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)	Firestone
Drivers	59
Teams	17
Drivers' Champion	Lars Brugman
Teams' Champion	Team Proline
Atlantic Series Seasons
2015 · 2016

GPVWC series in 2015
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The 2015 Atlantic Series was the inaugural running of the GPVWC Atlantic Series. It was one of two series to utilise rFactor 2 in 2015 alongside the returning World GT Series. Lars Brugman ended the season as Drivers' Champion with his outfit, Team Proline securing the Teams' title along with him at the finale in Austin.

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

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	32 laps
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	15th September	TBC	19:00	29 laps

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	Pedro Gomes (39.696)	Eric Stranne (39.665)	Ben Warren	Midnight-Chevrolet	Report
4	Vegas Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:13.511)	Lars Brugman (1:14.671)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
5	Lexington Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:03.191)	Kuba Brzezinski (1:04.663)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
6	Grand Prix of the Carolinas	Pedro Gomes (23.636)	Kuba Brzezinski (23.687)	Pedro Gomes	Draig-Chevrolet	Report
7	Florida Grand Prix	Lars Brugman (1:36.230)	Kuba Brzezinski (1:38.054)	Lars Brugman	Proline-Honda	Report
8	Grand Prix of the Americas	Lars Brugman (1:42.436)	Lars Brugman (1:43.790)	Ruud Heesterbeek	Walk-Honda	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	Lars Brugman	3	3	5	1	1	5	1	2	320
2	Ruud Heesterbeek	1	2	Ret	3	2	4	2	1	287
3	Pedro Gomes	7	8	4	5	6	1	4	12	240
4	David Jundt	Ret	10	9	6	9	13	6	14	153
5	Nico Barclay	5	12	8	NC	7	7	12	Ret	142
6	Alexander van der Woude	Ret	22	11	8	12	12	10	11	126
7	Roy Schroten	11	18	Ret	9^†	11		5	9	124
8	Scott Berrisford	4	17			4		20^†	3	122
9	Rhys Gardiner	Ret	20	7	4	Ret	Ret	11	6	115
10	Paul Joseph	12	23	6	10			9	10	115
11	Kuba Brzezinski					3	2	3		110
12	Ben Willis	13	26	Ret		14	11	14	13	88
13	Borja Garcia	15^†	14	10		Ret	14	13		84
14	Danny Asbury	2	DSQ	Ret	11	10				79
15	Mike Bell	10	15	2	Ret					75
16	Maurice Brackhahn	Ret	5		2	DNS				70
17	Daniel Brewer					5	3	Ret		65
18	Lewis McGlade	6	12	Ret					15	61
19	Tom Parker			Ret		8	8	19^†		59
20	Borja Millan							8	4	56
21	Ben Warren			1						50
22	Jarl Teien	Ret	1	Ret						50
23	Sven de Vries	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	44
24	Risto Kappet							18	5	42
25	Sherwin van der Sloot	8	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		38
26	Eric Stranne			3				Ret		35
27	Matthew Chirgwin				12		15^†			33
28	Luke Walsh	Ret	4			Ret				32
29	Stefan McCready							15	16	29
30	Pashalis Gergis						6			28
31	James Johnson		6	Ret						28
32	Paul Watkins	14	19	Ret						27
33	Mateusz Bogusz								7	26
34	Argenis Riera							7		26
35	Thomas Jacobs				7					26
36	Jonathan Holmes	Ret	7							26
37	Mark Wicks								8	24
38	Philip Morby						9			22
39	Daniel Kiss						10			20
40	Bart De Vos	Ret	12	Ret		Ret				18
41	Rory Collins					13				17
42	Juan Carlos Palacios							16	Ret	14
43	Miguel Reyes								17^†	13
44	Matthew Allington							17	DNS	13
45	Rob Mason	DNS	21							9
46	Sam Jones	Ret	24	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret			6
47	Pedro Delgado		25							5
48	Menno Klont	Ret	27^†		Ret	Ret				5
49	Shane Burke								Ret	0
50	Cameron Brewster								Ret	0
51	Tjeerd Feddema							Ret		0
52	Dewald Nel					Ret	Ret			0
53	Niels Vos					Ret				0
54	Tom van der Voort	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
55	Yuri Bascope				Ret					0
56	Jason Muscat			Ret						0
57	Maximilian Melamed			Ret						0
58	Ivan Vaz			Ret						0
59	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	Proline-Honda	9	Ret	1	Ret		3		Ret	15	420
1	Proline-Honda	10	3	3	5	1	1	5	1	2	420
2	Walk-Honda	24	1	2	Ret	3	2	4	2	1	412
2	Walk-Honda	25	2	DSQ	Ret	11	8		18	5	412
3	Draig-Chevrolet	18	11	18	Ret	9^†	11	12	5	9	382
3	Draig-Chevrolet	19	7	8	4	5	6	1	4	12	382
4	Basilea-Honda	14	Ret	10	9	6	10	10	8	4	308
4	Basilea-Honda	15	5	12	8	NC	7	7	12	Ret	308
5	TSA-Honda	11	4	17	Ret	12	4	15^†	20^†	3	284
5	TSA-Honda	12	6	11	Ret	7	9	8	19^†	Ret	284
6	TMF-Chevrolet	26	12	23	6	10	5	3	Ret		246
6	TMF-Chevrolet	27	14	19	Ret		13	9	9	10	246
7	Smile Power-Honda	16	Ret	22	11	8	12	13	6	14	219
7	Smile Power-Honda	17	10	15	2	Ret			16	Ret	219
8	Positive-Chevrolet	5	Ret	7	Ret				10	11	162
8	Positive-Chevrolet	6	15^†	14	10		Ret	14	13	17^†	162
9	YTF1-Honda	22	DNS	21	3		Ret	6			155
9	YTF1-Honda	23	Ret	5		2	DNS	Ret	17	DNS	155
10	Midnight-Chevrolet	3	Ret	Ret	1			2	3		125
10	Midnight-Chevrolet	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					125
11	High Speed-Chevrolet	7	13	26	Ret		14	11	14	13	121
11	High Speed-Chevrolet	8	Ret	27^†	Ret	Ret	Ret		7		121
12	Hinss-Honda	29	Ret	20	7	4	Ret	Ret	11	6	115
13	SimTech-Honda	20	Ret	4	Ret		Ret		Ret	7	96
13	SimTech-Honda	21	8	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	96
14	Satellite-Honda	0	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	62
14	Satellite-Honda	2	Ret	12	Ret		Ret				62
15	Durex-Honda	30		6	Ret		Ret			8	52
16	AIR-Chevrolet	31	Ret	24	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	15	16	35
17	Snow Schatten-Chevrolet	28		25		Ret					5
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)