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2015 World GT Series season

Competition	World GT
Platform Used	rFactor 2
Rounds	7
Vehicle(s)	Aston Martin, BMW, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Porsche
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	43
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	Luis Felipe Capamadjian
Teams' Champion	Scuderia Basilea
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

The 2015 World GT Series will be the third running of the GPVWC World GT Series following a year's absence in 2014. The series will use the highly-acclaimed EnduranceRacingX mod by UnitedRacingDesign. It shall also be one of two series to utilise rFactor 2 in 2015, alongside the newly established Atlantic Series.

Report

Race Weekend Format

19:00 GMT ~ Free Practice
19:35 GMT ~ Qualifying
19:50 GMT ~ Warmup
20:00 GMT ~ Race Start

Teams and drivers

World GT Team	Base	Team	Vehicle	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH, United States	Torrent	Porsche 991 RSR	G	0	Martin Palm	1
						Jordan Weekes	3
					2	Cameron Brewster	1-2
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Ferrari 458	G	3	Marius Nicolae	1-3
					4	Burak Soylu	1-3
Aurora Motorsports	Ramsgate, England	Aurora	Porsche 991 RSR	G	5	Lewis McGlade	1-3
					6	Tommi Ojala	1
						Rhys Gardiner	2-3
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Ferrari 458	G	7	Alexander van der Woude	1
						Luke Wlash	2-3
					8	Sherwin van der Sloot	1, 3
						Shane Burke	2
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	BMW Z4	G	9	Paul Joseph	1-3
					10	Paul Watkins	1-3
Armaroli Racing Team	Pretoria, South Africa	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	11	Terence Grech	1
						Bret Metcalf	2-3
					12	Ken Hunter	1-3
Downforce iZone Racing	Norwich, England	Downforce	Aston Martin Vantage	G	14	Thomas Jacobs	1-3
					15	Boyd Bryson	1-3
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	16	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	1-3
					17	Nico Barclay	1-3
Edonis Engineering	Groningen, The Netherlands	Edonis	Ferrari 458	G	18	Theo van den Brink	1-3
					19	Sven de Vries	1-2
						Agustin Canapino	3
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile	Porsche 991 RSR	G	20	Matt Richards	1-2
					21	Mike Bell	1
						Alexander van der Woude	3
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	BMW Z4	G	22	Diego Carranza	2-3
					23	Ric Scott	3
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Matthew Chirgwin	1-3
					25	Philip Morby	1-3
Fox Racing	Kessel, Belgium	Fox	BMW Z4	G	26	Bruno Sousa Ferreira	1
						Bart de Vos	2
						Tero Dahlberg	3
					27	Kenney Lybeer	1
						Terence Grech	2
						Roy Schroten	3
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	28	Mark Fuller	1-3
					29	Pedro Gomes	1, 3
Racing Aces PB	Swindon, England	PB	BMW Z4	G	30	David Jundt	1-3
					31	Tom Parker	1
						Nick Rowland	2

Team Changes

• The majority of the teams that competed in the most recent season, 2013, did not return to the series for the 2015 season: of the 30 teams that competed in the 2013 season, only 5 would compete in 2015.

New Entries

• Having secured an entry into the series in 2013 but failing to race, SimTech Jota Sport are racing in the World GT series for the first time in 2015.
• Armaroli Racing Team, Aurora Motorsports, Scuderia Basilea, Downforce iZone Racing, Edonis Engineering, Fox Racing, Smile Power Racing, The Mighty Forth and Walk Racing all entered the World GT series for the first time in 2015.

