2015 Auto GP season

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2015 Auto GP season
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The 2015 Auto GP season was the sixth year of Auto GP, and the sixteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 2 May at the Hungaroring and was scheduled to finish after six double-header rounds at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, on 4 October.[1][2][3]

To guarantee a field of at least 18 cars each race, the Auto GP Organisation, led by Enzo Coloni, announced a cooperation deal with ISRA, the Dutch company led by Henk de Jong that organised the 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season. However, the partnership between the Auto GP Organisation and ISRA was discontinued as Auto GP prepared for round one, due to ISRA's apparent lack of commitment.[4] It was also announced that the 2015 Auto GP champion will be given a Formula One test.[2][3][5] This attempt to extend the season did not succeed however. On 26 June, the day before the third meeting at Paul Ricard, the season was postponed because of a lack of grid numbers.[6]

In October 2015, the season was "archived" after four of the scheduled six events had been cancelled due to a lack of entries.[7] Antônio Pizzonia had been leading the drivers' championship by eleven points, after winning two of the first four races. Second place was held by Facu Regalia, who won the season-opening race at Silverstone, while the only other race-winner Luís Sá Silva, was lying third in the championship, another 15 points in arrears. With the victories of Pizzonia and Sá Silva, Zele Racing held the lead of the teams' championship with 132 points, 37 points ahead of the second-placed team, FMS Racing.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Virtuosi UK[8] 5 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.[9] 1
72 Russia Nikita Zlobin[10] All
Italy Paolo Coloni Racing[11] 6 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen[12] All
69 Italy Loris Spinelli 2
Spain Ibiza Racing Team[8] 7 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani[13] All
Austria Zele Racing[8] 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia[12] All
9 Colombia Andrés Méndez[14] All
10 Angola Luís Sá Silva[15] All
Italy FMS Racing[11] 16 Italy Leonardo Pulcini[9] 1
23 Argentina Facu Regalia[16] All

Race calendar and results

The latest draft for the 2015 season was released on 22 December 2014.[2][3] On 1 April 2015 it was announced that the Marrakech round had been cancelled.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 2 May Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Argentina Facu Regalia Argentina Facu Regalia Italy FMS Racing FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
R2 3 May Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Austria Zele Racing
2 R3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 23 May Argentina Facu Regalia Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Austria Zele Racing Blancpain Endurance Series
R4 24 May Argentina Facu Regalia Angola Luís Sá Silva Austria Zele Racing
– – France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 June Cancelled due to lack of entries[17] FIA WTCC Race of France
– 28 June
– – Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 11 July Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
– 12 July
– – Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit, Brno 5 September European Touring Car Cup
– 6 September
– – Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 3 October
– 4 October

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

  • Points were awarded as follows:
R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
R1 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1
R2 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 1
Pos Driver HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 Pts
1 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 2 1 1 3 79
2 Argentina Facu Regalia 1 6 2 2 68
3 Angola Luís Sá Silva 6 4 3 1 53
4 Russia Nikita Zlobin 7 5 4 7 30
5 Italy Leonardo Pulcini 4 2 27
6 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen 3 8 DNS 5 26
7 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 7 5 4 24
8 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. 5 3 22
9 Colombia Andrés Méndez 8 9 6 6 20
Italy Loris Spinelli WD WD 0
Pos Driver HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos Team HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 Pts
1 Austria Zele Racing 2 1 1 1 132
6 4 3 3
2 Italy FMS Racing 1 2 2 2 95
4 6
3 United Kingdom Virtuosi UK 5 3 4 7 52
7 5
4 Italy Paolo Coloni Racing 3 8 DNS 5 26
WD WD
5 Spain Ibiza Racing Team Ret 7 5 4 24
Pos Team HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 Pts

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