2015 Superleague season

2015 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod base	Custom
Carshape base	F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s)	Martex, Potentia, Trinity, Valiant
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion	Philipp Puschke
Teams' Champion	CSG Racing
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GPVWC series in 2015
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Atlantic Series

The 2015 Superleague season will be the 16th GPVWC Superleague season. To date, it is the first season in Superleague history to host three Drivers' Champions; Lukas Euler, David Fidock and the returning Mikko Jakonen.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2015 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
CSG Racing	Manchester, England	CSG	CSG-04	Potentia PGE-03	G	13	Lukas Euler	1-2	Tom Parker Pedro Melim Cameron Brewster
							Tom Parker	3-10
							Alex Cooper	11
						24	Lewis Redshaw	1-11
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	The Beast	Valiant VA15	G	4	Fran Lopez	1-4	Lewis McGlade
							Renan Lopes	6
							Marcos Riffel	7-11
							Lewis McGlade	5
						69		4
							James Johnson	1-3, 5-7, 9-10
							Mike Bell	8
							Bence Zsupanek	11
Green Stripes Racing	Niedersachsen, Germany	GSR	GSR-15	Valiant VA15	G	11	Ben Horrill	1-5, 8, 10-11	Sandeep Chodha Daniel Brewer
							Daniel Brewer	9
							Sandeep Chodha	6-7
						20		4
							Dewald Nel	1-3, 5-11
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-15	Potentia PGE-03	G	1	David Fidock	1-11	Jason Muscat Ric Scott
						2	Gergo Baldi	1, 3
							Jason Muscat	2, 4-6
							Nick Rowland	7-8, 10-11
							Mike Bell	9
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW4	Trinity TRIN003	G	12	Mark Wicks	1-11	Matthew Allington
						83	Bart De Vos	1, 3, 5-10
							Adam Rouse	2
							Matthew Allington	4, 11
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-05	Potentia PGE-03	G	7	Alex Cooper	1-10	Tom van der Voort Matt Strand Sandeep Chodha
							Sandeep Chodha	11
						25		9
							Nick Rowland	1-3
							Tom van der Voort	4-8, 10-11
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-15	Trinity TRIN003	G	5	Kenney Lybeer	1-9	Morten Wernersen Stefan McCready
							Wopke Hoekstra	10-11
						10	Mikael Tuomaala	1-7, 9-11
							Ari Niemenen	8
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjøen	NR008	Martex MX-03	G	19	Agustin Canapino	1-5, 7-11	David Jundt Alexander van der Woude
							David Jundt	6
						27	Florian Geier	1-11
Phoenix F1	Gold Coast, Australia	Phoenix	PF1-07	Trinity TRIN003	G	45	Kieran Ryan	1-11	TBC
						46	Mikko Jakonen	1-10
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA215	Valiant VA15	G	6	Deividas Misiulis	1-4, 6-9	Tommy Hagen Lars Brugman Dovydas Petravicius
							Tommy Hagen	5
							Jason Muscat	10-11
						21	Dovydas Petravicius	1-3
							Lars Brugman	4
							Fran Lopez	5-11
Target Racing	Oslo, Norway	Target	TR-02	Trinity TRIN003	G	66	Jordan Weekes	1-6	Sven de Vries Ari Nieminen
							Olli Pelkonen	7
						77	Sven Hesse	1-2
							Sven de Vries	3-6
							Jack Mayor	7
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	TMo-3	Potentia PGE-03	G	88	Petter Kaasa	1-6	Simon Melhuish
							Jordan Weekes	7-10
						99	Mindaugas Klumbis	1-11
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP15	Valiant VA15	G	14	Philipp Puschke	1-5, 7-11	Douwe Tapper
							Ruud Heesterbeek	6
						15		7
							Oskari Kantonen	1-4
							Tim Straub	5
							Douwe Tapper	6, 8
							Jernej Simoncic	9-11
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR15	Trinity TRIN003	G	8	Jarl Teien	1-4, 7, 9-10	Menno Klont
							Sven de Vries	11
							Menno Klont	5-6, 8
						9		2
							Roy Schroten	1, 3-11

Team changes

• ST Racing was demoted to the Supercup after five years of running in the Superleague. The team had never equaled or bettered their highest finish of 9th in the Constructors' Championship during their debut season in 2010 when partnered to Honda.
• Nordsjøen Racing's Superleague entry changed to reflect internal changes in an effort to return to their championship winning form. As such, the outfit became primarily Norwegian instead of Italian.

