Motor racing competition
The2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was a multi-eventmotor racing championship foropen wheel ,formula racing cars held acrossEurope . The championship featured drivers competing in2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the 25thEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized byRenault Sport . The season began atCiudad del Motor de Aragón on 25 April and finished on 18 October atCircuito de Jerez . The series formed part of theWorld Series by Renault meetings, with seventeen races at seven race meetings. The championship was won by British driverJack Aitken .
Team No. Driver name Status Rounds Koiranen GP [ 1] 1 Anton de Pasquale [ 2] R 1–5 2 Jake Hughes [ 3] All 3 Jack Aitken [ 4] All 40 Bruno Baptista [ 5] R 1–2 43 [ 6] 2 44 [ 6] 2, 5 56 Dan Ticktum [ 7] R 5 Fortec Motorsports [ 1] 5 Martin Kodrić [ 8] All 6 Ben Barnicoat [ 9] All 7 Callan O'Keeffe [ 10] 1–5 8 [ 11] 1–2 Valentin Hasse-Clot [ 12] R 4–6 41 Zachary Claman DeMelo [ 5] R 1 45 Ferdinand Habsburg [ 6] R 2, 4–5 54 Jehan Daruvala [ 12] R 4–5, 7 ART Junior Team [ 1] 9 Ukyo Sasahara [ 13] All 10 [ 14] R All 49 Max Defourny [ 6] R 2, 5, 7 53 Will Palmer [ 15] R 4 Josef Kaufmann Racing [ 1] 14 Louis Delétraz [ 16] All 15 Kevin Jörg [ 17] All 47 Nikita Mazepin [ 6] R 2–4 55 Dries Vanthoor [ 7] R 5 Manor MP Motorsport [ 1] 17 Dennis Olsen [ 18] All 18 Lasse Sørensen [ 19] R 1–3 Bruno Baptista [ 7] R 5–7 19 [ 20] All 46 Valentin Hasse-Clot [ 6] R 2–3 [ 7] 5–6 Tech 1 Racing [ 1] 20 Hugo de Sadeleer [ 21] All 21 Simon Gachet [ 22] All 22 Anthoine Hubert [ 23] All [ 1] 25 [ 24] R All 26 James Allen [ 25] All AVF [ 1] 27 Harrison Scott [ 26] R All 28 [ 26] 1 Charlie Eastwood [ 6] R 2–4 [ 6] 5 42 Henrique Chaves [ 5] R 1–2, 5 50 [ 6] 2 58 [ 27] 6–7 Strakka Racing [ 1] 31 Charlie Eastwood [ 28] R 1 32 Valentin Hasse-Clot [ 5] R 1 JD Motorsport [ 1] 35 Matevos Isaakyan [ 29] All 36 [ 30] R All 37 Amaury Bonduel [ 5] R 1–3 Nikita Troitskiy [ 7] R 5–6 R 7 48 [ 6] 2, 5, 7 Cram Motorsport 51 [ 31] 3, 5, 7 52 [ 12] 4 57 [ 7] R 5 59 Julien Falchero 7
Race calendar and results [ edit ] The calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 20 October 2014, on the final day of the 2014 season.[ 32] Silverstone andLe Mans , replacing rounds atMoscow Raceway andPaul Ricard . Three of the season's seven meetings were held as a triple-header format, amassing to a total of seventeen races.[ 33] British round of the2015 MotoGP season .[ 34]
Championship standings [ edit ] Points system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
[ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
[ edit ] The start of the season saw Swiss driver Louis Delétraz taking the championship leadership after two victories at the season opener in Aragon and one in the Hungaroring. He arrived to the season finale still ahead on points, with other seven drivers also able to become champion: Swiss Kevin Jörg, British Jack Aitken, FrenchAnthoine Hubert , BritishJake Hughes , Japanese Ukyo Sasahara, Norwegian Dennis Olsen, and British Ben Barnicoat.[ 36] [ 37] [ 36] [ 38] [ 36]
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Spain
Louis Delétraz
Josef Kaufmann Racing
Dennis Olsen
Ignazio D'Agosto
ManorMP Motorsport
Belgium
Jake Hughes
Matevos Isaakyan
Ukyo Sasahara
ART Junior Team
Koiranen GP
Hungary
Martin Kodrić
