The 2015 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup season was the third season of the one-make series for Opel Adam rally cars.
This season was notable for the participation of Yannick Neuville, younger brother of World Rally Championship winning driver Thierry Neuville. The title was won by German Julius Tannert and Luxembourger co-driver Jennifer Thielen. Tannert won 6 of the 8 rallies to be held in 2015, finishing 113 points clear of their next best competitors. Samuli Vuorisalo finished as runner-up, while Yannick Neuville finished third with a win at Rallye Vogelsberg. Jacob Madsen was the only other winner, winning the Ostsee Rallye.
Calendar No. Date Rally Winner 1 ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye 6–7 March Julius Tannert 2 ADAC Hessen Rallye Vogelsberg 17–18 April Yannick Neuville 3 S–DMV Thüringen Rallye 15–16 May Julius Tannert 4 ADAC Cosmo Rallye Wartburg 7–9 August Julius Tannert 5 Rallye Deutschland 22 August Julius Tannert 6 23 August Julius Tannert 7 ADAC Ostsee Rallye 4–5 September Jacob Madsen 8 3-Städte-Rallye 23–24 October Julius Tannert
Drivers
Team No. Driver n/a 30 Tim Wacker 31 Jerzy Tomaszczyk 35 Michael Knapp 40 Jacob Madsen 42 Philipp Leger 49 Anze Lemež ADAC Niedersachsen/S. Anhalt 32 Emil Lindholm RSG Mosbach e.V. im ADAC 33 Andre Wawrzyniak ADAC Sachsen e.V. 34 Julius Tannert ADAC Team Hansa 36 Timo Broda ADAC Mittelrhein e.V. 37 Patrick Orth 38 Kevin Müller ADAC Team Südbayern 39 Yannick Neuville ADAC Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V. 41 Niklas Stötefalke 44 Laura Suvanto 46 Samuli Vuorisalo AC Helfenstein e.V. im ADAC 43 Melanie Schulz Pontus Åhman 45 Pontus Åhman ADAC Hessen-Thüringen 47 Sebastian von Gartzen Team ADAC Weser-Ems 48 Moritz Neumann
Championship standings Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers on the basis below: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 35 27 21 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Additional points were awarded to the top three finishers on each event's Power Stage, on a 3–2–1 basis. Five points were also awarded to the driver with most stage wins at an event.
Pos Driver SAA HES THÜ COS DEU OST 3ST Pts 1 Julius Tannert 17 23 1 18 18 11 32 12 296 2 Samuli Vuorisalo 3 122 3 32 22 3 21 21 183 3 Yannick Neuville 73 1 Ret 2 Ret 22 4 Ret5 130 4 Jacob Madsen 21 Ret5 10 Ret 8 128 18 Ret 122 5 Emil Lindholm 6 11 8 Ret 3 6 9 43 110 6 Sebastian von Gartzen 13 Ret 5 61 7 7 8 10 95 7 Kevin Müller Ret 4 7 15 61 Ret 6 7 85 8 Pontus Åhman 15 Ret 6 5 10 4 14 12 84 9 Jerzy Tomaszczyk 5 10 2 Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 82 10 Patrick Orth 8 Ret 9 4 5 9 10 Ret 81 11 Moritz Neumann 14 7 11 8 12 5 15 Ret 76 12 Niklas Stötefalke Ret 31 Ret Ret 4 10 13 5 75 13 Tim Wacker 10 6 13 14 Ret 13 11 63 14 Melanie Schulz Ret 13 15 9 Ret 11 11 9 62 15 Timo Broda 4 Ret 4 13 5 59 16 Michael Knapp 9 8 12 11 DNS 7 Ret 59 17 Philipp Leger 11 9 14 10 Ret DNS 41 18 Andre Wawrzyniak Ret 5 Ret 11 12 Ret 36 19 Laura Suvanto 12 14 12 Ret 25 Guest drivers ineligible for points Johannes Fürst 3 0 Josef Peták 6 0 René Mandel 7 Ret 0 Robert Hordossy 8 0 Jürgen von Gartzen Ret 0 Petr Vraj Jr. Ret 0 Matěj Kamenec Ret 0 Martin Mottl Ret 0 Pos Driver SAA HES THÜ COS DEU OST 3ST Pts
References
External links ADAC Motorsport website