2015 Australian Grand Prix

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Flag of Australia.png   2015 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of the 2015 Superleague season
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Date 26th February, 2015
Official name 2015 Australian Grand Prix
Location Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
Course Temporary Street Circuit
3.295 mi / 5.303 km
Distance 38 laps, 125.210 mi / 201.505 km
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver England Lewis Redshaw CSG-Potentia
Time 1:24.727
Fastest Lap
Driver England Lewis Redshaw CSG-Potentia
Time 1:25.806
Podium
First England Lewis Redshaw CSG-Potentia
Second Germany Philipp Puschke Vod:Bul-Valiant
Third Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen-Martex


The 2015 Australian Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2015 Superleague season and took place on the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on 26th Feburary 2015.

Server issues curtailed the race, causing it to be abandoned after 38 of the 58 laps were completed. Full points were award however.

For the second year running, the race was dominated by Lewis Redshaw in the Potentia-powered CSG Racing car. However, the strongly competitive pace of the Vod:Bul, powered for the first time by its own engine, the Valiant, together with a resurgent Nordsjoen, was highly apparent and would set the scene for most of the coming season. Vod:Bul driver Philipp Puschke, the reigning Supercup champion, set almost identical times to Redshaw during qualifying. His second place was the first podium for Vod:Bul since returning to the top-flight of the GPVWC. Agustin Canapino's podium for Nordsjoen was the team's first podium in well over a year. He was followed home by reigning champion David Fidock, now driving for Hawkeye.

Conversely, expected front-runners Midnight were relatively down on pace, with their top-finisher Alex Cooper being classified almost 40 seconds behind Redshaw. Equally surprising was the pace of former champion Lukas Euler, now Redshaw's teammate, who was classified 45 seconds down.

The race also marked the début of Edonis Engineering in Superleague, having risen meteorically through the Career Ladder. Unfortunately, both Edonis drivers finished outside the points.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 1:24.727
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2 14 Germany Philipp Puschke Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:24.727 +0.001 2
3 19 Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen - Martex 1:24.984 +0.257 3
4 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 1:25.047 +0.320 4
5 4 Spain Fran Lopez Edonis - Valiant 1:25.089 +0.362 5
6 8 Norway Jarl Teien Woods - Trinity 1:25.105 +0.378 6
7 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 1:25.145 +0.418 91
8 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 1:25.150 +0.423 7
9 13 Germany Lukas Euler CSG - Potentia 1:25.210 +0.483 8
10 2 Hungary Gergo Baldi Hawkeye - Potentia 1:25.249 +0.522 10
11 21 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius Red Archer - Valiant 1:25.274 +0.547 11
12 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 1:25.282 +0.555 12
13 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 1:25.310 +0.583 13
14 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 1:25.322 +0.595 14
15 15 Finland Oskari Kantonen Vod:Bul - Valiant 1:25.323 +0.596 15
16 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 1:25.391 +0.664 16
17 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 1:25.492 +0.765 17
18 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 1:25.670 +0.944 18
19 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight - Potentia 1:25.928 +1.201 19
20 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 1:25.993 +1.266 20
21 11 Wales Ben Horrill Green Stripes - Valiant 1:26.115 +1.388 21
22 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 1:26.315 +1.588 22
23 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 1:26.326 +1.600 23
24 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 1:26.536 +1.810 24
25 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 1:26.542 +1.815 25
26 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 1:26.819 +2.092 26
27 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 1:26.939 +2.212 27
28 77 Germany Sven Hesse Target - Trinity 1:31.583 +6.856 28

Notes:

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 England Lewis Redshaw CSG - Potentia 38 55:54.344 1 25
2 14 Germany Philipp Puschke Vod:Bul - Valiant 38 +17.779 2 20
3 19 Argentina Agustin Canapino Nordsjoen - Martex 38 +20.579 3 16
4 1 England David Fidock Hawkeye - Potentia 38 +25.196 4 13
5 6 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis Red Archer - Valiant 38 +38.468 14 11
6 7 England Alex Cooper Midnight - Potentia 38 +39.925 12 10
7 13 Germany Lukas Euler CSG - Potentia 38 +45.541 8 9
8 88 Norway Petter Kaasa Torrent - Potentia 38 +49.783 13 8
9 27 Germany Florian Geier Nordsjoen - Martex 38 +50.301 16 7
10 99 Lithuania Mindaugas Klumbis Torrent - Potentia 38 +53.276 7 6
11 8 Norway Jarl Teien Woods - Trinity 38 +56.954 6 5
12 21 Lithuania Dovydas Petravicius Red Archer - Valiant 38 +59.968 11 4
13 15 Finland Oskari Kantonen Vod:Bul - Valiant 38 +1:04.556 15 3
14 25 England Nick Rowland Midnight - Potentia 38 +1:09.785 19 2
15 5 Belgium Kenney Lybeer Nijo - Trinity 38 +1:23.709 18 1
16 66 England Jordan Weekes Target - Trinity 38 +1:26.596 9
17 45 Ireland Kieran Ryan Phoenix - Trinity 38 +1:27.692 20
18 11 Wales Ben Horrill Green Stripes - Valiant 38 +1:28.625 21
19 20 South Africa Dewald Nel Green Stripes - Valiant 37 +1 Lap 24
20 10 Finland Mikael Tuomaala Nijo - Trinity 37 +1 Lap 17
21 69 England James Johnson Edonis - Valiant 37 +1 Lap 22
22 83 Belgium Bart De Vos Kernow - Trinity 37 +1 Lap 23
23 4 Spain Fran Lopez Edonis - Valiant 37 +1 Lap 5
24 9 Netherlands Roy Schroten Woods - Trinity 37 +1 Lap 26
25 12 England Mark Wicks Kernow - Trinity 37 +1 Lap 25
26 46 Finland Mikko Jakonen Phoenix - Trinity 36 +2 laps 27
Ret 2 Hungary Gergo Baldi Hawkeye - Potentia 30 Did not Finish 10
Ret 77 Germany Sven Hesse Target - Trinity 28 Did not Finish 28

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lewis Redshaw 25
2 Germany Philipp Puschke 20
3 Argentina Agustin Canapino 16
4 England David Fidock 13
5 Lithuania Deividas Misiulis 11

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 England CSG-Potentia 34
2 England Vod:Bul-Valiant 23
3 Norway Nordsjoen-Martex 23
4 Greece Red Archer-Valiant 15
5 United States Torrent-Potentia 14

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

External links

Preceded by:
2014 Brazilian Grand Prix
GPVWC Superleague
2015 season
Succeeded by:
2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
Preceded by:
2014 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Succeeded by:
2016 Australian Grand Prix