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. DateEventRef 4–17 January37th Dakar Rally 24–25 January53rd 24 Hours of Daytona 22 February57th Daytona 500 16–17 May43rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring24 May73rd Monaco Grand Prix99th Indianapolis 500 6–12 June97th Isle of Man TT 13–14 June83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 25–26 July67th 24 Hours of Spa 26 July38th Suzuka 8 Hours 20 September25th Masters of Formula 3 11 October58th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 20–21 November27th Race of Champions 22 November62nd Macau Grand Prix
Disestablished championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef11 OctoberFormula Renault 2.0 Alps
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef5JanuaryJean-Pierre Beltoise77FrenchRacing driver1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner.1MayGeoff Duke92BritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (, -).1JulyRobert La Caze98MoroccanRacing driverThe first Moroccan Formula One driver.17Jules Bianchi25FrenchRacing driver2009 Formula 3 Euro Series champion and the most recent driver to be fatally injured during a Formula One Grand Prix.14 SeptemberBill Golden81AmericanDrag racerDriver of the Little Red Wagon A/FX pickupBill "Maverick" Golden HNRA.com (retrieved 15 September 2018)6DecemberMike Mangold60AmericanAir racerRed Bull Air World Race champion (2005, 2007).
See also List of 2015 motorsport champions
References
External links
Year in review: 2015 in international motorsport