Question: Who among the following has won the United States Grand Prix-2015?
(a) Lewis Hamilton
(b) Sebastian Vettel
(c) Nico Rosberg
(d) Felipe Massa
Ans (a)
Related Facts:
- US Grand Prix Formula-1 race was 16th race of session 2015 held on October 25, 2015 at the Texas, USA.
- British driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes Team finishes the race in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 52.703 seconds.
- This was his 4th US grand prix title (2007, 2012, 2014, and 2015).
- While his team-mate Nico Rosberg of Germany stood at the second position, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel (Germany) was at the third.
- This was Hamilton’s overall 10th victory of the season and he also won 2015 World Drivers’ Championship (WDC).
- Important to know that Hamilton won World Drivers’ Championship (WDC) for third time(2008, 2014, 2015).
- Michael Schumacher from Germany holds the record for winning most WDC titles for 7 times.
Reference:
https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-united-states-results/race.html
https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/hamilton-seals-2015-title-with-thrilling-austin-win.html
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/34633569
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/11953624/Lewis-Hamilton-third-Formula-One-world-title-USA-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html