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)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	17
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Atlantic Series Seasons
2015 · 2016

GPVWC series in 2015
Career Ladder
Superleague Supercup Formula Challenge Open Series
Other series
World Sport Series International Touring Cup World GT Atlantic Series

The 2015 Atlantic Series will be the inaugural running of the GPVWC Atlantic Series. It is to be one of two series to utilise rFactor 2 in 2015 alongside the returning World GT Series.

Report

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	G	0	Sven de Vries	1-2
Satellite Racing	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	Satellite	Honda	G	2	Bart de Vos	1-2
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	Chevrolet	G	3	Nick Rowland	1-2
Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	Chevrolet	G	4	Tom van der Voort	1-2
Positive SimRacing	Madrid, Spain	Positive	Chevrolet	G	5	Jonathan Holmes	1-2
Positive SimRacing	Madrid, Spain	Positive	Chevrolet	G	6	Borja Garcia	1-2
High Speed Racing	Henryville, IN, United States	High Speed	Chevrolet	G	7	Ben Willis	1-2
High Speed Racing	Henryville, IN, United States	High Speed	Chevrolet	G	8	Menno Klont	1-2
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	Honda	G	9	Jarl Teien	1-2
Team Proline	Hameln, Germany	Proline	Honda	G	10	Lars Brugman	1-2
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Honda	G	11	Scott Berrisford	1-2
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Honda	G	12	Lewis McGlade	1-2
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Honda	G	14	David Jundt	1-2
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Honda	G	15	Nico Barclay	1-2
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile Power	Honda	G	16	Alexander van der Woude	1-2
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile Power	Honda	G	17	Mike Bell	1-2
Draig Racing	Burghfield, England	Draig	Chevrolet	G	18	Roy Schroten	1-2
Draig Racing	Burghfield, England	Draig	Chevrolet	G	19	Pedro Gomes	1-2
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Honda	G	20	Luke Walsh	1-2
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Honda	G	21	Sherwin van der Sloot	1-2
YTF1	Cheshire, England	YTF1	Honda	G	22	Rob Mason	1-2
YTF1	Cheshire, England	YTF1	Honda	G	23	Maurice Brackhahn	1-2
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Honda	G	24	Ruud Heesterbeek	1-2
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Honda	G	25	Danny Asbury	1-2
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	Chevrolet	G	26	Paul Joseph	1-2
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	Chevrolet	G	27	Paul Watkins	1-2
Snow Schatten Racing Team	Curitiba, Brazil	Snow Schatten	Chevrolet	G	28	Pedro Delgado	2
Hinss Motorsport	Melbourne, Australia	Hinss	Honda	G	29	Rhys Gardiner	1-2
Durex Motorsport	Birmingham, England	Durex	Honda	G	30	James Johnson	2
Arrow International Racing	Leicester, England	AIR	Chevrolet	G	31	Sam Jones	1-2

2015 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	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	TBC
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	15th September	TBC	19:00	TBC

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	(-)	(-)		-	Report
4	Vegas Grand Prix	(-)	(-)		-	Report
5	Lexington Grand Prix	(-)	(-)		-	Report
6	Grand Prix of the Carolinas	(-)	(-)		-	Report
7	Florida Grand Prix	(-)	(-)		-	Report
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	(-)	(-)		-	Report

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	Ruud Heesterbeek	1	2							90
2	Lars Brugman	3	3							70
3	Jarl Teien	Ret	1							50
4	Pedro Gomes	7	8							50
5	Nico Barclay	5	12							48
6	Scott Berrisford	4	17							45
7	Lewis McGlade	6	13							45
8	Sven de Vries	9	9							44
9	Danny Asbury	2	DSQ							40
10	Sherwin van der Sloot	8	16							38
11	Mike Bell	10	15							35
12	Luke Walsh	Ret	4							32
13	Roy Schroten	11	18							31
14	Borja Garcia	15^†	14							31
15	Maurice Brackhahn	Ret	5							30
16	James Johnson		6							28
17	Paul Watkins	14	19							27
18	Jonathan Holmes	Ret	7							26
19	Paul Joseph	12	23							25
20	Ben Willis	13	26							22
21	Bart De Vos	Ret	10							20
22	David Jundt	Ret	11							19
23	Rhys Gardiner	Ret	20							10
24	Rob Mason	DNS	21							9
25	Alexander van der Woude	Ret	22							8
26	Sam Jones	Ret	24							6
27	Pedro Delgado		25							5
28	Menno Klont	Ret	27^†							5
29	Tom van der Voort	Ret	Ret							0
30	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	Walk-Honda	24	2	DSQ							130
1	Walk-Honda	25	1	2							130
2	Proline-Honda	9	Ret	1							120
2	Proline-Honda	10	3	3							120
3	TSA-Honda	11	4	17							90
3	TSA-Honda	12	6	13							90
4	Draig-Chevrolet	18	11	18							81
4	Draig-Chevrolet	19	7	8							81
5	SimTech-Honda	20	Ret	4							70
5	SimTech-Honda	21	8	16							70
6	Basilea-Honda	14	Ret	11							67
6	Basilea-Honda	15	5	12							67
7	Satellite-Honda	0	9	9							64
7	Satellite-Honda	2	Ret	10							64
8	Positive-Chevrolet	5	Ret	7							57
8	Positive-Chevrolet	6	15^†	14							57
9	TMF-Chevrolet	26	12	23							52
9	TMF-Chevrolet	27	14	19							52
10	Smile Power-Honda	16	Ret	22							43
10	Smile Power-Honda	17	10	15							43
11	YTF1-Honda	22	DNS	21							39
11	YTF1-Honda	23	Ret	5							39
12	Durex-Honda	30		6							28
13	High Speed-Chevrolet	7	13	26							27
13	High Speed-Chevrolet	8	Ret	27^†							27
14	Hinss-Honda	29	Ret	20							10
15	AIR-Chevrolet	31	Ret	24							6
16	Snow Schatten-Chevrolet	31		25							5
17	Midnight-Chevrolet	3	Ret	Ret							0
17	Midnight-Chevrolet	4	Ret	Ret							0
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)