2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series
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The 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the fifth year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the fourteenth season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 12 April at Imola and finished on 11 October at Jerez after sixteen races held at seven meetings.^[1] The 2015 season featured a new three-race weekend format for rounds at the Red Bull Ring and Monza.

In a final-race decider,^[2] British driver Jack Aitken secured the drivers' championship title by five points ahead of his Koiranen GP team-mate Jake Hughes. Aitken trailed Hughes by five points going into the race at Jerez,^[3] but Aitken's third-place finish – behind Ben Barnicoat and Anthoine Hubert,^[2] who were both ineligible to score championship points – to Hughes' ninth-place finish (third amongst Alps runners) gave him the honours. Aitken took four overall wins during the season, as well as taking three further class wins as the best Alps runner behind drivers ineligible for the drivers' championship. Hughes took three overall wins, adding a fourth class win at Pau. Third place in the championship was also settled in the final race, in favour of Thiago Vivacqua ahead of JD Motorsport team-mate Matevos Isaakyan.^[2] Vivacqua, a race-winner at Monza, prevailed by four points over Isaakyan, who took two overall wins and a further class win.

The only other championship-eligible driver to take a race victory was Vasily Romanov, who took a race victory at Monza for Cram Motorsport; he ultimately finished the season in sixth place in the championship. Two guest drivers took race victories during the season; Hubert won four races from six starts for Tech 1 Racing, while Barnicoat won the final race at Jerez for Fortec Motorsports. In the teams' championship, the performances of Aitken and Hughes saw Koiranen GP comfortably win the title, by almost 200 points ahead of JD Motorsport. In the junior championship for drivers under the age of 18, Isaakyan took eleven victories and finished 83 points clear of his nearest challenger, Philip Hamprecht.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver Status Rounds Koiranen GP[4] 1 Anton de Pasquale[5] G 3 2 Jake Hughes[6] All 3 Jack Aitken[7] All 4 Philip Hamprecht[4] J 1–6 5 Bruno Baptista[4] J All 6 Stefan Riener[4] 1–6 9 Max Defourny[8] G 2, 7 29 Nerses Isaakyan[9] G 6 Fortec Motorsports 6 Stefan Riener[10] 7 15 Martin Kodrić[11] G 1–2, 7 16 Ben Barnicoat[12] G 1–2, 7 23 Zachary Claman DeMelo[8] G 2 46 Jehan Daruvala[13] G 5–7 62 Ferdinand Habsburg[13] G 5 Cram Motorsport[14] 7 Matteo Ferrer[15] All 21 Vasily Romanov[16] All 37 Mahaveer Raghunathan[17] G 4 82 Travis Jordan Fischer[16] All GSK Grand Prix[14] 8 Denis Bulatov[18] J 1–6 11 Riccardo Cazzaniga[10] G 7 12 Andrea Russo[19] J 1 14 Nikita Troitskiy[10] G 7 18 Daniele Cazzaniga[20] All 19 Alessio Lorandi[17] G 4 33 Julien Falchero[9] G 6 BVM Racing[14] 10 Danylo Pronenko[12] 1, 3–7 Technorace[12] 13 Alessandro Perullo[12] 1, 3, 6 Tech 1 Racing[12] 20 Hugo de Sadeleer[12] G 1, 7 22 Anthoine Hubert[12] G 1–2, 7 31 Simon Gachet[12] G 1–2, 7 ARTA Engineering 25 Amaury Richard[12] G 1, 3, 7 26 James Allen[21] All 27 Matthieu Vaxivière[22] G 2 JD Motorsport 35 Matevos Isaakyan[23] J All 36 Thiago Vivacqua[24] All 37 Aleksey Korneev[9] G 6–7 Brixia Horse Power 39 Andrea Baiguera[25] G 6

