2015 Turkish Grand Prix

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  2015 Turkish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of the 2015 Superleague season
Date	23rd April, 2015
Official name	2015 Turkish Grand Prix
Location	Istanbul Park, Istanbul
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.317 mi / 5.338 km
Distance	58 laps, 192.386 mi / 309.614 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Fran Lopez	Red Archer-Valiant
Time	1:24.032
Fastest Lap
Driver	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant
Time	1:24.642
Podium
First	Fran Lopez	Red Archer-Valiant
Second	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul-Valiant
Third	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia

The 2015 Turkish Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Superleague season and took place on the Istanbul Park circuit on 23rd April 2015.

It was the seventh running of the Turkish Grand Prix but the first since 2013. As before, the race was held at the popular Istanbul Park circuit, which the previous year had been relegated to hosting no more than a pre-season test session.

The race was particularly memorable for the extremely bold statement put forth by Spanish rookie Fran Lopez, who, following the previous race in Portugal, had walked out from Edonis Engineering over a dispute about the team's direction and joined Red Archer. Lopez subsequently took his first pole, by over two tenths, and dominated the race, winning by over nine seconds. For Red Archer, it was the Greek team's first Superleague victory since their championship-winning year in 2011.

Vod:Bul's Philipp Puschke was second, having never not stood on the podium so far in the season. Unable to handle Lopez, the podium finishers ended the race in the same order as they left the grid. Crucially, third over the line was Lewis Redshaw of CSG Racing, enjoying his and the team's first podium since their dominant victory at Australia. CSG's long-awaited return to form was slightly dented by a 10-second penalty handed out to Redshaw's teammate Tom Parker, which saw him classified 10th, two places down on where he was.

The post-race penalties affected Nordsjoen even worse, with both of their drivers, Agustin Canapino and Florian Geier, being penalised. Canapino had his hard-won 4th place taken away from him, ending up behind David Fidock, easing the advantage championship rival Puschke had held over the Englishman. In terms of the Constructors' championship, Nordsjoen's penalties saw them now tied on points with Vod:Bul.

At Vod:Bul, Oskari Kantonen, who had been heralded as a rising start of the league, had had a poor start to the season, with 13th at Australia his only points finish. He stepped back from racing before the Turkish round and was replaced by Tim Straub, though the Dutchman also struggled, failing to set a lap in qualifying and crashing out mid-way through the race.

Besides Straub and Fran Lopez, there were several other driver changes. At Red Archer, Tommy Hagen completed what was, in effect, a wholly new line-up. However, it was a one-off stand-in for regular driver Deividas Misiulis who returned for the next race. At Edonis, Lewis McGlade drove his second of two consecutive races for the team. With James Johnson now back in his regular car, McGlade instead jumped into the #4 car left vacant by Lopez. Edonis' owner, Menno Klont, would race for the second time that season for Woods, this time replacing Jarl Teien for two races. Meanwhile, Bart De Vos and Dewald Nel returned to their regular seats at Kernow and Green Stripes respectively. Nel would remain in his seat for the rest of the season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Fran Lopez	Red Archer - Valiant	1:24.032	—	1
2	14	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul - Valiant	1:24.250	+0.219	2
3	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	1:24.284	+0.252	3
4	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	1:24.356	+0.324	4
5	19	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:24.379	+0.347	5
6	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	1:24.588	+0.556	6
7	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:24.601	+0.569	7
8	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	1:24.602	+0.570	131
9	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	1:24.704	+0.673	8
10	2	Jason Muscat	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:24.710	+0.678	9
11	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:24.757	+0.725	10
12	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	1:24.829	+0.797	11
13	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	1:24.842	+0.811	12
14	25	Tom van der Voort	Midnight - Potentia	1:24.903	+0.871	14
15	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	1:25.080	+1.048	15
16	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	1:25.087	+1.056	16
17	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	1:25.115	+1.084	17
18	4	Lewis McGlade	Edonis - Valiant	1:25.313	+1.281	18
19	6	Tommy Hagen	Red Archer - Valiant	1:25.314	+1.282	19
20	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	1:25.367	+1.335	20
21	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	1:25.772	+1.740	21
22	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	1:25.826	+1.795	22
23	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	1:25.963	+1.932	23
24	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	1:26.241	+2.209	24
25	11	Ben Horrill	Green Stripes - Valiant	1:26.336	+2.304	25
26	8	Menno Klont	Woods - Trinity	1:26.422	+2.391	26
27	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	no time	—	27
28	15	Tim Straub	Vod:Bul - Valiant	no time	—	28

Notes:

• ¹ — Mindaugas Klumbis was given a 5-place grid penalty as punishment for post-race conduct at the previous round.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Fran Lopez	Red Archer - Valiant	58	24:14.762	1	25
2	14	Philipp Puschke	Vod:Bul - Valiant	58	+9.714	2	20
3	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	58	+27.268	3	16
4	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	58	+31.848	7	13
51	19	Agustin Canapino	Nordsjoen - Martex	58	+41.627	5	11
6	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	58	+42.311	13	10
7	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	58	+51.937	11	9
8	2	Jason Muscat	Hawkeye - Potentia	58	+52.824	9	8
9	25	Tom van der Voort	Midnight - Potentia	58	+59.095	14	7
102	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	58	+1:02.210	8	6
111	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	58	+1:04.980	10	5
12	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	58	+1:08.045	17	4
13	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	58	+1:08.858	12	3
14	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	58	+1:27.321	15	2
152	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	58	+1:28.070	4	1
16	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	57	+1 Lap	16
17	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	57	+1 Lap	22
18	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	57	+1 Lap	23
19	4	Lewis McGlade	Edonis - Valiant	57	+1 Lap	18
20	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	57	+1 Lap	27
21	6	Tommy Hagen	Red Archer - Valiant	57	+1 Lap	19
22	11	Ben Horrill	Green Stripes - Valiant	56	+2 Laps	25
23	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	56	+2 Laps	21
24	15	Tim Straub	Vod:Bul - Valiant	36	Accident	28
25	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	35	Suspension	24
26	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	28	Suspension	20
30	8	Menno Klont	Woods - Trinity	12	Did not Finish	26
31	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	5	Suspension	6

Notes:

• ¹ — Agustin Canapino and Florian Geier both had 10 seconds added to race time for causing avoidable contact.
• ² — Tom Parker and Alex Cooper both had 10 seconds added to race time for punting a competitor.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Philipp Puschke	101
	2	David Fidock	84
	3	Agustin Canapino	68
	4	Lewis Redshaw	64
3	5	Fran Lopez	53

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Nordsjoen-Martex	104
	2	Vod:Bul-Valiant	104
	3	Hawkeye-Potentia	96
	4	CSG-Potentia	93
1	5	Red Archer-Valiant	72

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

External links

• Official results
• Broadcast replay

Preceded by: 2015 Portuguese Grand Prix	GPVWC Superleague 2015 season	Succeeded by: 2015 Monaco Grand Prix
Preceded by: 2013 Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish Grand Prix	Succeeded by: 2016 Turkish Grand Prix