16.3(b) will be applied
• 11 to 20 grid places untaken - A penalty under Article 16.3(c) will be applied
• More than 20 grid places untaken - A penalty under Article 16.3(d) will be applied

   7. In addition to the five second time penalty under Article 16,3a a new ten second time penalty will be introduced in the same manner. Article 16.3b

    

8. A ten second stop-go penalty will be given to any driver who is deemed to have been released from their pit box in an unsafe manner. Failure to serve to the penalty will result in a further time penalty.

9. The qualifying format will see 7 cars eliminated from the opening Q1 and Q1 sessions before the top ten Q3 session in cases when there is a full grid of 24 cars. If there are 22 cars, six will be knocked in both Q1 and Q2.

10. The Safety Car procedure has been altered that will see it return to the pit-lane after the last lapped car has overtaken the race leader with the Safety car returning to the pit-lane at the end of the following lap which allows the lapped traffic to catch up to the rest of the field.

© Ben Johnston 2014