2015 Open Series season

2015 Open Series season

Competition	Open / Academy Series
Title Sponsor	Downforce Radio
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod base	Custom
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC brand G
Drivers	93
Open / Academy Series Seasons
2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2018

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 Open Series season will be the 2nd GPVWC Open Series season.

2015 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Open Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	Mixed	rFactor v1255	24th February	14:00	19:00
2	Open Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Dry	rFactor v1255	10th March	18:00	19:00
3	Open Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Mixed	rFactor v1255	24th March	14:00	19:00
4	Open Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese GP	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	TBC	rFactor v1255	7th April	14:00	19:00
5	Open Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	TBC	rFactor v1255	21st April	14:00	19:00
6	Open Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	5th May	14:00	19:00
7	Open Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	19th May	14:00	19:00
8	Open British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	2nd June	14:00	19:00
9	Open Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	16th June	14:00	19:00
10	Open Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	30th June	14:00	19:00
11	Open Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	28th July	14:00	19:00
12	Open Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	11th August	14:00	19:00
13	Open Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	TBC	rFactor v1255	25th August	20:00	19:00
14	Open Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	TBC	rFactor v1255	8th September	14:00	19:00
15	Open Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	22nd September	17:00	19:00
16	Open United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	6th October	14:00	19:00
17	Open Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	20th October	14:00	19:00

Calendar changes

• The Malaysian, Chinese and German Open Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
• The Portuguese, Turkish and Singapore Open Grands Prix all made their debuts this season.

Rule Changes

Sporting

• The Qualifying format for Open Series was changed from a 'super pole' format to an 'unlimited laps' format.

Results

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Report
1	Open Australian Grand Prix	Ilija Brekalo (1:36.690)	Robert Wiesenmüller (1:37.032)	Robert Wiesenmüller	Report
2	Open Bahrain Grand Prix	Tomeu Cabrer (1:42.096)	Tomeu Cabrer (1:42.640)	Tomeu Cabrer	Report
3	Open Spanish Grand Prix	Philipp Konig (1:28.792)	Rob Mason (1:33.557)	Francis Cabrera	Report
4	Open Portuguese Grand Prix	Geoffrey Fournier (1:29.316)	Martin Lepassar (1:38.457)	Martin Lepassar	Report
5	Open Turkish Grand Prix	Tomeu Cabrer (1:37.768)	Martin Lepassar (1:38.051)	Tomeu Cabrer	Report
6	Open Monaco Grand Prix	Wesley Morris (1:22.545)	Wesley Morris (1:23.318)	Francis Cabrera	Report
7	Open Canadian Grand Prix	Wesley Morris (1:26.510)	Tomeu Cabrer (1:26.425)	Francis Cabrera	Report
8	Open British Grand Prix	Francis Cabrera (1:43.224)	Francis Cabrera (1:43.763)	Gerarhd Batlle	Report
9	Open Austrian Grand Prix	Scott Sovik (1:16.585)	Martin Lepassar (1:16.146)	Scott Sovik	Report
10	Open Hungarian Grand Prix	Antonio Hreljanovic (1:28.845)	Martin Lepassar (1:29.489)	Martin Lepassar	Report
11	Open Belgian Grand Prix	Niels Vos (2:01.471)	Martin Lepassar (2:01.636)	Martin Lepassar	Report
12	Open Italian Grand Prix	Francis Cabrera (1:36.044)	Francis Cabrera (1:35.601)	Aidan Polson	Report
13	Open Singapore Grand Prix	Francis Cabrera (1:51.550)	Francis Cabrera (1:52.020)	Francis Cabrera	Report
14	Open Japanese Grand Prix	Christoph Lichtenstein (1:58.375)	Tomeu Cabrer (1:57.574)	Tomeu Cabrer	Report
15	Open Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Niels Vos (1:52.030)	Niels Vos (1:52.877)	Victor Silva	Report
16	Open United States Grand Prix	Niranjan Kumar (1:48.518)	Michael Barnard (1:49.698)	Michael Barnard	Report
17	Open Brazilian Grand Prix	George Tsoumalis (1:20.201)	Niranjan Kumar (1:20.594)	Niranjan Kumar	Report

