2015 International V8 Supercars Championship

2015 International V8 Supercars Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Mark Winterbottom
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

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2014

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2016

Support series:
V8 Supercars Dunlop Series
Australian Formula 4 Championship

Mark Winterbottom won his first drivers' championship.

Triple Eight Race Engineering won its sixth consecutive teams' championship.

The 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship (often simplified to the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship) was an FIA-sanctioned international auto racing series for V8 Supercars. It was the seventeenth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the nineteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title.

Mark Winterbottom of Prodrive Racing Australia secured his first championship title with one race remaining, winning nine races during the season, while Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams' Championship. ^[1] The Enduro Cup was won by Garth Tander and Warren Luff, driving for the Holden Racing Team.

Teams and drivers

Holden, Nissan and Volvo were all represented by factory-backed teams. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Ford reduced its commitment as a prelude to a complete exit from the series at the end of the season, ^[5] while Mercedes-Benz continued to be represented without any factory support. ^[6]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2015 championship.

Championship entries							Endurance entries
Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds		Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	Falcon FG [7]	Rod Nash Racing (PRA)	55	David Reynolds [8]	1		—
		Super Black Racing (PRA)	111	Andre Heimgartner [9]	1		—
	Falcon FG X	Prodrive Racing Australia	5	Mark Winterbottom [10]	All		Steve Owen [11]	9–11
			6	Chaz Mostert [12]	1–10		Cam Waters [11]	9–10
				Cam Waters [13]	11–13		Russell Ingall [13]	11
				Steve Owen [14]	14
		DJR Team Penske	17	Marcos Ambrose [15]	1		Marcos Ambrose [16]	9–11
				Scott Pye [16]	2–14
		Rod Nash Racing (PRA)	55	David Reynolds [17]	2–14		Dean Canto [11]	9–11
		Super Black Racing (PRA)	111	Andre Heimgartner [9]	2–12		Ant Pedersen [18]	9–11
				Chris Pither [19]	13–14
Holden	Commodore VF	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	Jamie Whincup [20]	All		Paul Dumbrell [21]	9–11
			888	Craig Lowndes [20]	All		Steven Richards [22]	9–11
		Holden Racing Team	2	Garth Tander [23]	All		Warren Luff [24]	9–11
			22	James Courtney [25]	1–7, 11–14		Jack Perkins [26]	11
				Jack Perkins [27]	8–10		Russell Ingall [28]	9–10
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	3	Tim Blanchard [29]	All		Karl Reindler [30]	9–11
			222	Nick Percat [9]	1–12		Oliver Gavin [31]	9–11
				Paul Dumbrell [32]	13
				Jack Perkins [33]	14
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Jason Bright [34]	All		Andrew Jones [18]	9–11
			14	Fabian Coulthard [34]	All		Luke Youlden [18]	9–11
		Charlie Schwerkolt Racing (HRT)	18	Lee Holdsworth [9]	All		Sébastien Bourdais [35]	9–11
		Britek Motorsport (BJR)	21	Dale Wood [9]	All		Macauley Jones [36]	9–11
		Walkinshaw Racing (HRT)	47	Tim Slade [37]	All		Tony D'Alberto [38]	9–11
		Tekno Autosports	97	Shane van Gisbergen [39]	All		Jonathon Webb [40]	9–11
Mercedes-Benz	E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport	4	Ashley Walsh [41]	1–12		Jack Le Brocq [42]	9–11
				Dean Canto [43]	13
				Alex Davison [44]	14
			9	Will Davison [45]	All		Alex Davison [18]	9–11
Nissan	Altima L33	Nissan Motorsport	7	Todd Kelly [9]	All		Alex Buncombe [46]	9–11
			15	Rick Kelly [47]	All		David Russell [48]	9–11
			23	Michael Caruso [49]	All		Dean Fiore [50]	9–11
			99	James Moffat [51]	All		Taz Douglas [50]	9–11
Volvo	S60	Garry Rogers Motorsport [52]	33	Scott McLaughlin [53]	All		Alexandre Prémat [54]	9–11
			34	David Wall [55]	All		Chris Pither [56]	9–11
Wildcard entries
Ford	Falcon FG X	Prodrive Racing Australia	200	—			Renee Gracie [57] Simona de Silvestro [57]	10
Holden	Commodore VF	Novocastrian Motorsport	62	—			Aaren Russell [58] Drew Russell [58]	10

Team changes

Ford teams updated to the new FG X Falcon.

