Porsche Supercup 2015

The 2015 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was the 23rd season of the Porsche Supercup and comprised nine races. The season started in Barcelona on May 10th and ended in Austin on October 25th.

The Porsche 911 GT3 from Philipp Frommenwiler (Fach Auto Tech)

Teams and drivers

team	Start number	driver	run
VERVA Lechner Racing Team	1	Cuba Giermaziak	All
	2	Connor De Phillippi	All
	3	Michael Avenatti	1-2
		Ryan Cullen	4-8
	32	Maximilian Werndl	1-2, 7-8
Lechner Racing Middle East	4th	Sven Müller	All
	5	Michael Ammermüller	All
	40	Charlie Frijns	6th
Auto Tech	6th	Philipp Frommenwiler	All
	7th	Simon Trummer	1
		Jaap van Lagen	2
		Christopher Zöchling	3-8
Förch Racing by Lukas MS	8th	Patrick Eisemann	All
	9	Chris Bauer	All
	19th	Robert Lukas	All
	57	Santiago Creel	7-8
MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX	10	Ben Barker	All
	11	Sam Power	All
	12	Cameron Twynham	1-5
		Jonathan Summerton	6th
		Jaap van Lagen	7th
		Dylan Pereira	8th
	62	Paul Rees	8th
MRS GT Racing	14th	Christian Engelhart	All
	15th	Richard Goddard	All
Market Leader by Project 1	16	Matteo Cairoli	All
	17th	Philipp Eng	All
	33	Alexander Toril	1-2, 7th
		Nico Menzel	5-6
		Colin Thompson	8th
Speed ​​Lover & Alleure	18th	Jean Glorieux	All
	20th	Pierre Piron	1-2, 4, 6-8
		Luca Rettenbacher	3
	25th	Carlos Rivas	All
	34	Roger Grouwels	2
Martinet by Alméras	21st	Glauco Solieri	All
	22nd	Côme Ledogar	All
	48	Egidio Perfetti	6th
The Heart of Racing by Lechner	23	Álex Riberas	All
	24	Jeffrey Schmidt	All
	40	Pedro Piquet	3, 5
Sébastien Loeb Racing	30th	Joffrey de Narda	1, 6
	31	Roar Lindland	1, 6-7
	51	Sébastien Loeb	6th
		Maxime Jousse	7th
Konrad Motorsport	35	Rolf Ineichen	3
	36	Nicolas Armindo	3
LEM Racing	37	Aku Pellinen	3, 7
	38	Matteo Torta	3, 7
	58	Dasheng Zhang	7th
	59	Stefano Colombo	7th
Redline Racing	41	Daniel Cammish	4th
	42	Jack Falla	4th
Team Parker Racing	43	Josh Webster	4th
	44	Stephen Jelley	4th
	45	Tom Sharp	4th
IN2 Racing	46	Graeme Mundy	4th
	47	Jake Hill	4th
Country Motorsport	49	Wolf Nathan	6, 8
	50	Peter Scharmach	6th
		Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen	8th
	52	Jaap van Lagen	6th
Antonelli Motorsport	53	Sergio Negroni	7th
	54	Riccardo Agostini	7th
	60	Alberto Cerqui	7th
Team Dinamic	55	Mattia Drudi	7th
	56	Lorenzo Bontempelli	7th
	61	Alex de Giacomi	7th
Porsche AG	911	Johnny Herbert	5
		Patrick Dempsey	6th

Racing calendar

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01.	10th of May	Barcelona	Michael Ammermüller	Cuba Giermaziak	Christian Engelhart	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller
02.	May 24th	Monte Carlo	Jaap van Lagen	Philipp Eng	Ben Barker	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen
03.	June 21st	Spielberg	Christopher Zöchling	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Connor De Phillippi	Michael Ammermüller
04th	05th July	Silverstone	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas	Michael Ammermüller	Philipp Eng	Alex Riberas
05.	July 26th	Mogyoród	Sven Müller	Côme Ledogar	Christian Engelhart	Sven Müller	Sven Müller
06th	August 22nd	Spa Francorchamps	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Christopher Zöchling	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller
	August 23		Philipp Eng	Sven Müller	Christian Engelhart	Alex Riberas	Philipp Eng
07th	05th September	Monza	Sven Müller	Matteo Cairoli	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller
	0September 6th		Sven Müller	Matteo Cairoli	Michael Ammermüller	Matteo Cairoli	Sven Müller
08th.	October 24th	Austin	called off			Sven Müller
	October 25		Alex Riberas	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller	Sven Müller	Alex Riberas

Race reports

1st run: Barcelona (Spain)

