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2015 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Lewis Hamilton won the 2015 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2015 Drivers' Championship at the United States Grand Prix (round 16 of 19), with 3 race weekends still to come.

Champion
Lewis Hamilton
Clinched at
United States Grand PrixRound 16 of 19
Race weekends left
3
Final points
38159 ahead of Nico Rosberg

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Lewis Hamilton.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Belgian Grand PrixRound 11
    Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg, Felipe Nasr, Pastor Maldonado, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Marcus Ericsson, Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen, Roberto Merhi, Will Stevens and Alexander Rossi
  2. Italian Grand PrixRound 12
    Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo and Romain Grosjean
  3. Singapore Grand PrixRound 13
    Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa
  4. Japanese Grand PrixRound 14
    Kimi Räikkönen
  5. United States Grand PrixRound 16
    Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg
  6. United States Grand Prix
    Lewis Hamilton is champion.

When did Lewis Hamilton clinch the 2015 Drivers' Championship?

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2015 Drivers' Championship at the United States Grand Prix (round 16 of 19), with 3 race weekends still to come.

When did Mercedes clinch the 2015 Constructors' Championship?

Mercedes clinched the 2015 Constructors' Championship at the Russian Grand Prix (round 15 of 19), with 4 race weekends still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2015 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2015 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg, Felipe Nasr, Pastor Maldonado, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Marcus Ericsson, Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen, Roberto Merhi, Will Stevens and Alexander Rossi, after the Belgian Grand Prix (round 11).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Lewis Hamilton in 2015?

Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg stayed mathematically alive longest, until the United States Grand Prix (round 16).