2015 Monaco Grand Prix

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Flag of Monaco.png   2015 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of the 2015 Superleague season
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Date 7th May, 2015
Official name 2015 Monaco Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.075 mi / 3.339 km
Distance 78 laps, 161.850 mi / 260.472 km
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Pole position
Driver England Alex Cooper Midnight-Potentia
Time 1:13.028
Fastest Lap
Driver Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek Vod:Bul-Valiant
Time 1:14.012 on lap 74
Podium
First England Lewis Redshaw CSG-Potentia
Second England Alex Cooper Midnight-Potentia
Third United States Sven de Vries Target-Trinity

The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2015 Superleague season and took place around the iconic Circuit de Monaco on 7th May 2015.

The demanding, twisty nature of the track took its toll; every car that survived long enough to take the chequered flag was rewarded with at least one point.

Lewis Redshaw took a commanding victory, seizing the grandest of prizes that is Monaco for the second year running. His victory sent CSG Racing shooting back to the top of the Constructors' table, and made them secure a record-equalling third win in Monte Carlo, having previously won in 2014 and 2010; only the historic Mapes-VO team has won as many time around the streets of the Principality.

Alex Cooper, who pipped Redshaw to pole by just seven thousandths of a second, came home in second place, heralding what would have been a fantastic comeback for Midnight Motorsport, if it wasn't for the misfortune of Tom van der Voort. Cooper's teammate had been locked in not so much as aggressive as it was full-on violent scrap with Red Archer's Fran Lopez for 4th place. Lopez tried every way possible, and several ways that were impossible, in order to get by van der Voort. Lopez had almost succeeded in vaulting over the Dutchman at the Nouvelle Chicane and the two had collided at Casino Square, but the inevitable disaster happened when Lopez sent the Midnight driver cannonballing into the barriers at Sainte Devote on lap 74. Lopez continued but was passed by Vod:Bul's Ruud Heesterbeek amid all the calamity. Both van der Voort and Lopez were given a stiff talking to by the stewards, but Lopez was found most at fault and was handed two separate 20-second time penalties. Be that as it was, Lopez was the last car to finish on the lead lap and lost no further positions.

In front of this, Sven de Vries finished third for Target Racing. It was de Vries first podium in Superleague and richly deserved; it also proved to be Target's first, and sadly last trip to the victor's rostrum.

David Fidock was the only driver from the top three in the championship to actually race at Monaco, as leader Philipp Puschke and third-placed Agustin Canapino were forced to miss the race. However, Fidock was unable to capitalise on their absence; forced to start 8th on the grid after a penalty for his conduct post-race at Turkey, Fidock came home 7th at the flag, one lap down. However, his position was elevated to 6th after the race when Florian Geier, who Fidock had been running very close, was penalised for an earlier collision.

The penalty for Geier had a profound impact on the Constructor's table. Redshaw was the only CSG to finish; likewise Heesterbeek in the Vod:Bul. This meant as the teams left Monaco, only three points covered the top four teams, with Nordsjoen slipping down to third, now tied with Hawkeye; Geier had been demoted behind both Fidock and Hawkeye team mate Jason Muscat.

