2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Explained

The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 30th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 3 May at Hockenheim and finished on 18 October at the same circuit, after eighteen races, with two races at each event.^[1] It was a support championship for the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Deutsche Post by Project 1	1	Matteo Cairoli		All
Deutsche Post by Project 1	93	Philipp Eng^[2]		All
Market Leader Team by Project 1	2	Sean Johnston^[3]		1–6
Market Leader Team by Project 1	3	Alexander Toril		All
Herberth Motorsport	4	Robert Renauer		All
Herberth Motorsport	5	Ralf Bohn		All
Lechner Racing Middle East	6	Jeffrey Schmidt		All
	24	Philip Morin	G	9
	92	Jaap van Lagen		1, 3
	92	Sven Müller		2, 4–9
The Heart of Racing by Lechner	7	Michael Ammermüller		All
The Heart of Racing by Lechner	23	Alex Riberas^[4]		All
Land Motorsport	8	Connor De Phillippi^[5]		All
	9	Wolf Nathan		All
	89	Ben Barker		All
	90	Peter Scharmach	G	2
	90	Hermann Speck	G	4
Konrad Motorsport	10	Christopher Zöchling		All
	11	Philipp Frommenwiler		1, 7
		Klaus Bachler		2
		Daniel Cammish		3, 5
		Ronald van de Laar		4
		Luca Rettenbacher		6
		Klaus Abbelen		8
	12	Rolf Ineichen		All
TECE MRS-Racing	14	Christian Engelhart		All
	15	Richard Goddard		All
	16	Elia Erhart		All
KÜS Team 75 Bernhard	17	Nicki Thiim		All
	18	Pepe Massot^[6]		1–5, 9
		Josh Webster		6
		Jaap van Lagen		7
		Chris van der Drift		8
Aust Motorsport	19	Maximilian Hackl		1–7
	19	Lance David Arnold		8–9
	20	Mike Halder		1–4
		Niclas Kentenich		5–8
		Jaap van Lagen		9
Mtech Competition	25	Magnus Öhman	G	9
Mtech Competition	26	Lars Bertil Rantzow	G	9
Fragus BR Motorsport	27	Robin Hansson	G	9
Dinamic Motorsport	31	Mattia Drudi	G	6

Icon	Class
	A-class
	B-class
G	Guest

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	B-class Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	2 May	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	TECE MRS-Racing	Rolf Ineichen
1	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	3 May	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	TECE MRS-Racing	Wolf Nathan
2		Nürburgring (Nordschleife), Rhineland-Palatinate	16 May	Sven Müller	Alex Riberas	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East	Rolf Ineichen
3	R1	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	30 May	Philipp Eng	Robert Renauer	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
3	R2	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	31 May	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	27 June	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Team 75 Bernhard	Rolf Ineichen
4	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	28 June	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Nicki Thiim	Team 75 Bernhard	Rolf Ineichen
5	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	11 July	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
5	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	12 July	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
6	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	1 August	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
6	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 August	Philipp Eng	Matteo Cairoli	Jeffrey Schmidt	Lechner Racing Middle East	Wolf Nathan
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	12 September	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
7	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	13 September	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
8	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	26 September	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
8	R2	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	27 September	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East	Rolf Ineichen
9	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	17 October	Jeffrey Schmidt	Christian Engelhart	Jeffrey Schmidt	Lechner Racing Middle East	Rolf Ineichen
9	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	18 October	Jeffrey Schmidt	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Deutsche Post by Project 1	Ralf Bohn

