2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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2015 Asia-Pacific Rally season
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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 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an international rally championship organized by the FIA encompassing rounds in Asia and Oceania. Group N cars dominated the championship for many years but in recent years cars built to R5 and S2000 regulations have tended to be the frontrunners.

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. It is distinguished by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points, leaving at regular intervals from one or more start points. Rallies may be won by pure speed within the stages or alternatively by driving to a predetermined ideal journey time within the stages.

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is an association established on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. To the general public, the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for many auto racing events. The FIA also promotes road safety around the world.

Event calendar and results

The 2015 APRC is as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	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

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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

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

Pos.	Driver	Vehicle	MAL	JPN	CHN	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
4	Dinesh Deheragoda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	Ret ⁴	3 ¹⁰		29

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References

↑ "2015 Calendar". FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
↑ "Rally of Whangarei 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
↑ "18. Rallye International de Nouvelle Calédonie 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
↑ "International Rally of Queensland 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "39. Malaysian Rally 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "14. Rally Hokkaido 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "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.
↑ "Rallies". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Retrieved 16 May 2015.

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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 . Retrieved 16 May 2015.