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  2015 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of the 2015 Superleague season
Date	26th March, 2015
Official name	2015 Spanish Grand Prix
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.875 mi / 4.627 km
Distance	66 laps, 189.750 mi / 305.372 km
Weather	-
Pole position
Driver	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen-Martex
Time	1:17.425
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent-Potentia
Time	1:18.238 on lap 61
Podium
First	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen-Martex
Second	Fran Lopez	Edonis-Valiant
Third	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant

The 2015 Spanish Grand Prix was the third round of the 2015 Superleague season and took place on the Circuit de Catalunya, near Barcelona, on 26th March 2015.

Pole and the race win went to Agustin Canapino, scoring his first Superleague victory and Nordsjoen's first since 2013. The result saw the team rocket to the top of the Constructor's Championship, although the team's fantastic result was marred somewhat by Florian Geier's early retirement.

Sensationally, second was homeboy newcomer Fran Lopez, scoring what would be débutante Edonis' first Superleague podium and their best result for the season. Third was Philipp Puschke in the Vod:Bul, being the only driver to finish on the podium in each of the first three races. Puschke was followed home by David Fidock in 4th, remaining very much in the hunt to defend his championship.

CSG Racing again had a difficult race, with Lewis Redshaw finishing 7th, half a minute down, and Tom Parker, permanently replacing Lukas Euler, managed only 15th. CSG's combined points were less than those scored by Canapino, Puschke or Fidock and saw the team drop to third in the championship. The damage was limited by the fact that none of the other teams in the top 4 had both their cars actually finish the race. The best team result however went to Red Archer, whose Lithuanian driver partnership of Deividas Misiulis and Dovydas Petravicius finished 5th and 9th respectively. Midnight also got both cars home in the points, with Alex Cooper 6th and Nick Rowland 12th in what would prove to be his final race.

At the other end of the scale, Ben Horrill, driving for Green Stripes Racing, had a terrible evening. Following several clashes in qualifying and in the race with Target-driver Sven de Vries, including a collision that sent the Dutch-American into the wall whilst trying to lap Horrill, Horrill was subsequently excluded from the results for his dangerous driving and was slapped with a 40-place grid penalty for the next round.

Besides Parker taking over full-time at CSG, other driver changes at Spain included Gergo Baldi returning for Hawkeye, for what would in fact be the final time; Bart De Vos temporarily reclaimed his seat at Kernow; Roy Schroten returned for Woods, where he would remain for the rest of the season. Sven de Vries, for all his troubles, was making his first appearance for Target, having replaced Sven Hesse.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Grid
1	19	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:17.425	—	1
2	4	Fran Lopez	Edonis - Valiant	1:17.472	+0.047	2
3	14	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul - Valiant	1:17.607	+0.182	3
4	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:17.695	+0.270	4
5	6	Deividas Misiulis	Red Archer - Valiant	1:17.736	+0.310	5
6	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	1:17.762	+0.337	6
7	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:17.826	+0.401	7
8	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	1:17.831	+0.406	8
9	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	1:17.865	+0.440	9
10	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	1:17.900	+0.475	10
11	21	Dovydas Petravicius	Red Archer - Valiant	1:17.976	+0.550	11
12	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	1:17.978	+0.552	12
13	8	Jarl Teien	Woods - Trinity	1:17.996	+0.571	13
14	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	1:18.271	+0.846	14
15	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	1:18.290	+0.865	15
16	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	1:18.380	+0.954	16
17	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	1:18.425	+1.000	271
18	25	Nick Rowland	Midnight - Potentia	1:18.571	+1.146	17
19	2	Gergo Baldi	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:18.809	+1.384	18
20	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	1:18.878	+1.453	19
21	15	Oskari Kantonen	Vod:Bul - Valiant	1:18.892	+1.467	20
22	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	1:18.893	+1.467	21
23	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	1:18.952	+1.527	22
24	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	1:19.269	+1.844	23
25	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	1:19.314	+1.889	24
26	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	1:19.416	+1.991	25
27	11	Ben Horrill	Green Stripes - Valiant	1:19.528	+2.103	26
28	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	1:19.818	+2.393	28

Notes:

• ¹ — James Johnson was given a 10-place grid penalty for avoidable contact at the previous round.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen - Martex	66	29:03.285	1	25
2	4	Fran Lopez	Edonis - Valiant	66	+2.282	2	20
3	14	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul - Valiant	66	+4.367	3	16
4	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	66	+14.448	4	13
5	6	Deividas Misiulis	Red Archer - Valiant	66	+14.777	5	11
6	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	66	+24.125	6	10
7	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	66	+29.179	10	9
8	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	66	+29.393	9	8
9	21	Dovydas Petravicius	Red Archer - Valiant	66	+42.379	11	7
10	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	66	+50.664	8	6
11	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	66	+59.057	14	5
12	25	Nick Rowland	Midnight - Potentia	66	+1:06.761	17	4
13	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	65	+1 Lap	16	3
14	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	65	+1 Lap	27	2
15	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	65	+1 Lap	15	1
16	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	65	+1 Lap	19
17	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	64	+2 Laps	24
18	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	64	+2 Laps	28
19	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	64	+2 Laps	23
201	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	55	Did not Finish	12
Ret	15	Oskari Kantonen	Vod:Bul - Valiant	44	Did not Finish	20
Ret	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	36	Did not Finish	21
Ret	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	28	Did not Finish	7
Ret	2	Gergo Baldi	Hawkeye - Potentia	20	Did not Finish	18
Ret	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	6	Did not Finish	22
Ret	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	5	Did not Finish	25
Ret	8	Jarl Teien	Woods - Trinity	1	Did not Finish	13
DSQ	11	Ben Horrill	Green Stripes - Valiant	57	Disqualified	26

Notes:

• ¹ — Sven de Vries was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Philipp Puschke 56 2 David Fidock 51 3 Lewis Redshaw 42 2 4 Agustin Canapino 36 1 5 Alex Cooper 41

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 3 1 Nordsjoen-Martex 61 2 Vod:Bul-Valiant 59 2 3 CSG-Potentia 57 1 4 Hawkeye-Potentia 51 5 Midnight-Potentia 48

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

External links

• Official results
• Broadcast replay