Teams competing with the Ford Falcon updated to the new Falcon FG X, though Rod Nash Racing and Super Black Racing started the season with the previous FG configuration. ^[7] Both teams updated to the FG X for the second event of the championship. ^[59]

Ford Performance Racing was rebranded as Prodrive Racing Australia, following Ford reducing its funding to the team. ^[60]

Charlie Schwerkolt Racing switched from racing a customer Ford Performance Racing Falcon to a customer Holden Racing Team Commodore. ^[9]

Dick Johnson Racing was rebranded as DJR Team Penske, after Team Penske purchased a 51% stake in the team. ^[15] The team scaled back to run a single car. ^[61]

James Rosenberg Racing returned its Racing Entitlement Contract (REC) to the series' management. ^[62]

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport returned to fielding two cars having scaled back to run a single car in 2014. ^[63]

Super Black Racing entered the series full-time as a customer of Prodrive Racing Australia with a REC leased from DJR Team Penske. ^{[9] [61]}

Driver changes

Marcos Ambrose was scheduled to return to the series full-time, but stepped down after the first event. He returned as a co-driver in the endurance races.

After making a one-off appearance at the 2014 Sydney NRMA 500 for Dick Johnson Racing, former series champion Marcos Ambrose returned to the championship on a full-time basis. ^[15] With the team scaling back to run a single car for Ambrose, Scott Pye was left without a drive. ^[61]

Tim Blanchard joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport full-time after driving for the team in the endurance races in 2014. ^[29]

Andre Heimgartner competed in his first full-time season, driving for Super Black Racing, after racing in a wildcard entry in the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. ^[9]

Lee Holdsworth moved from Erebus Motorsport to Charlie Schwerkolt Racing, replacing Jack Perkins. ^[64] Holdsworth's place at Erebus Motorsport was taken by Ashley Walsh. ^[41]

Nick Percat moved from James Rosenberg Racing to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport following Russell Ingall's retirement from full-time driving. ^{[9] [65]}

David Wall moved from Dick Johnson Racing to Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace Robert Dahlgren. ^{[55] [66]}

Mid-season changes

Marcos Ambrose stepped down from full-time driving duties at DJR Team Penske prior to the second event of the championship. He was replaced by Scott Pye, who had originally been listed as the team's endurance co-driver, for the rest of the season. Ambrose returned as a co-driver for the endurance races. ^[16]

James Courtney was injured during practice for the Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint when he was hit by pieces of pit equipment which were flung into the air by a low-flying helicopter. His endurance co-driver, Jack Perkins, replaced him for the remainder of the weekend. ^[27] Courtney also missed the Wilson Security Sandown 500 and Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, with Russell Ingall coming out of retirement to be co-driver for Perkins. ^{[28] [67]}

Cam Waters made his full-time V8 Supercar début, replacing Chaz Mostert at Prodrive Racing Australia after Mostert was injured in an accident at the Bathurst 1000. As Waters was originally scheduled to partner Mostert for the Gold Coast 600, Russell Ingall was drafted in as co-driver ahead of James Courtney's return to the Holden Racing Team. ^[13] Steve Owen drove the car at the Sydney 500 to allow Waters to concentrate on his Dunlop Series commitments. ^[14]

Dean Canto replaced Ashley Walsh at the Phillip Island event, with Erebus Motorsport citing the need for an experienced driver to help with car setup. ^[43] Alex Davison drove the car at the Sydney 500 as Erebus Motorsport continues its development program. ^[44]

Chris Pither replaced Andre Heimgartner at the Phillip Island event as Super Black Racing evaluated its full-time driver options for 2016. ^[19] Pither also drove at the Sydney 500, having been confirmed as Heimgartner's replacement for 2016. ^[68]

After taking part in Friday practice at the Phillip Island event, Nick Percat elected not to take part in the rest of the weekend due to a foot injury sustained at the Gold Coast 600. He was replaced by Paul Dumbrell for the rest of the event. ^[32] Percat did not recover in time for the Sydney 500 and was replaced by Jack Perkins for the event. ^[33]

Season calendar

The 2015 calendar was released on 12 September 2014. ^{[69] [70]} Two non-championship events were held; one being the MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge in conjunction with the Australian Grand Prix on 12–15 March, and the other a demonstration using five cars (one from each manufacturer) at the Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix in Malaysia over 7–9 August. ^{[71] [72]}

Rnd. Event name Circuit Location Format Date 1 Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia ST 28 February – 1 March 2 Tasmania Super Sprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania SP 28–29 March 3 Perth Super Sprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia SP 2–3 May 4 Winton Super Sprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria SP 16–17 May 5 Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory SP 20–21 June 6 Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland ST 11–12 July 7 Ipswich Super Sprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland SP 1–2 August 8 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales SP 22–23 August 9 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria EC 13 September 10 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales EC 11 October 11 Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland EC 24–25 October 12 Auckland 500 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand SP 6–8 November 13 Phillip Island Super Sprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria SP 21–22 November 14 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales ST 5–6 December

Icon Meaning ST Super Street SP Super Sprint EC Endurance Cup

Adelaide Launceston Perth Winton Darwin Townsville Ipswich Eastern Creek Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Phillip Island Homebush class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Pukekohe class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Calendar changes

The Auckland event moved from April to November, while the Winton and Perth events swapped positions on the calendar. ^[69]

Format changes

Each Super Sprint event featured two hours of Friday practice which incorporated testing time for the teams. The Townsville event reverted to its original 400-kilometre format, with a 200-kilometre race held on both Saturday and Sunday. ^[69] The Saturday races of Super Sprint events were contested over a shorter distance of 60 kilometres per race, compared to the 100-kilometre races held in 2014. No twilight races were held. ^[73] After holding a fourth race on the Friday in 2013 and 2014, the Auckland event was reduced to three races, the same as all other Super Sprint events. ^[74]

Rule changes

The number of test days allocated to each team was reduced from four to three. A compulsory two-day test was held at Sydney Motorsport Park on 7–8 February 2015, with teams allocated one further day of private testing that could be used at their discretion. The amount of track time on Fridays at eight rounds has been increased to account for the reduced number of test days. ^[69]

From Darwin, in response to processional racing in the 60 km SuperSprint races, the V8 Supercar Commission changed tyre allocations to give teams a set of soft compound rubber for the second race. ^[75]

Other changes

The season saw the commencement of a new television deal, with Foxtel and Network Ten taking over the broadcasting rights from Seven Network. All races are being shown live on Foxtel's Fox Sports with six events – Adelaide, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst, the Gold Coast and Sydney – also being televised live on Ten. ^[76] Ten also broadcasts limited highlights of the other events. The television series Inside Supercars and Supercars Life were also launched by Fox Sports to accompany their coverage. Ten revived their motorsport magazine series RPM to accompany their own coverage.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	1	Adelaide 500	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	2		Jamie Whincup	Tim Slade	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing
	3		James Courtney	Garth Tander	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team
2	4	Tasmania Super Sprint	Craig Lowndes	Shane van Gisbergen	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	5		Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	6		Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
3	7	Perth Super Sprint	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	8		Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
	9		Chaz Mostert	Rick Kelly	Will Davison	Erebus Motorsport
4	10	Winton Super Sprint	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	11		Chaz Mostert	David Reynolds	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
	12		Chaz Mostert	Rick Kelly	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
5	13	Darwin Triple Crown	James Courtney	Shane van Gisbergen	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	14		Rick Kelly	Shane van Gisbergen	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	15		David Reynolds	Rick Kelly	David Reynolds	Rod Nash Racing
6	16	Townsville 400	Chaz Mostert	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	17		Scott McLaughlin	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
7	18	Ipswich Super Sprint	Chaz Mostert	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	19		Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia
	20		Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia
8	21	Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
	22		Chaz Mostert	Scott Pye	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	23		Scott McLaughlin	Craig Lowndes	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia
9	24	Sandown 500	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Paul Dumbrell	Mark Winterbottom Steve Owen	Prodrive Racing Australia	Report
10	25	Bathurst 1000	David Reynolds	Jamie Whincup	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
11	26	Gold Coast 600	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Report
	27		Scott McLaughlin	Craig Lowndes	James Courtney Jack Perkins	Holden Racing Team
12	28	Auckland 500	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	29		David Reynolds	Craig Lowndes	David Reynolds	Rod Nash Racing
	30		Scott McLaughlin	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
13	31	Phillip Island Super Sprint	Jamie Whincup	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	32		Scott McLaughlin	Jamie Whincup	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	33		Mark Winterbottom	Scott Pye	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	34	Sydney 500	Mark Winterbottom	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Report
	35		Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	36		James Courtney	Jamie Whincup	Shane van Gisbergen	Tekno Autosports

