The 2015 Auto GP Series 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. However, due to the series cancellation, no championship titles were awarded.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Virtuosi UK [8] | 5 |  Johnny Cecotto Jr. [9] | 1 |
| 72 |  Nikita Zlobin [10] | All | |
 Paolo Coloni Racing [11] | 6 |  Christof von Grünigen [12] | All |
| 69 | Loris Spinelli | 2 | |
 Ibiza Racing Team [8] | 7 | Giuseppe Cipriani [13] | All |
 Zele Racing [8] | 8 |  Antônio Pizzonia [12] | All |
| 9 |  Andrés Méndez [14] | All | |
| 10 |  Luís Sá Silva [15] | All | |
| FMS Racing [11] | 16 | Leonardo Pulcini [9] | 1 |
| 23 |  Facu Regalia [16] | All |
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 |  Hungaroring | 2 May | Antônio Pizzonia | Facu Regalia | Facu Regalia | FMS Racing | FIA WTCC Race of Hungary |
| R2 | 3 May | Antônio Pizzonia | Antônio Pizzonia | Zele Racing | ||||
| 2 | R3 | Silverstone Circuit | 23 May | Facu Regalia | Antônio Pizzonia | Antônio Pizzonia | Zele Racing | Blancpain Endurance Series |
| R4 | 24 May | Facu Regalia | Luís Sá Silva | Zele Racing | ||||
| – | – |  Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 27 June | Cancelled due to lack of entries [17] | FIA WTCC Race of France | |||
| – | 28 June | |||||||
| – | – |  Circuit Park Zandvoort | 11 July | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | ||||
| – | 12 July | |||||||
| – | – |  Masaryk Circuit, Brno | 5 September | European Touring Car Cup | ||||
| – | 6 September | |||||||
| – | – | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 3 October | |||||
| – | 4 October | |||||||
| 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 |
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| Pos | Team | HUN | SIL | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zele Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 132 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2 | FMS Racing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 95 |
| 4 | 6 | |||||
| 3 | Virtuosi UK | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 52 |
| 7 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | Paolo Coloni Racing | 3 | 8 | DNS | 5 | 26 |
| WD | WD | |||||
| 5 | Ibiza Racing Team | Ret | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| Pos | Team | HUN | SIL | Pts | ||
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