Fast & furious

Published on:

22 Dec 2015, 12:00 am

Motor Sports

lewis Hamilton

The Mercedes driver, in the calendar year, raced in 19 events. In 10 of them he finished at the number one position while he managed to finish in top three on 17 occasions. Out of 17, 15 podium finishes came in consecutive races for Hamilton which is the second longest streak of podium finishes in the history of Formula One.

Nico Rosberg

In the 19 races he raced in 2015, Nico Rosberg won six of them and in 15 of them he had podium finishes. The racer might have finished the season behind Hamilton at the second position, but he defeated Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the last of the year. This also was 14th victory of his career and saw him level his overall career wins with Graham Hill.

Jorge lorenzo

The Spanish Motorcycle Road Racer, for the first time in his career, emerged victorious at four successive events in Jerez, le Mans, Mugello and Barcelona. Currently number two in the world, lorenzo's fifth victory in 2015 came at Brno and his sixth of the year, and 60th overall, came at the Aragon Grand Prix. In Valencia, lorenzo won the race and Championship by a margin of five points.

Valentino Rossi

The numero uno Motorcycle Racer in the world, Valentino Rossi had a winning start when he won in Qatar, which also was his first win in opening race of a season since 2010. In his second win of the season in Argentina, Rossi became the first rider to win a race using an extra-hard Bridgestone rear tyre. Rossi had 16 consecutive podium finishes but the streak was broken when he finished fifth in Misano.