2015 Monaco Grand Prix

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  2015 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of the 2015 Superleague season
Date	7th May, 2015
Official name	2015 Monaco Grand Prix
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.075 mi / 3.339 km
Distance	78 laps, 161.850 mi / 260.472 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Alex Cooper	Midnight-Potentia
Time	1:13.028
Fastest Lap
Driver	Ruud Heesterbeek	Vod:Bul-Valiant
Time	1:14.012 on lap 74
Podium
First	Lewis Redshaw	CSG-Potentia
Second	Alex Cooper	Midnight-Potentia
Third	Sven de Vries	Target-Trinity

The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2015 Superleague season and took place around the iconic Circuit de Monaco on 7th May 2015.

The demanding, twisty nature of the track took its toll; every car that survived long enough to take the chequered flag was rewarded with at least one point.

Lewis Redshaw took a commanding victory, seizing the grandest of prizes that is Monaco for the second year running. His victory sent CSG Racing shooting back to the top of the Constructors' table, and made them secure a record-equalling third win in Monte Carlo, having previously won in 2014 and 2010; only the historic Mapes-VO team has won as many time around the streets of the Principality.

Alex Cooper, who pipped Redshaw to pole by just seven thousandths of a second, came home in second place, heralding what would have been a fantastic comeback for Midnight Motorsport, if it wasn't for the misfortune of Tom van der Voort. Cooper's teammate had been locked in not so much as aggressive as it was full-on violent scrap with Red Archer's Fran Lopez for 4th place. Lopez tried every way possible, and several ways that were impossible, in order to get by van der Voort. Lopez had almost succeeded in vaulting over the Dutchman at the Nouvelle Chicane and the two had collided at Casino Square, but the inevitable disaster happened when Lopez sent the Midnight driver cannonballing into the barriers at Sainte Devote on lap 74. Lopez continued but was passed by Vod:Bul's Ruud Heesterbeek amid all the calamity. Both van der Voort and Lopez were given a stiff talking to by the stewards, but Lopez was found most at fault and was handed two separate 20-second time penalties. Be that as it was, Lopez was the last car to finish on the lead lap and lost no further positions.

In front of this, Sven de Vries finished third for Target Racing. It was de Vries first podium in Superleague and richly deserved; it also proved to be Target's first, and sadly last trip to the victor's rostrum.

David Fidock was the only driver from the top three in the championship to actually race at Monaco, as leader Philipp Puschke and third-placed Agustin Canapino were forced to miss the race. However, Fidock was unable to capitalise on their absence; forced to start 8th on the grid after a penalty for his conduct post-race at Turkey, Fidock came home 7th at the flag, one lap down. However, his position was elevated to 6th after the race when Florian Geier, who Fidock had been running very close, was penalised for an earlier collision.

The penalty for Geier had a profound impact on the Constructor's table. Redshaw was the only CSG to finish; likewise Heesterbeek in the Vod:Bul. This meant as the teams left Monaco, only three points covered the top four teams, with Nordsjoen slipping down to third, now tied with Hawkeye; Geier had been demoted behind both Fidock and Hawkeye team mate Jason Muscat.

Heesterbeek nabbed the fastest lap of the race on his way to 4th and was an admirable stand-in for Puschke. In the other Vod:Bul, the team's official reserve Douwe Tapper had taken up the seat. In other driver changes, David Jundt was filling in for Canapino at Nordsjoen; Deividas Misiulis was back in the Red Archer after missing Turkey; and Sandeep Chodha was also back racing for Green Stripes, this time filling for Ben Horrill for two races. At Edonis Engineering, Renan Lopes was in the #4 car, but struggled in qualifying and did not actually start the race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	1:13.028
2	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	1:13.035	+0.007	2
3	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:13.146	+0.118	81
4	14	Ruud Heesterbeek	Vod:Bul - Valiant	1:13.245	+0.217	3
5	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	1:13.377	+0.349	4
6	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	1:13.514	+0.486	5
7	21	Fran Lopez	Red Archer - Valiant	1:13.568	+0.539	6
8	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:13.853	+0.825	7
9	25	Tom van der Voort	Midnight - Potentia	1:13.870	+0.842	9
10	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	1:13.924	+0.896	10
11	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	1:14.047	+1.019	11
12	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	1:14.213	+1.185	12
13	11	Sandeep Chodha	Green Stripes - Valiant	1:14.415	+1.387	13
14	19	David Jundt	Nordsjoen - Martex	1:14.430	+1.402	14
15	8	Menno Klont	Woods - Trinity	1:14.535	+1.507	15
16	2	Jason Muscat	Hawkeye - Potentia	1:14.569	+1.541	16
17	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	1:14.606	+1.578	17
18	6	Deividas Misiulis	Red Archer - Valiant	1:14.674	+1.646	18
19	15	Douwe Tapper	Vod:Bul - Valiant	1:14.801	+1.773	19
20	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	1:14.875	+1.847	20
21	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	1:14.992	+1.964	21
22	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	1:15.039	+2.011	272
23	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	1:15.705	+2.677	22
24	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	1:15.715	+2.687	23
25	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	1:15.721	+2.692	24
26	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	1:15.783	+2.755	25
27	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	1:16.198	+3.170	26
28	4	Renan Lopes	Edonis - Valiant	1:16.519	+3.491	—3

