Formula Renault 3.5 season 2015

The 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 season was the 18th season of the main series of the World Series by Renault . The season started on April 25th in Alcañiz and ended on October 18th in Jerez .

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Dallara T12 chassis , engines from Gibson Technology and tires from Michelin .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
DAMS	01	Nyck de Vries	1-9
	02	Dean Stoneman	1-9
Fortec Motorsport	03	Jazeman Jaafar	1-9
	04th	Oliver Rowland	1-9
Arden Motorsport	05	Nicholas Latifi	1-9
	06th	Yegor Orudschew	1-9
Zeta Corse	07th
	08th
lotus	09	Matthieu Vaxivière	1-9
	10	Meindest van Buuren jr.	1-4
		Marlon Stockinger	5, 7-9
		Nicholas Yelloly	6th
Strakka Racing	11	Tio Ellinas	1-9
	12	Gustav Malja	1-9
AVF	15th	Alfonso Celis Jr.	1-9
	16	Beitske Visser	1-9
Tech 1 racing	17th	Roy Nissany	1-9
	18th	Aurélien Panis	1-9
International Draco Racing	19th	Pietro Fantin	1-7
		André Negrao	8, 9
	20th	Bruno Bonifacio	1-7
Comtec Racing	21st	Louis Delétraz	5
	22nd
Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	25th	Sean Gelael	1-9
	26th	Tom Dillmann	1-9
Pons Racing	39	Philo Paz Patrick Armand	1-4, 6
		Meindest van Buuren jr.	5
		Yu Kanamaru	7-9
	40	Roberto Merhi	1, 3-5
		Alex Fontana	2
		William Bratt	6th
		René Binder	7th
		Nikita Slobin	8, 9

Racing calendar

The racing calendar for the 2015 season comprised nine race weekends, each of which took place two races apart from in Monte Carlo . The race in Monte Carlo took place as part of the Monaco Grand Prix . At the race in Spielberg , the Formula Renault 3.5 carried out its race weekend alone. The remaining seven events made up the calendar of the World Series by Renault .

Compared to last year, the races in Le Castellet , Monza and Wolokolamsk have been replaced by Le Mans , Silverstone and Spielberg.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	April 25	Alcañiz	Oliver Rowland	Jazeman Jaafar	Dean Stoneman
02.	26th of April		Matthieu Vaxivière	Nyck de Vries	Oliver Rowland
03.	May 24th	Monte Carlo	Jazeman Jaafar	Dean Stoneman	Tom Dillmann
04th	30th May	Spa Francorchamps	Matthieu Vaxivière	Jazeman Jaafar	Dean Stoneman
05.	31. May		Oliver Rowland	Nyck de Vries	Matthieu Vaxivière
06th	June 13th	Mogyoród	Yegor Orudschew	Roberto Merhi	Oliver Rowland
07th	14th June		Oliver Rowland	Matthieu Vaxivière	Gustav Malja
08th.	July 11th	Spielberg	Oliver Rowland	Dean Stoneman	Nyck de Vries
09.	July 12		Matthieu Vaxivière	Oliver Rowland	Roy Nissany
10.	05th September	Silverstone	Tio Ellinas	Oliver Rowland	Matthieu Vaxivière
11.	0September 6th		Oliver Rowland	Matthieu Vaxivière	Pietro Fantin
12.	12th September	Nürburg	Oliver Rowland	Nyck de Vries	Jazeman Jaafar
13.	13.september		Tio Ellinas	Gustav Malja	Nyck de Vries
14th	September 26th	Le Mans	Oliver Rowland	Yegor Orudschew	Tom Dillmann
15th	September 27th		Yegor Orudschew	Matthieu Vaxivière	Tio Ellinas
16.	October 17th	Jerez	Oliver Rowland	Yegor Orudschew	Matthieu Vaxivière
17th	October 18		Nyck de Vries	Oliver Rowland	Matthieu Vaxivière

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded in all races according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item driver  ALC  MON  SPA  HUN  SPI  SIL  ONLY  LMS  JER Points R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 01  O. Rowland 1 3 6th 5 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 10 1 8th 1 2 307 02  M. Vaxivière 4th 1 DNF 1 3 4th 2 6th 1 3 2 4th 11 10 2 3 3 234 03  N. de Vries 7th 2 11 9 2 11 9 3 5 4th DNF 2 3 7th 10 4th 1 160 04th  T. Ellinas DNF 4th DNF 7th 5 17th 6th 9 13 1 11 6th 1 9 3 5 4th 135 05  J. Orudschew DNF 18th 4th 10 9 1 11 11 DNF 7th 6th 9 5 2 1 2 7th 133 06th  D. Stoneman 3 12 2 3 4th 6th 12 2 DNF DNF 4th DNF 6th 4th 4th 13 DNF 130 07th  T. Dillmann 9 5 3 6th 16 5 5 5 8th 5 DNF 5 14th 3 5 DNF 6th 122 08th  J. Jaafar 2 7th 1 2 6th 18th 4th 10 9 10 DNF 3 17th 13 14th 6th 8th 118 09  G. Malja 10 20th DNF 8th 14th 10 3 7th 7th 6th 8th 8th 2 11 9 11 5 79 10  P. Fantin 6th 11 5 DNF 8th DNF 8th 13 4th 11 3 7th 9         61 11  N. Latifi 8th 14th DNF 4th 13 DNF 17th 4th DNF 8th 5 DNF DNF DNF 7th 7th 10 55 12  A. Panis 12 13 7th DNF 7th 7th 13 8th DNF DNF 9 14th DNF 5 6th DNF 13 42 13  R. Nissany 14th 16 12 14th DNF 8th 14th DNF 3 9 14th DNF 18th 8th 12 9 DNF 27 14th  R. Merhi DNF 9   DNF DNF 2 7th DSQ EX                 26th 15th  M. van Buuren 5 6th DNF 11 10 16 10 DNF DNF                 20th 16  A. Celis DNF 8th DNF 13 11 14th 16 DNF 12 13 12 10 4th DNF 16 15th DNF 17th 17th  M. Stockinger               DNF 6th     11 7th 15th 11 17th 14th 14th 18th  Y. Kanamaru                       12 13 6th DNF 10 11 9 19th  S. Gelael DNF 15th 8th 15th 12 15th DNF DNF DNF DNF 10 15th 16 16 17th 16 9 7th 20th  N. Yelloly                   14th 7th             6th 21st  A. Negra                           12 DNF 8th 12 4th 22nd  R. Binder                       13 8th         4th 23  B. Visser DNF 19th 13 * DNS DNF 9 15th 12 10 DNF 13 16 15th 14th 13 12 DNF 3 24  A. Fontana     9                             2 25th  B. Bonifacio 11 10 DNF 12 DNF 12 18th 14th 11 DNF DNF DNF 12         1 26th  P. Armand 13 17th 10 16 15th 13 DNF     DNF 16             1 27  W. Bratt                   12 15th             0 28  N. Slobin                           17th 15th 14th DNF 0 29  L. Delétraz               15th DNF                 0 Item driver R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points  ALC  MON  SPA  HUN  SPI  SIL  ONLY  LMS  JER

