The 2015 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 23rd Porsche Supercup season. It began on 10 May at Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 25 october at Circuit of the Americas, after eleven scheduled races, all of which were support events for the 2015 Formula One season.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Full list of drivers that participated in the 2015 season:[2][3]

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
  VERVA Lechner Racing Team 1   Kuba Giermaziak All
2   Connor De Phillippi All
3   Michael Avenatti 1–2
  Ryan Cullen R 4–8
32   Maximilian Werndl G 1–2, 7–8
  Lechner Racing Middle East 4   Sven Müller All
5   Michael Ammermüller All
40   Charlie Frijns G 6
  Fach Auto Tech 6   Philipp Frommenwiler R All
7   Simon Trummer R 1
  Jaap van Lagen 2
  Christopher Zöchling 3–8
  Förch Racing by Lukas MS 8   Patrick Eisemann R All
9   Chris Bauer R All
19   Robert Lukas All
57   Santiago Creel G 7–8
  MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX 10   Ben Barker All
11   Sam Power R All
12   Cameron Twynham R 1–5
  Jonathan Summerton R 6
  Jaap van Lagen 7
  Dylan Pereira G 8
62   Paul Rees G 8
  MRS GT-Racing 14   Christian Engelhart All
15   Richard Goddard R All
  Market Leader by Project 1 16   Matteo Cairoli R All
17   Philipp Eng All
33   Alexander Toril R 1–2, 7
  Nico Menzel R 5–6
  Colin Thompson G 8
  Speed Lover & Allure 18   Jean Glorieux All
20   Pierre Piron 1–2, 4, 6–8
  Luca Rettenbacher R 3
25   Carlos Rivas All
34   Roger Grouwels G 2
  Martinet by Alméras 21   Glauco Solieri All
22   Côme Ledogar R All
48   Egidio Perfetti G 6
  The Heart of Racing by Lechner 23   Alex Riberas All
24   Jeffrey Schmidt R All
40   Pedro Piquet G 3, 5
  Sébastien Loeb Racing 30   Joffrey de Narda G 1, 6
31   Roar Lindland G 1, 6–7
51   Sébastien Loeb G 6
  Maxime Jousse G 7
  Konrad Motorsport 35   Rolf Ineichen G 3
36   Nicolas Armindo G 3
  LEM Racing 37   Aku Pellinen G 3, 7
38   Matteo Torta G 3, 7
58   Dasheng Zhang G 7
59   Stefano Colombo G 7
  Redline Racing 41   Daniel Cammish G 4
42   Jack Falla G 4[a]
  Team Parker Racing 43   Josh Webster G 4
44   Stephen Jelley G 4
45   Tom Sharp G 4
  IN2 Racing 46   Graeme Mundy G 4
47   Jake Hill G 4
  Land Motorsport 49   Wolf Nathan G 6, 8
50   Peter Scharmach G 6
  Mikkel O. Pedersen G 8
52   Jaap van Lagen G 6
  Antonelli Motorsport 53   Sergio Negroni G 7
54   Riccardo Agostini G 7
60   Alberto Cerqui G 7
  Team Dinamic[4] 55   Mattia Drudi G 7
56   Lorenzo Bontempelli G 7
61   Alex de Giacomi G 7
  Porsche AG 911   Johnny Herbert G 5[b]
  Patrick Dempsey G 6
Icon Meaning
R Rookie
G Guest

Race calendar and results

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Full list of races that held during the 2015 season:[5]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 10 May   Michael Ammermüller   Michael Ammermüller   Michael Ammermüller   Lechner Racing Middle East
2   Circuit de Monaco 24 May   Jaap van Lagen   Christian Engelhart   Jaap van Lagen   Fach Auto Tech
3   Red Bull Ring 21 June   Connor De Phillippi   Michael Ammermüller   Christopher Zöchling   Fach Auto Tech
4   Silverstone Circuit 5 July   Philipp Eng   Alex Riberas   Philipp Eng   Market Leader by Project 1
5   Hungaroring 26 July   Sven Müller   Sven Müller   Sven Müller   Lechner Racing Middle East
6 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 22 August   Michael Ammermüller   Michael Ammermüller   Sven Müller   Lechner Racing Middle East
R2 23 August   Philipp Eng   Alex Riberas   Philipp Eng   Market Leader by Project 1
7 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5 September   Michael Ammermüller   Sven Müller   Sven Müller   Lechner Racing Middle East
R2 6 September   Matteo Cairoli   Sven Müller   Sven Müller   Lechner Racing Middle East
8 R1   Circuit of the Americas 24 October   Sven Müller[N 1] Race cancelled due to heavy rain fall[6]
R2 25 October   Sven Müller[N 1]   Alex Riberas   Alex Riberas   The Heart of Racing by Lechner
Notes
  1. ^ a b After the cancellation of the qualifying session, the times of the free practice session were used to make the start grids of both Race 1 and Race 2.

