Get ready for the 2015 season with F1 Fanatic

It’s the first day of 2015 and testing for the new season is just one month away.

The driver line-up for the coming championship has already been confirmed – much earlier than usual – and there are other major changes in the field as Honda makes its return as an engine supplier following a six-year absence.

Here’s what we already know about the coming season.

Teams and engines

• Having gone into administration at the end of 2014, Marussia and Caterham are not expected to compete in 2015, despite appearing on the FIA’s official entry list (Marussia as Manor)
• McLaren have switched engine suppliers from Mercedes to Honda
• Lotus have taken over their Mercedes contract, meaning Renault are only supplying Red Bull and Toro Rosso

Drivers

• Fernando Alonso has left Ferrari and replaces Kevin Magnussen in McLaren’s driver-line up
• Sebastian Vettel has switched from Red Bull to take Alonso’s place at Ferrari
• Daniil Kvyat has been promoted from Toro Rosso to take over from Vettel
• Toro Rosso have an all-new line-up with Max Verstappen joined by Carlos Sainz Jnr
• The other new driver in the field is Felipe Nasr, who will make his debut for Sauber
• The Swiss team have also changed both their drivers, with Marcus Ericsson joining from Caterham
• That leaves Magnussen, Jean-Eric Vergne, Adrian Sutil, Esteban Gutierrez, Max Chilton and Kamui Kobayashi without race seats
• 2015 F1 drivers and teams

Get the 2015 F1 calendar – and more – on your mobile

A 21-race schedule for 2015 was confirmed by the FIA. However there is considerable doubt over whether the planned race in South Korea will go ahead.

You can add all the races to your preferred online calendar using the F1 Fanatic Google Calendar. It will be updated with any changes to the schedule, and start times for all the practice, qualifying and race sessions will be added. It also includes details of F1 test sessions and will be updated with F1 car launch dates.

F1 Fanatic also maintains calendars for IndyCar, the World Endurance Championship, Formula Renault 3.5, GP2 and GP3 which you can find below:

• Get the F1 Fanatic Calendar for your mobile device
• IndyCar calendar
• World Endurance Championship calendar
• Formula Renault 3.5 calendar
• GP2 calendar
• GP3 calendar

Plan your 2015 race trip

Are you going to a race this year? Need some help planning your trip? There are loads of F1 Fanatic readers who can help you out:

• Going to the 2015 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park
• Going to the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit
• Going to the 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit
• Going to the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit
• Going to the 2015 Korean Grand Prix at Korea International Circuit
• Going to the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya
• Going to the 2015 Monaco Grand Prix at Monte-Carlo
• Going to the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
• Going to the 2015 British Grand Prix at Silverstone
• Going to the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring
• Going to the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring
• Going to the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
• Going to the 2015 Italian Grand Prix at Monza
• Going to the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay
• Going to the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
• Going to the 2015 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi
• Going to the 2015 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas
• Going to the 2015 Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
• Going to the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos
• Going to the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina

Find more information on going to race here:

• Going to a Grand Prix

Follow the 2015 drivers and teams

The F1 Fanatic Twitter Directory has been fully revised and updated for the new season. It lists over 400 official accounts for F1 drivers, teams, team members, media figures and more.

The only drivers who do not maintain an official Twitter presence are Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. But you can find details for the drivers who do – and many others – here:

• F1 Twitter Directory

And of course make sure you’re following F1 Fanatic’s Twitter accounts:

• F1 Fanatic: F1 Tweets straight from the editor including links to all new articles
• F1 Fanatic Live: Live F1 session coverage
• F1 Fanatic Update: Just links to new articles on F1 Fanatic – nothing else

Support the 2015 drivers and teams

Who are you supporting in 2015? Are you following your favourite driver to a new team? Do any of the rookies have your support already?

You can show who you’re supporting on F1 Fanatic: here’s how:

• Log in with your F1 Fanatic account (sign up here if you don’t have one)
• Select Edit My Profile from the top-right menu
• Select F1 Teams and Drivers
• Make your selections then click Save Changes

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• The Complete F1 Fanatic 2015 season review
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