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2015 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 2015 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

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The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
4–17 January 37th Dakar Rally [1]
24–25 January 53rd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
22 February 57th Daytona 500 [3]
16–17 May 43rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring [4]
24 May 73rd Monaco Grand Prix [5]
99th Indianapolis 500 [6]
6–12 June 97th Isle of Man TT [7]
13–14 June 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
25–26 July 67th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
26 July 38th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
20 September 25th Masters of Formula 3 [11]
11 October 58th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
20–21 November 27th Race of Champions [13]
22 November 62nd Macau Grand Prix [14]

Disestablished championships/events

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Last race Championship Ref
11 October Formula Renault 2.0 Alps [15]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
5 January Jean-Pierre Beltoise 77 French Racing driver 1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner. [16]
1 May Geoff Duke 92 British Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1951, 1953-1955). [17]
1 July Robert La Caze 98 Moroccan Racing driver The first Moroccan Formula One driver. [18]
17 Jules Bianchi 25 French Racing driver 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series champion and the most recent driver to be fatally injured during a Formula One Grand Prix. [19]
14 September Bill Golden 81 American Drag racer Driver of the Little Red Wagon A/FX pickup [20]
6 December Mike Mangold 60 American Air racer Red Bull Air World Race champion (2005, 2007). [21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2015 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "2015 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Nurburgring 24 Hours 2015 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2015 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "2015 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "TT 2015". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 2015". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 2015 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Official race results" (PDF). fimewc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  11. ^ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ^ "2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2015 London". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. ^ "2015 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  15. ^ Allen, Peter (6 January 2016). "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps won't run in 2016". formulascout.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Jean-Pierre Beltoise". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Geoff Duke". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Robert La Caze". motorsportmagazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Jules Bianchi dies from injuries suffered in 2014 Japanese GP crash". espn.com. ESPN. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  20. ^ Bill "Maverick" Golden HNRA.com (retrieved 15 September 2018)
  21. ^ "Michael Eugene Mangold (1955 - 2015)". legacy.com. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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