2015 SEAT León Eurocup explained

The 2015 SEAT León Eurocup was the fifth season of the SEAT León Eurocup. The season was contested over seven race meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 25 April at the Paul Ricard Circuit and concluding on 1 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Reigning champion Pol Rosell defended his championship title for the Baporo Motorsport team. Rosell won four races and recorded eight podium finishes as he finished eleven points clear of his closest rival, Stian Paulsen. Paulsen went into the final race with a shot of winning the title, but his failure to score points sealed the title for Rosell. PCR Sport driver Mikel Azcona finished third in the championship, a further eleven points in arrears. Azcona won one race during the season; the season-opener at Paul Ricard.

Six other drivers won races during 2015; Fran Rueda won the partially reversed-grid races at Paul Ricard and Estoril, with single victories taken by Wolf-Power Racing's Jonny Cocker (Silverstone), Target Competition's Loris Hezemans (Red Bull Ring), Rosell's team-mate Alex Morgan (Nürburgring), while JSB Compétition team-mates Thibaut Mourgues and Lucile Cypriano won at Monza and Catalunya respectively.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Baporo Motorsport^[1]	1	Pol Rosell	All
	2	Manuel Gião	All
	13	Amalia Vinyes	1–2, 7
	22	Alex Morgan	All
JSB Compétition	3	Julien Briché	All
	5	Thibaut Mourgues	3–7
	9	Lucile Cypriano	All
	16	Pierre-Étienne Chaumat	4–5
	21	Marie Baus-Coppens	All
Monlau Competición	4	Jaume Font	1, 4–5
	4	David Cebrián	2, 6–7
	18	Jimmy Antunes	7
	25	Munkong Sathienthirakul	7
	28	Fran Rueda	1–6
PCR Sport	6	Mikel Azcona	All
	16	Harriet Arruabarrena	7
	35	Urs Sonderegger	2
Wolf-Power Racing	7	Michel Zemp	1–3
	8	Jonathan Cocker	3
	8	Shane Williams	4–7
Target Competition	10	Mauricio Hernández	All
	11	Jürgen Schmarl	All
	24	Andrina Gugger	1–6
	24	Niels Langeveld	7
	33	Jordi Oriola	All
	50	Loris Hezemans	4
LEIN Racing	12	Dejan Bulatovič	1–4, 7
LEIN Racing	17	Mladen Lalušić	1–4, 7
B3 Hungary KFT	15	Norbert Kiss	4
	19	Attila Tassi	5–7
	37	Dominik Fekete	1–4
	87	Edina Bús	1, 3–7
Privateer	15	Jérémie Lesoudier	7
Privateer	26	Antonio D'Amico	7
LBV	20	Lourenço Beirão	All
Dinamic SRL	23	Stefano Zanini	All
Dinamic SRL	67	Marco Pellegrini	All
Stian Paulsen Racing	34	Stian Paulsen	All
Motorsport Development	38	Gaël Castelli	4
	73	Clément Mateu	1–3, 6–7
	76	Julien Rodrigues	2
	77	Jean-Laurent Navarro	All
SEAT Sport	44	Laia Sanz	7
SEAT Sport	99	Alberto Bassi	7
Allure Team	45	Guillaume Mondron	1, 5
Zengő Motorsport	46	Zsolt Szabó	1–4
SEAT Austria	61	Mario Dablander	All
VFR Racing	88	Finlay Crocker	3–6

Race calendar and results

All rounds were part of the International GT Open weekends, except for the Nürburgring event, which supported the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Round		Circuit	Date^[2]	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	1	Circuit Paul Ricard	25 April	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	PCR Sport
1	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard	26 April		Julien Briché	Fran Rueda	Monlau Competición
2	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	9 May	Lucile Cypriano	Mario Dablander	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
2	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	10 May		Andrina Gugger	Fran Rueda	Monlau Competición
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	6 June	Stian Paulsen	Mikel Azcona	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit	7 June		Julien Briché	Jonathan Cocker	Wolf-Power Racing
4	R1	Red Bull Ring	4 July	Loris Hezemans	Loris Hezemans	Loris Hezemans	Target Competition
4	R2	Red Bull Ring	5 July		Pol Rosell	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
5	R1	Nürburgring	19 September	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
5	R2	Nürburgring	20 September		Mikel Azcona	Alex Morgan	Baporo Motorsport
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 October	Julien Briché	Manuel Gião	Thibaut Mourgues	JSB Compétition
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	4 October		Mikel Azcona	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	31 October	Mikel Azcona	Mikel Azcona	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
7	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1 November		Julien Briché	Lucile Cypriano	JSB Compétition