Icon Status J Drivers that competed for the Juniors' Championship G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 5 October 2014.^[1] As in 2014, only three rounds were held in Italy – at Monza, Imola and Misano. The Pau Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Jerez were the remaining four rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Junior Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	11 April	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		12 April	Jack Aitken	Anthoine Hubert	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
2	R1	Pau Circuit, Pau	16 May	Anthoine Hubert	Simon Gachet	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		17 May	Anthoine Hubert	Martin Kodrić	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing	Denis Bulatov
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 May	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		24 May	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP	Denis Bulatov
	R3				Jack Aitken	Matevos Isaakyan	JD Motorsport	Matevos Isaakyan
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 June	Jake Hughes	Vasily Romanov	Jake Hughes	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		7 June	Thiago Vivacqua	Jake Hughes	Matevos Isaakyan	JD Motorsport	Matevos Isaakyan
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	4 July	Vasily Romanov	Matevos Isaakyan	Thiago Vivacqua	JD Motorsport	Denis Bulatov
	R2		5 July	Jake Hughes	Vasily Romanov	Jake Hughes	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R3				Vasily Romanov	Vasily Romanov	Cram Motorsport	Denis Bulatov
6	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	19 July	Jehan Daruvala	Jake Hughes	Jack Aitken	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2			Jehan Daruvala	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	10 October	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Tech 1 Racing	Bruno Baptista
	R2		11 October	Martin Kodrić	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports	Matevos Isaakyan

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER Pts 1 Jack Aitken 2 1 8 6 1 1 13 4 4 7 Ret DNS 1 6 2 3 242 2 Jake Hughes Ret 3 5 2 6 2 4 1 3 14 1 Ret 5 1 4 9 237 3 Thiago Vivacqua 7 Ret 7 12 4 3 7 3 2 1 2 Ret 7 3 8 6 197 4 Matevos Isaakyan 8 10 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 2 1 8 6 Ret 2 2 Ret 12 193 5 Stefan Riener 5 6 6 5 3 5 9 5 Ret 4 3 3 6 5 11 15 191 6 Vasily Romanov 16† 7 Ret 11 Ret 11 2 12 5 3 5 1 4 7 5 Ret 138 7 Danylo Pronenko 13 8 7 6 8 6 Ret 15 13 2 10 9 17 16 80 8 Travis Jordan Fischer Ret 15 12 7 Ret Ret 12 8 8 10 9 5 11 10 16 17 62 9 Philip Hamprecht 10 11 14 9 9 13 Ret 7 6 9 10 7 12 Ret 59 10 Matteo Ferrer 12 9 Ret 15 11 12 Ret WD WD 2 7 Ret 14 12 12 21 51 11 James Allen 15 17† 16 Ret 5 9 11 11 Ret 13 12 4 16 14 13 13 48 12 Denis Bulatov Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 Ret 10 11 5 Ret 6 13 8 46 13 Bruno Baptista 14 16† Ret 14 Ret 8 6 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 19 19 31 14 Daniele Cazzaniga Ret 14 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 20 24 15 Andrea Russo 11 Ret 8 16 Alessandro Perullo Ret Ret WD WD WD 17 11 1 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Anthoine Hubert 1 2 1 1 1 2 Ben Barnicoat 4 5 9 Ret 3 1 Simon Gachet 3 Ret 3 4 9 7 Jehan Daruvala 6 8 Ret 3 4 6 8 Amaury Richard Ret 12 8 10 3 15 22 Matthieu Vaxivière 10 3 Martin Kodrić 6 4 4 13 7 4 Anton de Pasquale Ret 4 5 Ferdinand Habsburg 12 4 Ret Max Defourny 15 10 10 5 Alessio Lorandi Ret 7 Aleksey Korneev 9 Ret 14 11 Hugo de Sadeleer 9 13 Ret 14 Nikita Troitskiy 18 10 Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 Ret Mahaveer Raghunathan Ret 12 Nerses Isaakyan 18 13 Julien Falchero 19 15 Andrea Baiguera 20 16 Riccardo Cazzaniga 20 18 Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Juniors' championship

Pos	Driver	IMO		PAU		RBR			SPA		MNZ			MIS		JER		Pts
1	Matevos Isaakyan	8	10	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	2	1	8	6	Ret	2	2	Ret	12	293
2	Philip Hamprecht	10	11	14	9	9	13	Ret	7	6	9	10	7	12	Ret			210
3	Denis Bulatov	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	10	11	5	Ret	6	13	8			172
4	Bruno Baptista	14	16†	Ret	14	Ret	8	6	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	19	19	163
5	Andrea Russo	11	Ret															15
Pos	Driver	IMO		PAU		RBR			SPA		MNZ			MIS		JER		Pts

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – wee nominated to score teams' championship points.^[26]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Koiranen GP	574
2	JD Motorsport	390
3	Cram Motorsport	237
4	BVM Racing	80
5	GSK Grand Prix	78
6	Arta Engineering	48
7	Fortec Motorsports	18
8	Technorace	1
Guest teams ineligible for points
	Tech 1 Racing
	Brixia Horse Power

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External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship