2015 VLN Series

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The 2015 VLN Series was the 38th season of the VLN.

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The drivers championship was won by Dirk Groneck and Tim Groneck, driving a Renault Clio for Groneck Motorsport. [1]

A fatal accident occurred during the opening round of the season, claiming the life of 49-year-old Dutch spectator Andy Gehrmann and injuring nine other spectators. The No. 23 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 of Jann Mardenborough unexpectedly took off at the Flugplatz, hit the barrier and bounced over the catch fencing, into the crowd. [2] [3]

Calendar

Rnd.RaceLengthCircuitDate
161. ADAC Westfalenfahrt4 hours [a] Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Nordschleife March 28
240. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen4 hoursApril 25
357. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup4 hoursJune 20
446. Adenauer ADAC Worldpeace Trophy4 hoursJuly 4
547. ADAC Barbarossapreis4 hoursAugust 1
638. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen4 hoursAugust 22
7Opel 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen6 hoursSeptember 5
855. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen4 hoursOctober 3
9ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen4 hoursOctober 17
1040. DMV Münsterlandpokal4 hours [b] October 31

Race Results

Results indicate overall winners only.

RndCircuitPole PositionWinners
1 Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Nordschleife No. 6 Flag of Germany.svg Rowe Racing No. 6 Flag of Germany.svg Rowe Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
2No. 28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bentley Motorsport No. 10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Audi Sport Team WRT
Flag of Germany.svg Lance David Arnold
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Menzel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Mies
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller
3No. 30 Flag of Germany.svg Frikadelli Racing TeamNo. 30 Flag of Germany.svg Frikadelli Racing Team
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Abbelen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Schmitz
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Abbelen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick Huisman
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Schmitz
4No. 16 Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes-AMG Test Team No. 36 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Jäger
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth
Flag of Italy.svg Michela Cerruti
Flag of Germany.svg Felipe Fernández Laser
Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn
5No. 777 Flag of Germany.svg H&R Spezialfedern No. 777 Flag of Germany.svg H&R Spezialfedern
Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Alzen
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Alzen
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Schwager
6No. 7 Flag of Germany.svg Rowe Racing No. 7 Flag of Germany.svg Rowe Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hohenadel
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hohenadel
7No. 55 Flag of Germany.svg Farnbacher RacingNo. 2 Flag of Germany.svg Black Falcon
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Yoshimoto
Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Haupt
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Christodoulou
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman
8No. 16 Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes-AMG Test Team No. 44 Flag of Germany.svg Twin Busch Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Jäger
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Seyffarth
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Busch
Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Busch
9No. 2 Flag of Germany.svg Black FalconNo. 2 Flag of Germany.svg Black Falcon
Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Haupt
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuel Metzger
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Christodoulou
Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Haupt
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuel Metzger
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Christodoulou
10No. 36 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst MotorsportNo. 56 Flag of Germany.svg Black Falcon
Flag of Finland.svg Jesse Krohn
Flag of Sweden.svg Victor Bouveng
Flag of the Netherlands.svg "Gerwin"
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuel Metzger
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Eng
Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Footnotes

  1. The race was red-flagged after 48 minutes following the accident that ultimately claimed the life of Andy Gehrmann. It was not restarted.
  2. The start of the race was delayed due to heavy fog. Once the fog cleared, the race began at 1:50 pm with a three-hour time limit. However, the fog worsened 11 minutes before the end and the race was stopped early. [4]

References

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  3. "Motorsport Memorial - Andy Gehrmann". motorsportmemorial.org. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. "Groneck-Brüder sichern sich ihren zweiten VLN-Titel". nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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  17. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - OPEL 6-Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (05.09.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 5 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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  19. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 55. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen (03.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 3 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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  21. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen (17.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 17 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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  23. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 40. DMV Münsterlandpokal (31.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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