Points system

Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event. ^[77]

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th
Short format	75	69	64	60	55	51	48	45	42	39	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	—	—
Long format	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30
Endurance format	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48

• Short format: Used for the 60 km races of Super Sprint events and the 125 km races of Super Street events.
• Long format: Used for the 200 km races of Super Sprint events, the 250 km race of Super Street events and in both races of the Townsville 400 and Gold Coast 600.
• Endurance format: Used for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 endurance races.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK PHI SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Mark Winterbottom 5 5 11 5 2 6 5 1 1 15 2 1 1 2 7 5 1 1 1 1 3 2 8 16 1 2 23 11 7 4 11 7 4 4 5 3 4 0 3246 2 Craig Lowndes 888 4 3 9 1 1 6 3 5 2 12 8 3 18 1 15 14 9 3 2 2 5 10 10 13 1 3 4 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 15 7 6 15 3008 3 David Reynolds 55 13 17 15 6 4 11 6 7 9 4 4 6 16 10 1 2 3 7 4 4 4 6 6 5 6 2 9 3 1 4 25 5 10 9 2 5 0 2910 4 Shane van Gisbergen 97 6 13 2 4 8 3 4 24 14 8 5 23 12 5 4 10 20 4 Ret 21 20 5 4 3 8 1 5 2 5 9 4 9 7 2 6 1 25 2712 5 Jamie Whincup 1 1 21 4 7 2 1 15 2 19 9 6 10 11 16 22 9 5 8 5 8 3 1 14 15 18 24 7 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 50 2647 6 Garth Tander 2 7 4 3 8 5 4 Ret 11 6 16 Ret 5 20 8 12 7 4 13 12 5 18 11 12 4 3 4 3 10 10 10 8 13 9 22 12 11 0 2584 7 Fabian Coulthard 14 3 1 6 10 10 9 8 3 3 6 21 2 Ret 15 3 3 13 10 15 14 11 2 2 16 4 7 13 23 9 7 12 11 11 10 14 10 0 2542 8 Scott McLaughlin 33 DNS 9 18 Ret 9 7 11 Ret 18 25 9 9 Ret 9 11 4 Ret 2 9 13 8 4 5 14 5 21 6 9 3 6 3 2 2 8 5 19 0 2205 9 Rick Kelly 15 15 6 7 14 16 14 9 8 20 7 2 11 3 21 13 16 16 16 13 17 6 12 15 10 16 9 2 14 11 17 17 8 6 7 8 3 0 2154 10 James Courtney 22 10 2 1 3 3 10 10 6 5 14 23 7 23 6 7 6 2 6 8 6 5 1 8 6 15 6 10 13 4 4 12 65 2110 11 Chaz Mostert 6 2 Ret Ret 5 12 2 2 4 4 1 3 25 1 3 2 8 6 5 3 1 1 3 1 2 DNS 0 2017 12 Michael Caruso 23 21 Ret 14 15 23 19 18 15 10 3 10 4 5 14 21 15 11 17 11 12 16 15 7 11 13 20 10 6 15 5 19 7 22 12 15 8 40 1898 13 Tim Slade 47 8 Ret 8 9 14 Ret 16 10 23 19 11 14 7 2 9 20 14 11 14 19 15 14 8 6 14 14 12 15 7 23 10 16 17 6 20 Ret 15 1764 14 Lee Holdsworth 18 9 10 Ret 22 11 16 14 14 17 18 Ret 15 13 18 18 13 7 15 21 18 14 7 13 7 9 Ret 14 13 16 8 16 18 Ret 18 10 7 0 1699 15 Will Davison 9 Ret DNS 19 17 7 23 7 9 1 13 7 24 14 19 24 12 24 9 7 7 13 9 20 23 12 15 16 Ret 13 16 15 17 12 13 11 18 0 1672 16 Jason Bright 8 12 5 11 19 15 12 5 13 16 11 14 13 19 13 8 19 12 Ret 16 9 10 24 3 22 7 22 23 Ret DNS 18 14 12 23 3 23 20 75 1671 17 Todd Kelly 7 14 12 10 23 13 13 12 12 13 5 13 12 10 12 17 17 10 19 6 Ret 17 25 24 24 20 13 17 12 17 13 11 19 5 11 16 13 0 1664 18 James Moffat 99 11 7 Ret 12 