2015 World GT Series season

**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 brand G
Drivers	43
Teams	15
Drivers' Champion	Luis Felipe Capamadjian
Teams' Champion	Scuderia Basilea
GT Series Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 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 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
					0	Jordan Weekes	3
					2	Cameron Brewster	1-2
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Ferrari 458	G	3	Marius Nicolae	1-3
Walk Racing	Vaslui, Romania	Walk	Ferrari 458	G	4	Burak Soylu	1-3
Aurora Motorsports	Ramsgate, England	Aurora	Porsche 991 RSR	G	5	Lewis McGlade	1-3
					6	Tommi Ojala	1
					6	Rhys Gardiner	2-3
SimTech Jota Sport	Limerick, Ireland	SimTech	Ferrari 458	G	7	Alexander van der Woude	1
					7	Luke Wlash	2-3
					8	Sherwin van der Sloot	1, 3
					8	Shane Burke	2
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	BMW Z4	G	9	Paul Joseph	1-3
The Mighty Forth	Dunfermline, Scotland	TMF	BMW Z4	G	10	Paul Watkins	1-3
Armaroli Racing Team	Pretoria, South Africa	Armaroli	Ferrari 458	G	11	Terence Grech	1
					11	Bret Metcalf	2-3
					12	Ken Hunter	1-3
Downforce iZone Racing	Norwich, England	Downforce	Aston Martin Vantage	G	14	Thomas Jacobs	1-3
Downforce iZone Racing	Norwich, England	Downforce	Aston Martin Vantage	G	15	Boyd Bryson	1-3
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	16	Luis Felipe Capamadjian	1-3
Scuderia Basilea	Binningen, Switzerland	Basilea	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	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
					19	Agustin Canapino	3
Smile Power Racing	Bristol, England	Smile	Porsche 991 RSR	G	20	Matt Richards	1-2
					21	Mike Bell	1
					21	Alexander van der Woude	3
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	BMW Z4	G	22	Diego Carranza	2-3
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	BMW Z4	G	23	Ric Scott	3
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Aston Martin Vantage	G	24	Matthew Chirgwin	1-3
TSA Racing	Stowmarket, England	TSA	Aston Martin Vantage	G	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
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	Chevrolet Corvette C6R	G	29	Pedro Gomes	1, 3
Racing Aces PB	Swindon, England	PB	BMW Z4	G	30	David Jundt	1-3
					31	Tom Parker	1
					31	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
Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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
1	Scuderia Basilea	17	3	18	1	6	3	3	8	217
2	Downforce iZone Racing	14	4	4	3	3	4	2	5	136
2	Downforce iZone Racing	15	11	8	7	15	Ret	8	13	136
3	Walk Racing	3	19	Ret	Ret	13		1	1	131
3	Walk Racing	4	9	19	6	1	1	15	6	131
4	TSA Racing	24	7	2	4	7	5	Ret	7	103
4	TSA Racing	25	Ret	12	17	11	7	6	12	103
5	Aurora Motorsports	5	5	3	8	Ret	9	11	9	74
5	Aurora Motorsports	6	Ret	9	10	9	16^†	Ret		74
6	ST Racing	28	12	Ret	Ret	14	12	12		61
6	ST Racing	29	6		Ret	5	6	Ret	3	61
7	Fox Racing	26	18	10	5	8			Ret	44
7	Fox Racing	27	17	13	9	10	13			44
8	Smile Power Racing	20	2	6					10	36
8	Smile Power Racing	21	Ret		Ret					36
9	Torrent Motorsports	0	13		Ret	4		Ret		35
9	Torrent Motorsports	2	8	5						35
10	Racing Aces PB	30	16	7	11	17	8	7	18	31
10	Racing Aces PB	31	Ret	Ret				Ret		31
11	SimTech Jota Sport	7	20	11	12	16		10	16	29
11	SimTech Jota Sport	8	Ret	Ret	16	19	15	4	DSQ	29
12	Edonis Engineering	18	22	Ret	19^†	Ret	Ret	14	2	28
12	Edonis Engineering	19	10	Ret	Ret					28
13	The Mighty Forth	9	15	14	14	18	11	9	17	28
13	The Mighty Forth	10	14	15	Ret		10^†	Ret	14	28
14	Hawkeye Racing	22		20	Ret	Ret		5		14
14	Hawkeye Racing	23			15^†	Ret	14	Ret		14
15	Armaroli Racing Team	11	DSQ	16	13	12	Ret	NC	15	13
15	Armaroli Racing Team	12	21	17	18	Ret	17	16^†	11	13
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Blank	Did not participate (-)
	Excluded (EX)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)