2015 in motorsport

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

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

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

Deaths

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

• List of 2015 motorsport champions

References

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.

External links

• Year in review: 2015 in international motorsport