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The calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 20 October 2014, on the final day of the 2014 season. [32] The championship returned to Silverstone and Le Mans, replacing rounds at Moscow Raceway and Paul Ricard. Three of the season's seven meetings were held as a triple-header format, amassing to a total of seventeen races. [33] On 11 February 2015, it was announced that the Silverstone round would be moved back a week due to the circuit reacquiring the rights to host the British round of the 2015 MotoGP season. [34]
Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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1 | R1 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | Spain | 25 April | Louis Delétraz | Louis Delétraz | Louis Delétraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing |
R2 | Louis Delétraz | Kevin Jörg | Louis Delétraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | ||||
R3 | 26 April | Dennis Olsen | Ignazio D'Agosto | Dennis Olsen | Manor MP Motorsport | |||
2 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | Belgium | 30 May | Jake Hughes | Matevos Isaakyan | Ukyo Sasahara | ART Junior Team |
R2 | 31 May | Ukyo Sasahara | Matevos Isaakyan | Jake Hughes | Koiranen GP | |||
3 | R1 | Hungaroring, Budapest | Hungary | 13 June | Louis Delétraz | Louis Delétraz | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP |
R2 | 14 June | Louis Delétraz | Kevin Jörg | Louis Delétraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | |||
4 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | United Kingdom | 5 September | Jack Aitken | Louis Delétraz | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP |
R2 | Jack Aitken | Anthoine Hubert | Kevin Jörg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | ||||
R3 | 6 September | Anthoine Hubert | Simon Gachet | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | |||
5 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | Germany | 12 September | Louis Delétraz | Max Defourny | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP |
R2 | 13 September | Ben Barnicoat | Jack Aitken | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | |||
6 | R1 | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | France | 26 September | Kevin Jörg | Ben Barnicoat | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports |
R2 | 27 September | Anthoine Hubert | Martin Kodrić | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | |||
7 | R1 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | 17 October | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP |
R2 | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP | ||||
R3 | 18 October | Ben Barnicoat | Anthoine Hubert | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports |
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole
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Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 386 |
2 | Koiranen GP | 366 |
3 | Fortec Motorsports | 202 |
4 | Manor MP Motorsport | 195 |
5 | Tech 1 Racing | 191 |
6 | ART Junior Team | 152 |
7 | JD Motorsport | 112 |
8 | AVF | 47 |
9 | ARTA Engineering | 10 |
Source: [35] |
The start of the season saw Swiss driver Louis Delétraz taking the championship leadership after two victories at the season opener in Aragon and one in the Hungaroring. He arrived to the season finale still ahead on points, with other seven drivers also able to become champion: Swiss Kevin Jörg, British Jack Aitken, French Anthoine Hubert, British Jake Hughes, Japanese Ukyo Sasahara, Norwegian Dennis Olsen, and British Ben Barnicoat. [36] [37] Aitken (previously winner in the Hungaroring, Silverstone and the Nürburgring) won the two first races at the final race meeting in Jerez, securing the championship, while Delétraz ended as championship runner-up. [36] [38] German team Josef Kaufmann Racing was the teams' champion. [36]
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