2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the 25th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by Renault Sport. The season began at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón on 25 April and finished on 18 October at Circuito de Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings, with seventeen races at seven race meetings. The championship was won by British driver Jack Aitken.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
Koiranen GP^[1]	1	Anton de Pasquale^[2]	R	1–5
	2	Jake Hughes^[3]		All
	3	Jack Aitken^[4]		All
	40	Bruno Baptista^[5]	R	1–2
	43	Philip Hamprecht^[6]		2
	44	Stefan Riener^[6]		2, 5
	56	Dan Ticktum^[7]	R	5
Fortec Motorsports^[1]	5	Martin Kodrić^[8]		All
	6	Ben Barnicoat^[9]		All
	7	Callan O'Keeffe^[10]		1–5
	8	Luke Chudleigh^[11]		1–2
	8	Valentin Hasse-Clot^[12]	R	4–6
	41	Zachary Claman DeMelo^[5]	R	1
	45	Ferdinand Habsburg^[6]	R	2, 4–5
	54	Jehan Daruvala^[12]	R	4–5, 7
ART Junior Team^[1]	9	Ukyo Sasahara^[13]		All
	10	Darius Oskoui^[14]	R	All
	49	Max Defourny^[6]	R	2, 5, 7
	53	Will Palmer^[15]	R	4
Josef Kaufmann Racing^[1]	14	Louis Delétraz^[16]		All
	15	Kevin Jörg^[17]		All
	47	Nikita Mazepin^[6]	R	2–4
	55	Dries Vanthoor^[7]	R	5
Manor MP Motorsport^[1]	17	Dennis Olsen^[18]		All
	18	Lasse Sørensen^[19]	R	1–3
	18	Bruno Baptista^[7]	R	5–7
	19	Ignazio D'Agosto^[20]		All
	46	Valentin Hasse-Clot^[6]	R	2–3
	46	Christopher Anthony^[7]		5–6
Tech 1 Racing^[1]	20	Hugo de Sadeleer^[21]		All
	21	Simon Gachet^[22]		All
	22	Anthoine Hubert^[23]		All
ARTA Engineering^[1]	25	Amaury Richard^[24]	R	All
ARTA Engineering^[1]	26	James Allen^[25]		All
AVF^[1]	27	Harrison Scott^[26]	R	All
	28	Matthew Graham^[26]		1
		Charlie Eastwood^[6]	R	2–4
		Josef Záruba^[6]		5
	42	Henrique Chaves^[5]	R	1–2, 5
	50	Josef Záruba^[6]		2
	58	Denis Bulatov^[27]		6–7
Strakka Racing^[1]	31	Charlie Eastwood^[28]	R	1
Strakka Racing^[1]	32	Valentin Hasse-Clot^[5]	R	1
JD Motorsport^[1]	35	Matevos Isaakyan^[29]		All
	36	Thiago Vivacqua^[30]	R	All
	37	Amaury Bonduel^[5]	R	1–3
		Nikita Troitskiy^[7]	R	5–6
		Aleksey Korneev	R	7
BVM	48	Danylo Pronenko^[6]		2, 5, 7
Cram Motorsport	51	Vasily Romanov^[31]		3, 5, 7
Cram Motorsport	52	Matteo Ferrer^[12]		4
Prizma Motorsport	57	Pontus Fredricsson^[7]	R	5
GSK Grand Prix	59	Julien Falchero		7

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 20 October 2014, on the final day of the 2014 season.^[32] The championship returned to Silverstone and Le Mans, replacing rounds at Moscow Raceway and Paul Ricard. Three of the season's seven meetings were held as a triple-header format, amassing to a total of seventeen races.^[33] On 11 February 2015, it was announced that the Silverstone round would be moved back a week due to the circuit reacquiring the rights to host the British round of the 2015 MotoGP season.^[34]