Calendar changes

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  • The series was scheduled to run in support of the German Grand Prix, at a venue that, at the time of the calendar's publication, had not yet been decided. However, with the cancellation of the German Grand Prix, the planned Porsche Supercup meeting was similarly suspended.[7] It was replaced by additional races at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.[8]

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos. Driver CAT
 
MON
 
RBR
 
SIL
 
HUN
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
COA
 
Points
1   Philipp Eng 4 2 2 1 6 2 1 6 7 C 8 145
2   Sven Müller Ret 10 10 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 C 3 126
3   Michael Ammermüller 1 5 9 3 7 Ret 6 3 3 C 2 124
4   Christian Engelhart 3 4 5 5 3 5 3 8 4 C 13 124
5   Alex Riberas 5 6 3 2 5 11 7 7 6 C 1 122
6   Christopher Zöchling 1 7 10 3 4 9 5 C 7 93
7   Matteo Cairoli 14 8 7 6 11 8 Ret 2 2 C 11 83
8   Côme Ledogar 6 12 11 8 2 4 Ret 4 8 C DSQ 81
9   Ben Barker 9 3 19 4 12 6 8 Ret DNS C 6 69
10   Jeffrey Schmidt 8 14 16 10 9 7 5 32† 9 C 4 67
11   Kuba Giermaziak 2 9 12 11 4 9 14 Ret 13 C Ret 63
12   Connor De Phillippi 11 7 4 14 13 18 9 17 11 C 5 53
13   Robert Lukas 7 Ret 6 Ret 8 14 Ret 5 35† C 9 51
14   Philipp Frommenwiler 13 11 8 13 14 Ret 10 Ret 10 C 10 40
15   Jaap van Lagen 1 12 27† 15 12 29
16   Richard Goddard 17 15 15 12 15 16 24 13 15 C 18 21
17   Sam Power 10 13 14 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS C 14 21
18   Ryan Cullen Ret Ret 19 12 20 22 C 15 10
19   Patrick Eisemann Ret Ret 18 25 17 21 15 18 26 C 17 7
20   Cameron Twynham 12 16 21 19 16 5
21   Jonathan Summerton 17 19 3
22   Carlos Rivas 21 Ret 25 22 20 23 16 28 33 C 22 2
23   Chris Bauer 20 Ret 24 21 18 27 Ret 23 23 C 19 1
24   Alexander Toril 16 21† Ret DSQ 0
25   Pierre Piron 18 17 23 26 20 27 31 C 23 0
26   Jean Glorieux 23 19 23 24 19 DNS DNS 30 25 C 21 0
27   Glauco Solieri 24 20 26 27 21 25 26 25 27 C DSQ 0
28   Simon Trummer 22 0
29   Luca Rettenbacher 22 0
30   Nico Menzel DSQ 31† 25 0
31   Michael Avenatti 25 DNQ 0
32   Colin Thompson C Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Daniel Cammish 9 0
  Joffrey de Narda Ret 10 13 0
  Riccardo Agostini 10 17 0
  Mattia Drudi 11 16 0
  Charlie Frijns 22 11 0
  Alberto Cerqui 12 19 0
  Paul Rees C 12 0
  Sébastien Loeb 13 Ret 0
  Rolf Ineichen 13 0
  Maxime Jousse 14 14 0
  Maximilian Werndl 15 18 24 24 C 16 0
  Stephen Jelley 15 0
  Stefano Colombo 16 Ret 0
  Jake Hill 16 0
  Roar Lindland 19 24 17 26 20 0
  Josh Webster 17 0
  Nicolas Armindo 17 0
  Dasheng Zhang 19 18 0
  Egidio Perfetti 20 18 0
  Santiago Creel 29 28 C 20 0
  Aku Pellinen 20 31 29 0
  Tom Sharp 20 0
  Alex de Giacomi 22 21 0
  Wolf Nathan 28 21 C Ret 0
  Lorenzo Bontempelli 21 34 0
  Peter Scharmach 30 22 0
  Patrick Dempsey 29 23 0
  Graeme Mundy 26 0
  Pedro Piquet 27 DSQ 0
  Matteo Torta 28 Ret 32 0
  Sergio Negroni Ret 30 0
  Mikkel O. Pedersen C DSQ 0
  Dylan Pereira C Ret 0
  Roger Grouwels DNQ 0
  Jack Falla PO 0
  Johnny Herbert PO 0
Pos. Driver CAT
 
MON
 
RBR
 
SIL
 
HUN
 
SPA
 
MNZ
 
COA
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie
Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes

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  1. ^ Participated in practice of Round 4 in Silverstone.
  2. ^ Participated in practice of Round 5 in Hungaroring.

References

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  1. ^ "Supercup 2015 covers 10 rounds". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ "All drivers of the 2015 season at a glance". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ^ "All guest starters 2015". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Dinamic Motorsport a 3 punte nella Supercup a Monza" [Three drivers for Dinamic Motorsport in the Supercup in Monza]. Omnicorse.it (in Italian). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "All races of the season 2015". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Penultimate race of the season cancelled". racecam.de. October 25, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  7. ^ "Supercup starts in just two weeks". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2015. The 2015 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup covers altogether nine races taking place at eight racing weekends in the environment of the Formula 1 World Championship. Right after the season opener in Barcelona the Supercup moves to it's [sic] first big highlight of the year to Monaco. Unfortunately the German fans will miss the popular one make cup this year, because the Grand Prix of Germany on the Nürburgring was cancelled.
  8. ^ "More races – more action". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2015. With the number of races increasing from nine to eleven this season, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is more attractive than ever: Nine races are held at seven European events – with Spa and Monza hosting a double-header. Two races will also be contested at the final race weekend in America at Austin/Texas.
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