The 2015 European Junior Cup was the fifth season of the European Junior Cup. It was contested over eight rounds, starting on 12 April at Motorland Aragón and ending on 4 October at Magny Cours. Starting in 2015 there was a "Women's European Cup" for female riders aged between 14 and 23 years. The upper age limit was also increased to 21 for males.
With five victories, Spanish rider Javier Orellana claimed the championship title with a round to spare, ultimately finishing fifty-six points clear of his next closest competitor, Paolo Grassia of Italy. Grassia prevailed in a three-rider contest for the runner-up position at the final round at Magny-Cours; his fifth-place finish saw him take the position by three points from France's Guillaume Raymond. Both riders finished on the podium three times, but did not claim a victory. Italian duo Emanuele Pusceddu and Giuseppe De Gruttola each won on home soil at Imola and Misano, while Spain's Xavi Pinsach won on a one-off appearance at Jerez.
Six wins from the eight races was enough for New Zealand's Avalon Biddle to win the Women's European Cup – again with a round to spare – by fifty-four points ahead of Anastassia Kovalenko. The only other rider to win was Hungarian rider Viktória Kis, who won back-to-back races at Assen and Imola.
Entry list No. Rider Rounds 3 Sam Wilford All 4 Romain Lecarpentier 8 5 Braeden Ortt 3–5 8 Mika Pérez All 9 Laura Rodriguez 1, 4–8 10 Felix Nässi 7 11 Riccardo Picciuto All 12 Byron Bester 7 13 Mario Luján 1 14 Theo Clerc 8 15 Alfonso Coppola All 18 Themba Khumalo 3–7 19 Charlie Oakland 4 20 Dorren Loureiro All 21 Avalon Biddle All 22 Joan Uviña 7 24 Said Dahan 1 26 Viktória Kis 1–6, 8 27 Guillaume Raymond All 30 Alberto Nicoletti 3 31 Renzo Ferreira 8 34 Daniel Drayton All 35 Stefan Hill All 38 Hannes Soomer 1–7 45 Dimitris Karakostas All 46 Connall Courtney 8 51 Matteo Ciprietti All 52 Troy Bezuidenhout All 53 Illán Fernández 1–5 54 Harun Çabuk All 55 Karlo Slager 1–2 56 Quentin Koers 2 58 Emanuele Pusceddu 1–4, 6–8 59 Dorian Laville All 69 Joshua Harland 1–4, 6–8 72 Bálint Kovács 7 73 Tomás Cassano All 74 Jaimie van Sikkelerus All 77 Bryan Castan 8 80 Xavi Pinsach 7 81 Antoine Chapeau 8 84 Paolo Grassia All 85 Pedro Nuno 5 95 Giuseppe De Gruttola All 96 Javier Orellana All 97 Nikos Karakostas 1–4, 6–8 99 Anastassia Kovalenko All
Race calendar and results Round Country Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider 1 Spain Motorland Aragón 12 April Mika Pérez Matteo Ciprietti Javier Orellana 2 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 19 April Hannes Soomer Dorian Laville Javier Orellana 3 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 10 May Emanuele Pusceddu Emanuele Pusceddu Emanuele Pusceddu 4 United Kingdom Donington Park 24 May Mika Pérez Javier Orellana Javier Orellana 5 Portugal Algarve International Circuit 7 June Sam Wilford Pedro Nuno Javier Orellana 6 Italy Misano Circuit 21 June Javier Orellana Mika Pérez Giuseppe De Gruttola 7 Spain Circuito de Jerez 20 September Xavi Pinsach Emanuele Pusceddu Xavi Pinsach 8 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 4 October Guillaume Raymond Alfonso Coppola Javier Orellana
Championship standings Riders' championship Pos. Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts 1 Javier Orellana 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 3 1 157 2 Paolo Grassia 2 8 2 3 20 4 4 5 101 3 Guillaume Raymond 7 4 5 2 4 3 Ret 3 98 4 Emanuele Pusceddu 3 3 1 Ret Ret 2 4 90 5 Dorian Laville 10 5 6 4 7 6 Ret 2 79 6 Giuseppe De Gruttola 11 10 4 Ret Ret 1 5 Ret 60 7 Hannes Soomer 5 2 Ret 10 5 5 DNS 59 8 Sam Wilford Ret 14 10 5 2 12 7 10 58 9 Alfonso Coppola 9 11 8 7 8 2 DNS Ret 57 10 Harun Çabuk Ret 16 9 11 9 7 6 8 46 11 Matteo Ciprietti 6 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 9 42 12 Stefan Hill 14 12 12 12 10 Ret 9 7 36 13 Illán Fernández 8 Ret 7 8 6 35 14 Dorren Loureiro 24 9 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret 28 15 Xavi Pinsach 1 25 16 Troy Bezuidenhout 17 15 14 15 11 10 10 12 25 17 Jaimie van Sikkelerus 12 13 Ret 13 13 11 14 11 25 18 Mika Pérez 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 23 19 Joshua Harland 16 7 11 Ret 8 DNS Ret 22 20 Pedro Nuno 3 16 21 Tomás Cassano Ret 17 13 16 15 13 11 16 12 22 Themba Khumalo Ret 18 14 14 12 8 23 Avalon Biddle 13 24 Ret 19 16 15 19 19 4 24 Romain Lecarpentier 13 3 25 Byron Bester 13 3 26 Bryan Castan 14 2 27 Braeden Ortt 16 14 Ret 2 28 Dimitris Karakostas 18 18 15 21 19 16 16 15 2 29 Daniel Drayton 19 20 17 17 18 17 15 Ret 1 30 Said Dahan 15 1 Theo Clerc 17 0 Felix Nässi 17 0 Riccardo Picciuto 20 25 Ret 23 17 Ret 18 23 0 Antoine Chapeau 18 0 Nikos Karakostas 23 22 20 24 18 20 20 0 Alberto Nicoletti 18 0 Laura Rodriguez 22 25 22 19 22 21 0 Viktória Kis Ret 21 19 22 21 Ret Ret 0 Quentin Koers 19 0 Anastassia Kovalenko 21 23 Ret 26 23 20 23 24 0 Charlie Oakland 20 0 Bálint Kovács 21 0 Renzo Ferreira 22 0 Karlo Slager Ret Ret 0 Connall Courtney Ret 0 Mario Luján Ret 0 Joan Uviña DNS 0 Pos Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
Women's European Cup Pos. Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts 1 Avalon Biddle 13 24 Ret 19 16 15 19 19 166 2 Anastassia Kovalenko 21 23 Ret 26 23 20 23 24 112 3 Laura Rodriguez 22 25 22 19 22 21 105 4 Viktória Kis Ret 21 19 22 21 Ret Ret 86 5 Charlie Oakland 20 20 Pos Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts
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