2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Explained

The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the ninth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 30 May at Monza and finished on 18 October in Mugello, after seven events with two races at each event, except for the Spa-Francorchamps round.^[1] Riccardo Agostini won the drivers' championship driving for Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova, and Tsunami Racing Team won the teams' championship

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Dinamic Motorsport^[2]	3	Mattia Drudi^[3]	S	All
	33	Thomas Biagi		4
		Alessandro Bonacini		6
	56	Niccolò Mercatali	M	1–3, 5, 7
	67	Alex de Giacomi	M	All
LEM Racing	4	Aku Pellinen^[4]	S	All
	5	Stefano Colombo	S	All
	6	Dasheng Zhang^[5]	S	All
	91	Walter Ben	M	All
Ghinzani Arco Motorsport	9	Andrea Fontana^[6]	S	1–5
		Matteo Torta		6
		Kevin Giovesi		7
	81	Marco Cassarà	M	All
Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Torino	11	Gianluca Giraudi		All
Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova	12	Andrea Russo		3, 7
	23	Takashi Kasai^[7]	S	All
	25	Riccardo Agostini^[8]	S	All
	45	Matteo Desideri		5
	58	Angelo Proietti	M	1, 5
	99	Sergio Negroni	M	1–2, 4
		Valentino Fornaroli	M	6–7
Tsunami Racing Team	13	Oleksandr Gaidai		All
	22	Côme Ledogar	S	All
Heaven Motorsport	17	Enrico Fulgenzi^[9]		All
TAM-Racing	20	Christopher Gerhard		2
	44	Hans-Peter Koller		1–4, 6–7
AKF Motorsport	60	Oliver Freymuth	M	6–7
Ebimotors	65	Pietro Negra	M	All
	88	Alberto de Amicis	M	All
Martinet Team Pro GT	102	Nicholas McBride		4
	185	Nick Foster		4
	888	Egidio Perfetti		4
Saintéloc Racing	107	Vincent Beltoise		4
	108	Julien Andlauer		4
Sébastien Loeb Racing	109	Joffrey de Narda		4
	911	Christophe Lapierre		4
Team Carrera Cup Asia	111	Yuey Tan		4
	117	Chris van der Drift		4
Martinet by Alméras	118	Steven Palette		4
	169	Daniele Perfetti		4
Racing Technology	133	Marc Cini		4
	148	Mathieu Jaminet		4
	244	Sylvain Noël		4
Yvan Muller Racing	136	Daniel Díaz		4
Fragus Motorsport	215	Robin Hansson		4
Speed Lover & Allure	220	Pierre Piron		4
MTech Competition	221	Magnus Öhman		4
	255	Lars-Bertil Rantzow		4

Icon	Class
M	Michelin Cup
S	Scholarship Programme

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Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 May	Côme Ledogar	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova
	R2		31 May		Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27 June	Côme Ledogar	Stefano Colombo	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
	R2		28 June		Côme Ledogar	Gianluca Giraudi	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Torino
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	11 July	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova
	R2		12 July		Côme Ledogar	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova
4		Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 July	Mathieu Jaminet	Steven Palette	Steven Palette	Martinet by Alméras
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	12 September	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova
	R2		13 September		Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic Motorsport
6	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	26 September	Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Stefano Colombo	LEM Racing
	R2		27 September		Stefano Colombo	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team
7	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	17 October	Riccardo Agostini	Enrico Fulgenzi	Enrico Fulgenzi	Heaven Motorsport
	R2		18 October		Côme Ledogar	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami Racing Team

