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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report			
| Type 		=	SL	
| Race Flag      	=	Flag of Canada.png	
| Grand Prix     	=	Canadian	
| Date           	=	21 May	
| Year           	=	2015	
| Race_No        	=	7	
| Season_No     =	17	
| Image          	=	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.png	
| image-size     	=	 175px	
| Official name  	=	2015 [[Canadian Grand Prix]]	
| Location       	=	[[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], Montreal	
| Course         	=	Temporary Street Circuit	
| Course_mi      	=	2.71	
| Course_km      =	4.361	
| Distance_laps 	=	70	
| Distance_mi    =	189.700	
| Distance_km   =	305.292	
| Weather        	=	Light Showers	
| Pole_Driver    	=	{{ENG}} [[Lewis Redshaw]]	
| Pole_Team      =	[[CSG]]-[[Potentia]]	
| Pole_Time      	=	1:14.670	
| Fast_Driver    	=	{{GER}} [[Philipp Puschke]]	
| Fast_Team      =	[[Vod:Bul]]-[[Valiant]]	
| Fast_Time      	=	1:15.084	<small>on lap 67</small>
| First_Driver   	=	{{ENG}} [[Lewis Redshaw]]	
| First_Team     	=	[[CSG]]-[[Potentia]]	
| Second_Driver =	{{ENG}} [[David Fidock]]	
| Second_Team  =	[[Hawkeye]]-[[Potentia]]	
| Third_Driver   	=	{{ARG}} [[Agustin Canapino]]	
| Third_Team     =	[[Nordsjoen]]-[[Martex]]	
}}			
	
The '''2015 Canadian Grand Prix''' was the seventh round of the [[2015 Superleague season]] and took place around Montreal's [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] on 21st May 2015.

The race was mostly dry with the exception of light rain showers.

The race was won by [[Lewis Redshaw]] of [[CSG Racing]] from pole position, following up on his success at the previous round at [[2015 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] with an emphatic 20-second victory over [[Hawkeye]]'s [[David Fidock]], followed home by [[Agustin Canapino]], returning to action in the [[Nordsjoen]]. [[Alex Cooper]] had been third for [[Midnight]], set for his second consecutive podium finish, but he was deemed to have made an unsafe pit stop and was penalised 20 seconds, dropping him to 5th.

The race was somewhat marred by the early-race antics of [[Olli Pelkonen]], in what would be his only race for [[Target Racing]]. Pelkonen clashed with numerous other drivers displaying what commentator [[Simon Smith]] described as "disgusting behaviour". One final clash with an [[Edonis]] coming out of the final chicane on lap 11 saw Pelkonen spin into the pit wall, prompting Smith to announce "serves you ******* right!". Pelkonen's unpopular behaviour on the track, coupled sadly with his unpopular behaviour off the track, saw him expelled from the results and the league in general. Post-race discussion erred towards the view that it was not just Pelkonen at fault, merely that he embodied what was generally a poor showing from many drivers.

It proved an unfortunately painful swansong for Target. Pelkonen and Englishman [[Jack Mayor]] were driving in place of [[Jordan Weekes]] and [[Sven de Vries]] respectively. Weekes had jumped ship to [[Torrent]], replacing [[Petter Kaasa]]. While Pelkonen was unceremoniously thrown out, Mayor lasted only to lap 20, retiring with suspension damage, having been running last for some time. Target would not appear on the grid again. It was also, therefore, the last race of the 2015 season to have a full line up of 28 cars, and numbers would continue to dwindle on-and-off.

[[Philipp Puschke]], returning to [[Vod:Bul]] after missing Monaco, secured the fastest lap of the race but otherwise had a torrid evening. Caught up in his own scrappy dramas, Puschke finished 10th, one lap down, in what would be his worst result of the season. As he had of course scored no points at Monaco, his poor race at Montreal saw him drop to third in the Driver's championship, behind Reshaw and Fidock. The two former teammates were now tied on points, though Redshaw was technically leading the championship due to his three victories.