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished ( DNF ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA) Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap * - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Individual evidence

1. ^ Glenn Freeman: McLaren junior Nyck de Vries joins DAMS for 2015 FR3.5 season. autosport.com, October 20, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Peter Allen: Stoneman joins Red Bull, gets DAMS FR3.5 seat alongside de Vries. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: Jazeman Jaafar confirms Fortec switch in Formula Renault 3.5. paddockscout.com, March 4, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Peter Allen: Oliver Rowland confirmed for second season in FR3.5 with Fortec. paddockscout.com, November 16, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
5. ^ Peter Allen: Nicholas Latifi signs with Arden for Formula Renault 3.5. paddockscout.com, February 9, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Gruz David: Orudzhev graduates to Formula Renault 3.5 with Arden. paddockscout.com, January 15, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Gruz David: Returning Vaxiviere completes Lotus FR3.5 lineup. paddockscout.com, February 6, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Gruz David: Van Buuren switches to Lotus for sophomore FR3.5 campaign. paddockscout.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Valentin Khorounzhiy: Stockinger returns to Lotus FR3.5 squad, van Buuren heads back to Pons. paddockscout.com, July 10, 2015, accessed July 11, 2015 . 
10. ^ Peter Allen: Nick Yelloly takes Lotus FR3.5 seat to complete Silverstone grid. paddockscout.com, September 3, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 . 
11. ^ Peter Allen: Tio Ellinas gets Formula Renault 3.5 deal with Strakka Racing. paddockscout.com, February 23, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Peter Allen: Gustav Malja joins Strakka for step up to Formula Renault 3.5. paddockscout.com, January 28, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Alfonso Celis adds 3.5 campaign with AVF to 2015 schedule. paddockscout.com, February 11, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Peter Allen: Beitske Visser to continue with AVF in FR3.5 in 2015. paddockscout.com, December 22, 2014, accessed on February 25, 2015 (English). 
15. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Nissany completes Tech 1 Racing's 3.5 lineup. paddockscout.com, February 10, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Aurelien Panis to make 3.5 jump with Tech 1. paddockscout.com, December 18, 2014, accessed on February 25, 2015 (English). 
17. ↑ Peter Allen: Pietro Fantin stays with Draco for 2015 FR3.5 season. paddockscout.com, December 9, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
18. ↑ Peter Allen: Andre Negrao back in FR3.5 with Draco for Le Mans. paddockscout.com, September 24, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 . 
19. ↑ Peter Allen: Bonifacio confirmed for second Draco seat in FR3.5. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
20. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Louis Deletraz set for Formula Renault 3.5 debut with Comtec at Spielberg. paddockscout.com, July 3, 2015, accessed July 11, 2015 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Allen: Dillmann recruited alongside Gelael for Carlin's FR3.5 return. paddockscout.com, January 21, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
22. ^ Peter Allen: Pons announce Philo Paz Armand as second driver for FR3.5. paddockscout.com, March 27, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
23. ^ Peter Allen: Yu Kanamaru to make Formula Renault 3.5 debut with Pons. paddockscout.com, September 9, 2015, accessed September 11, 2015 . 
24. ↑ Gruz David Merhi stays in FR3.5 for a sophomore campaign with Pons. paddockscout.com, March 4, 2015, accessed March 4, 2015 . 
25. ^ Peter Allen: Merhi to focus on F1 in Monaco, Fontana to fill in for Pons in FR3.5. paddockscout.com, May 18, 2015, accessed May 29, 2015 . 
26. ^ Peter Allen: Will Bratt gets surprise call-up to replace Roberto Merhi in FR3.5. paddockscout.com, September 2, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015 . 
27. ↑ Peter Allen: Merhi halts FR3.5 programs, Binder joins new Pons line-up. paddockscout.com, September 10, 2015, accessed on September 11, 2015 . 
28. ↑ Peter Allen: Nikita Zlobin joins Pons FR3.5 fold for Le Mans and Jerez. paddockscout.com, September 23, 2015, accessed on September 24, 2015 . 
29. ^ The 2015 World Series by Renault calendar revealed. motorsport.com, October 19, 2014, accessed February 26, 2015 .