19 22 13 20 7 17 22 19 4 11 14 11 17 DSQ DSQ 10 12 18 Ret 18 10 10 8 11 14 14 5 14 8 24 Ret 16 10 1643 19 Scott Pye 17 18 17 18 22 21 Ret 15 18 8 6 4 16 5 19 Ret 10 15 9 22 17 12 Ret 8 21 5 8 3 13 6 14 16 9 9 40 1589 20 Dale Wood 21 22 18 13 13 24 15 24 19 11 24 17 21 8 22 10 24 18 21 20 24 24 21 22 20 15 11 20 21 19 19 18 20 24 14 13 21 75 1325 21 Tim Blanchard 3 19 19 17 21 21 20 20 23 12 23 16 20 17 Ret 23 21 21 20 18 23 23 23 18 8 Ret 12 22 22 23 12 20 22 16 25 21 14 25 1272 22 Nick Percat 222 18 14 20 16 18 17 19 17 8 10 12 16 9 Ret 6 Ret 15 12 Ret 11 21 17 9 Ret 19 6 15 16 20 Ret 25 1204 23 David Wall 34 17 15 16 20 20 Ret 23 22 21 21 19 18 15 17 20 18 22 22 19 20 22 20 23 21 Ret 16 Ret 18 22 20 23 23 15 19 19 17 0 1118 24 Andre Heimgartner 111 23 20 21 11 25 8 21 16 Ret 20 20 17 22 Ret 19 23 8 14 17 16 7 13 19 17 Ret 18 18 19 18 21 40 1068 25 Ashley Walsh 4 20 8 Ret Ret 22 21 17 18 22 22 15 22 21 20 Ret 22 23 18 Ret 22 25 16 21 19 Ret 19 DSQ 20 21 24 25 769 26 Jack Perkins 22/222 19 19 11 9 11 5 1 17 17 DSQ 0 747 27 Warren Luff 2 4 3 4 3 0 747 28 Dean Canto 55/4 5 6 2 9 22 25 18 0 733 29 Steve Owen 5/6 1 2 23 11 20 Ret Ret 0 706 30 Jonathon Webb 97 3 8 1 5 0 699 31 Steven Richards 888 13 1 3 4 0 681 32 Cam Waters 6 2 DNS 17 19 17 12 22 9 15 20 0 595 33 Luke Youlden 14 16 4 7 13 0 516 34 David Russell 15 10 16 9 2 0 492 35 Alexandre Prémat 33 14 5 21 6 0 492 36 Tony D'Alberto 47 6 14 14 12 0 462 37 Alex Davison 9/4 23 12 15 16 21 22 15 0 427 38 Sébastien Bourdais 18 7 9 Ret 14 0 423 39 Taz Douglas 99 18 10 10 8 10 416 40 Russell Ingall 22/6 9 11 17 19 0 414 41 Paul Dumbrell 1/222 15 18 24 7 21 21 21 25 410 42 Dean Fiore 23 11 13 20 10 0 399 43 Marcos Ambrose 17 16 16 12 12 Ret 8 21 0 395 44 Andrew Jones 8 22 7 22 23 0 345 45 Macauley Jones 21 20 15 11 20 0 327 46 Karl Reindler 3 8 Ret 12 22 0 288 47 Alex Buncombe 7 24 20 13 17 0 276 48 Chris Pither 34/111 21 Ret 16 Ret 24 24 19 23 18 Ret 0 264 49 Oliver Gavin 222 Ret 19 6 15 0 258 50 Ant Pedersen 111 17 Ret 18 18 25 185 51 Jack Le Brocq 4 19 Ret 19 DSQ 0 144 52 Aaren Russell 62 17 0 108 Drew Russell 62 17 0 108 54 Renee Gracie 200 21 0 84 Simona de Silvestro 200 21 0 84 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK PHI SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Endurance Cup.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team [1] No. ADE SYM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK PHI SYD Pen. Pts. [1] 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 1 21 4 7 2 1 15 2 19 9 6 10 11 16 22 9 5 8 5 8 3 1 14 15 18 24 7 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 30 5690 888 4 3 9 1 1 6 3 5 2 12 8 3 18 1 15 14 9 3 2 2 5 10 10 13 1 3 4 4 Ret 2 1 3 1 15 7 6 2 Prodrive Racing Australia 5 5 11 5 2 6 5 1 1 15 2 1 1 2 7 5 1 1 1 1 3 2 8 16 1 2 23 11 7 4 11 7 4 4 5 3 4 50 5554 6 2 Ret Ret 5 12 2 2 4 4 1 3 25 1 3 2 8 6 5 3 1 1 3 1 2 DNS 17 19 17 12 22 9 15 20 20 Ret Ret 3 Holden Racing Team 2 7 4 3 