Championship standings

Points system
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Race 1	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2	1
Race 2	15	10	8	6	4	3	2	1				1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MNZ IMO MUG SPA VAL MIS MUG Pts 1 Riccardo Agostini 1 1 2 4 1 1 6 1 Ret 4 4 4 4 183 2 Côme Ledogar 2 2 1 2 2 14 WD 2 2 2 1 3 1 182 3 Mattia Drudi 13 4 3 3 4 4 9 3 1 3 2 2 2 145 4 Gianluca Giraudi 3 Ret 4 1 3 2 12 7 10 9 10 6 5 99 5 Stefano Colombo 7 Ret 14 5 7 5 5 DNS DNS 1 3 5 12 92 6 Enrico Fulgenzi Ret 3 Ret 18 6 Ret 16 4 5 Ret 20† 1 9 69 7 Aku Pellinen 8 8 16† DNS 8 8 14 6 4 5 5 10 21 55 8 Alberto de Amicis 5 5 15† 14 5 3 17 11 DSQ 8 8 12 7 54 9 Andrea Fontana 4 10 11 7 11 Ret 13 5 3 51 10 Oleksandr Gaidai 6 7 5 8 10 7 11 12 15† 12 19† 8 19† 49 11 Dasheng Zhang 11 6 6 6 12 11 20 8 12† 7 7 13 10 41 12 Alex de Giacomi 12 14 Ret 12 9 6 24 9 8 10 9 6 5 34 13 Takashi Kasai 9 Ret Ret 19 Ret 10 23 10 7 11 12 14 11 25 14 Marco Cassarà 15 Ret 7 9 15 9 31 15 Ret 13 14 15 13 24 15 Pietro Negra 17 13 8 16 16 12 27 14 9 14 16 Ret 16 23 16 Hans-Peter Koller 14 16† 9 13 14 13 19 16 15 17 17 22 17 Thomas Biagi 15 21 18 Sergio Negroni 16 12 12 16 32 20 19 Kevin Giovesi 7 3 12 20 Alessandro Bonacini 6 6 9 21 Niccolò Mercatali 10 9 Ret 11 13 Ret 13 6 16 15 4 22 Andrea Russo 17† Ret 12 8 1 23 Christopher Gerhard 10 10 1 Angelo Proietti Ret 11 18† 11 0 Valentino Fornaroli 15 11 18 14 0 Walter Ben 18 15 13 17 Ret DNS 16 13 19 18 20 20 0 Matteo Torta 17 13 0 Matteo Desideri 17† 14 0 Oliver Freymuth 18 17 19 18 0 Guest drivers inelegible for points Steven Palette 1 0 Chris van der Drift 2 0 Mathieu Jaminet 3 0 Vincent Beltoise 4 0 Robin Hansson 7 0 Nicholas McBride 8 0 Nick Foster 10 0 Lars-Bertil Rantzow 18 0 Julien Andlauer 21 0 Pierre Piron 22 0 Daniele Perfetti 25 0 Magnus Öhman 26 0 Daniel Díaz 28 0 Yuey Tan 29 0 Marc Cini 30 0 Sylvain Noël 33† 0 Joffrey de Narda Ret 0 Christophe Lapierre Ret 0 Egidio Perfetti Ret 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MUG SPA VAL MIS MUG Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† - Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

•   - the Spa-Francorchamps round assigned 20 points to all the participants, with points per placement assigned on race 2 point system basis.
•   - Stefano Colombo was awarded the points for pole position and for the fastest lap because Mathieu Jaminet and Steven Palette were ineligible to score points.

Teams' Championship

Pos Team MNZ IMO MUG SPA VAL MIS MUG Pts 1 Tsunami Racing Team 2 2 1 2 2 7 11 2 2 2 1 3 1 160 2 Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Padova 1 1 2 4 1 1 6 1 7 4 4 4 4 155 3 Dinamic Motorsport 10 4 3 3 4 4 9 3 1 3 2 2 2 125 4 LEM Racing 7 6 6 5 7 5 5 6 4 1 3 5 10 88 5 Antonelli Motorsport - Centro Porsche Torino 3 Ret 4 1 3 2 12 7 10 9 10 6 5 79 6 Heaven Motorsport Ret 3 Ret 18 6 Ret 16 4 5 Ret 20† 1 9 48 7 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 4 10 7 7 11 9 13 5 3 13 13 7 3 47 7 Ebimotors 5 5 8 14 5 3 17 11 9 8 8 12 7 37 9 TAM-Racing 14 16† 9 10 14 13 19 16 15 17 17 2 AKF Motorsport 18 17 19 18 0 Guest teams inelegible for points Martinet by Alméras 1 0 Team Carrera Cup Asia 2 0 Racing Technology 3 0 Saintéloc Racing 4 0 Fragus Motorsport 7 0 Martinet Team Pro GT 8 0 MTech Competition 18 0 Speed Lover & Allure 22 0 Yvan Muller Racing 28 0 Sébastien Loeb Racing Ret 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO MUG SPA VAL MIS MUG Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Michelin Cup

