World Touring Car Championship 2015

The World Touring Car Championship in 2015 (officially FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2015 , shortly WTCC) is the twelfth season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the eleventh since the resumption of the series of 2005.

Teams and drivers

team	vehicle	No.	driver	Race weekend
Honda Racing Team JAS	Honda Civic WTCC	02	Gabriele Tarquini	1-12
		18th	Tiago Monteiro	1-12
ROAL motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	03	Tom Chilton	1-12
		04th	Tom Coronel	1-12
Zengõ Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	05	Norbert Michelisz	1-12
Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	07th	Hugo Valente	1-12
		27	John Filippi	1-12
		38	Nanin Indra-Payoong	9
		70	Mato Homola	6th
		95	Nasser Al-Attiyah	12
		99	Tin Sritrai	11
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	08th	Sabine Schmitz	4th
		26th	Stefano d'Aste	1-12
Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	09	Sébastien Loeb	1-12
		33	Qing Hua Ma	1-12
		37	José María López	1-12
		68	Yvan Muller	1-12
LADA Sport Rosneft	LADA Vesta WTCC	10	Nicky Catsburg	5-12
		12	Rob Huff	1-12
		14th	Mikhail Koslowski	2-4
		15th	James Thompson	1-3
		46	Jaap van Lagen	4-8
		47	Nicolas Lapierre	9-12
Craft bamboo	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	11	Grégoire Demoustier	1-12
Nika International	Honda Civic WTCC	19th	Rickard Rydell	1-5, 7, 9-12
		29	Nestor Girolami	6, 8
Sebastien Loeb Racing	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	25th	Mehdi Bennani	1-12
Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	98	Dušan Borković	1-4

Racing calendar

The racing calendar comprised 12 events with two races each. The Race of Austria in Salzburg , the Race of Belgium in Spa-Francorchamps , the Race of China in Beijing and the Guia Race of Macau in Macau were canceled and replaced by the Race of Germany on the Nürburgring , the Race of Portugal in Vila Real , replaced the Race of Qatar in Doha and the Race of Thailand in Buriram . The race in Suzuka switched to Motegi .

No.		date	Race name / place	winner	Second	Third
01	01	08th of March	Race of Argentina ( Río Hondo )	José María López	Yvan Muller	Sébastien Loeb
	02			Sébastien Loeb	José María López	Tiago Monteiro
02	03	April 19th	Race of Morocco ( Marrakech )	José María López	Qing Hua Ma	Sébastien Loeb
	04th			Yvan Muller	Sébastien Loeb	José María López
03	05	0May 3rd	Race of Hungary ( Mogyoród )	José María López	Yvan Muller	Hugo Valente
	06th			Norbert Michelisz	Tom Coronel	Tom Chilton
04th	07th	May 16	Race of Germany ( Nürburg )	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Yvan Muller
	08th			Yvan Muller	José María López	Tiago Monteiro
05	09	0June 7th	Race of Russia ( Wolokolamsk )	Yvan Muller	José María López	Gabriele Tarquini
	10			Tiago Monteiro	Rob Huff	Norbert Michelisz
06th	11	June 21st	Race of Slovakia ( Orechová Potôň )	Yvan Muller	José María López	Sébastien Loeb
	12			Sébastien Loeb	José María López	Yvan Muller
07th	13	June 28th	Race of France ( Le Castellet )	Sébastien Loeb	Yvan Muller	José María López
	14th			José María López	Norbert Michelisz	Qing Hua Ma
08th	15th	July 12	Race of Portugal ( Vila Real )	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Norbert Michelisz
	16			Qing Hua Ma	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini
09	17th	13.september	Race of Japan ( Motegi )	José María López	Norbert Michelisz	Gabriele Tarquini
	18th			Tiago Monteiro	Hugo Valente	Rob Huff
10	19th	September 27th	Race of China ( Shanghai )	José María López	Yvan Muller	Sébastien Loeb
	20th			Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	José María López
11	21st	0November 1st	Race of Thailand ( Buriram )	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Qing Hua Ma
	22nd			Sébastien Loeb	Qing Hua Ma	José María López
12	23	November 27th	Race of Qatar ( Doha )	José María López	Mehdi Bennani	Hugo Valente
	24			Yvan Muller	Qing Hua Ma	Norbert Michelisz

