2015 Porsche Supercup Explained

The 2015 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 23rd Porsche Supercup season. It began on 10 May at Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 25 october at Circuit of the Americas, after eleven scheduled races, all of which were support events for the 2015 Formula One season.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Full list of drivers that participated in the 2015 season:^{[2] [3]}

Team Drivers Class Rounds VERVA Lechner Racing Team 1 Kuba Giermaziak All 2 Connor De Phillippi All 3 Michael Avenatti 1–2 Ryan Cullen 4–8 32 Maximilian Werndl G 1–2, 7–8 Lechner Racing Middle East 4 Sven Müller All 5 Michael Ammermüller All 40 Charlie Frijns G 6 Fach Auto Tech 6 Philipp Frommenwiler All 7 Simon Trummer 1 Jaap van Lagen 2 Christopher Zöchling 3–8 Förch Racing by Lukas MS 8 Patrick Eisemann All 9 Chris Bauer All 19 Robert Lukas All 57 Santiago Creel G 7–8 MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX 10 Ben Barker All 11 Sam Power All 12 Cameron Twynham 1–5 Jonathan Summerton 6 Jaap van Lagen 7 Dylan Pereira G 8 62 Paul Rees G 8 MRS GT-Racing 14 Christian Engelhart All 15 Richard Goddard All Market Leader by Project 1 16 Matteo Cairoli All 17 Philipp Eng All 33 Alexander Toril 1–2, 7 Nico Menzel 5–6 Colin Thompson G 8 Speed Lover & Allure 18 Jean Glorieux All 20 Pierre Piron 1–2, 4, 6–8 Luca Rettenbacher 3 25 Carlos Rivas All 34 Roger Grouwels G 2 Martinet by Alméras 21 Glauco Solieri All 22 Côme Ledogar All 48 Egidio Perfetti G 6 The Heart of Racing by Lechner 23 Alex Riberas All 24 Jeffrey Schmidt All 40 Pedro Piquet G 3, 5 Sébastien Loeb Racing 30 Joffrey de Narda G 1, 6 31 Roar Lindland G 1, 6–7 51 Sébastien Loeb G 6 Maxime Jousse G 7 Konrad Motorsport 35 Rolf Ineichen G 3 36 Nicolas Armindo G 3 LEM Racing 37 Aku Pellinen G 3, 7 38 Matteo Torta G 3, 7 58 Dasheng Zhang G 7 59 Stefano Colombo G 7 Redline Racing 41 Daniel Cammish G 4 42 Jack Falla G 4 Team Parker Racing 43 Josh Webster G 4 44 Stephen Jelley G 4 45 Tom Sharp G 4 IN2 Racing 46 Graeme Mundy G 4 47 Jake Hill G 4 Land Motorsport 49 Wolf Nathan G 6, 8 50 Peter Scharmach G 6 Mikkel O. Pedersen G 8 52 Jaap van Lagen G 6 Antonelli Motorsport 53 Sergio Negroni G 7 54 Riccardo Agostini G 7 60 Alberto Cerqui G 7 Team Dinamic^[4] 55 Mattia Drudi G 7 56 Lorenzo Bontempelli G 7 61 Alex de Giacomi G 7 Porsche AG 911 Johnny Herbert G 5 Patrick Dempsey G 6

Icon Meaning Rookie G Guest

Race calendar and results

Full list of races that held during the 2015 season:^[5]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	10 May	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Lechner Racing Middle East
2		Circuit de Monaco	24 May	Jaap van Lagen	Christian Engelhart	Jaap van Lagen	Fach Auto Tech
3		Red Bull Ring	21 June	Connor De Phillippi	Michael Ammermüller	Christopher Zöchling	Fach Auto Tech
4		Silverstone Circuit	5 July	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Philipp Eng	Market Leader by Project 1
5		Hungaroring	26 July	Sven Müller	Sven Müller	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	22 August	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East
	R2		23 August	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Philipp Eng	Market Leader by Project 1
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 September	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East
	R2		6 September	Matteo Cairoli	Sven Müller	Sven Müller	Lechner Racing Middle East
8	R1	Circuit of the Americas	24 October	Sven Müller^[6]	Race cancelled due to heavy rain fall^[7]
	R2		25 October	Sven Müller	Alex Riberas	Alex Riberas	The Heart of Racing by Lechner

Notes:

Calendar changes

• The series was scheduled to run in support of the German Grand Prix, at a venue that, at the time of the calendar's publication, had not yet been decided. However, with the cancellation of the German Grand Prix, the planned Porsche Supercup meeting was similarly suspended.^[8] It was replaced by additional races at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.^[9]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Driver CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ COA Points 1 Philipp Eng 4 2 2 1 6 2 1 6 7 C 8 145 2 Sven Müller Ret 10 10 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 C 3 126 3 Michael Ammermüller 1 5 9 3 7 Ret 6 3 3 C 2 124 4 Christian Engelhart 3 4 5 5 3 5 3 8 4 C 13 124 5 Alex Riberas 5 6 3 2 5 11 7 7 6 C 1 122 6 Christopher Zöchling 1 7 10 3 4 9 5 C 7 93 7 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Matteo Cairoli 14 8 7 6 11 8 Ret 2 2 C 11 83 8 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Côme Ledogar 6 12 11 8 2 4 Ret 4 8 C DSQ 81 9 Ben Barker 9 3 19 4 12 6 8 Ret DNS C 6 69 10 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Jeffrey Schmidt 8 14 16 10 9 7 5 32† 9 C 4 67 11 Kuba Giermaziak 2 9 12 11 4 9 14 Ret 13 C Ret 63 12 Connor De Phillippi 11 7 4 14 13 18 9 17 11 C 5 53 13 Robert Lukas 7 Ret 6 Ret 8 14 Ret 5 35† C 9 51 14 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Philipp Frommenwiler 13 11 8 13 14 Ret 10 Ret 10 C 10 40 15 Jaap van Lagen 1 12 27† 15 12 29 16 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Richard Goddard 17 15 15 12 15 16 24 13 15 C 18 21 17 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Sam Power 10 13 14 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS C 14 21 18 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Ryan Cullen Ret Ret 19 12 20 22 C 15 10 19 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Patrick Eisemann Ret Ret 18 25 17 21 15 18 26 C 17 7 20 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Cameron Twynham 12 16 21 19 16 5 21 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Jonathan Summerton 17 19 3 22 Carlos Rivas 21 Ret 25 22 20 23 16 28 33 C 22 2 23 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Chris Bauer 20 Ret 24 21 18 27 Ret 23 23 C 19 1 24 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Alexander Toril 16 21† Ret DSQ 0 25 Pierre Piron 18 17 23 26 20 27 31 C 23 0 26 Jean Glorieux 23 19 23 24 19 DNS DNS 30 25 C 21 0 27 Glauco Solieri 24 20 26 27 21 25 26 25 27 C DSQ 0 28 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Simon Trummer 22 0 29 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Luca Rettenbacher 22 0 30 align=left style="background:#8FCFDF;" Nico Menzel DSQ 31† 25 0 31 Michael Avenatti 25 DNQ 0 32 Colin Thompson C Ret 0 align=center colspan=14 Guest drivers ineligible for points Daniel Cammish 9 0 Joffrey de Narda Ret 10 13 0 Riccardo Agostini 10 17 0 Mattia Drudi 11 16 0 Charlie Frijns 22 11 0 Alberto Cerqui 12 19 0 Paul Rees C 12 0 Sébastien Loeb 13 Ret 0 Rolf Ineichen 13 0 Maxime Jousse 14 14 0 Maximilian Werndl 15 18 24 24 C 16 0 Stephen Jelley 15 0 Stefano Colombo 16 Ret 0 Jake Hill 16 0 Roar Lindland 19 24 17 26 20 0 Josh Webster 17 0 Nicolas Armindo 17 0 Dasheng Zhang 19 18 0 Egidio Perfetti 20 18 0 Santiago Creel 29 28 C 20 0 Aku Pellinen 20 31 29 0 Tom Sharp 20 0 Alex de Giacomi 22 21 0 Wolf Nathan 28 21 C Ret 0 Lorenzo Bontempelli 21 34 0 Peter Scharmach 30 22 0 Patrick Dempsey 29 23 0 Graeme Mundy 26 0 Pedro Piquet 27 DSQ 0 Matteo Torta 28 Ret 32 0 Sergio Negroni Ret 30 0 Mikkel O. Pedersen C DSQ 0 Dylan Pereira C Ret 0 Roger Grouwels DNQ 0 Jack Falla PO 0 Johnny Herbert PO 0 Driver CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ COA Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Rookie

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

External links

• • Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine

Notes and References

1. News: Supercup 2015 covers 10 rounds. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 19 December 2014. 24 December 2014.
2. Web site: All drivers of the 2015 season at a glance. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. 1 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150505073227/http://racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=fahrer&sid=35. 5 May 2015. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: All guest starters 2015. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150505073424/http://racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=gaststarter&sid=35. 5 May 2015. dead.
4. News: Dinamic Motorsport a 3 punte nella Supercup a Monza. Italian. Three drivers for Dinamic Motorsport in the Supercup in Monza. Omnicorse.it. 8 August 2015. 9 August 2015.
5. Web site: All races of the season 2015. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. 1 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072224/http://racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=termine&sid=35. 18 May 2015. dead.
6. After the cancellation of the qualifying session, the times of the free practice session were used to make the start grids of both Race 1 and Race 2.
7. News: Penultimate race of the season cancelled. racecam.de. October 25, 2015. October 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100813/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=35&lang=en&id=5580. March 4, 2016. dead.
8. News: Supercup starts in just two weeks. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 27 April 2015. 4 October 2015. The 2015 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup covers altogether nine races taking place at eight racing weekends in the environment of the Formula 1 World Championship. Right after the season opener in Barcelona the Supercup moves to first big highlight of the year to Monaco. Unfortunately the German fans will miss the popular one make cup this year, because the Grand Prix of Germany on the Nürburgring was cancelled.. https://web.archive.org/web/20071017120747/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news. 17 October 2007. dead.
9. News: More races – more action. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 7 May 2015. 4 October 2015. With the number of races increasing from nine to eleven this season, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is more attractive than ever: Nine races are held at seven European events – with Spa and Monza hosting a double-header. Two races will also be contested at the final race weekend in America at Austin/Texas.. https://web.archive.org/web/20071017120747/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news. 17 October 2007. dead.