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==Teams and drivers== |
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In 2014, Yvan Muller had the number "1" on his car, as the 2013 champion WTCC. For the 2015 season, Yvan Muller had to choose the number for his car. He chose the number "68", the number of his birth area in France, the Haut-Rhin. |
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Dušan Borković gave up the WTTC competitions after the race of Morocco.<ref name="Honda">{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Neil|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118635|title=Dusan Borkovic pulls out of 2015 WTCC amid Proteam dispute|date=2A April 2015|work=TouringCarTimes.com|accessdate=2015-05-05}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:49, 6 May 2015
The 2015 World Touring Car Championship season is the twelfth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the eleventh since the series was revived in 2005.
Teams and drivers
In 2014, Yvan Muller had the number "1" on his car, as the 2013 champion WTCC. For the 2015 season, Yvan Muller had to choose the number for his car. He chose the number "68", the number of his birth area in France, the Haut-Rhin.
Dušan Borković gave up the WTTC competitions after the race of Morocco.[1]
Team changes
- Citroën will expand its campaign to five full-time entries from 3 full-time entries and 1 part-time entry. Four of the cars will be entered by the main factory team, while the other one will be entered by the satellite team Sébastien Loeb Racing.[5]
- NIKA Racing will return to the series with a TC1-specification Honda Civic WTCC.[3]
- Lada Sport will switch from the Lada Granta 1.6T to a TC1-specification Lada Vesta for the 2015 season.[9] Also the Russian state owned oil company Rosneft will become the team's primary sponsor after the team split with Lukoil during the 2014 season.[20]
- Liqui Moly Team Engstler, who entered 2 TC2-specification BMW 320 TC for the 2014 season, will leave the series after 8 years of participation.[21] The team later elected to participate in the TCR International Series.[22]
- Bamboo Engineering will return to the series as Craft Bamboo Racing with a Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1.[15]
Calendar
The 2015 schedule was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Doha, Qatar on 3 December 2014. The season is once again being contested over twenty-four races at twelve circuits, but will see several changes of venue. The races at Salzburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Beijing and Macau have been removed from the schedule. The Races of Germany and Portugal returned to the calendar. The race in Germany will be held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit while the Portuguese round will be held at the Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, a street circuit 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Porto. Two new races were added – in Thailand at the Chang International Circuit and Qatar at the Losail International Circuit.[23] On 23 January 2015, Twin Ring Motegi was announced as host of the Race of Japan.[24]
Rnd. | Race | Race Name | Circuit | Date |
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1 | 1 | Race of Argentina | Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo | 8 March |
2 | ||||
2 | 3 | Eurodatacar Race of Morocco | Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan | 19 April |
4 | ||||
3 | 5 | MOL Group Race of Hungary | Hungaroring | 3 May |
6 | ||||
4 | 7 | Race of Germany | Nürburgring Nordschleife | 16 May |
8 | ||||
5 | 9 | Rosneft Race of Russia | Moscow Raceway | 7 June |
10 | ||||
6 | 11 | Race of Slovakia † | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring | 21 June |
12 | ||||
7 | 13 | JVC Kenwood Race of France | Circuit Paul Ricard | 28 June |
14 | ||||
8 | 15 | Race of Portugal | Circuito Internacional de Vila Real | 12 July |
16 | ||||
9 | 17 | JVC Kenwood Race of Japan | Twin Ring Motegi | 13 September |
18 | ||||
10 | 19 | Rosneft Race of China | Shanghai International Circuit | 27 September |
20 | ||||
11 | 21 | Race of Thailand | Chang International Circuit | 1 November |
22 | ||||
12 | 23 | Race of Qatar † | Losail International Circuit | 22 November |
24 |
- † – Subject of confirmation by the promoter.
Results and standings
Races
Compensation weights
The most competitive cars keep a 60 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 60 kg.
In Argentina and Morocco, all the cars had a 60 kg compensation weight.