New entries

• Edonis Engineering would make their debut in the Superleague following a meteoric rise through the Career Ladder. The team gained automatic promotion through winning the 2014 Supercup season Teams' Championship and became the first fully fledged Dutch team to take part in the Superleague in 12 years.

Mid-season changes

• Target Racing failed to attend any event from the British Grand Prix onwards.

2015 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	Dry	26th February 2015	14:00	19:00
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Dry	12th March 2015	18:00	19:00
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	26th March 2015	14:00	19:00
4	Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese GP	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	TBC	9th April 2015	14:00	19:00
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	23rd April 2015	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	7th May 2015	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	21st May 2015	14:00	19:00
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	4th June 2015	14:00	19:00
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	18th June 2015	14:00	19:00
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	2nd July 2015	14:00	19:00
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	30th July 2015	14:00	19:00
12	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	13th August 2015	14:00	19:00
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	27th August 2015	20:00	19:00
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	10th September 2015	14:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	24th September 2015	17:00	19:00
16	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	8th October 2015	14:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	22nd October 2015	14:00	19:00

Testing

The 2015 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Pre-Season Test 1	29th January 2015	Nurburgring, Nürburg
Pre-Season Test 2	5th February 2015	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours
Pre-Season Test 3	12th February 2015	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
Pre-Season Test 4	19th February 2015	Circuito de Jerez, Andalucia

• A Young Driver Test was originally scheduled for November 5th, but later cancelled.

Calendar changes

• The Malaysian, Chinese and German Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
• The Portuguese, Turkish and Singapore Grands Prix all made their return to Superleague calender after a 4, 1 and 2 year absence respectively.

Rule changes

Technical

• Kernow Sport announced pre-season that they were to cease production of their works Krevder engines, as well as discontinue supplying engines to other teams. They would be replaced for 2015 by Vod:Bul Racing and their new 'Valiant' line of engines.
• During engine bidding, the administration had planned to include supplies of the previous year's engines within the 3 customer teams limit for each of the engine manufacturers. However, this proposal was scrapped following confusion from various parties. A miscalculation by the administration later led to the decision to scrap any contracts for 2014 engines to be supplied, with the effected teams (CSG Racing and Target Racing) being given the same make of engine in 2015 specification with an additional cost.
• Further to the above, customer teams will no longer be able to contribute eR&D points towards the development of engines.