Drivers' Table

Pos Driver AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN UAE USA BRA Points 1 Francis Cabrera 4 13 1 4 7 1 1 3 7 4 2 1 N/A 1 Martin Lepassar 1 8 Ret 2 1 1 Ret N/A 1 Tomeu Cabrer 1 1 2 1 N/A 1 Gerarhd Batlle 13 9 Ret 2 4 1 N/A 1 Victor Silva 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 N/A 1 Niranjan Kumar 4 1 N/A 1 Michael Barnard 5 8 1 N/A 1 Aidan Polson 11 1 N/A 1 Robert Wiesenmüller 1 N/A 1 Scott Sovik 1 N/A 1 Ilija Brekalo 2 2 Ret 3 2 N/A 1 Wesley Morris 2 4 2 12 5 13 N/A 1 Christoph Lichtenstein 10 Ret 5 8 5 2 2 4 Ret 6 N/A 1 Niels Vos 6 6 3 3 2 N/A 1 Martijn Rietberg 20 16 Ret 10 11 14 9 8 8 9 4 9 2 N/A 1 Siim Parrol 7 2 N/A 1 Eduard Batalla 14 2 N/A 1 Antonio Hreljanovic 2 N/A 1 Geoffrey Fournier 3 4 3 3 N/A 1 Tomislav Sviben 6 7 3 9 6 6 5 5 5 13 Ret 7 3 6 9 8 4 N/A 1 Theodoros Eziroglou 13 7 9 12 3 4 4 6 10 N/A 1 Sander Laine 3 4 Ret DNS 11 Ret N/A 1 Myles Dixon 3 7 N/A 1 George Tsoumalis 9 3 N/A 1 Philipp Konig 16† 3 Ret N/A 1 Nicholas Harrison 3 N/A 1 Nicolas Hillebrand 3 N/A 1 Stephane Rouault 3 N/A 1 Kenneth Ragland 6 17 Ret 10 4 11 DNS N/A 1 Rob Mason 7 10 4 N/A 1 Sven Dirks 14† 4 N/A 1 Luka Peklaj 4 N/A 1 Michel Dammer 6 7 Ret 5 N/A 1 Peter Ojaniemi 5 15 Ret 8 6 9 N/A 1 Klemens Wildt 7 5 N/A 1 Eric Stanford 12 Ret 11 10 11 Ret Ret 5 15 10 8 N/A 1 Robbie Hamill 11 5 8 N/A 1 Dennis Schuetz 5 10 14 12 12 N/A 1 Sandeep Chodha 5 N/A 1 Argenis Riera 5 N/A 1 Benediktas Sinkevicius 5 N/A 1 Stefan McCready 5 15 Ret 9 Ret N/A 1 Paul Parkinson 6 Ret 15 7 13 6 Ret DSQ N/A 1 Matt Gale 6 Ret 18 N/A 1 Patrick Wannemuller Ret 6 N/A 1 Niels Brugman 6 N/A 1 Mike Bell 6 N/A 1 Johan Lindberg Ret 7 7 N/A 1 Rudolph Mare 7 Ret 12 15 11 N/A 1 Joel Pereira 15 7 Ret 12 11 N/A 1 Janne Väänänen 16† 7 N/A 1 Fareez Bux 7 N/A 1 Geoff Meade Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 N/A 1 Daniel Cziranku 8 Ret N/A 1 Rolf Baas 8 N/A 1 Jarrod Vanderweide 8 12 10 N/A 1 David Carter 8 19 N/A 1 Aki Peratalo 8 Ret N/A 1 Tom McKay 9 N/A 1 Marco Vandenbroeck 9 8 13 N/A 1 Jack Mayor 9 Ret Ret 11 10 N/A 1 Scott Bennett 9 N/A 1 Todor Pangev 10 N/A 1 Rory Collins 10 11 N/A 1 Albano Borsotti Ret Ret 10 N/A 1 Kimo Kama 11 N/A 1 Klaidas Vareika 11 Ret N/A 1 Kyle Johnston Ret 12 N/A 1 Ryan Nash 18 12 13 Ret N/A 1 Andreas Roodhooft 18 12 14 N/A 1 Rienk Hoekstra Ret 12 Ret 16 N/A 1 Nikos Evangelidakis 15 13 Ret Ret N/A 1 Wesley Stefano 13 N/A 1 Petar Makarun 14 17 N/A 1 Simon Wattman 14 Ret Ret N/A 1 Robin Kok 14 Ret N/A 1 Luka Grm 16 N/A 1 Shaffiq Islam 16 N/A 1 Florian Engel 17 14 N/A 1 Maarten Zeeman 19 15 N/A 1 Damir Vuk 15 N/A 1 Dave Simmons 17 N/A 1 Lorenzo de Ciutiis 18 N/A 1 Casper Onwijn 19 N/A 1 Edvardas Vysniauskas 20 N/A 1 William Tringas 21† N/A 1 Hakan Agca Ret Ret Ret N/A 1 Scotty Moore DNS Ret N/A 1 Aurimas Kupciunas Ret N/A 1 Ben Hackeson Ret N/A 1 Quintin Plane Ret N/A 1 Riku Sarpila Ret N/A 1 Jack Hunt Ret N/A Pos Driver AUS BAH ESP POR TUR MON CAN GBR AUT HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN UAE USA BRA Points

See also

Preceded by: 2014 Open Series season

GPVWC Open Series season 2015

Succeeded by: 2016 Open Series season