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2015 World Sport Series season

Competition	World Sport Series
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	10
Mod Used	EnduRacers Flat6
Engine Supplier(s)	Flat6
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
World Sport Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

The 2015 World Sport Series season will be the fourth GPVWC World Sport Series season. Jesper Nielsen entered the season as defending drivers' champion, however the reigning teams' champions, Smile Power Racing, did not return to the series for 2015.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race One Start
20:30-40 GMT ~ Warmup
20:40-50 GMT ~ Race Two Start

Teams and drivers

World Sport Series Team	Base	Team	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Ice Cold Racing	Gothenburg, Sweden	Ice Cold	G	1	Jesper Nielsen	1
				2	John Munro	1
					Eric Stranne
Wauters Automotive	Gent, Belgium	Wauters	G	3	Florian Engel	1
				4	Geoffrey Fournier	1
					Joshua Anderson
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Torrent	G	5	Martin Palm	1
				6	Jordan Weekes	1
Measuric Racing	Breda, Netherlands	Measuric	G	7	Sven de Vries	1
				8	Tobias Olsson	1
Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	Enterprise	G	9	Kevin Siggy	1
				10	Jarl Teien	1
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	G	11	Matt Richards	1
				12	Matthew Chirgwin	1
Draig Racing	Burghfield, England	Draig	G	14	Morten Wernersen	1
				15	Martin Lepassar	1
Triple Twenty	Samobor, Croatia	Triple Twenty	G	16	David Francic	1
				17	Martynas Sidunovas	1
Lusitania Racing Team	Lausanne, Switzerland	Lusitania	G	18	Mike Bell	1
				19	Victor Silva	1
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	G	20	Thomas Hinss
				21	Daniel Brewer
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	Schroten	G	22	Menno Klont	1
				23	Wopke Hoekstra	1
Tēafor Motorsport	Norwich, England	Tēafor	G	24	Alexander van der Woude	1
				25	Benediktas Sinkevicius	1
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF Racing	G	26	Tyrone Frith
				27	Sherwin van der Sloot	1
CM-Tech Racing	Schoonhoven, Netherlands	CM-Tech	G	28	Bart de Vos	1
					Adam Ozgur
				29	Tomeu Cabrer	1
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	G	30	Rob Mason	1
				31	Tom Parker	1
THR	Leeds, England	THR	G	32	Ross McGregor	1
				33	David Jundt	1
Viking Racing	Copenhagen, Denmark	Viking	G	34	Mikael Tuomaala	1
				35	Lars Brugman	1
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	G	36	Fran Lopez	1
				37	Agustin Canapino	1
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	G	38	Risto Kappet	1
				39	Cameron Brewster	1
Edonis YTF1	Cheshire, England	YTF1	G	40	Sandeep Chodha	1
				41	Roy Schroten	1

Team Changes

• Aurora Motorsports, Deltec Racing Team, Edonis Engineering, Midnight Motorsport, Motorsport Safety Foundation, Smile Power Racing and TWR all did not continue into the 2015 season.

New Entries

• Epic Racing Team and Vod:Bul Racing both returned to the series following a 1-year absence in 2014.
• CM-Tech Racing, THR, Viking Racing, Walk Racing and YTF1 all entered the World Sport Series for the first time in 2015.

2015 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Spanish Sport Series	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Dry	rFactor v1255	18th March	14:00	19:00
2	Portuguese Sport Series	Portuguese GP	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	TBC	rFactor v1255	1st April	16:00	19:00
3	Turkish Sport Series	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor v1255	15th April	15:00	19:00
4	Monaco Sport Series	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	29th April	14:00	19:00
5	Canadian Sport Series	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	13th May	14:00	19:00
6	British Sport Series	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	27th May	13:00	19:00
7	Austrian Sport Series	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	10th June	14:00	19:00
8	Hungarian Sport Series	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	24th June	14:00	19:00
9	Belgian Sport Series	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	5th August	14:00	19:00
10	Italian Sport Series	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	19th August	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Bahrain Sport Series was not renewed for a second year with the inclusion of more European events on the 2015 Career Ladder calendar.
• The German Sport Series was not to feature for the first time in World Sport Series history. The event had been held on three different tracks in three years and was notably the 2012 season's finale.
• The Portuguese Sport Series would make its debut on the World Sport Series calendar following the new opening event in the form of the well-established Spanish Sport Series. The Algarve International Circuit would play host to the new event.
• The Turkish Sport Series would make its return to the calendar following a year's absence.