World championship stands

Driver ranking

The driver who accumulated the most points in the driver standings by the end of the season became world champion. When distributing points for the drivers' classification, the placements in the overall result of the respective race were taken into account. The top ten drivers in each race received points 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

In addition, points were awarded to the first five pilots for qualifying according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme.

Item	driver	ARG		MAR		HUN		GER		RUS		SVK		FRA		POR		JPN		CHN		THA		QAT		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
01	J. López	1 1	2	1 1	3	1 3	6th	1 1	2	2 2	12	2 2	2	3 3	1	1 1	5	1 2	DNF	1 1	3	1 1	3	1 1	8th	475
02	Y. Muller	2 2	11	5	1	2 1	7th	3	1	1 1	6th	1 1	3	2 2	4th	7th	2	5	15 *	2 5	1	DNF 3	DNF	6th	1	357
03	S. Loeb	3 3	1	3	2	6 4	5	2 3	5	9	7th	3 3	1	1 1	DNF	2 2	15 *	6 3	4th	3 4	4th	2 2	1	4 3	4th	356
04th	Q. Ma	7 4	8th	2 3	10	4 5	9	5 5	DNF	5	5	DNF	DNF	4 4	3	6th	1	4 5	5	10 * 2	8th	3 4	2	5	2	241
05	G. Tarquini	5	4th	7th	5	DSQ	13	6th	4th	3 3	DNF	6th	4th	8th	5	4 5	3	3	12	DNF	2	5	5	15th	7th	197
06th	N. Michelisz	6th	7th	8th	11	8th	1	4 4	DNF	7th	3	DNF	8th	6th	2	3 4	4th	2 1	14 *	6th	11	DNF	12	7th	3	193
07th	T. Monteiro	4 5	3	6th	DNF	5	4th	DNF	3	8th	1	8th	9	7th	DNF	5	DNF	9	1	7th	6th	7th	DSQ	8th	9	177
08th	M. Bennani	13	5	4 2	12	11	DNF	7th	6th	14th	DNF	DNF	7th	9	9	11	10	7 4	10	5	7th	4 5	7th	2 2	5	127
09	H. Valente	DNF	DNS	15 4	9	3 2	8th	DNF 2	DNS	12	8th	5	5	DNF	6th	DNF 3	7th	10	2	8th	DNF	DNF	DNS	3 4	6th	120
10	R. Huff	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	7th	4 4	2	4 4	DNF	DNF	DNS	10	9	8th	3	DNF	5	6th	6th	12	16 *	103
11	T. Chilton	8th	8th	14 5	4th	7th	3	9	DNS	6 5	9	7th	DNF	5 5	8th	14th	13	DNF	6th	DNF	DNS	DNF	4th	13	13	96
12	N. Catsburg									11	4th	DNF 5	DNF	DNF	12	9	6th	DNF	DNF	4 3	DNF	DNF	DNS	9 5	DNF	41
13	T. Coronel	14 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	2	DNF	8th	17 *	10	9	10	12	7th	12	11	DNF	7th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	11	12	39
14th	S. d'Aste	9	DNF	9	6th	14th	12	8th	DNF	16	14th	11	12	14th	15th	13	DNF	14th	9	9	DNF	8th	8th	17th	DNF	28
15th	J. van Lagen							11	9	10	DNF	NC	6th	10	11	8th	DNF									16
16	N. Lapierre																	11	8th	DSQ	9	DNF	DNS	10	10	8th
17th	J. Thompson	NC	DNF	11	7th	WD	WD	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	6th
18th	J. Filippi	DNF	12	13	8th	13	11	12	10	DNF	15th	12	14th	15th	13	15th	14th	13	11	NC	10	DNF	11	14th	15th	6th
19th	N. Girolami											10	11			DSQ	8th									5
20th	G. Demoustier	12	10	DNF	DNF	12	10	13	12	15th	13	DNF	13	13	14th	16	12	12	13	DNF	12	9	10	18 *	11	5
21st	R. Rydell	10	9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	13	11			11	10			DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	4th
22nd	T. Sritrai																					10	9			3
23	S. Schmitz							10	11																	1
24	D. Borković	11	DNF	WD	WD	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA																	0
25th	M. Koslowski			12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNA	DNA																	0
26th	M. Homola											13	15th													0
27	N. Al-Attiyah																							16	14th	0
-	N. Indra ‑ Payoong																	DNA	DNA							0
Item	driver	ARG		MAR		HUN		GER		RUS		SVK		FRA		POR		JPN		CHN		THA		QAT		Points