Compensation weight comes into effect for the third round, in Hungary, with 60 kilograms removed from the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1, Honda Civic WTCC and LADA Vesta, only Citroën being penalized by a maximum of 60 kg compensation weight, as the best results cars.[1]
Results
Race | Race Name | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning manufacturer | Independent winner | Report |
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1 | Race of Argentina | José María López | José María López | José María López | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën | Norbert Michelisz | Report |
2 | Sébastien Loeb | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën | Mehdi Bennani | |||
3 | Race of Morocco | José María López | José María López | José María López | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën | Mehdi Bennani | Report |
4 | José María López | Yvan Muller | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën | Tom Chilton | |||
5 | Race of Hungary | Yvan Muller | José María López | José María López | Citroën Total WTCC | Citroën | Hugo Valente | Report |
6 | Gabriele Tarquini | Norbert Michelisz | Zengő Motorsport | Honda | Norbert Michelisz | |||
7 | Race of Germany | Report | ||||||
8 | ||||||||
9 | Race of Russia | Report | ||||||
10 | ||||||||
11 | Race of Slovakia | Report | ||||||
12 | ||||||||
13 | Race of France | Report | ||||||
14 | ||||||||
15 | Race of Portugal | Report | ||||||
16 | ||||||||
17 | Race of Japan | Report | ||||||
18 | ||||||||
19 | Race of China | Report | ||||||
20 | ||||||||
21 | Race of Thailand | Report | ||||||
22 | ||||||||
23 | Race of Qatar | Report | ||||||
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Championship standings
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Manufacturers' Championship
Pos. | Manufacturer | ARG |
MAR |
HUN |
DEU |
RUS |
SVK |
FRA |
PRT |
JPN |
CHN |
THA |
QAT |
Pts. | Wins | Pole positions | Podiums | ||||||||||||
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1 | Citroën | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 269 | 5/6 | 3/3 | 13/18 | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Honda | 43 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 190 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 2/18 | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | 4 | 74 | 11 | 85 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Lada | NC5 | Ret | 105 | 7 | 94 | Ret | 44 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 0/18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | ARG |
MAR |
HUN |
DEU |
RUS |
SVK |
FRA |
PRT |
JPN |
CHN |
THA |
QAT |
Pts. |
Yokohama Trophies
World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organized the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship.
Yokohama Drivers' Trophy
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Bold – Pole |
Yokohama Teams' Trophy
All non-manufacturer teams were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.
Pos. | Team | ARG |
MAR |
HUN |
DEU |
RUS |
SVK |
FRA |
PRT |
JPN |
CHN |
THA |
QAT |
Pts. | ||||||||||||
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1 | Zengő Motorsport | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ROAL Motorsport | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 13 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Campos Racing | Ret | 12 | 13 | 8 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ret | DNS | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | 9 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | NIKA International | 10 | 9 | WD | WD | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Craft-Bamboo | 12 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Proteam Racing | 11 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | ARG |
MAR |
HUN |
DEU |
RUS |
SVK |
FRA |
PRT |
JPN |
CHN |
THA |
QAT |
Pts. |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
References
- ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (2A April 2015). "Dusan Borkovic pulls out of 2015 WTCC amid Proteam dispute". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
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(help) Cite error: The named reference "Honda" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ a b c d "20 drivers on 2015 WTCC entry list". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (16 April 2014). "Rickard Rydell to enter the 2015 WTCC with NIKA-run Honda". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (9 December 2014). "Rickard Rydell all set for his WTCC return next season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hudson, Neil (15 November 2014). "Five Citroëns on the grid in 2015, López, Muller and Loeb stay on". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (11 February 2015). "Ma Qing Hua added as fourth driver for Citroën Racing in 2015". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (16 December 2013). "José María López joins Muller and Loeb at Citroën". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (7 August 2013). "Citroën sign Yvan Muller for a two-year deal in WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Hudson, Neil (28 August 2014). "New Lada Vesta concept revealed with new sponsor". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (15 November 2014). "Lada confirms Mikhail Kozlovskiy for 2015". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ a b Hudson, Neil (30 January 2015). "Tom Chilton continues with ROAL in the 2015 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (11 February 2015). "Tom Coronel back with ROAL for 2015 with DHL sponsorship". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ a b Hudson, Neil (17 December 2014). "Hugo Valente back with Campos Racing for 2015". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ a b Hudson, Neil (6 February 2015). "John Filippi upgrades to TC1 Chevrolet for 2015". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Neil (16 January 2015). "Craft-Bamboo Racing makes WTCC return". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (11 February 2015). "Stefano D'Aste confirmed for WTCC return with Münnich Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Sabine Schmitz joins Münnich for Nürburgring race". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Dušan Borković joins Proteam Racing". TouringCarTimes. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Mehdi Bennani joins Sébastien Loeb Racing". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (3 October 2014). "LUKOIL leave the WTCC with immediate effect". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ Casillo, Pietro (15 November 2014). "Engstler Motorsport set to leave the WTCC at the end of 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (20 November 2014). "Engstler Motorsport to run Volkswagen Golfs in TC3 Series in 2015". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "WTCC announces 2015 calendar, adds Thailand and Qatar". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Motegi confirmed as Japanese WTCC round". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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