2015 Formula Challenge season

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2015 Formula Challenge season
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Competition Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor TBC
Platform Used RFactor.png rFactor v1.255
Rounds 17
Mod Used Custom
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s) GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC
Drivers
Teams 21
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021
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 Formula Challenge season will be the 4th GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2015 participation.

Formula Challenge Team Team Owner Abbreviation Chassis Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
England Arrow International Racing

England Sam Jones

AIR FC-015 G 74 England Sam Jones n/a
95 England Mike Bell
England Backmarker Brigade

England Simon Smith

BMB FC-015 G 91 England Simon Smith n/a
92 Belgium Andreas Wauters
Switzerland
Scuderia Basilea
Switzerland
David Jundt
Basilea FC-015 G 79   TBA n/a
89   TBA
Finland Bastvik Grand Prix

Finland Mikael Tuomaala

Bastvik FC-015 G 70 Finland Rasmus Salo n/a
71 Sweden Tobias Olsson
South Africa Centurion Grand Prix

Malta Terence Grech

Centurion FC-015 G 59 Canada Andrew Waring n/a
60
Switzerland
Victor Silva
England Cosmo Autosport

England Joshua Anderson

Cosmo FC-015 G 39 Netherlands Hansko Mebius n/a
53 England Richard Coxon
South Africa Deltec Racing Team

South Africa Marius van Wyk

Deltec FC-015 G 81 South Africa Denis Mitchell Lithuania Klaidas Vareika
82 Turkey Adam Ozgur
England Dogecoin Racing

England Lewis Redshaw

Dogecoin FC-015 G 76 England Thomas Jacobs n/a
93 England Ben Warren
England Downforce iZone Racing

England Scott Woodwiss

Downforce FC-015 G 0 Norway Tommy Ostgaard n/a
N/A1
Wales Fanatec Draig Racing

England Ben Willis

Draig FC-015 G 34 Hungary Balint Hammer Estonia Martin Lepassar
35 England James Kirk
England Epic Racing

England Lee Davidson

Epic FC-015 G 38 Netherlands Mike Schroten England Rob Mason
49 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra
Norway Ice Cold Racing

Sweden Eric Stranne

Ice Cold FC-015 G 42 Sweden Eric Stranne n/a
43
Denmark
Jesper Nielsen
Netherlands Katana Motorsports

Netherlands Tom van der Voort

Katana FC-015 G 65 Lithuania Justinas Ribelis n/a
90 Finland Olli Pelkonen
Finland Karjala Racing

Finland Ari Nieminen

Karjala FC-015 G 40 Finland Ari Nieminen n/a
78 England Lewis McGlade
South Africa MadCape Racing Team

South Africa Xavier de Carvalho

MadCape FC-015 G 61 Netherlands Lars Brugman n/a
62 Australia Adam Wright
Germany Team Proline

Germany Maurice Brackhahn

Proline FC-015 G 94 India Sandeep Chodha n/a
97 Hungary Bence Zsupanek
Netherlands Racing Team Schroten

Netherlands Roy Schroten

RTS FC-015 G 29 England Scott Berrisford n/a
98 Finland Tommi Ojala
Croatia Triple Twenty

Croatia Ilija Brekalo

TT FC-015 G 54 Australia Jayden Wright Belgium Andreas Roodhooft
57 Netherlands Arjan Zijlstra
Denmark
Viking Racing
Denmark
Morten Wernersen
Viking FC-015 G 51 Australia Thomas Hinss n/a
58 England James Ross
England YTF1

England Matthew Allington

YTF1 FC-015 G 36 Finland Teemu Toikka n/a
72 Finland Teemu Valkeejärvi
England Zedderick Racing

Scotland Doug Hilliard

Zedderick FC-015 G 85 Latvia Andrejs Pestovs n/a
86 England Ben Willis

Team Changes

New Entries

2015 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Mod Date Start Time
Track time GMT
1 Challenge Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 24th February 16:00 19:00
2 Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 10th March 22:00 19:00
3 Challenge Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 24th March 14:00 19:00
4 Challenge Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese GP Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 7th April 16:00 19:00
5 Challenge Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park, Istanbul TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 21st April 15:00 19:00
6 Challenge Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 5th May 14:00 19:00
7 Challenge Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 19th May 14:00 19:00
8 Challenge British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 2nd June 13:00 19:00
9 Challenge Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 16th June 14:00 19:00
10 Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 30th June 14:00 19:00
11 Challenge Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 28th July 14:00 19:00
12 Challenge Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 11th August 14:00 19:00
13 Challenge Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 25th August 22:00 19:00
14 Challenge Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 8th September 15:00 19:00
15 Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 22nd September 17:00 19:00
16 Challenge United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 6th October 13:00 19:00
17 Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 20th October 14:00 19:00

Testing

The 2015 testing schedule is as follows:

Test Date Venue
Pre-Season Test 17th February 2015 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Andalucia

Calendar changes

Rule changes

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.

See also

Preceded by:
2014 Formula Challenge season
GPVWC Formula Challenge season
2015
Succeeded by:
2016 Formula Challenge season