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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

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 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	0	Emil Sallberg	4
				1	Jesper Nielsen	1-3
				2	John Munro	1
				2	Eric Stranne	2-3
Wauters Automotive	Gent, Belgium	Wauters	G	3	Florian Engel	1-4
				4	Geoffrey Fournier	1
				4	Thomas Hinss	4
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Torrent	G	5	Martin Palm	1, 4
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Torrent	G	6	Jordan Weekes	1-4
Measuric Racing	Breda, Netherlands	Measuric	G	7	Sven de Vries	1-4
Measuric Racing	Breda, Netherlands	Measuric	G	8	Tobias Olsson	1-4
Enterprise GP	Bromley, England	Enterprise	G	9	Kevin Siggy	1-4
				10	Jarl Teien	1-2
					Fabio Assunção	3
					Rasmus Salo	4
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	G	11	Matt Richards	1-4
Cosmo Autosport	Simonside, England	Cosmo	G	12	Matthew Chirgwin	1-4
Draig Racing	Burghfield, England	Draig	G	14	Morten Wernersen	1, 3-4
				14	John Munro	2
				15	Martin Lepassar	1-4
Triple Twenty	Samobor, Croatia	Triple Twenty	G	16	David Francic	1-4
				17	Martynas Sidunovas	1
					Ilija Brekalo	2-3
					Tim Straub	4
Lusitania Racing Team	Lausanne, Switzerland	Lusitania	G	18	Mike Bell	1-3
Lusitania Racing Team	Lausanne, Switzerland	Lusitania	G	19	Victor Silva	1-3
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	G	20	Robert Wiesenmueller	2-3
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	G	21	Scott Sovik	2-4
Racing Team Schroten	Bennekom, Netherlands	Schroten	G	22	Menno Klont	1-2
				22	Marcos Riffel	3-4
				23	Wopke Hoekstra	1-4
Tēafor Motorsport	Norwich, England	Tēafor	G	24	Alexander van der Woude	1-4
				25	Benediktas Sinkevicius	1
					Mateusz Bogusz	2
					Menno Klont	4
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	G	26	Tyrone Frith	2, 4
TTF Racing	London, England	TTF	G	27	Sherwin van der Sloot	1-4
CM-Tech Racing	Schoonhoven, Netherlands	CM-Tech	G	28	Bart de Vos	1
					Adam Ozgur	2
					Joel Pereira	3-4
				29	Tomeu Cabrer	1-3
				29	Terence Grech	4
Epic Racing Team	Banbury, England	Epic	G	30	Rob Mason	1-3
				30	Geoffrey Fournier	4
				31	Tom Parker	1-4
THR¹	Leeds, England	THR	G	32	Ross McGregor	1-2
				32	John Munro	3-4
				33	David Jundt	1-4
Viking Racing	Copenhagen, Denmark	Viking	G	34	Mikael Tuomaala	1
				34	Stefan McCready	3
				35	Lars Brugman	1-3
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	G	36	Fran Lopez	1-4
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	G	37	Agustin Canapino	1-4
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	G	38	Risto Kappet	1-4
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	G	39	Cameron Brewster	1-4
Edonis YTF1	Cheshire, England	YTF1	G	40	Sandeep Chodha	1, 4
					Bart de Vos	2
					Matthew Allington	3
				41	Roy Schroten	1-4

¹ The #32 and #33 cars were originally allocated to THR. However, following the team's withdrawal from the series, they were replaced for the 2015 Canadian Sport Series.

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
Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	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	14:00	19:00
3	Turkish Sport Series	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor v1255	15th April	14:00	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	14:00	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	Risto Kappet¹ (1:43.081)	Risto Kappet (1:42.981)	Eric Stranne Ice Cold Racing	Risto Kappet (1:43.396)	Risto Kappet Walk Racing	Report
3	Turkish Sport Series	Jordan Weekes (1:53.974)	Martin Lepassar (1:54.069)	Jordan Weekes Torrent Motorsports	Risto Kappet (1:53.948)	Risto Kappet Walk Racing	Report
4	Monaco Sport Series	Agustin Canapino (1:36.180)	Agustin Canapino (1:36.107)	Martin Lepassar Draig Racing	Risto Kappet (1:36.677)	Fran Lopez Vod:Bul Racing	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

¹ Though Risto Kappet did take pole position in the 2014 Portuguese Sport Series, due to a grid penalty it was Eric Stranne who started the race from first position.