The Michelin Cup is the trophy reserved to the gentlemen drivers.

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Alberto de Amicis	Ebimotors	103
2	Alex de Giacomi	Dinamic	85
3	Marco Cassarà	Ghinzani	60
4	Pietro Negra	Ebimotors	42
5	Niccolò Mercatali	Dinamic	41
6	Sergio Negroni	Antonelli - Padova	23
7	Valentino Fornaroli	Antonelli - Padova	11
8	Angelo Proietti	Antonelli - Padova	7
9	Walter Ben	LEM Racing	6
10	Oliver Freymuth	AKF Motorsport	3

Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Scholarship Programme

The Scholarship Programme Cup is the trophy reserved to the under-26 drivers elected by Porsche at the beginning of the season.

Pos	Driver	Team	Points
1	Riccardo Agostini	Antonelli - Padova	183
2	Côme Ledogar	Tsunami	182
3	Mattia Drudi	Dinamic	145
4	Stefano Colombo	LEM Racing	92
5	Aku Pellinen	LEM Racing	55
6	Andrea Fontana	Ghinzani	51
7	Dasheng Zhang	LEM Racing	41
8	Takashi Kasai	Antonelli - Padova	25

Notes and References

1. News: Calendario della stagione 2015. Italian. 2015 season's calendar. 27 May 2015. carreracupitalia.it. Porsche AG. https://web.archive.org/web/20150527035814/http://www.carreracupitalia.it/ita/calendario-gare-2015. 27 May 2015. dead. dmy-all.
2. News: Team stagione 2015. Italian. 2015 season's teams. 27 May 2015. carreracupitalia.it. Porsche AG.
3. News: Il Team Dinamic porta al debutto Mattia Drudi. Italian. Team Dinamic brings Mattia Drudi to debut. Omnicorse.it. 31 March 2015. 27 May 2015.
4. News: La LEM Racing annuncia il finlandese Aku Pellinen. Italian. LEM Racing announces finnish Aku Pellinen. Omnicorse.it. 17 March 2015. 27 May 2015.
5. News: Dasheng settimo pilota dello Scholarship Programme. Italian. Dasheng is the seventh driver of the Scholarship Programme. Omnicorse.it. 5 May 2015. 27 May 2015.
6. News: Sei piloti under-26 nello Scholarship Programme. Italian. Six under-26 drivers in the Scholarship Programme. Omnicorse.it. 22 April 2015. 27 May 2015.
7. News: Antonelli Motorsport punta sullo junior Takashi Kasai. Italian. Antonelli Motorsport supports the "junior" Takashi Kasai. Omnicorse.it. 24 February 2015. 27 May 2015. Franco. Nugnes.
8. News: Antonelli: attacco a due punte con Agostini e Giraudi. Italian. Antonelli: two-pronged attack with Agostini and Giraudi. Omnicorse.it. 5 March 2015. 27 May 2015. Franco. Nugnes.
9. News: Fulgenzi si candida per il titolo della Carrera Cup 2015. Italian. Fulgenzi candidates himself for the 2015 Carrera Cup title. Omnicorse.it. 26 May 2015. 27 May 2015. Franco. Nugnes.
10. News: Carrera Cup Italia 2015: sono venti gli iscritti al Campionato. Italian. Carrera Cup Italia 2015: twenty drivers for the championship. Omnicorse.it. 22 May 2015. 28 May 2015.