2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Explained

The 2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.

The championship began in New Zealand on 17 April and concluded in China on 1 November. The Asia Cup sub-championship will continue on until a 13 December finish in India. The championship was held over six events with a candidate event included as part of the Asia Cup.

Event calendar and results

The 2015 APRC is as follows:[1]

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 International Rally of Whangarei
(17–19 April)[2] 		1 Ken BlockFord Fiesta S20002:54:53.616281.30 km4818
2 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20002:55:29.4
3 Ben HuntSubaru Impreza WRX STi2:57:02.1
2 Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie
(15–17 May)[3] 		1 Gaurav GillŠkoda Fabia S20002:29:16.416246.34 km2015
2 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20002:29:56.0
3 Jean-Louis LeyraudŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:39.6
3 International Rally of Queensland
(19–21 June)[4] 		1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20002:01:23.818227.06 km4829
2 Michael YoungSubaru Impreza WRX STi2:05:25.0
3 Subhan AksaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X2:08:00.8
4 Malaysian Rally
(14–16 August)[5] 		1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20003:05:11.514226.56 km2622
2 Gaurav GillŠkoda Fabia S20003:07:08.0
3 Fan FanSoueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX3:26:58.8
5 Rally Hokkaido
(18–20 September)[6] 		1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20002:24:49.520225.35 km2214
2 Michael YoungSubaru Impreza WRX STi2:36:50.1
3 Atsushi MasumuraMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X2:39:25.1
6 China Rally
(30 October–1 November)		1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia R53:08:46.413230.04 km10244
2 Hitoshi TakayamaSubaru Impreza WRX STi3:42:13.1
3 Michael YoungSubaru Impreza WRX STi3:58:16.7
7 Rally of India
(11–13 December)		1 Lohitt UrsMitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII2:22:21.413
2 Satyan KocharVolkswagen Polo2:40:13.9
3 Pradeep RGMitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII2:45:39.0

Championship standings

The 2015 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:[7] [8]

DriverVehicle
NZL
NCL
AUS
MAL
JPN
CHN		Total
1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S2000
Škoda Fabia R5		1 142 131 131 141 141 14225
2 Michael YoungSubaru Impreza WRX STi3 112 11Ret 52 122 12120
3 Gaurav GillŠkoda Fabia S20002 111 13Ret 72 12RetRet104
4 Subhan AksaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X4 83 944
Note: 1 – 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.

Pacific Cup

DriverVehicle
NZL
NCL
AUS		Total
1 Pontus TidemandŠkoda Fabia S20001 141 141 14117
2 Jean-Louis LeyraudŠkoda Fabia S20002 122 122 1290

Asia Cup

DriverVehicle
MAL
JPN
CHN
IND		Total
1 Hitoshi TakayamaSubaru Impreza WRX STi3 112 131 1395
2 Michael YoungSubaru Impreza WRX STiRet 41 132 1373
3 Gaurav GillŠkoda Fabia S20001 14RetRet39
4 Fan FanSoueast Mitsubishi Lancer EXRet2 1129
Dinesh DeheragodaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution XRet 43 1029

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Calendar . FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship . 17 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092536/http://fiaaprc.com/2015-aprc-calendar/ . 2 April 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Rally of Whangarei 2015. EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 20 April 2015. 16 May 2015.
  3. Web site: 18. Rallye International de Nouvelle Calédonie 2015. EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 18 May 2015. 26 May 2015.
  4. Web site: International Rally of Queensland 2015. EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 28 June 2015. 12 July 2015.
  5. Web site: 39. Malaysian Rally 2015. EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 19 August 2015. 17 October 2015.
  6. Web site: 14. Rally Hokkaido 2015. EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 24 September 2015. 17 October 2015.
  7. Web site: 2015 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship: Points Summary – Points standing after Round 1. Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Wheel Sports Management. 16 May 2015.
  8. Web site: Rallies. FIA.com. 2 March 2015 . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 May 2015.

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