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2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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The 2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.

The championship began in New Zealand on 17 April and concluded in China on 1 November. The Asia Cup sub-championship will continue on until a 13 December finish in India. The championship was held over six events with a candidate event included as part of the Asia Cup.

Event calendar and results

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The 2015 APRC is as follows:[1]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1   International Rally of Whangarei
(17–19 April)[2] 		1   Ken Block Ford Fiesta S2000 2:54:53.6 16 281.30 km 48 18
2   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:55:29.4
3   Ben Hunt Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:57:02.1
2   Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie
(15–17 May)[3] 		1   Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2:29:16.4 16 246.34 km 20 15
2   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:29:56.0
3   Jean-Louis Leyraud Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:39.6
3   International Rally of Queensland
(19–21 June)[4] 		1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:01:23.8 18 227.06 km 48 29
2   Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:05:25.0
3   Subhan Aksa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:08:00.8
4   Malaysian Rally
(14–16 August)[5] 		1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 3:05:11.5 14 226.56 km 26 22
2   Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 3:07:08.0
3   Fan Fan Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX 3:26:58.8
5   Rally Hokkaido
(18–20 September)[6] 		1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:24:49.5 20 225.35 km 22 14
2   Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:36:50.1
3   Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:39:25.1
6   China Rally
(30 October–1 November) 		1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia R5 3:08:46.4 13 230.04 km 102 44
2   Hitoshi Takayama Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:42:13.1
3   Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:58:16.7
7   Rally of India
(11–13 December) 		1   Lohitt Urs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 2:22:21.4 13
2   Satyan Kochar Volkswagen Polo 2:40:13.9
3   Pradeep RG Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 2:45:39.0

Championship standings

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The 2015 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:[7][8]

Pos. Driver Vehicle  
NZL 		 
NCL 		 
AUS 		 
MAL 		 
JPN 		 
CHN 		Total
1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000
Škoda Fabia R5 		1 14 2 13 1 13 1 14 1 14 1 14 225
2   Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 11 2 11 Ret 5 2 12 2 12 120
3   Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2 11 1 13 Ret 7 2 12 Ret Ret 104
4   Subhan Aksa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4 8 3 9 44
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)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Note: 1 – 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.

Pacific Cup

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Pos. Driver Vehicle  
NZL 		 
NCL 		 
AUS 		Total
1   Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 1 14 1 14 1 14 117
2   Jean-Louis Leyraud Škoda Fabia S2000 2 12 2 12 2 12 90

Asia Cup

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Pos. Driver Vehicle  
MAL 		 
JPN 		 
CHN 		 
IND 		Total
1   Hitoshi Takayama Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 11 2 13 1 13 95
2   Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret 4 1 13 2 13 73
3   Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 1 14 Ret Ret 39
4   Fan Fan Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX Ret 2 11 29
  Dinesh Deheragoda Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret 4 3 10 29

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Calendar". FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Rally of Whangarei 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "18. Rallye International de Nouvelle Calédonie 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ "International Rally of Queensland 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ^ "39. Malaysian Rally 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ "14. Rally Hokkaido 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship: Points Summary – Points standing after Round 1" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Wheel Sports Management. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Rallies". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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