Difference between revisions of "2015 World GT Series season"

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2015 World GT Series season

Competition	World GT
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	7
Vehicle(s)	Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Porsche
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

The 2015 World GT Series will be the third running of the GPVWC World GT Series following a year's absence in 2014. The series will use the highly-acclaimed EnduranceRacingX mod by UnitedRacingDesign. It shall also be one of two series to utilise rFactor 2 in 2015, alongside the newly established Atlantic Series.

Report

Race Weekend Format

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

Teams and drivers

World GT Team	Base	Team	Vehicle	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	Porsche 991 RSR	G	0	Martin Palm	1
					2	Cameron Brewster	1-2
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Ferrari 458	G	3	Burak Soylu	1-2
					4	Marius Nicolae	1-2
Aurora Motorsports	Ramsgate, England	Aurora	Porsche 991 RSR	G	5	Lewis McGlade	1-2
					6	Tommi Ojala	1
						Rhys Gardiner	2
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Ferrari 458	G	7	Alexander van der Woude	1
						Luke Wlash	2
					8	Sherwin van der Sloot	1
						Shane Burke	2
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	BMW Z4	G	9	Paul Joseph	1-2
					10	Paul Watkins	1-2
Armaroli Racing Team	Pretoria, South Africa	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	11	Terence Grech	1
						Bret Metcalf	2
					12	Ken Hunter	1-2
Downforce iZone Racing	Norwich, England	Downforce	Aston Martin Vantage	G	14	Thomas Jacobs	1-2
					15	Boyd Bryson	1-2
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	16	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	1-2
					17	Nico Barclay	1-2
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	Ferrari 458	G	18	Theo van den Brink	1-2
					19	Sven de Vries	1-2
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile	Porsche 991 RSR	G	20	Matt Richards	1-2
					21	Mike Bell	1
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	BMW Z4	G	22	Diego Carranza	2
					23
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Matthew Chirgwin	1-2
					25	Philip Morby	1-2
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	BMW Z4	G	26	Bruno Sousa Ferreira	1
						Bart de Vos	2
					27	Kenney Lybeer	1
						Terence Grech	2
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	28	Mark Fuller	1-2
					29	Pedro Gomes	1
Racing Aces PB	Swindon, England	PB	BMW Z4	G	30	David Jundt	1-2
					31	Tom Parker	1
						Nick Rowland	2

Team Changes

• The majority of the teams that competed in the most recent season, 2013, did not return to the series for the 2015 season: of the 30 teams that competed in the 2013 season, only 5 would compete in 2015.

New Entries

• Having secured an entry into the series in 2013 but failing to race, SimTech Jota Sport are racing in the World GT series for the first time in 2015.
• Armaroli Racing Team, Aurora Motorsports, Scuderia Basilea, Downforce iZone Racing, Edonis Engineering, Fox Racing, Smile Power Racing, The Mighty Forth and Walk Racing all entered the World GT series for the first time in 2015.

2015 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
				Track Time	GMT	Duration
1	Japanese GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	2nd April	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	30th April	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
3	Turkish GT Cup	Istanbul Park	28th May	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
4	Portuguese GT Cup	Algarve International Circuit	25th June	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
5	Czech GT Cup	Brno Circuit	6th August	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
6	British GT Cup	Silverstone Circuit	3rd September	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
7	American GT Cup	Circuit of the Americas	1st October	14:00	19:00	60 Min.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	GT Cups	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Japanese GT Cup	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:32.899)	Matt Richards (1:33.466)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	Scuderia Basilea	Report
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:30.538)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:31.503)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	Scuderia Basilea	Report
3	Turkish GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
4	Portuguese GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
5	Czech GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
6	British GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report
7	American GT Cup	(-)	(-)			Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points 1 Luis Felipe Capamadjian 1 1 50 2 Matt Richards 2 6 30 3 Matthew Chirgwin 7 2 29 4 Lewis McGlade 5 3 27 5 Thomas Jacobs 4 4 26 6 Cameron Brewster 8 5 19 7 Nico Barclay 3 18 16 8 Boyd Bryson 11 8 13 9 Pedro Gomes 6 10 10 David Jundt 16 7 9 11 Rhys Gardiner 9 7 12 Marius Nicolae 9 19 7 13 Bart De Vos 10 6 14 Sven de Vries 10 Ret 6 15 Luke Walsh 11 5 16 Philip Morby Ret 12 4 17 Mark Fuller 12 Ret 4 18 Terence Grech DSQ 13 3 19 Martin Palm 13 3 20 Paul Joseph 15 14 3 21 Paul Watkins 14 15 3 22 Bret Metcalf 16 0 23 Ken Hunter 21 17 0 24 Kenney Lybeer 17 0 25 Bruno Sousa Ferreira 18 0 26 Burak Soylu 19 Ret 0 27 Diego Carranza 20 0 28 Alexander van der Woude 20 0 29 Theo van den Brink 22 Ret 0 30 Shane Burke Ret 0 31 Nick Rowland Ret 0 32 Tom Parker Ret 0 33 Sherwin van der Sloot Ret 0 34 Mike Bell Ret 0 35 Tommi Ojala Ret 0 Pos Driver JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA 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. JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points 1 Scuderia Basilea 16 1 1 66 17 3 18 2 Downforce iZone Racing 14 4 4 39 15 11 8 3 Aurora Motorsports 5 5 3 34 6 Ret 9 4 TSA Racing 24 7 2 33 25 Ret 12 5 Smile Power Racing 20 2 6 30 21 Ret 6 Torrent Motorsports 0 13 22 2 8 5 7 ST Racing 28 12 Ret 14 29 6 8 Racing Aces PB 30 16 7 9 31 Ret Ret 9 Fox Racing 26 18 10 9 27 17 13 10 Walk Racing 3 19 Ret 7 4 9 19 11 Edonis Engineering 18 22 Ret 6 19 10 Ret 12 The Mighty Forth 9 15 14 6 10 14 15 13 SimTech Jota Sport 7 20 11 5 8 Ret Ret 14 Armaroli Racing Team 11 Ret 16 0 12 21 17 15 Hawkeye Racing 22 20 0 23 Pos Team Car No. JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA 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.