Which F1 driver started in 2015?
Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso replacing Jean-Eric Vergne who left Formula 1 for Formula E and Daniil Kvyat who moved to Red Bull. A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2010, Sainz signed with Toro Rosso in 2015, debuting alongside Max Verstappen. He remained at Toro Rosso until the 2017 United States Grand Prix, where he replaced Jolyon Palmer at Renault, having already signed with the team from 2018 onwards.
Who was driving for Ferrari in 2016?
Sebastian Vettel, teamed once again with Kimi Raikkonen, led eight Grands Prix for at least one lap, the Finn in four, but the win never followed. Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said the decision was mutual and was not easy to reach, given Sebastian’s worth as a driver and as a person. He added: The time had come to go our separate ways in order to reach our respective objectives. Vettel said there was no longer a common desire to work together.Fernando Alonso makes way for Sebastian Vettel and the restructured team improve to become the only serious rivals to reigning champions Mercedes. Thanks to Vettel they achieve their target of three Grand Prix wins, while Kimi Raikkonen struggles to match his new team mate’s results.
Who was the famous F1 driver that died?
During the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Senna was killed in a crash whilst leading the race, driving the Williams FW16. His state funeral was attended by over a million people. Following subsequent safety reforms, he was the last fatality in the Formula One World Championship until Jules Bianchi in 2015. Following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at Imola on consecutive days in 1994, no driver died during world championship events for more than 20 years until Jules Bianchi’s death in 2015, from injuries sustained during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.The number 17 was retired from Formula One in his honour by the FIA, who mandated the halo cockpit protection device in all open-wheel championships from 2018 onwards. As of the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix, Bianchi remains the most recent fatality in the Formula One World Championship.Jules Bianchi is the last Formula 1 driver to lose his life after an accident during competition.Jules Bianchi, one of the rising stars of Formula 1, tragically lost his life following a collision with a mobile crane at the Japanese Grand Prix on 5 October 2014. Having sustained serious head and spinal injuries, Jules died nine months after the collision in a hospital in Nice, France.
Who was driving for Ferrari in 2014?
After a winless 2014 campaign, Vettel signed for Ferrari, replacing Alonso to partner Kimi Räikkönen; he took several wins in his debut season, finishing third in the standings. In the second year of Formula 1’s hybrid era, Maurizio Arrivabene was appointed Team Principal, while alongside existing driver Kimi Raikkonen, Germany’s Sebastian Vettel completed the driver line up.