2015 Superleague season

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2015 Superleague season
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Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor TBC
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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
Teams' Champion
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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)
England CSG Racing

England Manchester, England

CSG CSG-04 Potentia PGE-03 G 13 Germany Lukas Euler 1-2 England Tom Parker
Portugal Pedro Melim
England Tom Parker 3-4
24 England Lewis Redshaw 1-4
Netherlands Edonis Engineering

Netherlands Groningen, The Netherlands

Edonis TBC Valiant VA15 G 4 Spain Fran Lopez 1-4 England Lewis McGlade
69 England James Johnson 1-3
England Lewis McGlade 4
Germany Green Stripes Racing

Germany Niedersachsen, Germany

GSR GSR-15 Valiant VA15 G 11 Wales Ben Horrill 1-4 India Sandeep Chodha
20 South Africa Dewald Nel 1-3
India Sandeep Chodha 4
England Hawkeye Racing

England Kendal, England

Hawkeye RS-15 Potentia PGE-03 G 1 England David Fidock 1-4 Malta Jason Muscat
2 Hungary Gergo Baldi 1, 3
Malta Jason Muscat 2, 4
England Kernow Sport

England St.Austell, England

Kernow MW4 Trinity TRIN003 G 12 England Mark Wicks 1-4 England Matthew Allington
83 Belgium Bart De Vos 1, 3
England Adam Rouse 2
England Matthew Allington 4
England SimCraft Midnight Motorsport

England Manchester, England

Midnight MM-05 Potentia PGE-03 G 7 England Alex Cooper 1-4 Netherlands Tom van der Voort
25 England Nick Rowland 1-3
Netherlands Tom van der Voort 4
England Nijo Racing

England Nantwich, England

Nijo NR-15 Trinity TRIN003 G 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer 1-4
Denmark
Morten Wernersen
10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala 1-4
Norway Nordsjøen Racing

Wales Cardiff, Wales

Nordsjøen NR008 Martex MX-03 G 19 Argentina Agustin Canapino 1-4
Switzerland
David Jundt
Netherlands Alexander van der Woude
27 Germany Florian Geier 1-4
England Phoenix F1

Australia Gold Coast, Australia

Phoenix PF1-07 Trinity TRIN003 G 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan 1-4   TBC
46 Finland Mikko Jakonen 1-4
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team

Greece Rethymno, Greece

Red Archer RA215 Valiant VA15 G 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis 1-4 Norway Tommy Hagen
21 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius 1-3
Netherlands Lars Brugman 4
Norway Target Racing

Norway Oslo, Norway

Target TR-02 Trinity TRIN003 G 66 England Jordan Weekes 1-4 United States Sven de Vries
Finland Ari Nieminen
77 Germany Sven Hesse 1-2
United States Sven de Vries 3-4
United States Torrent Motorsports

United States Columbus, OH, United States

Torrent TMo-3 Potentia PGE-03 G 88 Norway Petter Kaasa 1-4 England Simon Melhuish
99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis 1-4
England Vod:Bul Racing

England Liverpool, England

Vod:Bul VBMP15 Valiant VA15 G 14 Germany Philipp Puschke 1-4 Netherlands Douwe Tapper
15 Finland Oskari Kantonen 1-4
England Woods Racing

England Southampton, England

Woods WR15 Trinity TRIN003 G 8 Norway Jarl Teien 1-4 Netherlands Menno Klont
9 Netherlands Roy Schroten 1, 3-4
Netherlands Menno Klont 2

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.

2015 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Date Start Time
Track time GMT
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne Heavy Clouds Dry 26th February 2015 14:00 19:00
2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir Heavy Clouds Dry 12th March 2015 18:00 19:00
3 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC 26th March 2015 14:00 19:00
4 Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese GP Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão TBC 9th April 2015 14:00 19:00
5 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park, Istanbul TBC 23rd April 2015 14:00 19:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC 7th May 2015 14:00 19:00
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC 21st May 2015 14:00 19:00
8 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC 4th June 2015 14:00 19:00
9 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC 18th June 2015 14:00 19:00
10 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC 2nd July 2015 14:00 19:00
11 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC 30th July 2015 14:00 19:00
12 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC 13th August 2015 14:00 19:00
13 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore TBC 27th August 2015 20:00 19:00
14 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka TBC 10th September 2015 14:00 19:00
15 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC 24th September 2015 17:00 19:00
16 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC 8th October 2015 14:00 19:00
17 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil 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 Germany Nurburgring, Nürburg
Pre-Season Test 2 5th February 2015 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours
Pre-Season Test 3 12th February 2015 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
Pre-Season Test 4 19th February 2015 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Andalucia
Young Driver Test 5th November 2015   TBC

