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 Driver name Status Rounds Koiranen GP 1 Anton de Pasquale 1–5 2 Jake Hughes All 3 Jack Aitken All 40 Bruno Baptista 1–2 43 Philip Hamprecht 2 44 Stefan Riener 2, 5 56 Dan Ticktum 5 Fortec Motorsports 5 Martin Kodrić All 6 Ben Barnicoat All 7 Callan O'Keeffe 1–5 8 Luke Chudleigh 1–2 Valentin Hasse-Clot 4–6 41 Zachary Claman DeMelo 1 45 Ferdinand Habsburg 2, 4–5 54 Jehan Daruvala 4–5, 7 ART Junior Team 9 Ukyo Sasahara All 10 Darius Oskoui All 49 Max Defourny 2, 5, 7 53 Will Palmer 4 Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 Louis Delétraz All 15 Kevin Jörg All 47 Nikita Mazepin 2–4 55 Dries Vanthoor 5 Manor MP Motorsport 17 Dennis Olsen All 18 Lasse Sørensen 1–3 Bruno Baptista 5–7 19 Ignazio D'Agosto All 46 Valentin Hasse-Clot 2–3 Christopher Anthony 5–6 Tech 1 Racing 20 Hugo de Sadeleer All 21 Simon Gachet All 22 Anthoine Hubert All ARTA Engineering 25 Amaury Richard All 26 James Allen All AVF 27 Harrison Scott All 28 Matthew Graham 1 Charlie Eastwood 2–4 Josef Záruba 5 42 Henrique Chaves 1–2, 5 50 Josef Záruba 2 58 Denis Bulatov 6–7 Strakka Racing 31 Charlie Eastwood 1 32 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1 JD Motorsport 35 Matevos Isaakyan All 36 Thiago Vivacqua All 37 Amaury Bonduel 1–3 Nikita Troitskiy 5–6 Aleksey Korneev 7 BVM 48 Danylo Pronenko 2, 5, 7 Cram Motorsport 51 Vasily Romanov 3, 5, 7 52 Matteo Ferrer 4 Prizma Motorsport 57 Pontus Fredricsson 5 GSK Grand Prix 59 Julien Falchero 7 Icon Legend 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. 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. 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.
Round Circuit Country Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 25 April Louis Delétraz Louis Delétraz Louis Delétraz Josef Kaufmann Racing R2 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 30 May Jake Hughes Matevos Isaakyan Ukyo Sasahara ART Junior Team R2 31 May Ukyo Sasahara Matevos Isaakyan Jake Hughes Koiranen GP 3 R1 Hungaroring, Budapest 13 June Louis Delétraz Louis Delétraz Jack Aitken Koiranen GP R2 14 June Louis Delétraz Kevin Jörg Louis Delétraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 R1 Silverstone Circuit 5 September Jack Aitken Louis Delétraz Jack Aitken Koiranen GP R2 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 12 September Louis Delétraz Max Defourny Jack Aitken Koiranen GP R2 13 September Ben Barnicoat Jack Aitken Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 6 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 26 September Kevin Jörg Ben Barnicoat Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports R2 27 September Anthoine Hubert Martin Kodrić Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing 7 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 17 October Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Koiranen GP R2 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 ARA SPA HUN SIL NÜR LMS JER Pts1234567891011121314151617 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 ARA SPA HUN SIL NÜR LMS JER PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Rookie
Teams' Championship
Team Points1 Josef Kaufmann Racing3862 Koiranen GP3663 Fortec Motorsports2024 Manor MP Motorsport1955 Tech 1 Racing1916 ART Junior Team1527 JD Motorsport1128 AVF479 ARTA Engineering10Source:
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. 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. German team Josef Kaufmann Racing was the teams' champion.
References
External links Renault-Sport official website