The 2014–2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the third running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. The championship commenced on 17 October 2014 in Losail International Circuit, Qatar and finished on 25 January 2015 in Madras Motor Racing Track, India. The series consisted of 12 races, spread across 3 meetings.
With four victories – two at Losail and two in Madras – and top-five finishes in every race, Toby Sowery finished the season as champion. Sowery finished 47 points clear of his next closest competitor Ryan Cullen, who was a three-time race winner, winning a pair of races in Bahrain and one in Madras. Third place in the championship went to the best placed home driver Raj Bharath, who was a race winner at Losail; he finished 26 points in arrears of Cullen. Four other drivers won races during the season; Tarun Reddy won the other race to be held at Losail, Struan Moore and Mathias Lauda each won races in Bahrain, and Oscar King won the season's final race, in Madras.
Drivers Freddie Hunt, son of Formula One champion James Hunt and Mathias Lauda, son of , and Formula One champion Niki Lauda both competed in the series.
Driver Rounds 1 Mathias Lauda 1–2 2 Tarun Reddy All 3 Dylan Young All 4 Christophe Mariot 2 5 Raj Bharath All 6 Pedro Cardoso 1 7 Toby Sowery All 8 Ryan Cullen All 9 Lee Keshav All 10 Vikash Anand 1–2 11 Freddie Hunt All 12 Vinicius Papareli All 15 Advait Deodhar 2 16 Laura Tillett All 17 Nikita Mazepin 1 18 Kyle Mitchell 1–2 19 Camren Kaminsky 2 20 Struan Moore 2 21 Matthew Solomon 3 23 Jordan Albert 3 35 Mahaveer Raghunathan 3 50 Gustavo Myasava 3 61 Sebastian Balthasar 3 77 Oscar King 3
Race calendar and results The second round in Bahrain was held in support of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 2014 1 1 Losail International Circuit, Lusail 17 October Toby Sowery Toby Sowery Toby Sowery R2 Toby Sowery Tarun Reddy R3 18 October Kyle Mitchell Raj Bharath R4 Raj Bharath Toby Sowery 2 R1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 14 November Raj Bharath Ryan Cullen Ryan Cullen R2 Camren Kaminsky Struan Moore R3 15 November Kyle Mitchell Ryan Cullen R4 Ryan Cullen Mathias Lauda 2015 3 R1 Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai 24 January Sebastian Balthasar Oscar King Toby Sowery R2 Toby Sowery Toby Sowery R3 25 January Ryan Cullen Ryan Cullen R4 Oscar King Oscar King
Championship standings Driver LOS BHR MMR Points 1 Toby Sowery 1 3 3 1 5 2 3 4 1 1 2 5 221 2 Ryan Cullen 2 6 4 3 1 3 1 8 10† 5 1 4 174 3 Raj Bharath 9 7 1 2 2 4 4 3 5 6 4 7 148 4 Kyle Mitchell 3 5 2 7 3 6 2 2 112 5 Tarun Reddy 6 1 7 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 9 87 6 Mathias Lauda 4 4 6 9 15† 8 6 1 71 7 Oscar King 9† 3 3 1 61 8 Gustavo Myasava 3 2 5 3 58 9 Struan Moore 4 1 Ret 6 45 10 Nikita Mazepin 5 2 Ret 6 36 11 Dylan Young 8 11 8 10 6 5 7 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret 36 12 Matthew Solomon Ret 8 6 2 30 13 Vinícius Papareli Ret 10 9 8 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 12 29 14 Pedro Cardoso 11 8 5 4 26 15 Jordan Albert 4 12 7 6 26 16 Camren Kaminsky 12 9 8 5 18 17 Laura Tillett 12 13 11 12 8 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 8 18 18 Vikash Anand 7 9 13 13 7 Ret Ret 9 16 19 Lee Keshav 11 14 12 11 13 13 9 Ret 7 9 10 13 10 20 Sebastian Balthasar Ret 7 Ret 11 8 21 Mahaveer Raghunathan 8 11 DNS 10 5 22 Freddie Hunt 10 12 10 Ret 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 5 23 Christophe Mariot 14 15 11 10 1 24 Advait Deodhar 11 14 10 Ret 1 Driver LOS BHR MMR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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