Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2015

Philipp Eng won his second championship title in a row in 2015 (photo from 2018)

The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany was the 26th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . The first run on May 2nd and the season finale on October 18th took place at the Hockenheimring .

A total of 17 races were held over nine weekends in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria this season. The races took place as part of the DTM supporting program . Two runs were carried out on eight race weekends. Only the race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife on May 16 there was a race.

The Austrian Philipp Eng won the driver's title for the second time after the 2014 season with 295 points. The team ranking was won by the Deutsche Post by Project 1 team .

After 2013 and 2014, the Swiss Rolf Ineichen won his third B-driver title for amateurs with 284 points in a row. The rookie classification was won by the Spaniard Alexander Toril with 58 points.

Starting field

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season:

No. driver team Rating Race weekend 1 Matteo Cairoli Deutsche Post by Project 1 A. all 2 Sean Johnston Market Leader Team by Project 1 A. 1-6 3 Alexander Toril A R all 4th Robert Renauer Herberth Motorsport A. all 5 Ralf Bohn B. all 6th Jeffrey Schmidt Lechner Racing Middle East A. all 7th Michael Ammermüller The Heart of Racing by Lechner A. all 8th Connor De Phillippi Country Motorsport A. all 9 Wolf Nathan B. all 10 Christopher Zöchling Konrad Motorsport A. all 11 Philipp Frommenwiler A. 1, 7 Klaus Bachler A. 2 Daniel Cammish A. 3, 5 Ronald van de Laar B. 4th Luca Rettenbacher A R 6th Klaus Abbelen B. 8th 12 Rolf Ineichen B. all 14th Christian Engelhart TECE MRS Racing A. all 15th Richard Goddard A R all 16 Elia Erhart A. all 17th Nicki Thiim KÜS Team75 Bernhard A. all 18th Pepe Massot A R 1-5, 9 Josh Webster A. 6th Jaap van Lagen A. 7th Chris van der Drift A. 8th 19th Maximilian Hackl Aust Motorsport A R 1-7 Lance David Arnold A. 8-9 20th Mike Halder A. 1-4 Niclas Kentenich A. 5-8 Jaap van Lagen A. 9 23 Alex Riberas The Heart of Racing by Lechner A. all 24 Philip Morin Lechner Racing Middle East A. 9 25th Magnus Öhman Mtech Competition A. 9 26th Lars Bertil Rantzow B. 9 27 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport A. 9 31 Mattia Drudi Dinamic Motorsport A. 6th 89 Ben Barker Country Motorsport A. all 90 Peter Scharmach A. 2 Hermann Bacon B. 4th 92 Jaap van Lagen Lechner Racing Middle East A. 1, 3 Sven Müller A. 2, 4-9 93 Philipp Eng Deutsche Post by Project 1 A. all

symbol Driver rating A. Professional (A) B. Amateur (B) R. Rookie

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	Second	Third
1	Run 1	Hockenheimring	2.May	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Alex Riberas	Ben Barker
	Run 2		May 3rd	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Jeffrey Schmidt	Ben Barker
2	Run	Nürburgring Nordschleife	May 16	Sven Müller	Alex Riberas	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Christopher Zöchling
3	Run 1	Lausitzring	30th May	Philipp Eng	Robert Renauer	Philipp Eng	Michael Ammermüller	Nicki Thiim
	Run 2		31. May	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Robert Renauer	Michael Ammermüller
4th	Run 1	Norisring	June 27th	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Connor De Phillippi
	Run 2		June 28th	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng
5	Run 1	Zandvoort	July 11th	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Michael Ammermüller	Alex Riberas
	Run 2		July 12	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Nicki Thiim
6th	Run 1	Red Bull Ring	August 1st	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Philipp Eng	Robert Renauer	Christian Engelhart
	Run 2		August 2nd	Philipp Eng	Matteo Cairoli	Jeffrey Schmidt	Alexander Toril	Philipp Eng
7th	Run 1	Oschersleben	12th September	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Robert Renauer
	Run 2		13.september	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Christian Engelhart	Nicki Thiim
8th	Run 1	Nürburgring	September 26th	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Michael Ammermüller
	Run 2		September 27th	Philipp Eng	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Michael Ammermüller
9	Run 1	Hockenheimring	October 17th	Jeffrey Schmidt	Christian Engelhart	Jeffrey Schmidt	Christopher Zöchling	Christian Engelhart
	Run 2		October 18	Jeffrey Schmidt	Nicki Thiim	Philipp Eng	Jeffrey Schmidt	Michael Ammermüller

Championship results

Point system

The following number of points was awarded to the first 15 classified drivers. The points from the guest starters were deleted at the end of the season, so the same positions can have different point evaluations:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
Points	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