2015 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
				Track Time	GMT	Duration
1	Japanese GT Cup	Fuji Speedway	2nd April	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	30th April	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
3	Turkish GT Cup	Istanbul Park	28th May	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
4	Portuguese GT Cup	Algarve International Circuit	25th June	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
5	Czech GT Cup	Brno Circuit	6th August	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
6	British GT Cup	Silverstone Circuit	3rd September	14:00	19:00	60 Min.
7	American GT Cup	Circuit of the Americas	1st October	14:00	19:00	60 Min.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	GT Cups	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Japanese GT Cup	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:32.899)	Matt Richards (1:33.466)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	Scuderia Basilea	Report
2	Brazilian GT Cup	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:30.538)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian (1:31.503)	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	Scuderia Basilea	Report
3	Turkish GT Cup	Nico Barclay (1:52.809)	Thomas Jacobs (1:53.815)	Nico Barclay	Scuderia Basilea	Report
4	Portuguese GT Cup	Jordan Weekes (1:40.061)	Jordan Weekes (1:40.581)	Marius Nicolae	Walk Racing	Report
5	Czech GT Cup	Marius Nicolae (1:55.719)	Marius Nicolae (1:57.582)	Marius Nicolae	Walk Racing	Report
6	British GT Cup	Marius Nicolae (2:03.535)	Risto Kappet (1:59.484)	Risto Kappet	Walk Racing	Report
7	American GT Cup	Risto Kappet (2:02.640)	Risto Kappet (2:04.129)	Risto Kappet	Walk Racing	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points 1 Luis Felipe Capamadjian 1 1 2 2 2 13 4 126 2 Thomas Jacobs 4 4 3 3 4 2 5 102 3 Nico Barclay 3 18 1 6 3 3 8 91 4 Marius Nicolae 9 19 6 1 1 15 6 78 5 Matthew Chirgwin 7 2 4 7 5 Ret 7 71 6 Lewis McGlade 5 3 8 Ret 9 11 9 54 7 Risto Kappet 1 1 50 8 Matt Richards 2 6 10 36 9 Boyd Bryson 11 8 7 15 Ret 8 13 34 10 Philip Morby Ret 12 17 11 7 6 12 32 11 Pedro Gomes 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 31 12 David Jundt 16 7 11 17 8 7 18 31 13 Agustin Canapino 19† Ret 2 20 14 Rhys Gardiner 9 10 9 16† Ret 20 15 Tero Dahlberg 5 8 19 16 Cameron Brewster 8 5 Ret 19 17 Paul Joseph 15 14 14 18 11 9 17 17 18 Borja Millan 3 16 19 Roy Schroten 9 10 13 16 20 Sherwin van der Sloot Ret 16 19 15 4 DSQ 14 21 Mark Fuller 12 Ret Ret 14 12 12 14 22 Jordan Weekes Ret 4 Ret 13 23 Diego Carranza 20 Ret Ret 5 11 24 Paul Watkins 14 15 Ret 10† Ret 14 11 25 Luke Walsh 11 12 16 9 26 Bret Metcalf 16 13 12 Ret NC 15 8 27 Shane Burke Ret 10 16 6 28 Bart De Vos 10 Ret 6 29 Sven de Vries 10 Ret 6 30 Tjeerd Feddema 16† 11 5 31 Terence Grech DSQ 13 Ret 14 5 32 Burak Soylu 19 Ret Ret 13 3 33 Martin Palm 13 3 34 Ric Scott 15† Ret 14 Ret 3 35 Ken Hunter 21 17 18 Ret 17 0 36 Kenney Lybeer 17 0 37 Bruno Sousa Ferreira 18 0 38 Alexander van der Woude 20 Ret 0 39 Theo van den Brink 22 Ret Ret 0 40 Nick Rowland Ret 0 41 Tom Parker Ret 0 42 Mike Bell Ret 0 43 Tommi Ojala Ret 0 Pos Driver JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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. JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points 1 Scuderia Basilea 16 1 1 2 2 2 13 4 217 17 3 18 1 6 3 3 8 2 Downforce iZone Racing 14 4 4 3 3 4 2 5 135 15 11 8 7 15 Ret 8 14 3 Walk Racing 3 19 Ret Ret 13 1 1 131 4 9 19 6 1 1 15 6 4 TSA Racing 24 7 2 4 7 5 Ret 7 102 25 Ret 12 17 11 7 6 13 5 Aurora Motorsports 5 5 3 8 Ret 9 11 9 74 6 Ret 9 10 9 16† Ret 6 ST Racing 28 12 Ret Ret 14 12 12 61 29 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 7 Fox Racing 26 18 10 5 8 Ret 44 27 17 13 9 10 13 8 Smile Power Racing 20 2 6 10 36 21 Ret Ret 9 Torrent Motorsports 0 13 Ret 4 Ret 35 2 8 5 10 SimTech Jota Sport 7 20 11 12 16 10 17 33 8 Ret Ret 16 19 15 4 12† 11 Racing Aces PB 30 16 7 11 17 8 7 19 31 31 Ret Ret Ret 12 Edonis Engineering 18 22 Ret 19† Ret Ret 14 2 28 19 10 Ret Ret 13 The Mighty Forth 9 15 14 14 18 11 9 18 27 10 14 15 Ret 10† Ret 15 14 Hawkeye Racing 22 20 Ret Ret 5 14 23 15† Ret 14 Ret 15 Armaroli Racing Team 11 DSQ 16 13 12 Ret NC 16 12 12 21 17 18 Ret 17 16† 11 Pos Team Car No. JPN BRA TUR POR CZE GBR USA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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.