[[Ruud Heesterbeek]] raced for a second and last time at Vod:Bul; he would subsequently return to the [[2015 Supercup season|Supercup]] full-time. With Puschke back, Heesterbeek drove in place of [[Douwe Tapper]] in Canada, and was classified in 4th place, just like he had achieved at Monaco. Despite this being the first time since [[2015 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] that both Vod:Buls had finished in the points, it was not enough to prevent Nordsjoen jumping them in the tables, with Canapino 3rd and [[Florian Geier]] finishing 7th.

CSG Racing were now 10 points clear at the top of the table. This could have been even more if [[Tom Parker]] had not been penalised for colliding with others, with a total of 40 seconds added to his race time; this demoted him from 4th to 8th. Next came Nordsjoen, with Vod:Bul 5 points behind but only 1 point ahead of [[Hawkeye]]. Almost 30 points behind Hawkeye were Midnight, though they were enjoying a mid-season renaissance; despite being denied their true potential, Midnight had scored 40 points in the last two races; only CSG had scored more in that time.

With the exceptions of the driver changes at Vod:Bul, Target and Torrent, [[Nick Rowland]] made a surprise return, although now he was to be Fidock's teammate at Hawkeye. [[Marcos Riffel]] made his début for [[Edonis Engineering]], driving the #4 car for most of the rest of the season. At [[Woods]], [[Jarl Teien]] reclaimed his seat from [[Menno Klont]], quite literally; Menno was registered in the qualifying session, but naturally gave up the drive for Teien. Ironically Teien would miss the following race at [[2015 British Grand Prix|Silverstone]] and Menno would drive in his place again anyway.

== Classification ==
=== Qualifying ===
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Qualifying position}}
! {{Tooltip|No.|Number}}
! Driver
! Constructor
! Time
! Gap
! Grid
|-
{{SLRQ | 1 | 24 | ENG | Lewis Redshaw | CSG | Potentia | 1:14.670 |  &mdash;  | 1 }}
{{SLRQ | 2 | 14 | GER | Philipp Puschke | Vod:Bul | Valiant | 1:14.764 | +0.094 | 2 }}
{{SLRQ | 3 | 1 | ENG | David Fidock | Hawkeye | Potentia | 1:14.896 | +0.226 | 3 }}
{{SLRQ | 4 | 88 | ENG | Jordan Weekes | Torrent | Potentia | 1:14.938 | +0.268 | 4 }}
{{SLRQ | 5 | 6 | LTU | Deividas Misiulis | Red Archer | Valiant | 1:14.971 | +0.301 | 5 }}
{{SLRQ | 6 | 15 | NED | Ruud Heesterbeek | Vod:Bul | Valiant | 1:15.015 | +0.345 | 6 }}
{{SLRQ | 7 | 25 | NED | Tom van der Voort | Midnight | Potentia | 1:15.093 | +0.422 | 7 }}
{{SLRQ | 8 | 7 | ENG | Alex Cooper | Midnight | Potentia | 1:15.100 | +0.430 | 8 }}
{{SLRQ | 9 | 13 | ENG | Tom Parker | CSG | Potentia | 1:15.130 | +0.459 | 9 }}
{{SLRQ | 10 | 19 | ARG | Agustin Canapino | Nordsjoen | Martex | 1:15.210 | +0.540 | 10 }}
{{SLRQ | 11 | 27 | GER | Florian Geier | Nordsjoen | Martex | 1:15.347 | +0.677 | 11 }}
{{SLRQ | 12 | 99 | LTU | Mindaugas Klumbis | Torrent | Potentia | 1:15.462 | +0.791 | 12 }}
{{SLRQ | 13 | 8 | NOR | Jarl Teien | Woods | Trinity | 1:15.528 | +0.857 | 13 }}
{{SLRQ | 14 | 83 | BEL | Bart De Vos | Kernow | Trinity | 1:15.575 | +0.905 | 14 }}
{{SLRQ | 15 | 10 | FIN | Mikael Tuomaala | Nijo | Trinity | 1:15.620 | +0.950 | 15 }}
{{SLRQ | 16 | 5 | BEL | Kenney Lybeer | Nijo | Trinity | 1:15.654 | +0.983 | 16 }}
{{SLRQ | 17 | 11 | IND | Sandeep Chodha | Green Stripes | Valiant | 1:16.097 | +1.427 | 17 }}
{{SLRQ | 18 | 69 | ENG | James Johnson | Edonis | Valiant | 1:16.166 | +1.496 | 18 }}
{{SLRQ | 19 | 45 | IRE | Kieran Ryan | Phoenix | Trinity | 1:16.264 | +1.594 | 19 }}
{{SLRQ | 20 | 9 | NED | Roy Schroten | Woods | Trinity | 1:16.662 | +1.992 | 20 }}
{{SLRQ | 21 | 20 | RSA | Dewald Nel | Green Stripes | Valiant | 1:16.808 | +2.138 | 21 }}
{{SLRQ | 22 | 66 | FIN | Olli Pelkonen | Target | Trinity | 1:16.850 | +2.180 | 22 }}
{{SLRQ | 23 | 46 | FIN | Mikko Jakonen | Phoenix | Trinity | 1:16.907 | +2.237 | 23 }}
{{SLRQ | 24 | 12 | ENG | Mark Wicks | Kernow | Trinity | 1:17.837 | +3.167 | 24 }}
{{SLRQ | 25 | 77 | ENG | Jack Mayor | Target | Trinity | 1:18.576 | +3.906 | 25 }}
{{SLRQ | 26 | 2 | ENG | Nick Rowland | Hawkeye | Potentia | no time | &mdash; | 28 }}
{{SLRQ | 27 | 21 | ESP | Fran Lopez | Red Archer | Valiant | no time  | &mdash; | 27 }}
{{SLRQ | 28 | 4 | BRA | Marcos Riffel | Edonis | Valiant | no time  | &mdash; | 26 }}
{{SLRQ | 29 | 8 | NED | Menno Klont | Woods | Trinity | no time | &mdash; | DNS{{sup|1}}}}
|}
'''Notes:'''
*{{sup|1}} &mdash; [[Menno Klont]] gave up his seat to [[Jarl Teien]] and took no further part in the meeting. 