Championship standings

valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	LEC		EST		SIL		RBR		NÜR		MNZ		CAT	valign=middle	Pts
1	Pol Rosell	3	2	1²	3	2²	12	5	1	7	Ret	5	1	1²	5	88
2	Stian Paulsen	2	6	2	5	1¹	5	3	5	1¹	25	6	3	4	21	77
3	Mikel Azcona	1¹	4	4³	10	3³	6	6²	Ret	3²	6	12	4	2¹	Ret	66
4	Julien Briché	Ret²	3	5	2	7	4	9	4	Ret	16	2¹	9	Ret	7	45
5	Alex Morgan	5	8	Ret	6	4	2	10	6	17	1	8	8	5	6	43
6	Jordi Oriola	7³	7	8	11	6	3	14	10	6	3	4	2	10	Ret	37
7	Mario Dablander	10	5	6	4	12	23	8	2	5	2	Ret²	12	Ret	9	35
8	Fran Rueda	4	1	7	1	10	Ret	22	7	Ret	4	9	Ret			34
9	Lucile Cypriano	8	Ret	3¹	14	11	8	11	Ret	12	9	3	7	9	1	29
10	Shane Williams							2³	3	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	24
11	Mauricio Hernández	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	Ret	2³	7	11	Ret	Ret	8	17
12	Thibaut Mourgues					14	7	17	DSQ	8	11	1³	11	8	Ret	15
13	Manuel Gião	9	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	12	9	10	12	7	18	13	2	14
14	Loris Hezemans							1¹	15							13
15	David Cebrián			9	8							18	6	6	4	12
16	Jonathan Cocker					8	1									11
17	Niels Langeveld													3³	10	7
18	Jimmy Antunes													Ret	3	6
19	Norbert Kiss							4	Ret							5
20	Jürgen Schmarl	11	9	12	16	13	11	13	8	11	10	16	5	Ret	Ret	5
21	Andrina Gugger	18	21	13	7	17	25	19	14	9	13	Ret	Ret			2
22	Stefano Zanini	17	18	11	18	19	21	21	Ret	13	17	DNS	DNS	7	DSQ	2
23	Lourenço Beirão	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	9	15	11	14	8	Ret	13	Ret	13	1
24	Zsolt Szabó	16	Ret	16	9	16	13	16	Ret							0
25	Attila Tassi									21	14	10	10	12	Ret	0
26	Amalia Vinyes	12	11	15	12									NC	Ret	0
27	Marco Pellegrini	Ret	18	Ret	15	Ret	17	28	19	DNS	18	13	15	11	Ret	0
28	Munkong Sathienthirakul													14	11	0
29	Edina Bús	Ret	20			15	15	20	12	22	24	15	17	Ret	22	0
30	Guillaume Mondron	Ret	12							15	15					0
31	Clément Mateu	21	19	21	13	22	20					14	19	Ret	Ret	0
32	Jaume Font	13	Ret					18	20	20	21					0
33	Pierre-Étienne Chaumat							24	13	19	19					0
34	Jean-Laurent Navarro	15	16	14	Ret	26	19	Ret	Ret	16	20	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	0
35	Michel Zemp	Ret	14	17	Ret	20	14									0
36	Marie Baus-Coppens	20	15	20	Ret	21	18	23	Ret	23	22	Ret	DNS	15	14	0
37	Dejan Bulatovič	14	17	Ret	Ret	18	16	27	Ret					18	15	0
38	Finlay Crocker					24	22	26	16	18	23	17	16			0
39	Harriet Arruabarrena													16	17	0
40	Jérémie Lesoudier													Ret	16	0
41	Dominik Fekete	19	Ret	19	17	23	24	25	18							0
42	Mladen Lalušić	Ret	22	22	Ret	25	26	Ret	17					19	19	0
43	Julien Rodrigues			18	Ret											0
	Gaël Castelli							Ret	Ret							0
	Antonio D'Amico													Ret	DNS	0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Laia Sanz													17	12	0
	Alberto Bassi													Ret	18	0
valign=middle	Pos	valign=middle	Driver	LEC		EST		SIL		RBR		NÜR		MNZ		CAT	valign=middle	Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

Web site: Entry list – SEAT León Eurocup: Rounds 1 & 2 – Paul Ricard; 25–26 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621214239/http://www.seat-sport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Paul-Ricard-SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-Eurocup-2015-Entry-list.pdf. dead. 21 June 2015. PDF. SEAT Sport. SEAT, S.A.. 27 April 2015.
Web site: 2015 season calendar. PDF. 11. 25 February 2015. SEAT León Eurocup. SEAT. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226030040/http://www.seat-sport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-EUROCUP-Presentation.pdf. 26 February 2015. dead. dmy-all.