A driver ranking

A total of 27 drivers came into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		ONLY1	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		ONLY2		HOC2		Points
1	Philipp Eng	5	6th	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	9	1	295
2	Christian Engelhart	1	1	DNF	11	5	4th	4th	5	5	3	DNF	DNF	2	4th	4th	3	5	199
3	Jeffrey Schmidt	4th	2	6th	6th	4th	5	5	11	10	4th	1	DNF	10	6th	8th	1	2	197
4th	Michael Ammermüller	DSQ	7th	4th	2	3	7th	7th	2	4th	DNF	10	DNF	5	3	3	8th	3	182
5	Nicki Thiim	DNF	11	8th	3	7th	1	1	DNF	3	12	DNF	7th	3	7th	5	6th	4th	169
6th	Alex Riberas	2	8th	5	4th	6th	6th	10	3	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	5	7th	18th	8th	155
7th	Sven Müller			1			8th	2	6th	9	DNF	DNF	2	6th	2	1	7th	10	144
8th	Robert Renauer	7th	12	13	5	2	9	12	8th	8th	2	6th	3	DNF	13	10	5	DNF	138
9	Christopher Zöchling	6th	9	3	8th	10	14th	8th	9	7th	DNF	11	15th	7th	8th	6th	2	7th	136
10	Connor De Phillippi	9	5	11	9	11	3	9	4th	11	11	5	9	17th	10	14th	17th	6th	124
11	Ben Barker	3	3	9	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	13	12	6th	8th	4th	9	12	DNF	4th	9	122
12	Matteo Cairoli	10	4th	7th	13	DNF	DSQ	6th	7th	6th	19th	9	5	8th	9	9	11	17th	110
13	Alexander Toril	DNF	13	16	17th	DNF	DNF	21st	15th	DNF	7th	2	12	12	14th	11	13	11	58
14th	Elia Erhart	18th	16	18th	15th	17th	10	15th	14th	17th	9	4th	10	18th	18th	15th	DNF	16	46
15th	Jaap van Lagen	12	20th		7th	9							6th	11			10	12	45
16	Sean Johnston	11	15th	10	14th	14th	11	11	10	13	18th	DNF							37
17th	Richard Goddard	16	17th	12	18th	DNF	12	17th	16	15th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	16	13	27
18th	Mike Halder	15th	10	15th	10	13	21st	13											21st
19th	Niclas Kentenich								18th	14th	13	13	11	14th	15th	18th			21st
20th	Philipp Frommenwiler	8th	14th										13	16					15th
21st	Luca Rettenbacher										10	17th					14th	DNF	12
22nd	Chris van der Drift														11	13			9
23	Daniel Cammish				12	12			DNF	19th									8th
24	Josh Webster										15th	12							8th
25th	Pepe Massot	14th	18th	19th	19th	18th	13	16	DNS	DNS							DNS	DNS	7th
26th	Maximilian Hackl	DNS	DNS	21st	21st	20th	18th	22nd	20th	20th	20th	15th	17th	20th					6th
27	Klaus Bachler			14th															2
28	Lance David Arnold														16	DNF			0
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Mattia Drudi										5	7th							0
	Robin Hansson																12	14th	0
	Philip Morin																20th	15th	0
	Magnus Öhman																23	21st	0
	Peter Scharmach			DNS															0
space	driver	HOC1		ONLY1	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		ONLY2		HOC2		Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

There were 10 teams in the point evaluation.

space	team	HOC1		ONLY1	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		ONLY2		HOC2		Points
1	Deutsche Post by Project 1	18th	24	27	23	20th	18th	26th	29	30th	21st	25th	32	28	27	25th	12	22nd	407
2	Lechner Racing Middle East	18th	18th	30th	19th	21st	20th	30th	15th	13	14th	20th	18th	16	28	28	29	24	361
3	The Heart of Racing by Lechner	18th	17th	26th	32	26th	19th	15th	34	32	0	8th	0	26th	28	25th	8th	24	338
4th	Country Motorsport	23	28	12	7th	13	16	7th	18th	9	19th	24	22nd	7th	10	2	14th	17th	248
5	TECE MRS Racing	21st	20th	4th	5	12	19th	14th	14th	13	25th	0	0	20th	14th	14th	17th	15th	227
6th	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	3	5	8th	16	9	24	21st	0	16	10	6th	19th	21st	14th	15th	10	14th	211
7th	Konrad Motorsport	18th	9	18th	12	10	5	10	7th	9	8th	9	8th	10	8th	14th	20th	9	184
8th	Herberth Motorsport	9	4th	3	12	19th	8th	4th	9	8th	21st	15th	20th	0	3	7th	12	1	155
9	Market Leader Team by Project 1	5	4th	6th	3	2	6th	5	9	3	12	18th	6th	4th	2	5	4th	5	99
10	Aust Motorsport	2	6th	1	6th	3	0	3	0	2	5	9	9	3	1	0	9	4th	63

B driver rating

A total of 5 drivers made it into the amateur points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		ONLY1	LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		OSC		ONLY2		HOC2		Points
1	Rolf Ineichen	13	DNF	17th	16	15th	15th	14th	12	16	14th	18th	8th	13	19th	12	15th	DNF	296
2	Wolf Nathan	19th	19th	20th	22nd	19th	16	18th	19th	18th	17th	14th	16	19th	22nd	17th	22nd	19th	290
3	Ralf Bohn	17th	DNF	DNF	20th	16	17th	19th	17th	21st	16	16	14th	21st	20th	16	19th	18th	264
4th	Ronald van de Laar						19th	20th											28
5	Klaus Abbelen														21st	DNS			16
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Lars Bertil Rantzow																21st	20th	0
	Hermann Bacon						20th	23											0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: PCC Meister 2015. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Racecam website: an overview of all drivers for the 2015 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Racecam - website: An overview of all guest starters of the 2015 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Racecam - website: All teams of the 2015 season at a glance. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Racecam - website: drivers' classification Porsche Carrera Cup 2015. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Racecam - website: Team scoring Porsche Carrera Cup 2015. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Racecam - website: Amateur ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2015. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on November 15, 2019 .