Notes:

• ¹ — David Fidock was given a 5-place grid penalty as punishment for post-race conduct at the previous round.
• ² — Roy Schroten was given a 10-place grid penalty for punting a competitor at the previous round.
• ³ — Renan Lopes did not start the race.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Lewis Redshaw	CSG - Potentia	78	39:00.576	2	25
2	7	Alex Cooper	Midnight - Potentia	78	+6.356	1	20
3	77	Sven de Vries	Target - Trinity	78	+14.060	4	16
4	14	Ruud Heesterbeek	Vod:Bul - Valiant	78	+50.543	3	13
51	21	Fran Lopez	Red Archer - Valiant	78	+1:31.401	6	11
6	1	David Fidock	Hawkeye - Potentia	77	+1 Lap	8	9
7	2	Jason Muscat	Hawkeye - Potentia	77	+1 Lap	16	10
82	27	Florian Geier	Nordsjoen - Martex	77	+1 Lap	7	8
9	6	Deividas Misiulis	Red Archer - Valiant	77	+1 Lap	18	7
10	45	Kieran Ryan	Phoenix - Trinity	77	+1 Lap	20	6
11	11	Sandeep Chodha	Green Stripes - Valiant	76	+2 Laps	13	5
12	83	Bart De Vos	Kernow - Trinity	76	+2 Laps	21	4
13	19	David Jundt	Nordsjoen - Martex	76	+2 Laps	14	3
14	8	Menno Klont	Woods - Trinity	76	+2 Laps	15	2
15	9	Roy Schroten	Woods - Trinity	75	+3 Laps	27	1
163	25	Tom van der Voort	Midnight - Potentia	74	Accident	9
Ret	99	Mindaugas Klumbis	Torrent - Potentia	56	Did not Finish	10
Ret	12	Mark Wicks	Kernow - Trinity	47	Accident	26
Ret	15	Douwe Tapper	Vod:Bul - Valiant	46	Suspension	19
Ret	10	Mikael Tuomaala	Nijo - Trinity	41	Accident	12
Ret	66	Jordan Weekes	Target - Trinity	25	Did not Finish	5
Ret	5	Kenney Lybeer	Nijo - Trinity	23	Did not Finish	22
Ret	13	Tom Parker	CSG - Potentia	17	Did not Finish	11
Ret	20	Dewald Nel	Green Stripes - Valiant	5	Suspension	23
Ret	69	James Johnson	Edonis - Valiant	5	Did not Finish	25
Ret	46	Mikko Jakonen	Phoenix - Trinity	0	Suspension	24
Ret	88	Petter Kaasa	Torrent - Potentia	0	Did not Finish	17
DNS	4	Renan Lopes	Edonis - Valiant	0	Did not Start	28

Notes:

• ¹ — Fran Lopez had a total of 40 seconds added to race time for two separate incidents causing avoidable contact.
• ² — Florian Geier had 20 seconds added to race time for punting a competitor.
• ³ — Tom van der Voort was classified as finishing having completed over 75% race distance.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Philipp Puschke	101
	2	David Fidock	94
1	3	Lewis Redshaw	89
1	4	Agustin Canapino	68
	5	Fran Lopez	64

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
3	1	CSG-Potentia	118
	2	Vod:Bul-Valiant	117
2	3	Nordsjoen-Martex	115
1	4	Hawkeye-Potentia	115
	5	Red Archer-Valiant	90

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

External links

• Official results
• Broadcast replay

Preceded by: 2015 Turkish Grand Prix	GPVWC Superleague 2015 season	Succeeded by: 2015 Canadian Grand Prix
Preceded by: 2014 Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco Grand Prix	Succeeded by: 2016 Monaco Grand Prix