8 5 4 Ret 11 6 16 Ret 5 20 8 12 7 4 13 12 5 18 11 12 4 3 4 3 10 10 10 8 13 9 22 12 11 0 5191 22 10 2 1 3 3 10 10 6 5 14 23 7 23 6 7 6 2 6 8 6 19 19 11 9 11 5 1 8 6 15 6 10 13 4 4 12 4 Brad Jones Racing 8 12 5 11 19 15 12 5 13 16 11 14 13 19 13 8 19 12 Ret 16 9 10 24 3 22 7 22 23 Ret DNS 18 14 12 23 3 23 20 0 4288 14 3 1 6 10 10 9 8 3 3 6 21 2 Ret 15 3 3 13 10 15 14 11 2 2 16 4 7 13 23 9 7 12 11 11 10 14 10 5 Nissan Motorsport 7 14 12 10 23 13 13 12 12 13 5 13 12 10 12 17 17 10 19 6 Ret 17 25 24 24 20 13 17 12 17 13 11 19 5 11 16 13 0 3818 15 15 6 7 14 16 14 9 8 20 7 2 11 3 21 13 16 16 16 13 17 6 12 15 10 16 9 2 14 11 17 17 8 6 7 8 3 6 Nissan Motorsport 23 21 Ret 14 15 23 19 18 15 10 3 10 4 5 14 21 15 11 17 11 12 16 15 7 11 13 20 10 6 15 5 19 7 22 12 15 8 0 3591 99 11 7 Ret 12 19 22 13 20 7 17 22 19 4 11 14 11 17 DSQ DSQ 10 12 18 Ret 18 10 10 8 11 14 14 5 14 8 24 Ret 16 7 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 DNS 9 18 Ret 9 7 11 Ret 18 25 9 9 Ret 9 11 4 Ret 2 9 13 8 4 5 14 5 21 6 9 3 6 3 2 2 8 5 19 0 3323 34 17 15 16 20 20 Ret 23 22 21 21 19 18 15 17 20 18 22 22 19 20 22 20 23 21 Ret 16 Ret 18 22 20 23 23 15 19 19 17 8 Rod Nash Racing ‡ 55 13 17 15 6 4 11 6 7 9 4 4 6 16 10 1 2 3 7 4 4 4 6 6 5 6 2 9 3 1 4 25 5 10 9 2 5 0 2910 9 Tekno Autosports ‡ 97 6 13 2 4 8 3 4 24 14 8 5 23 12 5 4 10 20 4 Ret 21 20 5 4 3 8 1 5 2 5 9 4 9 7 2 6 1 0 2737 10 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 3 19 19 17 21 21 20 20 23 12 23 16 20 17 Ret 23 21 21 20 18 23 23 23 18 8 Ret 12 22 22 23 12 20 22 16 25 21 14 30 2634 222 18 14 20 16 18 17 19 17 8 10 12 16 9 Ret 6 Ret 15 12 Ret 11 21 17 9 Ret 19 6 15 16 20 15 21 21 21 17 17 DSQ 11 Erebus Motorsport 4 20 8 Ret Ret 22 21 17 18 22 22 15 22 21 20 Ret 22 23 18 Ret 22 25 16 21 19 Ret 19 DSQ 20 21 24 22 25 18 21 22 15 30 2621 9 Ret DNS 19 17 7 23 7 9 1 13 7 24 14 19 24 12 24 9 7 7 13 9 20 23 12 15 16 Ret 13 16 15 17 12 13 11 18 12 Walkinshaw Racing ‡ 47 8 Ret 8 9 14 Ret 16 10 23 19 11 14 7 2 9 20 14 11 14 19 15 14 8 6 14 14 12 15 7 23 10 16 17 6 20 Ret 0 1779 13 DJR Team Penske ‡ 17 16 16 12 18 17 18 22 21 Ret 15 18 8 6 4 16 5 19 Ret 10 15 9 22 17 12 Ret 8 21 5 8 3 13 6 14 16 9 9 0 1754 14 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing ‡ 18 9 10 Ret 22 11 16 14 14 17 18 Ret 15 13 18 18 13 7 15 21 18 14 7 13 7 9 Ret 14 13 16 8 16 18 Ret 18 10 7 0 1699 15 Britek Motorsport ‡ 21 22 18 13 13 24 15 24 19 11 24 17 21 8 22 10 24 18 21 20 24 24 21 22 20 15 11 20 21 19 19 18 20 24 14 13 22 0 1367 16 Super Black Racing‡ 111 23 20 21 11 25 8 21 16 Ret 20 20 17 22 Ret 19 23 8 14 17 16 7 13 19 17 Ret 18 18 23 12 23 24 24 19 23 18 Ret 0 1231 17 Novocastrian Motorsport † 62 17 0 108 18 Prodrive Racing Australia † 200 21 0 84 Pos. Driver No. ADE SYM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD SMP SAN BAT SUR PUK PHI SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 position Italics - Fastest lap   Results count toward the Endurance Cup.

