2015 Atlantic Series season

2015 Atlantic Series season

Competition	Atlantic Series
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	8
Mod Used	ISI Dallara DW12
Engine Supplier(s)	Chevrolet, Honda
Tyre Supplier(s)	Firestone F
Drivers	59
Teams	17
Drivers' Champion	Lars Brugman
Teams' Champion	Team Proline
Atlantic Series Seasons
2015 · 2016

GPVWC series in 2015
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The 2015 Atlantic Series was the inaugural running of the GPVWC Atlantic Series. It was one of two series to utilise rFactor 2 in 2015 alongside the returning World GT Series. Lars Brugman ended the season as Drivers' Champion with his outfit, Team Proline securing the Teams' title along with him at the finale in Austin.

Report

Ruud Heesterbeek won the very first Atlantic Series race, at Barber, but Lars Brugman finished no lower than 5th during the season and would head the championship going into the finale at the Circuit of The Americas. Heesterbeek won the final race, but Brugman secured the inagural Atlantic Series drivers championship crown by finishing in 2nd place. Brugman and Heesterbeek's respective teams, Team Proline and Walk Racing had an even tighter duel for the honor of the teams championship crown. Entering the final lap, Walk had enough points to win the title, only for their second car to drop down the order, having underfuelled. Thus, Team Proline won the teams championship.

The Honda engines had the advantage on the road courses, which made up the majority of the calander: this was the powertrain of choice for both Walk and Proline. However, both the Indy Classic and Grand Prix of the Carolinas, the two oval events on the calander, were won by Chevrolet-engined cars: it was clear that the Chevrolet engines had a significant advantage on the ovals.

Race Evening Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race Start

Teams and drivers

Atlantic Series Team	Base	Team	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	Honda	F	0	Sven de Vries	1-4
					2	Bart de Vos	1-3
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	Chevrolet	F	3	Nick Rowland	1-2
						Ben Warren	3
					4	Tom van der Voort	1-4
Positive SimRacing	Madrid, Spain	Positive	Chevrolet	F	5	Jonathan Holmes	1-2
						Ivan Vaz	3
					6	Borja Garcia	1-3
High Speed Racing	Henryville, IN, United States	High Speed	Chevrolet	F	7	Ben Willis	1-3
					8	Menno Klont	1-2, 4
						Jason Muscat	3
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	Honda	F	9	Jarl Teien	1-3
					10	Lars Brugman	1-4
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Honda	F	11	Scott Berrisford	1-2
						Tom Parker	3
						Matthew Chirgwin	4
					12	Lewis McGlade	1-3
						Thomas Jacobs	4
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Honda	F	14	David Jundt	1-4
					15	Nico Barclay	1-4
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile Power	Honda	F	16	Alexander van der Woude	1-4
					17	Mike Bell	1-4
Draig Racing	Burghfield, England	Draig	Chevrolet	F	18	Roy Schroten	1-4
					19	Pedro Gomes	1-4
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Honda	F	20	Luke Walsh	1-2
						Maximilian Melam	3
					21	Sherwin van der Sloot	1-4
YTF1	Cheshire, England	YTF1	Honda	F	22	Rob Mason	1-2
						Eric Stranne	3
					23	Maurice Brackhahn	1-2, 4
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Honda	F	24	Ruud Heesterbeek	1-4
					25	Danny Asbury	1-4
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	Chevrolet	F	26	Paul Joseph	1-4
					27	Paul Watkins	1-3
Snow Schatten Racing Team	Curitiba, Brazil	Snow Schatten	Chevrolet	F	28	Pedro Delgado	2
						Yuri Bascope	4
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	Honda	F	29	Rhys Gardiner	1-4
Durex Motorsport	Birmingham, England	Durex	Honda	F	30	James Johnson	2-3
Arrow International Racing	Leicester, England	AIR	Chevrolet	F	31	Sam Jones	1-4

2015 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
				Track Time	GMT	Duration
1	Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	12th May	TBC	19:00	45 laps
2	Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana	26th May	TBC	19:00	34 laps
3	GPVWC Indy Classic	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval, Indiana	9th June	TBC	19:00	100 laps
4	Vegas Grand Prix	Fremont Street Circuit, Las Vegas	23rd June	TBC	19:00	49 laps
5	Lexington Grand Prix	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	4th August	TBC	19:00	45 laps
6	Grand Prix of the Carolinas	Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina	18th August	TBC	19:00	104 laps
7	Florida Grand Prix	Sebring International Raceway, Florida	1st September	TBC	19:00	32 laps
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	15th September	TBC	19:00	29 laps

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Grand Prix of Alabama	Ruud Heesterbeek (1:02.193)	Jarl Teien (1:03.148)	Ruud Heesterbeek	Walk-Honda	Report
2	Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Jarl Teien (1:06.131)	Jarl Teien (1:06.816)	Jarl Teien	Proline-Honda	Report
3	GPVWC Indy Classic	Pedro Gomes (39.696)	Eric Stranne (39.665)	Ben Warren1	Midnight-Chevrolet	Report
4	Vegas Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:13.511)	Lars Brugman (1:14.671)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
5	Lexington Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:03.191)	Kuba Brzezinski (1:04.663)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
6	Grand Prix of the Carolinas	Pedro Gomes (23.636)	Kuba Brzezinski (23.687)	Pedro Gomes	Draig-Chevrolet	Report
7	Florida Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:36.230)	Kuba Brzezinski (1:38.054)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	Lars Brugman (1:42.436)	Lars Brugman (1:43.790)	Ruud Heesterbeek	Walk-Honda	Report