With a victory in Barcelona, Michael Ammermüller prevailed against the international competition with a 460 hp Porsche 911 GT3 Cup from the Lechner Racing Middle East team. The 29-year-old laid the foundation for the start-to-finish victory with pole position on Saturday. After the start, the Frenchman Côme Ledogar (Martinet by Alméras), who won the French Porsche Carrera Cup in 2014, placed second. With a lightning start, Kuba Giermaziak (VERVA Lechner Racing Team) moved up from position nine to third place. The two Porsche Juniors Sven Müller (Lechner Racing Middle East) and Connor De Phillippi (VERVA Lechner Racing Team) collided on the first lap, which led to a safety car phase. After two laps the safety car turned into the pit lane and the race was opened again. Ammermüller drove out in front and worked out a lead. There were several exciting battles for positions behind. On the sixth lap, Giermaziak passed Ledogar and secured second place. Christian Engelhart (MRS GT-Racing) finished third in front of Philipp Eng (Market Leader Team by Project 1).

2nd run: Monte Carlo (Monaco)

Starting from pole position, Jaap van Lagen could not be denied the advantage and was the first to turn into the Sainte-Dévote corner. Philipp Eng claimed second place behind. Christian Engelhart , who started from third position, hit a guard rail on the first lap and lost a place to Ben Barker . With a slightly damaged car, Engelhart was able to continue the race in fourth place.

After an accident on the seventh lap in which three vehicles were involved, the safety car had to go out on the track. The field of drivers moved back together, but on the winding street circuit, after the restart, none of the drivers in the leading group were able to overtake. That was the order after the checkered flag van Lagen before Eng.

In the championship, Michael Ammermüller , who finished fifth, leads tied with Philipp Eng .

3rd run: Spielberg (Austria)

Right at the start of the race, the field behind Connor De Phillippi , who started from pole position, was shaken up. De Philippi got off to a good start and took the lead. Philipp Eng , who was in second place , was involved in an overtaking maneuver by Sven Müller and Michael Ammermüller , which cost Eng three places.

Christopher Zöchling was able to make up two positions at the start, he finished third in the field. During the 16 race laps there were always exciting duels. Zöchling worked his way up to the front and was able to overtake De Phillippi on lap six. Eng also fought his way forward again and from the seventh lap the two Austrians took first and second places. Zöchling won a race in the Porsche Supercup for the first time. The 27-year-old won in Spielberg for the Fach team. Third place went to the Spaniard Alex Riberas . Eng sat alone at the top of the overall ranking in the Porsche Supercup, after tied with Ammermüller after the race in Monaco.

4th round: Silverstone (Great Britain)

A total of 31 participants from 13 nations started the Porsche Supercup weekend on Friday. On Sunday the winner was Philipp Eng . He secured pole position and won the race on Sunday. Since the season opener in Barcelona, ​​Eng has improved continuously. In the first race he finished fourth, in Monaco and Spielberg he was second and in Silverstone he clinched his first win of the season. Alex Riberas showed a good performance . As the fastest in free practice and second fastest in qualifying, the Lechner driver repeatedly put pressure on Eng, who was driving in front of him, and he came within 0.3 seconds. After finishing third in Spielberg, Riberas was able to achieve his best result of the season with second place and he moved up from fourth to second place in the championship table. Michael Ammermüller , who started the race from third on the grid, completed the podium in third. He is also third in the overall standings. Ben Barker finished fourth, relegating Christian Engelhart to fifth.

5th run: Hungaroring (Hungary)

Sven Müller made a good start from pole position and immediately pulled away from the field in the first few laps. Côme Ledogar pushed forward at the start, he was able to overtake Christian Engelhart and Michael Ammermüller . Thus the top positions were already taken. Müller continued to build his lead and drove towards his second Supercup victory. Behind the Porsche Junior Ledogar fought with Engelhart and Ledogar prevailed. Kuba Giermaziak passed Alex Riberas on the last of 14 laps . Giermaziak was fourth, Riberas was fifth, two thousandths of a second behind. The leader of the overall standings, Philipp Eng , saw the checkered flag in sixth place. A total of 25 participants from 14 nations started this weekend in Hungary. Among them was 17-year-old Pedro Piquet , son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet . Pedro retired after six laps due to a collision.

6th round: Spa I (Belgium)

Michael Ammermüller (Lechner) secured the pole position on Saturday afternoon on the seven-kilometer route . After the start, Ammermüller was in the lead. In the third lap he slowed down and a little later, due to a technical defect, he hit a pile of tires. The safety car had to be deployed and when the race was released again on lap six, the front runners stayed close. Müller, who started from fourth place, was already second behind Eng. Müller started to overtake on the seventh lap, Eng braked himself and Müller pulled past. Sven Müller prevailed against 32 competitors and, after his success in Budapest, drove to his second win of the season in Spa. The ranks two and three went to Philipp Eng (Market Leader) and Christopher Zöchling (Auto Tech).