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	ESP		POR		TUR		MON		CAN	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	Points
1	Risto Kappet	4	20	7	1	11	1	3	16							93
2	Agustin Canapino	2	4		12	4	13	2	6							83
3	Martin Lepassar	5	16	9	7	2	9	1	17							79
4	Jordan Weekes	3	Ret	14	3	1	17	6	9							76
5	Kevin Siggy	15	1	11	5	5	6	5	Ret							74
6	Tom Parker	26	8	3	9	10	2	20	4							70
7	Cameron Brewster	12	7	17	2	14	3	12	12							59
8	Eric Stranne			1	10	3	8									55
9	David Jundt	13	3	4	17	15	4	8	15							55
10	John Munro	6	11	2	16	19	19	4	Ret							48
11	Sven de Vries	9	6	10	8	9	14	9	Ret							47
12	Tobias Olsson	8	14	6	Ret	6	5	14	Ret							43
13	Ross McGregor	1	5	13	20											39
14	Lars Brugman	10	2	8	Ret	Ret	DNS									34
15	Matt Richards	19	9	20	11	22	16	11	3							33
16	Robert Wiesenmüller			5	13	7	7									32
17	Matthew Chirgwin	11	21	15	6	29	18	10	8							30
18	Fran Lopez	20	23	Ret	14	21	15	17	1							28
19	Morten Wernersen	33	Ret			33^†	23	13	2							23
20	David Francic	21	Ret	Ret	22	17	10	7	11							20
21	Jesper Nielsen	24	12	12	18	8	12									20
22	Menno Klont	17	13	29	27			16	5							14
23	Bart De Vos	16	Ret	18	4											13
24	Roy Schroten	Ret	19	16	Ret	16	Ret	26	7							9
25	Martynas Sidunovas	7	Ret													9
26	Marcos Riffel					13	11	25	21^†							8
27	Alexander van der Woude	25	Ret	22	19	26	Ret	23	10							6
28	Mike Bell	27	10	19	26	24	30^†									6
29	Wopke Hoekstra	29	15	21	24	12	24	28	Ret							5
30	Geoffrey Fournier	31	25					18	13							3
31	Thomas Hinss							21	14							2
32	Martin Palm	14	DNS				26	19	DNS							2
33	Sandeep Chodha	23	18					15	DNS							1
34	Mateusz Bogusz			Ret	15											1
35	Benediktas Sinkevicius	30	17													0
36	Tyrone Frith			31	28			Ret	18							0
37	Fabio Assunção					18	20									0
38	Mikael Tuomaala	18	Ret													0
39	Florian Engel	28	Ret	27	29	32	28	27	19							0
40	Sherwin van der Sloot	Ret	Ret	30	30	30	27		20							0
41	Scott Sovik			23	23	20	21	29	Ret							0
42	Ilija Brekalo			Ret	21	Ret	22									0
43	Terence Grech							22	Ret							0
44	Tomeu Cabrer	22	22	28	Ret	27	Ret									0
45	Rob Mason	32	24	26	25	23	25									0
46	Joel Pereira					31	DNS	24	Ret							0
47	Victor Silva	DSQ	DSQ	24	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
48	Matthew Allington					25	DNS									0
49	Adam Ozgur			25	Ret											0
50	Stefan McCready					28	29^†									0
51	Emil Sallberg							30	Ret							0
52	Tim Straub							Ret	Ret							0
53	Rasmus Salo							Ret	Ret							0
54	Jarl Teien	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ											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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	Walk Racing	38	4	20	7	1	11	1	3	16							152
1	Walk Racing	39	12	7	17	2	14	3	12	12							152
2	Draig Racing	14	33	Ret	2	16	33^†	23	13	2							122
2	Draig Racing	15	5	16	9	7	2	9	1	17							122
3	Vod:Bul Racing	36	20	23	Ret	14	21	15	17	1							111
3	Vod:Bul Racing	37	2	4		12	4	13	2	6							111
4	THR	32	1	5	13	20	19	19	4	Ret							107
4	THR	33	13	3	4	17	15	4	8	15							107
5	Ice Cold Racing	1	24	12	12	18	8	12	30	Ret							90
5	Ice Cold Racing	2	6	11	1	10	3	8									90
6	Measuric Racing	7	9	6	10	8	9	14	9	Ret							90
6	Measuric Racing	8	8	14	6	Ret	6	5	14	Ret							90
7	Torrent Motorsports	5	14	DNS				26	19	DNS							78
7	Torrent Motorsports	6	3	Ret	14	3	1	17	6	9							78
8	Enterprise GP	9	15	1	11	5	5	6	5	Ret							74
8	Enterprise GP	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	18	20	Ret	Ret							74
9	Epic Racing Team	30	32	24	26	25	23	25	18	13							73
9	Epic Racing Team	31	26	8	3	9	10	2	20	4							73
10	Cosmo Autosport	11	19	9	20	11	22	16	11	3							63
10	Cosmo Autosport	12	11	21	15	6	29	18	10	8							63
11	Viking Racing	34	18	Ret			28	29^†									34
11	Viking Racing	35	10	2	8	Ret	Ret	DNS									34
12	Woods Racing	20			5	13	7	7									32
12	Woods Racing	21			23	23	20	21	29	Ret							32
13	Triple Twenty	16	21	Ret	Ret	22	17	10	7	11							29
13	Triple Twenty	17	7	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	22	Ret	Ret							29
14	Edonis YTF1	40	23	18	18	4	25	DNS	15	DNS							23
14	Edonis YTF1	41	Ret	19	16	Ret	16	Ret	26	7							23
15	Tēafor Motorsport	24	25	Ret	22	19	26	Ret	23	10							18
15	Tēafor Motorsport	25	30	17	Ret	15			16	5							18
16	Racing Team Schroten	22	17	13	29	27	13	11	25	21^†							16
16	Racing Team Schroten	23	29	15	21	24	12	24	28	Ret							16
17	Lusitania Racing Team	18	27	10	19	26	24	30^†									6
17	Lusitania Racing Team	19	DSQ	DSQ	24	Ret	Ret	Ret									6
18	Wauters Automotive	3	28	Ret	27	29	32	28	27	19							2
18	Wauters Automotive	4	31	25					21	14							2
19	CM-Tech Racing	28	16	Ret	25	Ret	31	DNS	24	Ret							0
19	CM-Tech Racing	29	22	22	28	Ret	27	Ret	22	Ret							0
20	TTF Racing	26			31	28			Ret	18							0
20	TTF Racing	27	Ret	Ret	30	30	30	27		20							0
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)