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

Australia Australian Grand Prix England Lewis Redshaw
(1:24.727)
England Lewis Redshaw
(1:25.806)
England Lewis Redshaw England CSG-Potentia Report

2

Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Germany Philipp Puschke
(1:29.612)
England Jordan Weekes
(1:30.334)
England David Fidock England Hawkeye-Potentia Report

3

Spain Spanish Grand Prix Argentina Agustin Canapino
(1:17.425)
Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis
(1:18.238 )
Argentina Agustin Canapino Norway Nordsjoen-Martex Report

4

Portugal Portuguese Grand Prix Germany Philipp Puschke
(1:16.894)
England David Fidock
(1:17.473)
Germany Philipp Puschke England Vod:Bul-Valiant Report

5

Turkey Turkish Grand Prix  
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6

Monaco Monaco Grand Prix  
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7

Canada Canadian Grand Prix  
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8

United Kingdom British Grand Prix  
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9

Austria Austrian Grand Prix  
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10

Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix  
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11

Belgium Belgian Grand Prix  
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12

Italy Italian Grand Prix  
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13

Singapore Singapore Grand Prix  
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14

Japan Japanese Grand Prix  
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15

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix  
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16

United States United States Grand Prix  
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17

Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix  
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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
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
Points
1 Germany Philipp Puschke 2 2 3 56
2 England David Fidock 4 1 4 51
3 England Lewis Redshaw 1 8 7 42
4 Argentina Agustin Canapino 3 Ret 1 41
5 England Alex Cooper 6 3 6 36
6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis 5 7 5 31
7 Spain Fran Lopez 23 9 2 27
8 Norway Petter Kaasa 8 6 11 23
9 Germany Florian Geier 9 4 Ret 20
10 England Jordan Weekes 16 5 10 17
11 Germany Lukas Euler 7 11 14
12 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis 10 26 8 14
13 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius 12 14 9 13
14 England Nick Rowland 14 10 12 12
15 Norway Jarl Teien 11 12 Ret 9
16 Finland Mikael Tuomaala 20 13 13 6
17 Finland Oskari Kantonen 13 18 Ret 3
18 England James Johnson 21 22 14 2
19 England Tom Parker 15 1
20 Ireland Kieran Ryan 17 15 Ret 1
21 Belgium Kenney Lybeer 15 17 16 1
22 Malta Jason Muscat 16 0
23 England Mark Wicks 25 24 17 0
24 South Africa Dewald Nel 19 23 18 0
25 Wales Ben Horrill 18 21 DSQ 0
26 Netherlands Roy Schroten 24 19 0
27 Germany Sven Hesse Ret 19 0
28 England Adam Rouse 20 0
29 United States Sven de Vries 20 0
30 Belgium Bart De Vos 22 Ret 0
31 Finland Mikko Jakonen 26 25 Ret 0
32 Netherlands Menno Klont 27 0
33 Hungary Gergo Baldi Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver AUS
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
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
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
Points
1 Norway Nordsjoen-Martex 19 3 Ret 1 61
27 9 4 Ret
2 England Vod:Bul-Valiant 14 2 2 3 59
15 13 18 Ret
3 England CSG-Potentia 13 7 11 15 57
24 1 8 7
4 England Hawkeye-Potentia 1 4 1 4 51
2 Ret 16 Ret
5 England Midnight-Potentia 7 6 3 6 48
25 14 10 12
6 Greece Red Archer-Valiant 6 5 7 5 44
21 12 14 9
7 United States Torrent-Potentia 88 8 6 11 37
99 10 26 8
8 Netherlands Edonis-Valiant 4 23 9 2 29
69 21 22 14
9 Norway Target-Trinity 66 16 5 10 17
77 Ret 19 20
10 England Woods-Trinity 8 11 12 Ret 9
9 24 27 19
11 England Nijo-Trinity 5 15 17 16 7
10 20 13 13
12 England Phoenix-Trinity 45 17 15 Ret 1
46 26 25 Ret
13 England Kernow-Trinity 12 25 24 17 0
83 22 20 Ret
14 Germany Green Stripes-Valiant 11 18 21 DSQ 0
20 19 23 18
Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
BAH
Bahrain
ESP
Spain
POR
Portugal
TUR
Turkey
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
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.