2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Explained

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] 1–5 2 Jake Hughes^[2] All 3 Jack Aitken^[3] All 40 Bruno Baptista^[4] 1–2 43 Philip Hamprecht^[5] 2 44 Stefan Riener 2, 5 56 Dan Ticktum^[6] 5 Fortec Motorsports 5 Martin Kodrić^[7] All 6 Ben Barnicoat^[8] All 7 Callan O'Keeffe^[9] 1–5 8 Luke Chudleigh^[10] 1–2 Valentin Hasse-Clot^[11] 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^[12] All 10 Darius Oskoui^[13] All 49 Max Defourny 2, 5, 7 53 Will Palmer^[14] 4 Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 Louis Delétraz^[15] All 15 Kevin Jörg^[16] All 47 Nikita Mazepin 2–4 55 Dries Vanthoor 5 Manor MP Motorsport 17 Dennis Olsen^[17] All 18 Lasse Sørensen^[18] 1–3 Bruno Baptista 5–7 19 Ignazio D'Agosto^[19] All 46 Valentin Hasse-Clot 2–3 Christopher Anthony 5–6 Tech 1 Racing 20 Hugo de Sadeleer^[20] All 21 Simon Gachet^[21] All 22 Anthoine Hubert^[22] All ARTA Engineering^[23] 25 Amaury Richard^[24] All 26 James Allen^[25] All AVF 27 Harrison Scott All 28 Matthew Graham^[26] 1 Charlie Eastwood 2–4 Josef Záruba 5 42 Henrique Chaves 1–2, 5 50 Josef Záruba 2 58 Denis Bulatov^[27] 6–7 Strakka Racing 31 Charlie Eastwood^[28] 1 32 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1 JD Motorsport 35 Matevos Isaakyan^[29] All 36 Thiago Vivacqua^[30] 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^[31] 3, 5, 7 52 Matteo Ferrer 4 Prizma Motorsport 57 Pontus Fredricsson 5 GSK Grand Prix 59 Julien Falchero 7

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 20 October 2014, on the final day of the 2014 season.^[32] 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.^[33] 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.^[34]

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	nowrap	Matevos Isaakyan	nowrap	Ukyo Sasahara	ART Junior Team
	R2			31 May	nowrap	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	nowrap	Josef Kaufmann Racing
	R3		6 September	nowrap	Anthoine Hubert	Simon Gachet	nowrap	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		nowrap	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 systemPoints 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 ALC SPA HUN SIL NÜR LMS JER Pts width=25 1 width=25 2 width=25 3 width=25 4 width=25 5 width=25 6 width=25 7 width=25 8 width=25 9 width=25 10 width=25 11 width=25 12 width=25 13 width=25 14 width=25 15 width=25 16 width=25 17 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Harrison Scott 12 11 8 12 12 7 5 2 24† Ret 25 10 DSQ 10 10 11 8 45 13 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Anton de Pasquale 21 15 20 Ret 20 8 Ret 17 21 19 17 14 4 19 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Amaury Bonduel 22 22 11 18 25 18 16 0 22 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Charlie Eastwood 14 13 Ret 22 18 16 15 15 14 15 0 26 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Lasse Sørensen 20 21 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Jehan Daruvala Ret DNS 16 7 Ret 15 13 Ret align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Will Palmer 10 13 9 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Max Defourny 9 11 22 15 Ret 19 12 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Dan Ticktum 16 11 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Aleksey Korneev 11 Ret 20 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Nikita Mazepin 24 14 17 14 20 12 18 Danylo Pronenko 20 22 26 25 14 Ret 14 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" 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 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Henrique Chaves 26 19 16 Ret 24 Ret 30 Philip Hamprecht 16 26 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" nowrap Ferdinand Habsburg 26† 17 Ret DNS DNS 18 23 Matteo Ferrer 21 17 21 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Nikita Troitskiy 21 31 17 NC Julien Falchero 18 18 22 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" nowrap Zachary Claman DeMelo 24 Ret 18 Christopher Anthony 30 32 19 20 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Dries Vanthoor 19 22 Josef Záruba Ret Ret Ret 27 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Pontus Fredricsson 29 29 Pos Driver ALC SPA HUN SIL NÜR LMS JER Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Rookie

Teams' Championship

	Team	Points
1	Josef Kaufmann Racing	386
2	Koiranen GP	366
3	Fortec Motorsports	202
4	Manor MP Motorsport	195
5	Tech 1 Racing	191
6	ART Junior Team	152
7	JD Motorsport	112
8	AVF	47
9	ARTA Engineering	10
Source:^[35]

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.^{[36] [37]} 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.^{[36] [38]} German team Josef Kaufmann Racing was the teams' champion.^[36]