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
! Driver
! Constructor
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! {{Tooltip|Pts.|Points}}
|-
{{SLRR/p | 1 | 24 | ENG | Lewis Redshaw | CSG | Potentia | 70 | 29:48.690 | 1 | 25 }}
{{SLRR/p | 2 | 1 | ENG | David Fidock | Hawkeye | Potentia | 70 | +22.642 | 3 | 20 }}
{{SLRR/p | 3 | 19 | ARG | Agustin Canapino | Nordsjoen | Martex | 70 | +45.502 | 10 | 16 }}
{{SLRR/p | 4 | 15 | NED | Ruud Heesterbeek | Vod:Bul | Valiant | 70 | +55.150 | 6 | 13 }}
{{SLRR/p | 5{{sup|1}} | 7 | ENG | Alex Cooper | Midnight | Potentia | 70 |+1:03.785 | 8 | 11 }}
{{SLRR/p | 6 | 25 | NED | Tom van der Voort | Midnight | Potentia | 70 |+1:07.830 | 7 | 10 }}
{{SLRR/p | 7 | 27 | GER | Florian Geier | Nordsjoen | Martex | 70 |+1:06.222 | 11 | 9 }}
{{SLRR/p | 8{{sup|2}} | 13 | ENG | Tom Parker | CSG | Potentia | 70 |+1:33.402 | 9 | 8 }}
{{SLRR/p | 9 | 21 | ESP | Fran Lopez | Red Archer | Valiant | 69 | +1 Lap | 27 | 7 }}
{{SLRR/p | 10 | 14 | GER | Philipp Puschke | Vod:Bul | Valiant | 69 | +1 Lap | 2 | 6 }}
{{SLRR/p | 11 | 99 | LTU | Mindaugas Klumbis | Torrent | Potentia | 69 | +1 Lap | 12 | 5 }}
{{SLRR/p | 12{{sup|3}} | 4 | BRA | Marcos Riffel | Edonis | Valiant | 69 | +1 Lap | 26 | 4 }}
{{SLRR/p | 13{{sup|4}} | 10 | FIN | Mikael Tuomaala | Nijo | Trinity | 68 | Accident | 15 | 3 }}
{{SLRR/p | 14 | 45 | IRE | Kieran Ryan | Phoenix | Trinity | 68 | +2 Laps | 19 | 2 }}
{{SLRR/p | 15 | 5 | BEL | Kenney Lybeer | Nijo | Trinity | 68 | +2 Laps | 16 | 1 }}
{{SLRR | 16 | 69 | ENG | James Johnson | Edonis | Valiant | 68 | +2 Laps | 18 }}
{{SLRR | 17 | 46 | FIN | Mikko Jakonen | Phoenix | Trinity | 67 | +3 Laps | 23 }}
{{SLRR | 18 | 12 | ENG | Mark Wicks | Kernow | Trinity | 66 | +4 Laps | 24 }}
{{SLRR | 19{{sup|4}} | 83 | BEL | Bart De Vos | Kernow | Trinity | 60 | Accident | 14 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 6 | LTU | Deividas Misiulis | Red Archer | Valiant | 52 | Accident | 5 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 11 | IND | Sandeep Chodha | Green Stripes | Valiant | 45 | Did not Finish | 17 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 9 | NED | Roy Schroten | Woods | Trinity | 34 | Brakes | 20 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 77 | ENG | Jack Mayor | Target | Trinity | 27 | Suspension | 25 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 20 | RSA | Dewald Nel | Green Stripes | Valiant | 20 | Suspension | 21 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 2 | ENG | Nick Rowland | Hawkeye | Potentia | 16 | Did not Finish | 28 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 8 | NOR | Jarl Teien | Woods | Trinity | 13 | Did not Finish | 13 }}
{{SLRR | Ret | 88 | ENG | Jordan Weekes | Torrent | Potentia | 3 | Suspension | 4 }}
{{SLRR | DSQ | 66 | FIN | Olli Pelkonen | Target | Trinity | 11 | Disqualified | 22 }}
{{SLRR | DNS | 8 | NED | Menno Klont | Woods | Trinity | 0 | Car taken over by [[Jarl Teien]] | &mdash; }} 
|}

'''Notes:'''
*{{sup|1}} &mdash; [[Alex Cooper]] had 20 seconds added to race time for making an unsafe pitstop.
*{{sup|2}} &mdash; [[Tom Parker]] had a total of 40 seconds added to race time for two separate incidents causing avoidable contact.
*{{sup|3}} &mdash; [[Marcos Riffel]] had 20 seconds added to race time for avoidable contact.
*{{sup|4}} &mdash; [[Mikael Tuomaala]] and [[Bart De Vos]] were both classified as finishing having completed over 75% race distance.

==Standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

{{Top5|Driver|

| [[Lewis Redshaw]]	| ENG	| 114 | {{up|2}}
| [[David Fidock]]	| ENG	| 114 | {{NM}}
| [[Philipp Puschke]]	| GER	| 107 | {{down|2}}
| [[Agustin Canapino]]	| ARG 	| 84 | {{NM}}
| [[Alex Cooper]]		| ENG 	| 75 | {{up|1}}
}}
{{col-2}}

{{Top5|Constructor|

| [[CSG]]-[[Potentia]]		| ENG	| 151| {{NM}}
| [[Nordsjoen]]-[[Martex]]	| NOR	| 141| {{up|1}}
| [[Vod:Bul]]-[[Valiant]]	| ENG	| 136| {{down|1}}
| [[Hawkeye]]-[[Potentia]]	| ENG	| 135| {{NM}}
| [[Midnight]]-[[Potentia]]	| ENG	| 108| {{up|1}}
}}
{{col-end}}
* <small>'''Note''':   Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small>

==External links==
* [http://en.gpvwc.com/competitions/results/?comp_id=1&target=633 Official results]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1M70sItg5Q&index=11&list=PLToNMe3G0hcDxQgOjusgsGy34RpVt7kE9 Broadcast replay]

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{{Succession box
| before = [[2015 Monaco Grand Prix]]
| title = [[GPVWC]] [[Superleague]]
| years=[[2015 Superleague season|2015 season]]
| after =[[2015 British Grand Prix]]
}}
{{Succession box
| before = [[2014 Canadian Grand Prix]]
| title = [[Canadian Grand Prix]]
| years=
| after =[[2016 Canadian Grand Prix]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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