After six of eleven races, Eng continued to lead the championship table with 98 points, ahead of Christian Engelhart (82 points) and Alex Riberas (74 points).

7th run: Spa II (Belgium)

The spectators on the well-filled grandstands saw a group of leaders lying close together over several laps. Philipp Eng was attacked by Sven Müller after the start . The Porsche Junior tried again and again to get past Eng, but he stayed ahead. After guest starter Sébastien Loeb rolled out with a technical problem just a few meters after the start, the safety car was sent out for one lap. Eng accelerated early on the restart, Müller stayed on, but didn't get past. Christian Engelhart scored important championship points with third place. After the races in Spa he is in second place in the overall standings behind Eng and ahead of Alex Riberas , who crossed the finish line in seventh place.

8th round: Monza I (Italy)

The evening sun was already low on the 5.793-kilometer high-speed track when the eighth race of the season started in Monza. Michael Ammermüller , who started the race from pole position, had to admit defeat to local Matteo Cairoli in the first few meters . Several collisions occurred in the rear field, which necessitated a safety car phase after the first lap of the race. The lead Cairoli stayed in the lead until the tenth lap after the restart. Sven Müller then took the lead after a small mistake by Cairoli in the second Lesmo corner.

Monza’s first result brought the championship table closer together. After Müller, Cairoli and Ammermüller, Côme Ledogar crossed the finish line in fourth. Robert Lukas was fifth ahead of championship leader Philipp Eng (128 points). Alex Riberas (92 points) scored important championship points with seventh place. Christian Engelhart (106 points) finished eighth.

9th round: Monza II (Italy)

The challenging corners and the long straights with speeds of up to 280 km / h became the yardstick for the 37 drivers. Matteo Cairoli and Sven Müller , who started from positions one and two, got off to a good start, but Müller won the decisive centimeters and took the lead. He completed 14 laps without a mistake and in the meantime increased his lead to 4.9 seconds. Michael Ammermüller crossed the finish line in third place and with the points he gained, he had the chance to compete in the top positions in the overall standings until the end of the season in Austin.

After the Monza weekend, Müller moved up to third place in the overall standings. Philipp Eng leads the table with 137 points. Christian Engelhart was behind with 120 and Müller with 110 points. Ammermüller followed in fourth place with 106 points.

10th round: Austin I (USA)

The first race in Austin could not be started due to heavy rain.

11th round: Austin II (USA)

After the tenth of eleven races on Saturday was canceled without replacement due to heavy rain, everything went according to plan on Sunday. Sven Müller started from pole position and Alex Riberas from second position. In pouring rain, they initially drove two laps behind the safety car together with the other 28 vehicles. When the race was approved, Müller was unable to break away from his Lechner team-mate Riberas. On the slippery road with a lot of water, Riberas repeatedly attacked the leader and passed him on the sixth lap. Riberas won his first race in the series. After Michael Ammermüller drove past Müller in the eighth lap, the positions for the winners' podium were taken. Jeffrey Schmidt delivered a good race behind Müller and finished fourth. Local Connor De Phillippi was fifth ahead of Ben Barker . Christopher Zöchling saw the checkered flag as seventh ahead of the new master Philipp Eng .

Overall rating

Distribution of points

Distribution of points
Item	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

