Fifteen for 2015 and the end-of-season driver scores on the doors
Tuesday 1 December 2015 14:25, UK
Statistics can only ever tell you so much about a Formula 1 season, but there are plenty of telling ones to give a flavour of the year just gone…
Lewis Hamilton became the first British driver to successfully defend the World Championship.
The number of times Romain Grosjean was outqualified by Lotus team-mate Pastor Maldonado - the most one-sided Saturday duel on the grid.
Races won by Sebastian Vettel in his debut season at Ferrari, the same number as his idol Michael Schumacher in his first year at Maranello in 1996. The two Germans also finished third in the Drivers' Championship in their first seasons with the Scuderia.
The penalty-free engine limit that all eight Mercedes-powered cars remained within during the season. By contrast, McLaren's two Honda-powered cars used up 23 different engines between them.
The number of points Jenson Button finished ahead of Fernando Alonso in the drivers' standings. It is the first time Alonso has ever been out-scored by a team-mate over the course of a year.
Points finishes for McLaren - their joint-lowest tally since 1971, when there were only 11 races in the season.
Tenths of a second, the closest finish of the season between first and second place (Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in China).
Penalty points accrued by Max Verstappen in his debut F1 season, two more than any other driver in the 2015 field.
The number of podiums shared by Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton became the first driver to win 10 or more races in successive seasons (11 in 2014 and 10 in 2015).
The number of stewards investigations during the mad-cap Hungarian GP in July.
Mercedes one-two finishes, breaking their own season record of 11 set in 2014.
The car number which continues to prove unlucky for Pastor Maldonado - the #13 Lotus failed to finish more races than any other driver with nine DNFs.
The scant percentage of points dominant Mercedes didn't score which were available to them in 2015. Out of a maximum score of 817, the world champions racked up 703 points - 86 per cent of the total on offer.
The number of front-row lockouts sealed by Mercedes out of a total of 19, another new all-time F1 record - and yet another statistic to underline the challenge ahead for would-be rivals to dethrone them in 2016.
Wins
Lewis Hamilton - 10
Nico Rosberg - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 3
Poles
Lewis Hamilton - 11
Nico Rosberg - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 1
Fastest laps
Lewis Hamilton - 8
Nico Rosberg - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 3
Kimi Raikkonen - 2
Sebastian Vettel - 1
Podiums
Lewis Hamilton - 17
Nico Rosberg - 15
Sebastian Vettel - 13
Kimi Raikkonen - 3
Felipe Massa, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas - 2
Daniil Kvyat, Romain Grosjean, Sergio Perez - 1
Front row starts
Lewis Hamilton - 18
Nico Rosberg - 15
Sebastian Vettel - 3
Kimi Raikkonen, Daniel Ricciardo - 1
Wins from pole
Lewis Hamilton - 7 out of 11 (64%)
Nico Rosberg - 4 out of 7 (57%)
Sebastian Vettel - 1 out of 1 (100%)
Race retirements
Pastor Maldonado - 9
Fernando Alonso - 8
Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz - 7
Nico Hulkenberg, Jenson Button - 6
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