Sporting

• A new Team Numbers system was implemented into the Career Ladder for 2015. This meant that all teams across the Ladder held their own numbers instead of having them determined by finishing position of the following year. However, the champion of Superleague would be expected to wear the #1 during their time as champion.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Redshaw (1:24.727)	Lewis Redshaw (1:25.806)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia	Report
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:29.612)	Jordan Weekes (1:30.334)	David Fidock	Hawkeye-Potentia	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Agustin Canapino (1:17.425)	Mindaugas Klumbis (1:18.238 )	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen-Martex	Report
4	Portuguese Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:16.894)	David Fidock (1:17.473)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
5	Turkish Grand Prix	Fran Lopez (1:24.032)	Philipp Puschke (1:24.642)	Fran Lopez	Red Archer-Valiant	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:13.028)	Ruud Heesterbeek (1:14.012)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Lewis Redshaw (1:14.670)	Fran Lopez (1:15.525)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:26.767)	Philipp Puschke (1:28.080)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:04.402)	Philipp Puschke ( 1:06.192 )	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Philipp Puschke (1:15.629)	Philipp Puschke (1:16.416)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Fran Lopez (1:42.519)	Philipp Puschke (1:43.660)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	Agustin Canapino (1:19.958)	Agustin Canapino (1:20.508 )	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:38.214)	Tom Parker ( 01:37.303 )	Alex Cooper	CSG-Potentia	Report
14	Japanese Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:27.516)	Fran Lopez (1:28.308)	David Fidock	Hawkeye-Potentia	Report
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:34.717)	David Fidock (1:35.235)	Alex Cooper	CSG-Potentia	Report
16	United States Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:31.625)	Tom Parker (1:32.498)	Alex Cooper	CSG-Potentia	Report
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Alex Cooper (1:07.486)	Florian Geier (1:07.605)	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP UAE USA BRA Points 1 Philipp Puschke 2 2 3 1 2 10 1 2 1 1 1 8 2 5 7 1 300 2 David Fidock 4 1 4 2 4 6 2 10 12 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 5 272 3 Alex Cooper 6 3 6 9 15 2 5 8 10 9 6 9 1 4 1 1 3 217 4 Agustin Canapino 3 Ret 1 3 5 3 2 Ret 3 5 2 Ret 6 2 181 5 Lewis Redshaw 1 8 7 10 3 1 1 5 1 4 4 Ret 176 6 Fran Lopez 23 9 2 15 1 5 9 16 4 8 7 4 4 3 9 8 7 167 7 Florian Geier 9 4 Ret 5 11 8 6 7 9 7 8 6 3 7 3 5 4 162 8 Tom Parker 15 8 10 Ret 8 3 5 Ret 5 5 4 2 6 115 9 Sven de Vries 20† 6 7 3 11 Ret 7 6 8 67 10 Jason Muscat 16 12 8 7 12 9 5 6 13 15 20† 11 62 11 Tom van der Voort 11 9 16† 7 6 5 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 62 12 Deividas Misiulis 5 7 5 Ret 9 Ret 4 11 11 61 13 Jernej Simoncic 3 6 3 7 Ret 10 Ret 57 14 Pedro Melim 8 9 8 10 9 36 15 Jordan Weekes 16 5 10 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 35 16 Mindaugas Klumbis 10 26† 8 17 6 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 35 17 Petter Kaasa 8 6 11 7 13 Ret 35 18 David Jundt 13 6 4 26 19 Ruud Heesterbeek 4 4 26 20 Marcos Riffel 12 13 Ret 13 12 12 Ret 13 14 23 21 Nick Rowland 14 10 12 Ret 11 11 Ret 22 22 Kenney Lybeer 15 17 16 16 12 Ret 15 18 6 16 13† 15 16 15 16 21 23 Sandeep Choda 22 11 Ret 15 16 