Legend

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

• ¹ : first in qualifying, ² : second in qualifying, ...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} CASTROL HONDA WORLD TOURING CAR TEAM CONFIRMS DRIVER PAIRING FOR 2015. (No longer available online.) Fiawtcc.de, February 14, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 28, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
2. ^ Tom Chilton continues with ROAL in the 2015 WTCC. touringcartimes.com, January 30, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Tom Coronel back with ROAL for 2015 with DHL sponsorship. touringcartimes.com, February 11, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
4. ↑ MOL Group becomes the main sponsor of Norbert Michelisz 2015. ots.at, February 13, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Neil Hudson: Hugo Valente back with Campos Racing for 2015. touringcartimes.com, December 17, 2014, accessed on February 28, 2015 (English). 
6. ^ Neil Hudson: John Filippi upgrades to TC1 Chevrolet for 2015. touringcartimes.com, February 6, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2015 . 
7. ^ Andrew Abbott: Mato Homola to drive third Campos Cruze in Slovakia. touringcars.net, June 10, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 (English). 
8. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: WTCC newcomer Tin Sritrai: All-rounder from Thailand. Motorsport-Total.com, October 21, 2015, accessed November 3, 2015 . 
9. ↑ 2015-04-08: Sabine Schmitz joins Münnich for Nürburgring race. touringcartimes.com, accessed on May 16, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Neil Hudson: Stefano D'Aste confirmed for WTCC return with Münnich Motorsport. touringcartimes.com, February 11, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Manuel Schulz: WTCC - Citroen extended with Loeb, Lopez and Muller. You don't change a winning team. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 15, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: WTCC 2015: Chinese Qing-Hua Ma drives fourth factory Citroen. Motorsport-Total.com, February 11, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2015 . 
13. ^ Sönke Brederlow: WTCC - Nick Catsburg starts for Lada. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 28, 2015, accessed June 12, 2015 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} New Lada Vesta concept revealed with new sponsor. touringcartimes.com, August 28, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Lada confirms Mikhail Kozlovskiy for 2015. touringcartimes.com, October 3, 2014, accessed on April 22, 2015 (English). 
16. ↑ Stefal Ziegler: Jaap van Lagen drives the Nordschleife for Lada in WTCC. Motorsport-Total.com, May 7, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Driver exchange at Lada: Nicolas Lapierre replaces Jaap van Lagen. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2015, accessed September 17, 2015 . 
18. ↑ Norman Fischer: Bamboo returns to the WTCC: Demoustier first pilot. Motorsport-Total.com, January 16, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
19. ^ Neil Hudson: Rickard Rydell to enter the 2015 WTCC with NIKA-run Honda. touringcartimes.com, April 16, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
20. ↑ Manuel Schulz: WTCC - Girolami contests two races for Nika. Motorsport-Magazin.com, June 12, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
21. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: Confirmed: Bennani will start for Loeb in 2015. Motorsport-Total.com, December 12, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
22. ^ Dusan Borković joins Proteam Racing. touringcartimes.com, January 16, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official website of the World Touring Car Championship