User:Pch172/2015 Formula One season

The 2015 Formula One season will be the 66th season of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

2015 will see the number of engines that a driver may use in a season will be reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015. .

Signed Teams and Drivers

 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
 * 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Team and driver changes

 * Honda will return to Formula One as an engine supplier, providing McLaren with a V6 engine and Energy Recovery System package. Honda had previously supplied McLaren from 1988 until 1992. The company returned to the sport as an engine supplier in 2000, providing British American Racing with engines until they purchased the team in 2006 and competing as a manufacturer until 2008.
 * With the introduction of the 2014-spec engine regulations, the FIA has requested that engine suppliers provide engines to at least two teams, requring Honda to find a second customer team alongside McLaren.

List of Planned Races
The following twenty Grands Prix are currently scheduled to take place in 2015.

Calendar Changes

 * The Spanish Grand Prix is set to return to the Circuit de Catalunya for the first time since 2013, in accordance with the shared agreement with the Valencia Street Circuit in hosting the event.
 * The German Grand Prix is set to return to the Nurburgring for the first time since 2013, in accordance with the shared agreement with the Hockenheimring in hosting the event.

Proposed Races

 * The Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is out of contract at the end of 2014 season.

Rule Changes

 * The number of engines that a driver may use in a season will be reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015..