11 9 18 24 Bart De Vos 22 Ret Ret 12 19† 20† 7 15 Ret 13 18 17 25 Mikael Tuomaala 20 13 13 Ret 14 Ret 13† 14 14 Ret 14 17 26 Eric Stranne 7 9 16 27 Douwe Tapper Ret 9 11 12 16 28 Lukas Euler 7 11 14 29 Menno Klont 27† Ret 14 12 10 14 14 30 Dovydas Petravicius 12 14 9 13 31 Ben Horrill 18 21 DSQ 24 22 17 Ret 15 13 Ret 12 14 14 15 13 32 Dewald Nel 19 23 18 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 13 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 12 33 Roy Schroten 24 19 18 17 15 Ret 14 16 16 18 15 12 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 34 Kieran Ryan 17 15 Ret 20 18 10 14 Ret Ret Ret 20 17 14 16 18 18 Ret 11 35 Jarl Teien 11 12 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 36 Wopke Hoekstra Ret 17 18 10 Ret 12 10 37 Daniel Brewer 8 8 38 Mark Wicks 25 24 17 Ret 23 Ret 18 21† 17 Ret 19 11 17 19 17 19 5 39 James Johnson 21 22 14 16 Ret 16 13 Ret 5 40 Lars Brugman 13 3 41 Oskari Kantonen 13 18 Ret 19 3 42 Bence Zsupanek 14 2 43 Ari Nieminen 15 17 16 17 1 44 Mikko Jakonen 26 25 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 20 19 Ret 0 45 Morten Wernersen 18 0 46 Mike Bell 19 18 0 47 Rob Mason 19 0 48 Matthew Allington 21 Ret 19 Ret 0 49 Lewis McGlade 23 19 0 50 Sven Hesse Ret 19 0 51 Adam Rouse 20 0 52 Terence Grech 21 0 53 Tommy Hagen 21 0 54 Niels Brugman Ret 0 55 Tobias Olsson Ret DSQ 0 56 Andrew Waring Ret 0 57 Jack Mayor Ret 0 58 Tim Straub Ret 0 59 Gergo Baldi Ret Ret 0 60 Olli Pelkonen DSQ 0 61 Renan Lopes DNS 0 Pos Driver AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP UAE USA BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP UAE USA BRA Points 1 CSG-Potentia 13 7 11 15 8 10 Ret 8 3 5 Ret 6 9 1 4 1 1 400 24 1 8 7 10 3 1 1 5 1 4 4 Ret 5 5 4 2 2 Vod:Bul-Valiant 14 2 2 3 1 2 4 10 1 2 1 1 1 8 2 5 7 377 15 13 18 Ret 19 Ret Ret 4 9 3 6 3 7 Ret 10 11 12 3 Nordsjoen-Martex 19 3 Ret 1 3 5 13 3 2 Ret 3 5 2 Ret 6 6 4 336 27 9 4 Ret 5 11 8 6 7 9 7 8 6 3 7 3 5 4 Hawkeye-Potentia 1 4 1 4 2 4 6 2 10 12 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 306 2 Ret 16 Ret 12 8 7 Ret 11 18 11 Ret 18 10 14 10 Ret 5 Red Archer-Valiant 6 5 7 5 Ret 21 9 Ret 4 11 12 9 5 6 11 229 21 12 14 9 13 1 5 9 16 4 8 7 4 4 3 9 8 6 Midnight-Potentia 7 6 3 6 9 15 2 5 8 10 9 16 11 9 9 8 10 206 25 14 10 12 11 9 16† 7 6 15 5 10 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 Edonis-Valiant 4 23 9 2 15 19 DNS 12 13 Ret 13 12 12 7 Ret 13 9 77 69 21 22 14 23 16 Ret 16 19 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 15 20† 8 Torrent-Potentia 88 8 6 11 7 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 75 99 10 26† 8 17 6 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 Target-Trinity 66 16 5 10 4 Ret Ret DSQ 65 77 Ret 19 20† 6 7 3 Ret 10 Woods-Trinity 8 11 12 Ret 14 Ret 14 Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 21 Ret 18 7 6 53 9 24 27† 19 18 17 15 Ret 14 16 16 18 15 12 Ret 12 Ret 11 Nijo-Trinity 5 15 17 16 16 12 Ret 15 18 6 Ret 17 16 13† 15 16 15 36 10 20 13 13 Ret 14 Ret 13† 15 14 14 Ret 14 Ret 19 17 16 12 Green Stripes-Valiant 11 18 21 DSQ 24 22 11 Ret 17 8 Ret 15 13 Ret 12 14 14 34 20 19 23 18 22 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 13 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Kernow-Trinity 12 25 24 17 Ret 23 Ret 18 21† 17 Ret 19 19 11 17 19 17 22 83 22 20 Ret 21 Ret 12 19† 20† 7 15 Ret 22 Ret Ret 13 14 Phoenix-Trinity 45 17 15 Ret 20 18 10 14 Ret Ret Ret 20 17 14 16 18 18 11 46 26 25 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 20 19 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP UAE USA BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.