• ¹ Eric Stranne was initially classified as the winner of the 2015 Indy Classic, but his car was subsequently found to have been in breach of the engine regulations. As Stranne was penalised, Ben Warren inherited the win. Stranne's fastest lap, however, was allowed to stand.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to all classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21th	22th	23th	24th	25th-30th
Points	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver ALA IDP ICL VEG LEX CAR FLO AMR Points 1 Lars Brugman 3 3 5 1 1 5 1 2 320 2 Ruud Heesterbeek 1 2 Ret 3 2 4 2 1 287 3 Pedro Gomes 7 8 4 5 6 1 4 12 240 4 David Jundt Ret 10 9 6 9 13 6 14 153 5 Nico Barclay 5 12 8 NC 7 7 12 Ret 142 6 Alexander van der Woude Ret 22 11 8 12 12 10 11 126 7 Roy Schroten 11 18 Ret 9† 11 5 9 124 8 Scott Berrisford 4 17 4 20† 3 122 9 Rhys Gardiner Ret 20 7 4 Ret Ret 11 6 115 10 Paul Joseph 12 23 6 10 9 10 115 11 Kuba Brzezinski 3 2 3 110 12 Ben Willis 13 26 Ret 14 11 14 13 88 13 Borja Garcia 15† 14 10 Ret 14 13 84 14 Danny Asbury 2 DSQ Ret 11 10 79 15 Mike Bell 10 15 2 Ret 75 16 Maurice Brackhahn Ret 5 2 DNS 70 17 Daniel Brewer 5 3 Ret 65 18 Lewis McGlade 6 12 Ret 15 61 19 Tom Parker Ret 8 8 19† 59 20 Borja Millan 8 4 56 21 Ben Warren 1 50 22 Jarl Teien Ret 1 Ret 50 23 Sven de Vries 9 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 44 24 Risto Kappet 18 5 42 25 Sherwin van der Sloot 8 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 38 26 Eric Stranne 3 Ret 35 27 Matthew Chirgwin 12 15† 33 28 Luke Walsh Ret 4 Ret 32 29 Stefan McCready 15 16 29 30 Pashalis Gergis 6 28 31 James Johnson 6 Ret 28 32 Paul Watkins 14 19 Ret 27 33 Mateusz Bogusz 7 26 34 Argenis Riera 7 26 35 Thomas Jacobs 7 26 36 Jonathan Holmes Ret 7 26 37 Mark Wicks 8 24 38 Philip Morby 9 22 39 Daniel Kiss 10 20 40 Bart De Vos Ret 12 Ret Ret 18 41 Rory Collins 13 17 42 Juan Carlos Palacios 16 Ret 14 43 Miguel Reyes 17† 13 44 Matthew Allington 17 DNS 13 45 Rob Mason DNS 21 9 46 Sam Jones Ret 24 Ret NC Ret Ret 6 47 Pedro Delgado 25 5 48 Menno Klont Ret 27† Ret Ret 5 49 Shane Burke Ret 0 50 Cameron Brewster Ret 0 51 Tjeerd Feddema Ret 0 52 Dewald Nel Ret Ret 0 53 Niels Vos Ret 0 54 Tom van der Voort Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 55 Yuri Bascope Ret 0 56 Jason Muscat Ret 0 57 Maximilian Melamed Ret 0 58 Ivan Vaz Ret 0 59 Nick Rowland Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ALA IDP ICL VEG LEX CAR FLO AMR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos Team Car No. ALA IDP ICL VEG LEX CAR FLO AMR Points 1 Proline-Honda 9 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret 15 420 10 3 3 5 1 1 5 1 2 2 Walk-Honda 24 1 2 Ret 3 2 4 2 1 412 25 2 DSQ Ret 11 8 18 5 3 Draig-Chevrolet 18 11 18 Ret 9† 11 12 5 9 382 19 7 8 4 5 6 1 4 12 4 Basilea-Honda 14 Ret 10 9 6 10 10 8 4 308 15 5 12 8 NC 7 7 12 Ret 5 TSA-Honda 11 4 17 Ret 12 4 15† 20† 3 284 12 6 11 Ret 7 9 8 19† Ret 6 TMF-Chevrolet 26 12 23 6 10 5 3 Ret 246 27 14 19 Ret 13 9 9 10 7 Smile Power-Honda 16 Ret 22 11 8 12 13 6 14 219 17 10 15 2 Ret 16 Ret 8 Positive-Chevrolet 5 Ret 7 Ret 10 11 162 6 15† 14 10 Ret 14 13 17† 9 YTF1-Honda 22 DNS 21 3 Ret 6 155 23 Ret 5 2 DNS Ret 17 DNS 10 Midnight-Chevrolet 3 Ret Ret 1 2 3 125 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 High Speed-Chevrolet 7 13 26 Ret 14 11 14 13 121 8 Ret 27† Ret Ret Ret 7 12 Hinss-Honda 29 Ret 20 7 4 Ret Ret 11 6 115 13 SimTech-Honda 20 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 7 96 21 8 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Satellite-Honda 0 9 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 62 2 Ret 12 Ret Ret 15 Durex-Honda 30 6 Ret Ret 8 52 16 AIR-Chevrolet 31 Ret 24 Ret NC Ret Ret 15 16 35 17 Snow Schatten-Chevrolet 28 25 Ret 5 Pos Team Car No. ALA IDP ICL VEG LEX CAR FLO AMR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.