Drivers championship

Item driver CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ COA Points 1 Philipp Eng 4th 2 2 1 6th 2 1 6th 7th C. 8th 145 2 Sven Müller DNF 10 10 DNF 1 1 2 1 1 C. 3 126 3 Michael Ammermüller 1 5 9 3 7th DNF 6th 3 3 C. 2 124 4th Christian Engelhart 3 4th 5 5 3 5 3 8th 4th C. 13 124 5 Álex Riberas 5 6th 3 2 5 11 7th 7th 6th C. 1 122 6th Christopher Zöchling 1 7th 10 3 4th 9 5 C. 7th 93 7th Matteo Cairoli 14th 8th 7th 6th 11 8th DNF 2 2 C. 11 83 8th Côme Ledogar 6th 12 11 8th 2 4th DNF 4th 8th C. DSQ 81 9 Ben Barker 9 3 19th 4th 12 6th 8th DNF DNS C. 6th 69 10 Jeffrey Schmidt 8th 14th 16 10 9 7th 5 32 9 C. 4th 67 11 Cuba Giermaziak 2 9 12 11 4th 9 14th DNF 13 C. DNF 63 12 Connor De Phillippi 11 7th 4th 14th 13 18th 9 17th 11 C. 5 63 13 Robert Lukas 7th DNF 6th DNF 8th 14th DNF 5 35 C. 9 51 14th Philipp Frommenwiler 13 11 8th 13 14th DNF 10 DNF 10 C. 10 40 15th Jaap van Lagen 1 12 27 15th 12 29 16 Richard Goddard 17th 15th 15th 12 15th 16 24 13 15th C. 18th 21st 17th Sam Power 10 13 14th 18th DNF 15th DNF DNF DNS C. 14th 21st 18th Ryan Cullen DNF DNF 19th 12 20th 22nd C. 15th 10 19th Patrick Eisemann DNF DNF 18th 25th 17th 21st 15th 18th 26th C. 17th 7th 20th Cameron Twynham 12 16 21st 19th 16 5 21st Jonathan Summerton 17th 19th 3 22nd Carlos Rivas 21st DNF 25th 22nd 20th 23 16 28 33 C. 22nd 2 23 Chris Bauer 20th DNF 24 21st 18th 27 DNF 23 23 C. 19th 1 24 Alexander Toril 16 21st DNF DSQ 0 25th Pierre Piron 18th 17th 23 26th 20th 27 31 C. 23 0 26th Jean Glorieux 23 19th 23 24 19th DNS DNS 30th 25th C. 21st 0 27 Glauco Solieri 24 20th 26th 27 21st 25th 26th 25th 27 C. DSQ 0 28 Simon Trummer 22nd 0 29 Luca Rettenbacher 22nd 0 30th Michael Avenatti 25th DNS 0 31 Nico Menzel DSQ 31 25th 0 32 Colin Thompson C. DNF 0 Guest drivers not entitled to points Daniel Cammish 9 0 Joffrey de Narda DNF 10 13 0 Riccardo Agostini 10 17th 0 Mattia Drudi 11 16 0 Charlie Frijns 22nd 11 0 Alberto Cerqui 12 19th 0 Paul Rees C. 12 0 Sébastien Loeb 13 DNF 0 Rolf Ineichen 13 0 Maxime Jousse 14th 14th 0 Maximilian Werndl 15th 18th 24 24 C. 16 0 Stephen Jelley 15th 0 Stefano Colombo 16 DNF 0 Jake Hill 16 0 Roar Lindland 19th 24 17th 26th 20th 0 Josh Webster 17th 0 Nicolas Armindo 17th 0 Dasheng Zhang 19th 18th 0 Egidio Perfetti 20th 18th 0 Santiago Creel 29 28 C. 20th 0 Aku Pellinen 20th 31 29 0 Tom Sharp 20th 0 Alex de Giacomi 22nd 21st 0 Wolf Nathan 28 21st C. DNF 0 Lorenzo Bontempelli 21st 34 0 Peter Scharmach 30th 22nd 0 Patrick Dempsey 29 23 0 Graeme Mundy 26th 0 Pedro Piquet 27 DSQ 0 Matteo Torta 28 DNF 32 0 Sergio Negroni DNF 30th 0 Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen C. DSQ 0 Dylan Pereira C. DNF 0 Roger Grouwels DNS 0 Jack Falla PO 0 Johnny Herbert PO 0 Item driver CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ COA Points Source: 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

rank	team	Points
1	Lechner Racing Middle East	250
2	Market Leader Team by Project 1	229
3	Team project 1	190
4th	Auto Tech	154
5	MRS GT Racing	148
6th	VERVA Lechner Racing Team	129
7th	MOMO-Megatron Team PARTRAX	96
8th	Martinet by Alméras	83
9	FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport	60
10	Speed ​​Lover & Allure	8th

Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ racecam.de: DATES ( Memento of the original from April 2nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 21, 2015 
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Victory in Barcelona: A successful start for Ammermüller , accessed on May 14, 2015
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: First Monaco victory for veteran Jaap van Lagen , accessed on June 6, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Christopher Zöchling wins - Philipp Eng takes over the lead , accessed on June 27, 2015
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Philipp Eng continues his streak of success , accessed on July 26, 2015
6. ^ Motorsport-total.com: Victory for Porsche Junior Sven Müller , accessed on August 8, 2015
7. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Müller takes second Supercup victory in a row , accessed on September 6, 2015
8. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Philipp Eng wins Sunday race , accessed on September 6, 2015
9. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Another triumph for Sven Müller , accessed on September 6, 2015
10. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sven Müller's ideal weekend , accessed on September 6, 2015
11. ↑ motorsport-total.com: First Supercup victory for Riberas, Eng secures championship title , accessed on October 26, 2015
12. ↑ racecam.de: drivers' classification Porsche Supercup 2015 ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 1, 2015 
13. ↑ racecam.de: Team ranking Porsche Supercup 2015 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 1, 2015 

Web links

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