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

A-class

Pos	Driver	HOC		NNS	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Pts
1	Philipp Eng	5	6	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	9	1	295
2	Christian Engelhart	1	1	Ret	11	5	4	4	5	5	3	Ret	Ret	2	4	4	3	5	199
3	Jeffrey Schmidt	4	2	6	6	4	5	5	11	10	4	1	Ret	10	6	8	1	2	197
4	Michael Ammermüller	DSQ	7	4	2	3	7	7	2	4	Ret	10	Ret	5	3	3	8	3	182
5	Nicki Thiim	Ret	11	8	3	7	1	1	Ret	3	12	Ret	7	3	7	5	6	4	169
6	Alex Riberas	2	8	5	4	6	6	10	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	7	18	8	155
7	Sven Müller			1			8	2	6	9	Ret	Ret	2	6	2	1	7	10	144
8	Robert Renauer	7	12	13	5	2	9	12	8	8	2	6	3	Ret	13	10	5	Ret	138
9	Christopher Zöchling	6	9	3	8	10	14	8	9	7	Ret	11	15	7	8	6	2	7	136
10	Connor De Phillippi	9	5	11	9	11	3	9	4	11	11	5	9	17	10	14	17	6	124
11	Ben Barker	3	3	9	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	13	12	6	8	4	9	12	Ret	4	9	122
12	Matteo Cairoli	10	4	7	13	Ret	DSQ	6	7	6	19	9	5	8	9	9	11	17	110
13	Alexander Toril	Ret	13	16	17	Ret	Ret	21	15	Ret	7	2	12	12	14	11	13	11	58
14	Elia Erhart	18	16	18	15	17	10	15	14	17	9	4	10	18	18	15	Ret	16	46
15	Jaap van Lagen	12	20		7	9							6	11			10	12	45
16	Sean Johnston	11	15	10	14	14	11	11	10	13	18	Ret							37
17	Richard Goddard	16	17	12	18	Ret	12	17	16	15	8	Ret	Ret	15	17	Ret	16	13	27
18	Mike Halder	15	10	15	10	13	21†	13											21
19	Niclas Kentenich								18	14	13	13	11	14	15	18			21
20	Philipp Frommenwiler	8	14										13	16					15
21	Luca Rettenbacher										10	17†					14	Ret	12
22	Chris van der Drift														11	13			9
23	Daniel Cammish				12	12			Ret	19									8
24	Josh Webster										15	12							8
25	Pepe Massot	14	18	19	19	18	13	16	DNS	DNS							DNS	DNS	7
26	Maximilian Hackl	DNS	DNS	21	21	20	18	22	20	20	20	15	17	20					6
27	Klaus Bachler			14															2
28	Lance David Arnold														16	Ret			0
Guest drivers ineligible for series points
	Mattia Drudi										5	7
	Robin Hansson																12	14
	Philip Morin																20	15
	Magnus Öhman																23	21
	Peter Scharmach			DNS
Pos	Driver	HOC		NNS	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

B-class

Pos	Driver	HOC		NNS	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Pts
1	Rolf Ineichen	13	*Ret*	17	16	15	15	14	12	16	14	18	8	13	19	12	15	Ret	296
2	Wolf Nathan	19	19	20	22	19	16	18	19	18	17	14	16	19	22	17	22	19	290
3	Ralf Bohn	17	Ret	Ret	20	16	17	19	17	21†	16	16	14	21	20	16	19	18	264
4	Ronald van de Laar						19	20											28
5	Klaus Abbelen														21	DNS			16
Guest drivers ineligible for series points
	Lars Bertil Rantzow																21	20	0
	Hermann Speck						20	23											0
Pos	Driver	HOC		NNS	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Pts

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

External links

- Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Online Magazine

Notes and References

News: Renntermine. 24 December 2014. porsche.com. Porsche AG.
Web site: Nennliste. Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. German. 1 May 2015.
News: Teams & Fahrer. 30 April 2015. porsche.com. Porsche AG.
News: 2015: Full schedule for Alex Riberas. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 22 January 2015. 20 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150220143402/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=33&lang=en&id=5260. 20 February 2015. dead.
News: Prime programme for Porsche Juniors. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 20 March 2015. 20 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064708/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=33&lang=en&id=5315. 4 March 2016. dead.
News: KÜS Team75 verpflichtet Nicki Thiim. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 20 February 2015. 20 February 2015. Kus Team75, joined Nicki Thiim. https://web.archive.org/web/20150220143314/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=32&id=5291. 20 February 2015. dead.