The 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in Formula Renault 3.5 formula race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the eleventh and final season Formula Renault 3.5 Series organised by Renault Sport, after it was announced that the organisation would withdraw its backing of the championship at the end of the season. [1]
The season began at Motorland Aragón on 25 April and finished on 18 October at Circuito de Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at seven double header events, with an additional double header event at the Red Bull Ring and a single race at Monaco, in support of the Monaco Grand Prix.
The calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 20 October 2014, on the final day of the 2014 season. [55] Seven rounds formed meetings of the 2015 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds to be held at the Red Bull Ring and at the Monaco Grand Prix. The championship returns to the Red Bull Ring, Silverstone and Le Mans. Monza, Moscow Raceway and Paul Ricard, which all held races in 2014, have been removed from the schedule.
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. [56]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 25 April | Matthieu Vaxivière | Meindert van Buuren | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Dean Stoneman |
R2 | 26 April | Nyck de Vries | Alfonso Celis Jr. | Matthieu Vaxivière | Lotus | Nyck de Vries | ||
2 | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | 24 May | Jazeman Jaafar | Oliver Rowland | Jazeman Jaafar | Fortec Motorsports | Dean Stoneman | |
3 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 30 May | Matthieu Vaxivière | Jazeman Jaafar | Matthieu Vaxivière | Lotus | Dean Stoneman |
R2 | 31 May | Oliver Rowland | Nicholas Latifi | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Nyck de Vries | ||
4 | R1 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 13 June | Oliver Rowland | Matthieu Vaxivière | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | Egor Orudzhev |
R2 | 14 June | Matthieu Vaxivière | Matthieu Vaxivière | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Gustav Malja | ||
5 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 12 July | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Dean Stoneman |
R2 | Matthieu Vaxivière | Oliver Rowland | Matthieu Vaxivière | Lotus | Roy Nissany | |||
6 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit | 5 September | Tio Ellinas | Pietro Fantin | Tio Ellinas | Strakka Racing | Nyck de Vries |
R2 | 6 September | Matthieu Vaxivière | Matthieu Vaxivière | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Dean Stoneman | ||
7 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 12 September | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Nyck de Vries |
R2 | 13 September | Oliver Rowland | Tom Dillmann | Tio Ellinas | Strakka Racing | Gustav Malja | ||
8 | R1 | Le Mans Bugatti, Le Mans | 26 September | Oliver Rowland | Matthieu Vaxivière | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Egor Orudzhev |
R2 | 27 September | Tio Ellinas | Matthieu Vaxivière | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | Egor Orudzhev | ||
9 | R1 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 17 October | Tom Dillmann | Alfonso Celis Jr. | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | Egor Orudzhev |
R2 | 18 October | Oliver Rowland | Nyck de Vries | Nyck de Vries | DAMS | Nyck de Vries |
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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