Rule Changes

Sporting

• The Qualifying format for the World Sport Series was changed from a 'super pole' format to an 'unlimited laps' format.

Results and Standings

Rounds

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole Position	Race One Fastest	Race One Winner	Race Two Fastest	Race Two Winner	Report
1	Spanish Sport Series	Ross McGregor (1:44.616)	Ross McGregor (1:44.687)	Ross McGregor THR	Kevin Siggy (1:44.705)	Kevin Siggy Enterprise GP	Report
2	Portuguese Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
3	Turkish Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
4	Monaco Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
5	Canadian Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
6	British Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
7	Austrian Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
8	Hungarian Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
9	Belgian Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report
10	Italian Sport Series	(-)	(-)		(-)		Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver ESP POR TUR MON CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA Points 1 Ross McGregor 1 7 34 2 Agustin Canapino 2 6 30 3 Kevin Siggy 14 1 27 4 Lars Brugman 10 2 26 5 Martin Lepassar 5 5 22 6 David Jundt 15 3 17 7 Matt Richards 12 4 17 8 Jordan Weekes 3 Ret 16 9 Sven de Vries 9 8 15 10 Risto Kappet 4 21 13 11 John Munro 6 14 12 12 Tobias Olsson 8 13 11 13 Cameron Brewster 13 9 10 14 Martynas Sidunovas 7 Ret 9 15 Tom Parker 27 10 6 16 Fran Lopez 16 11 5 17 Matthew Chirgwin 11 22 5 18 Mike Bell 28 12 4 19 Jesper Nielsen 25 15 1 20 Menno Klont 19 16 0 21 Wopke Hoekstra 30 17 0 22 Martin Palm 17 DNS 0 23 Benediktas Sinkevicius 31 18 0 24 Bart De Vos 18 Ret 0 25 Sandeep Chodha 24 19 0 26 Roy Schroten Ret 20 0 27 Mikael Tuomaala 20 Ret 0 28 David Francic 21 Ret 0 29 Victor Silva 22 Ret 0 30 Tomeu Cabrer 23 23 0 31 Rob Mason 33 24 0 32 Geoffrey Fournier 32 25 0 33 Alexander van der Woude 26 Ret 0 34 Florian Engel 29 Ret 0 35 Morten Wernersen 34 Ret 0 36 Sherwin van der Sloot Ret Ret 0 37 Jarl Teien Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ESP POR TUR MON CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA 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.

Teams' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. ESP POR TUR MON CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA Points 1 THR 32 1 7 51 33 15 3 2 Vod:Bul Racing 36 16 11 35 37 2 6 3 Enterprise GP 9 14 1 27 10 Ret Ret 4 Viking Racing 34 20 Ret 26 35 10 2 5 Measuric Racing 7 9 8 26 8 8 13 6 Walk Racing 38 4 21 23 39 13 9 7 Cosmo Autosport 11 12 4 22 12 11 22 8 Draig Racing 14 34 Ret 22 15 5 5 9 Torrent Motorsports 5 17 DNS 16 6 3 Ret 10 Ice Cold Racing 1 25 15 13 2 6 14 11 Triple Twenty 16 21 Ret 9 17 7 Ret 12 Epic Racing Team 30 33 24 6 31 27 10 13 Lusitania Racing Team 18 28 12 4 19 22 Ret 14 Racing Team Schroten 22 19 16 0 23 30 17 15 Tēafor Motorsport 24 26 Ret 0 25 31 18 16 CM-Tech Racing 28 18 Ret 0 29 23 23 17 Edonis YTF1 40 24 19 0 41 Ret 20 18 Wauters Automotive 3 29 Ret 0 4 32 25 19 TTF Racing 26 0 27 Ret Ret 20 Woods Racing 20 0 21 Pos Constructor Car No. ESP POR TUR MON CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA 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.