2015 motorsport champions | |
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This list of 2015 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races where the season was completed during the 2015 calendar year.
Series | Champion(s) | refer |
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Formula D | Fredric Aasbø [141] | 2015 Formula D season |
Pro2: Alex Heilbrunn [141] | ||
Manufacturers Cup: Scion [141] | ||
Tire Cup: Hankook [141] | ||
D1 Grand Prix | Masato Kawabata [142] | |
Teams: Team Toyo Tires Drift Trust Racing | ||
Tanso: Akinori Utsumi |
Series | Champion(s) | refer |
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European Truck Racing Championship | Norbert Kiss [143] | 2015 European Truck Racing Championship |
Teams: Buggyra Racing |
Series | Champion(s) | refer |
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Stadium Super Trucks | Sheldon Creed [144] | 2015 Stadium Super Trucks Series |
Series | Pilot | refer |
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Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Paul Bonhomme [162] | 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship |
Challenger: Mikaël Brageot [163] |
Series | Driver | refer |
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Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship | Philippe Chiappe [164] | 2015 F1 Powerboat World Championship |
Teams: Qatar Team |
Series | Champion | refer |
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IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship | Simon Kurzbuch [165] | |
EFRA European 1:8 IC Track Championship | Oliver Mack [166] | |
ROAR 1:8 Fuel On-Road National Championship | Mike Swauger [167] | |
FEMCA Asia On Road GP Championship | Shoki Takahata [168] | |
JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP On-Road Championship | Shinnosuke Yokoyama [169] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship | 2WD: Spencer Rivkin [170] | 2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship |
4WD: Bruno Coelho [171] | ||
ROAR 1:10 Off-Road National Championship | 2WD: Ryan Cavalieri [172] | |
4WD: Ryan Cavalieri [172] | ||
JMRCA All-Japan 1:10 EP Off-Road Championship | 2WD: Masatsugu Ido [173] | |
4WD: Naoto Matsukura [174] | ||
EFRA European 1:10 Off-Road Championship | 2WD: Lee Martin [175] | |
4WD: Michal Orlowski [176] | ||
BRCA 1:10 Off-Road Championship | 2WD: Lee Martin [177] | |
4WD: Lee Martin [177] | ||
Deutsche Meisterschaften Elektro Off-Road 1:10 | 2WD: Swen Lauber [178] | |
4WD: Jörn Neumann [179] | ||
Sverige Cupen 1:10 Off-Road | 2WD: Niclas Månsson | |
4WD: Malin Karlsen [180] | ||
Euro Offroad Series | 2WD: Lee Martin [181] | |
4WD: Lee Martin [181] | ||
CML RACE France | 2WD Stock: Fabrice Goujon [182] | |
2WD: Lorenzo Crolla [182] | ||
4WD: Ludovic Valtier [182] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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EFRA European 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship | Modified: Alexander Hagberg [183] | |
JMRCA All-Japan 1:10 EP Touring Car Championship | Super Expert: Akio Sobue [184] | |
BRCA Touring Car National Championship | Modified: Elliott Harper [185] | |
ROAR 1:10 Electric Asphalt National Championship | Modified: Ryan Cavalieri [186] | |
ROAR 1:10 Electric Carpet National Championship | Modified: Keven Hebert [187] | |
Euro Touring Series | Modified: Ronald Völker [188] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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EFRA European 1:8 IC Off-Road Championship | Elliott Boots [189] | |
ROAR 1:8 Fuel Off-Road National Championship | Buggy: Ty Tessmann [190] | |
Truggy: Ty Tessmann [191] | ||
Coupe de France tout-terrain 1:8 | Jerôme Aigoin [192] | |
BRCA Rallycross National Championship | Elliott Boots [193] | |
Deutsche Meisterschaften Verbrenner Off-Road 1:8 | Marvin Fritschler [194] | |
Campeonato de España de 1:8 TT Gas | Robert Batlle [195] | |
JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship | Kazuya Tanaka [196] | |
Sverige Cupen 1:8 Off-Road | David Ronnefalk [197] | |
FEMCA 1:8 Off-Road Championship | Kyle McBride [198] | |
ROAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road National Championship | Ryan Maifield [199] | |
EFRA European 1:8 Electric Off-Road Championship | Robert Batlle [200] | |
Deutsche Meisterschaften Elektro Off-Road 1:8 | Marvin Fritschler [201] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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EFRA 1:12 On-Road Championship | Modified: Alexander Hagberg [202] | |
JMRCA All-Japan 1:12 EP Racing Championship | Modified: Yugo Nagashima [203] | |
BRCA 1:12 Electric Circuit National Championship | Modified: Olly Jefferies [204] | |
ROAR Electric Carpet National Championship | Modified: Keven Hebert [187] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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EFRA European 1:10 IC On-Road Championship | Bruno Coelho [205] | |
ROAR 1:10 Fuel Sedan National Championship | Paul Lemieux [167] | |
FEMCA Asia On Road GP Championship | Surikarn Chaidajsuriya [206] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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IFMAR Large Scale World Championship | Russell Grenenger [207] | |
EFRA Large Scale Touring Car European Championship | Aleš Bayer [208] |
Series | Champion | refer |
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EFRA European Large Scale Off-Road Championships | 2WD: Patrick Schweinzer | |
4WD: Jörg Miikael Tiit |
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Ishiura was crowned the 2015 champion with 51.5 points as Nakajima was second with 45.5 points and Lotterer third with 40 points.
ART GP did the double with both the Drivers' and Teams' titles wrapped up; and it was Trident who finished runner-up, just ahead of Arden International.
The Spanish teenager will be joined by Tereshchenko who graduated into GP3 as Spanish Formula 3 champion and Euroformula Open runner-up, while also making a handful of wildcard appearances for Campos in GP3 last year.
A dominant year in the Asian junior Formula series has catapulted the Hong Kong-based outfit to the top of the championship's leaderboard with a staggering advantage, allowing KCMG to take the Team and Drivers' title after Formula Masters penultimate event last month. As the team heads to Shanghai this week, they are confident that FMCS 2015 champion Martin Rump, along with his teammates Rowe, Ye, Zheng and Bo will maintain the team's winning ways and conclude the season in China on a high note.
"There's been confusion because I think the perception was that Formula Lites had been left for dead by the arrival of Formula 4," said Dale, whose driver Vinicius Papareli won the FLites championship this year.
The Britons success puts him equal with Carlos Sainz for most wins in a season, but also sees him that much closer to clinching the Drivers championship as well as the first team title in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Fortec Motorsports.
Finally, SMP Ferrari's Andrea Bertolini, Viktor Shaitar and Aleksey Basov claimed the GTE AM title by finishing fifth as the Aston Martin Vantage GTE of Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda took a third win of the year.
The Stock Car Brasil championship held its final round of the season at Interlagos on Sunday, with Marcos Gomes clinching his maiden main series crown.
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