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	Spain	25 April	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R2			25 April	Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R3			26 April	Dennis Olsen	Ignazio D'Agosto	Dennis Olsen	Manor MP Motorsport
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Belgium	30 May	Jake Hughes	Matevos Isaakyan	Ukyo Sasahara	ART Junior Team
2	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Belgium	31 May	Ukyo Sasahara	Matevos Isaakyan	Jake Hughes	Koiranen GP
3	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	13 June	Louis Delétraz	Louis Delétraz	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP
3	R2	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	14 June	Louis Delétraz	Kevin Jörg	Louis Delétraz	Josef Kaufmann Racing
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	5 September	Jack Aitken	Louis Delétraz	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP
	R2			5 September	Jack Aitken	Anthoine Hubert	Kevin Jörg	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R3			6 September	Anthoine Hubert	Simon Gachet	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing
5	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	Germany	12 September	Louis Delétraz	Max Defourny	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP
5	R2	Nürburgring, Nürburg	Germany	13 September	Ben Barnicoat	Jack Aitken	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	France	26 September	Kevin Jörg	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	France	27 September	Anthoine Hubert	Martin Kodrić	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	17 October	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP
	R2			17 October	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP
	R3			18 October	Ben Barnicoat	Anthoine Hubert	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	ALC			SPA		HUN		SIL			NÜR		LMS		JER			Pts
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts
1	Jack Aitken	10	8	Ret	Ret	7	1	4	1	2	4	1	6	4	6	1	1	16	206
2	Louis Delétraz	1	1	6	4	Ret	3	1	9	8	6	6	4	3	8	4	5	6	193
3	Kevin Jörg	5	2	7	13	8	4	2	4	1	2	8	5	2	7	2	4	24	193
4	Ben Barnicoat	2	5	Ret	25†	4	2	8	Ret	23†	13	4	1	1	5	22	3	1	174
5	Anthoine Hubert	3	6	2	3	6	Ret	6	14	9	1	11	3	6	1	7	Ret	2	172
6	Jake Hughes	8	7	13	2	1	6	3	3	3	5	5	7	Ret	15	5	7	4	160
7	Ukyo Sasahara	11	17	Ret	1	2	Ret	12	12	4	3	2	8	5	9	9	16	5	116
8	Dennis Olsen	6	3	1	10	29	14	13	6	6	8	10	Ret	7	2	21	8	10	101
9	Ignazio D'Agosto	7	9	Ret	5	5	Ret	19	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	4	3	2	3	94
10	Matevos Isaakyan	4	4	9	6	3	19	10	16	16	14	3	12	21	Ret	6	6	7	87
11	Martin Kodrić	13	18	Ret	19	13	5	11	7	11	12	9	2	10	13	8	9	9	47
12	Harrison Scott	12	11	8	12	12	7	5	2	24†	Ret	25	10	DSQ	10	10	11	8	45
13	Darius Oskoui	17	Ret	3	11	19	9	9	5	7	17	12	18	13	14	Ret	14	23	36
14	Callan O'Keeffe	Ret	12	4	7	9	12	Ret	8	10	7	15	13						31
15	Thiago Vivacqua	Ret	Ret	17	8	10	11	7	11	5	10	13	20	16	11	13	10	11	25
16	Simon Gachet	9	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	18	15	11	14	16	11	3	20	21	17	19
17	James Allen	25	20	5	21	28	20	18	22	22	22	24	26	20	18	12	Ret	Ret	10
18	Anton de Pasquale	21	15	20	Ret	20	8	Ret	17	21	19	17	14						4
19	Valentin Hasse-Clot	19	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20†	23	18	23	Ret	28	9	12	Ret	Ret	19	2
20	Matthew Graham	15	10	10															2
21	Amaury Bonduel	22	22	11	18	25	18	16											0
22	Amaury Richard	18	Ret	14	14	23	Ret	17	19	19	20	28	21	12	16	Ret	12	21	0
23	Luke Chudleigh	16	24†	12	17	21													0
24	Hugo de Sadeleer	27†	16	21	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	24	20	Ret	Ret	24	15	17	17	17	13	0
25	Charlie Eastwood	14	13	Ret	22	18	16	15	15	14	15								0
26	Lasse Sørensen	20	21	Ret	15	15	Ret	Ret											0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Jehan Daruvala								Ret	DNS	16	7	Ret			15	13	Ret
	Will Palmer								10	13	9
	Max Defourny				9	11						22	15			Ret	19	12
	Dan Ticktum											16	11
	Aleksey Korneev															11	Ret	20
	Nikita Mazepin				24	14	17	14	20	12	18
	Danylo Pronenko				20	22						26	25			14	Ret	14
	Bruno Baptista	23	23†	15	23	27						27	17	14	DNS	Ret	Ret	18
	Denis Bulatov													18	19	16	15	15
	Vasily Romanov						15	Ret				20	Ret			19	20	Ret
	Stefan Riener				Ret	16						23	19
	Henrique Chaves	26	19	16	Ret	24						Ret	30
	Philip Hamprecht				16	26
	Ferdinand Habsburg				26†	17			Ret	DNS	DNS	18	23
	Matteo Ferrer								21	17	21
	Nikita Troitskiy											21	31	17	NC
	Julien Falchero															18	18	22
	Zachary Claman DeMelo	24	Ret	18
	Christopher Anthony											30	32	19	20
	Dries Vanthoor											19	22
	Josef Záruba				Ret	Ret						Ret	27
	Pontus Fredricsson											29	29
Pos	Driver	ALC			SPA		HUN		SIL			NÜR		LMS		JER			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	386
2	Koiranen GP	366
3	Fortec Motorsports	202
4	Manor MP Motorsport	195
5	Tech 1 Racing	191
6	ART Junior Team	152
7	JD Motorsport	112
8	AVF	47
9	ARTA Engineering	10
Source:^[35]

Season summary

The start of the season saw Swiss driver Louis Delétraz taking the championship leadership after two victories at the season opener in Aragon and one in the Hungaroring. He arrived to the season finale still ahead on points, with other seven drivers also able to become champion: Swiss Kevin Jörg, British Jack Aitken, French Anthoine Hubert, British Jake Hughes, Japanese Ukyo Sasahara, Norwegian Dennis Olsen, and British Ben Barnicoat.^[36]^[37] Aitken (previously winner in the Hungaroring, Silverstone and the Nürburgring) won the two first races at the final race meeting in Jerez, securing the championship, while Delétraz ended as championship runner-up.^[36]^[38] German team Josef Kaufmann Racing was the teams' champion.^[36]

References

External links

Renault-Sport official website

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