External links

• Renault-Sport official website

Notes and References

1. News: De Pasquale joins forces with Koiranen to enter Eurocup FR2.0. David. Gruz. 20 December 2014. Paddock Scout. 20 December 2014.
2. News: Jake Hughes joins Koiranen GP in 2015. 18 December 2014. Koiranen GP. 18 December 2014. 18 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203646/https://madmimi.com/p/1922b5?fe=1&pact=27075059444. dead.
3. News: Jack Aitken signs with Koiranen GP in 2015. 8 January 2015. Koiranen GP. 8 January 2015.
4. News: Matthew Graham back with AVF for Eurocup opener in Aragon. Allen. Peter. 23 April 2015. Paddock Scout. 24 April 2015.
5. News: RETURN TO THE SOURCE FOR THE WORLD SERIES BY RENAULT. 27 May 2015. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 27 May 2015. https://archive.today/20150530090921/http://worldseriesbyrenault.com/Return-to-the-Source-for-the-World-Series-by-Renault.html?lang=fr. 30 May 2015. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: Cars and drivers admitted. Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 9 September 2015.
7. News: Croatian Kodric continues Fortec partnership into 2015. Hensby. Paul. 13 February 2015. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 13 February 2015.
8. News: Ben Barnicoat chez Fortec. 17 November 2014. AUTOhebdo.fr. Groupe Hommel. fr. 17 November 2014. Ben Barnicoat for Fortec. 29 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041801/http://www.autohebdo.fr/monoplace/wsr/breve-28-10-120569/171114-fr-2.0-ben-barnicoat-chez-fortec. dead.
9. News: Callan O'Keeffe completes Fortec's Eurocup lineup. PaddockScout.com. PaddockScout. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 4 March 2015. 4 March 2015.
10. News: Eurocup move for Chudleigh as Canadian joins Fortec. Hensby. Paul. 6 February 2015. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 6 February 2015.
11. News: Hasse-Clot makes Fortec switch for rest of 2015 FR2.0 Eurocup. Allen. Peter. 2 September 2015. Paddock Scout. 2 September 2015.
12. News: Sasahara signs with ART Junior Team. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 21 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 21 March 2015.
13. News: Oskoui to make Formula Renault debut with ART. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 27 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 27 March 2015.
14. News: BRDC F4 leader Will Palmer to make Eurocup debut at Silverstone. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 18 August 2015. paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. 18 August 2015.
15. News: Deletraz continues Josef Kaufmann Racing collaboration into Eurocup. Hensby. Paul. 16 January 2015. The Checkered Flag . Black Eagle Media Network. 16 January 2015.
16. News: Kevin Jorg stays with Josef Kaufmann Racing for Eurocup and NEC. Allen. Peter. 23 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 23 February 2015.
17. News: Hensby. Paul. OLSEN SWITCHES TO MANOR MP MOTORSPORT FOR 2015. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 9 January 2015. 9 January 2015.
18. News: Hensby. Paul. French F4 Champ Sorensen moves to Eurocup for 2015. 15 January 2015. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 15 January 2015.
19. News:
    1. WSR: SEASON 11, EPISODE 1
    . 20 April 2015. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 20 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427144439/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/WSR-season-11-episode-1.html. 27 April 2015. dead.
20. News: Hugo de Sadeleer secures Eurocup promotion with Tech 1. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 4 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 4 February 2015.
21. News: Gachet secures Eurocup return with Tech 1. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 20 January 2015. Paddock Scout. 20 January 2015.
22. News: Tech 1 Racing retain Hubert for 2015 Eurocup campaign. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 5 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 5 March 2015.
23. News: The preselected teams for the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. 15 December 2014. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 15 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216011602/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/The-preselected-teams-for-the-2015-Eurocup-Formula-Renault-2-0.html. 16 December 2014. dead.
24. News: Amaury Richard joins ARTA Engineering. Hensby. Paul. 2 March 2015. The Checkered Flag. Black Eagle Media Network. 2 March 2015.
25. News: Ben Barnicoat chez Fortec. 18 November 2014. ARTA Engineering . 18 November 2014.
26. News: AVF announce Eurocup, NEC lineups. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 3 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 3 March 2015.
27. Web site: ENTRY LIST / 34 ENTRANTS. Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 22 September 2015.
28. News: Strakka sign Charlie Eastwood as first driver for 2015 Eurocup FR2.0. Allen. Peter. 27 February 2015. Paddock Scout. 27 February 2015.
29. News: Alps race winner Matevos Isaakyan follows JD to Eurocup. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 3 March 2015. Paddock Scout. 3 March 2015.
30. News: Vivacqua joins JD Motorsport for a dual campaign of Eurocup and Alps. Gruz. David. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 5 March 2015. 5 March 2015.
31. News: THE TENSION RISES IN BUDAPEST. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 11 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612211755/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/The-tension-rises-in-Budapest.html. 12 June 2015. dead.
32. News: The 2015 World Series by Renault calendar revealed. 20 October 2014. motorsport.com. motorsport.com. 20 October 2014.
33. News: New format for Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. 3 February 2015. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 3 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203225155/http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.com/New-format-for-Eurocup-Formula-Renault-2-0.html. 3 February 2015. dead.
34. News: Formula Renault 3.5 changes 2015 Silverstone date for MotoGP. Glenn. Freeman. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 11 February 2015. 11 February 2015.
35. Web site: Jerez. Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. Results booklet . Renault Sport . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417000124/http://wsr.alkamelsystems.com/Results/22_2015/09_JEREZ/63_FORMULA%20RENAULT%202.0%20EUROCUP/FORMULA%20RENAULT%202.0%20EUROCUP_Spain_BOOKLET.pdf . 17 April 2016 . live . 76.
36. News: 2015, an exceptional year in Formula Renault 2.0 . 7 December 2015 . Formula Renault 2.0 . Renault Sport . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416230350/http://www.renaultsport.com/2015-an-exceptional-year-in-Formula-Renault-2-0.html?lang=fr . 16 April 2016 . live.
37. Web site: 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season review . Gruz . David . 7 November 2015 . PaddockScout.com . 16 April 2016.
38. News: Aitken wins 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . Mills . Peter . Beer . Matt . 18 October 2015 . Autosport.com . Haymarket Media . 16 April 2016.