Notes:

• ^‡ — Denotes a single-car team.
• ^† — Denotes a wildcard entry.

Enduro Cup

Pos. Drivers No. SAN 500 BAT 1000 SUR 1 SUR 2 Pen. Pts. 1 Garth Tander / Warren Luff 2 4 3 4 3 0 747 2 Shane van Gisbergen / Jonathon Webb 97 3 8 1 5 0 699 3 Mark Winterbottom / Steve Owen 5 1 2 23 11 0 684 4 Craig Lowndes / Steven Richards 888 13 1 3 4 0 681 5 David Reynolds / Dean Canto 55 5 6 2 9 0 648 6 Jack Perkins / Russell Ingall / James Courtney 22 9 11 5 1 0 573 7 Fabian Coulthard / Luke Youlden 14 16 4 7 13 0 516 8 Rick Kelly / David Russell 15 10 16 9 2 0 492 9 Scott McLaughlin / Alexandre Prémat 33 14 5 21 6 0 492 10 Tim Slade / Tony D'Alberto 47 6 14 14 12 0 462 11 Lee Holdsworth / Sébastien Bourdais 18 7 9 Ret 14 0 423 12 James Moffat / Taz Douglas 99 18 10 10 8 10 416 13 Michael Caruso / Dean Fiore 23 11 13 20 10 0 399 14 Chaz Mostert / Cam Waters / Russell Ingall 6 2 DNS 17 19 0 378 15 Jason Bright / Andrew Jones 8 22 7 22 23 0 345 16 Dale Wood / Macauley Jones 21 20 15 11 20 0 327 17 Will Davison / Alex Davison 9 23 12 15 16 0 327 18 Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell 1 15 18 24 7 25 326 19 Tim Blanchard / Karl Reindler 3 8 Ret 12 22 0 288 20 Todd Kelly / Alex Buncombe 7 24 20 13 17 0 276 21 Scott Pye / Marcos Ambrose 17 12 Ret 8 21 0 270 22 Nick Percat / Oliver Gavin 222 Ret 19 6 15 0 258 23 Andre Heimgartner / Ant Pedersen 111 17 Ret 18 18 25 185 24 Ashley Walsh / Jack Le Brocq 4 19 Ret 19 DSQ 0 144 25 David Wall / Chris Pither 34 21 Ret 16 Ret 0 141 26 Aaren Russell / Drew Russell 62 17 0 108 27 Simona de Silvestro / Renee Gracie 200 21 0 84 Pos. Drivers No. SAN 500 BAT 1000 SUR 1 SUR 2 Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 position Italics - Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

The Manufacturers' championship was won by Holden. ^[78]

See also

• 2015 V8 Supercar season

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External links

Media related to V8 Supercar in 2015 at Wikimedia Commons