2015 Spanish Grand Prix

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Flag of Spain.png   2015 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of the 2015 Superleague season
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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 Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen-Martex
Time 1:17.425
Fastest Lap
Driver Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent-Potentia
Time 1:18.238 on lap 61
Podium
First Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen-Martex
Second Spain Fran Lopez Edonis-Valiant
Third Germany 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 Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen - Martex 1:17.425
1
2 4 Spain Fran Lopez Edonis - Valiant 1:17.472 +0.047 2
3 14 Germany Philipp Puschke Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:17.607 +0.182 3
4 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 1:17.695 +0.270 4
5 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 1:17.736 +0.310 5
6 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 1:17.762 +0.337 6
7 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 1:17.826 +0.401 7
8 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 1:17.831 +0.406 8
9 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 1:17.865 +0.440 9
10 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 1:17.900 +0.475 10
11 21 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius Red Archer - Valiant 1:17.976 +0.550 11
12 77 United States Sven de Vries Target - Trinity 1:17.978 +0.552 12
13 8 Norway Jarl Teien Woods - Trinity 1:17.996 +0.571 13
14 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 1:18.271 +0.846 14
15 13 England Tom Parker CSG - Potentia 1:18.290 +0.865 15
16 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 1:18.380 +0.954 16
17 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 1:18.425 +1.000 271
18 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight - Potentia 1:18.571 +1.146 17
19 2 Hungary Gergo Baldi Hawkeye - Potentia 1:18.809 +1.384 18
20 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 1:18.878 +1.453 19
21 15 Finland Oskari Kantonen Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:18.892 +1.467 20
22 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 1:18.893 +1.467 21
23 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 1:18.952 +1.527 22
24 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 1:19.269 +1.844 23
25 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 1:19.314 +1.889 24
26 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 1:19.416 +1.991 25
27 11 Wales Ben Horrill Green Stripes - Valiant 1:19.528 +2.103 26
28 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 1:19.818 +2.393 28

Notes:

  • 1James 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 Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen - Martex 66 29:03.285 1 25
2 4 Spain Fran Lopez Edonis - Valiant 66 +2.282 2 20
3 14 Germany Philipp Puschke Vod:Bul - Valiant 66 +4.367 3 16
4 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 66 +14.448 4 13
5 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 66 +14.777 5 11
6 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 66 +24.125 6 10
7 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 66 +29.179 10 9
8 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 66 +29.393 9 8
9 21 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius Red Archer - Valiant 66 +42.379 11 7
10 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 66 +50.664 8 6
11 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 66 +59.057 14 5
12 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight - Potentia 66 +1:06.761 17 4
13 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 65 +1 Lap 16 3
14 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 65 +1 Lap 27 2
15 13 England Tom Parker CSG - Potentia 65 +1 Lap 15 1
16 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 65 +1 Lap 19
17 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 64 +2 Laps 24
18 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 64 +2 Laps 28
19 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 64 +2 Laps 23
201 77 United States Sven de Vries Target - Trinity 55 Did not Finish 12
Ret 15 Finland Oskari Kantonen Vod:Bul - Valiant 44 Did not Finish 20
Ret 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 36 Did not Finish 21
Ret 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 28 Did not Finish 7
Ret 2 Hungary Gergo Baldi Hawkeye - Potentia 20 Did not Finish 18
Ret 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 6 Did not Finish 22
Ret 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 5 Did not Finish 25
Ret 8 Norway Jarl Teien Woods - Trinity 1 Did not Finish 13
DSQ 11 Wales Ben Horrill Green Stripes - Valiant 57 Disqualified 26

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

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

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

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

External links

Preceded by:
2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
GPVWC Superleague
2015 season
Succeeded by:
2015 Portuguese Grand Prix
Preceded by:
2014 Spanish Grand Prix
Spanish Grand Prix
Succeeded by:
2016 Spanish Grand Prix