Heesterbeek nabbed the fastest lap of the race on his way to 4th and was an admirable stand-in for Puschke. In the other Vod:Bul, the team's official reserve Douwe Tapper had taken up the seat. In other driver changes, David Jundt was filling in for Canapino at Nordsjoen; Deividas Misiulis was back in the Red Archer after missing Turkey; and Sandeep Chodha was also back racing for Green Stripes, this time filling for Ben Horrill for two races. At Edonis Engineering, Renan Lopes was in the #4 car, but struggled in qualifying and did not actually start the race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 1:13.028
2 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 1:13.035 +0.007 2
3 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 1:13.146 +0.118 81
4 14 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:13.245 +0.217 3
5 77 United States Sven de Vries Target - Trinity 1:13.377 +0.349 4
6 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 1:13.514 +0.486 5
7 21 Spain Fran Lopez Red Archer - Valiant 1:13.568 +0.539 6
8 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 1:13.853 +0.825 7
9 25 Netherlands Tom van der Voort Midnight - Potentia 1:13.870 +0.842 9
10 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 1:13.924 +0.896 10
11 13 England Tom Parker CSG - Potentia 1:14.047 +1.019 11
12 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 1:14.213 +1.185 12
13 11 India Sandeep Chodha Green Stripes - Valiant 1:14.415 +1.387 13
14 19
Switzerland
David Jundt
Nordsjoen - Martex 1:14.430 +1.402 14
15 8 Netherlands Menno Klont Woods - Trinity 1:14.535 +1.507 15
16 2 Malta Jason Muscat Hawkeye - Potentia 1:14.569 +1.541 16
17 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 1:14.606 +1.578 17
18 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 1:14.674 +1.646 18
19 15 Netherlands Douwe Tapper Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:14.801 +1.773 19
20 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 1:14.875 +1.847 20
21 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 1:14.992 +1.964 21
22 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 1:15.039 +2.011 272
23 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 1:15.705 +2.677 22
24 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 1:15.715 +2.687 23
25 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 1:15.721 +2.692 24
26 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 1:15.783 +2.755 25
27 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 1:16.198 +3.170 26
28 4 Brazil Renan Lopes Edonis - Valiant 1:16.519 +3.491 3

Notes:

  • 1David Fidock was given a 5-place grid penalty as punishment for post-race conduct at the previous round.
  • 2Roy Schroten was given a 10-place grid penalty for punting a competitor at the previous round.
  • 3Renan Lopes did not start the race.

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 78 39:00.576 2 25
2 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 78 +6.356 1 20
3 77 United States Sven de Vries Target - Trinity 78 +14.060 4 16
4 14 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek Vod:Bul - Valiant 78 +50.543 3 13
51 21 Spain Fran Lopez Red Archer - Valiant 78 +1:31.401 6 11
6 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 77 +1 Lap 8 9
7 2 Malta Jason Muscat Hawkeye - Potentia 77 +1 Lap 16 10
82 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 77 +1 Lap 7 8
9 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 77 +1 Lap 18 7
10 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 77 +1 Lap 20 6
11 11 India Sandeep Chodha Green Stripes - Valiant 76 +2 Laps 13 5
12 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 76 +2 Laps 21 4
13 19
Switzerland
David Jundt
Nordsjoen - Martex 76 +2 Laps 14 3
14 8 Netherlands Menno Klont Woods - Trinity 76 +2 Laps 15 2
15 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 75 +3 Laps 27 1
163 25 Netherlands Tom van der Voort Midnight - Potentia 74 Accident 9
Ret 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 56 Did not Finish 10
Ret 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 47 Accident 26
Ret 15 Netherlands Douwe Tapper Vod:Bul - Valiant 46 Suspension 19
Ret 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 41 Accident 12
Ret 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 25 Did not Finish 5
Ret 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 23 Did not Finish 22
Ret 13 England Tom Parker CSG - Potentia 17 Did not Finish 11
Ret 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 5 Suspension 23
Ret 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 5 Did not Finish 25
Ret 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 0 Suspension 24
Ret 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 0 Did not Finish 17
DNS 4 Brazil Renan Lopes Edonis - Valiant 0 Did not Start 28

Notes:

  • 1Fran Lopez had a total of 40 seconds added to race time for two separate incidents causing avoidable contact.
  • 2Florian Geier had 20 seconds added to race time for punting a competitor.
  • 3Tom van der Voort was classified as finishing having completed over 75% race distance.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
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1 Germany Philipp Puschke 101
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2 England David Fidock 94
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3 England Lewis Redshaw 89
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4 Argentina Agustin Canapino 68
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5 Spain Fran Lopez 64

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
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1 England CSG-Potentia 118
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2 England Vod:Bul-Valiant 117
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3 Norway Nordsjoen-Martex 115
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4 England Hawkeye-Potentia 115
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5 Greece Red Archer-Valiant 90

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

External links

Preceded by:
2015 Turkish Grand Prix
GPVWC Superleague
2015 season
Succeeded by:
2015 Canadian Grand Prix
Preceded by:
2014 Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
Succeeded by:
2016 Monaco Grand Prix