2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

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 edit

Team	No.	Driver name	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 edit

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
1	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	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
2	R2	Pau Circuit, Pau	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		24 May		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
4	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	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		5 July		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
6	R2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	19 July	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
7	R2	Circuito de Jerez	11 October	Martin Kodrić	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports	Matevos Isaakyan

Championship standings edit

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 edit

Pos	Driver	IMO		PAU		RBR			SPA		MNZ			MIS		JER		Pts
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Juniors' championship edit

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 edit

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were 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

References edit

External links edit

Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship

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