2015 F1 Rejects Development Series season

2015 F1RDS season
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Preseason: Winter Cup

The 2015 F1 Rejects Development Series season was the inaugural season of the F1RDS, a championship aimed at finding and promoting young talent. Hwok Kwol-Cho was the Drivers' Champion, despite having no race wins all season. His team V-Sport won the Constructors' Championship with one win from Kwol-Cho's team-mate Behrman Reith.

Teams & Drivers

Team	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Projekt Roter Baron Team Echoften	TOM'S Toyota 2.0L L4	1	Patrick Feldhoffer	1-10
		2	Simon Mestach	1-10
Kingfisher Racing	Mecachrome 2.0L L4	3	Thomas Butler	1-10
		4	Stan Frankham	1-10
Donkervoort Automobielen	TOM'S Toyota 2.0L L4	5	Jalmerson da Cunha	1-10
		6	Jari Lappalainen	1-10
Nurminen Racing Engineering	Opel-Spiess 2.0L L4	7	Tōnu Pykälistö	1-10
		8	Anu Võsu	1-5, 10
			Tommi Hämäläinen	6-9
Definitely Maybe Racing	Mecachrome 2.0L L4	9	Laura Wener	1-10
		10	Jerry de Boer	1-10
V-Sport	Opel-Spiess 2.0L L4	11	Behrman Reith	1-10
		12	Hwok Kwol-Cho	1-10
Autobahn Grand Prix Autoroute GP Sport	Volkswagen 2.0L L4	14	Hans Einhrin	1-10
		15	Tuomas Suomanen	1-10
Aeroracing Junior Engineering	Mecachrome 2.0L L4	16	Giuseppe Colombo	W1-W3
			Alberto Lampredi	1-10
		17	Juan Manuel Scalabroni	1-10
Red Bull World Race Team	Mecachrome 2.0L L4	18	Miguel Silva	1-10
		19	Kastazumo Nakaya	1-4
			Nino Barlini	5-10
Mecha Grand Prix Junior Team	Mecachrome 2.0L L4	20	Mustafa Kurniawan	1-10
		21	Nestra Aya	1-4
			Kastazumo Nakaya	5-10
Scuderia Alitalia	Opel-Spiess 2.0L L4	22	Benoît Voeckler	W1-W3, 5
			Andraž Velikonja	1-4
			Alexis Tantovich	6-9
			Nestra Aya	10
		23	Björn Ekdal	1-10
Foster's Good Call Racing	Opel-Spiess 2.0L L4	24	Gary Pacer	1-7
			Scott Marsden	8-10
		25	Alexis Tantovich	1-4
			Angel Jose Castañeda	5-10
Rosenforth Engineering	TOM'S Toyota 2.0L L4	26	Matt Grove	1-10
		27	James Douglas	1-10

Mid-season Changes

• Benoît Voeckler was sacked by Scuderia Alitalia after a poor Winter Cup. Andraž Velikonja takes his place for the season proper. Voeckler was however hired again when Velikonja had very poor results after French GP.
• Giuseppe Colombo was replaced by Alberto Lampredi at Aeroracing after the winter cup.
• Kastazumo Nakaya was fired by RBWRT after string of poor results and was replaced by Nino Barlini. At the same round, Mecha GP fired Malaysian Nestra Aya on the back of Mustafa Kurniawan's podium in the first French race, picking up Nakaya to replace Aya.
• Angel Jose Castañeda will replace Alexis Tantovich at Brno initally on a trial basis, but after impressing at Brno he was given the opportunity for the rest of the season. Tantovich joined Scuderia Alitalia
• Tommi Hämäläinen will temporarily take over from Anu Võsu after she failed to impress at Brno.
• Gary Pacer was given the opportunity to move up to F3RWRS with Aeroracing Engineering. Scott Marsden took the Canadian's place at Good Call Racing.

Testing Calendar

Two tests were confirmed prior to the season beginning. The first session was run prior to Opel's entry into the sport, and the second session was run after the engines were re-allocated.

#	Track	Fastest driver	Fastest team	Time
1	Autodromo do Estoril	Miguel Silva	Red Bull World Race Team	1.42.317
2	Circuito de Jerez	Hwok Kwol-Cho	V-Sport	1.52.804

2015 F1RDS Winter Cup

The Winter Cup was conceived as a way to ease into the season, as the main season finishes in early September and leaves a gap of approximately three months between races. It also allows the teams to test performance under the actual conditions of a race. 2015 will see the All-Japan cup; the teams will all take to Japan before the season begins.

Calendar

Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race
Suzuka Circuit	17th January	Hans Einhrin	James Douglas	James Douglas	Rosenforth	Miguel Silva
Twin Ring Motegi	24th January	Thomas Butler	Matt Grove	Björn Ekdal	Scuderia Alitalia	Butler's Transmission
Fuji Speedway	7th February	Hans Einhrin	Simon Mestach	Simon Mestach	Projekt Roter Baron	Benoît Voeckler

Awards

Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	Reject of the Cup
Björn Ekdal	James Douglas	Simon Mestach	Benoît Voeckler

Race Calendar

All races are feature races for either F1RWRS or F2RWRS, except Brno which is a standalone round. Due to travel costs, the rounds are predominantly in Europe.

Race	Track	Date	Supporting	#	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Reject of the Race
Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	28th February	F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	1	Tuomas Suomanen	Patrick Feldhoffer	Gary Pacer	Good Call Racing	A certain F1RDS Director...
San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	28th March	F1RWRS	2	Thomas Butler	Jalmerson da Cunha	Tōnu Pykälistö	Nurminen Racing Engineering	Björn Ekdal
				3	Hans Einhrin	Simon Mestach	Miguel Silva	Red Bull World Race Team	Tuomas Suomanen
Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	11th April	F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	4	Tuomas Suomanen	Simon Mestach	Gary Pacer	Good Call Racing	Stan Frankham
French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	25th April	F2RWRS	5	Thomas Butler	Jerry de Boer	Simon Mestach	Projekt Roter Baron	Stan Frankham
				6	Tuomas Suomanen	Jalmerson da Cunha	Jerry de Boer	Definitely Maybe Racing	Donkervoort
Czech Grand Prix	Brno Circuit	30th May	Stand Alone	7	Stan Frankham	Jerry de Boer	Jerry de Boer	Definitely Maybe Racing	Anu Võsu
				8	Stan Frankham	Jari Lappalainen	Patrick Feldhoffer	Team Echoften	Aeroracing
British Grand Prix	Donington Park	13th June	F2RWRS	9	Stan Frankham	Juan Manuel Scalabroni	Juan Manuel Scalabroni	Aeroracing Engineering	Good Call Racing
				10	Tuomas Suomanen	Patrick Feldhoffer	Jari Lappalainen	Donkervoort	Red Bull
German Grand Prix	Norisring	27th June	F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	11	Stan Frankham	Alberto Lampredi	Behrman Reith	V-Sport	Top 3 in Championship
Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	11th July	F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	12	Thomas Butler	Matt Grove	Jerry de Boer	Definitely Maybe Racing	Alberto Lampredi
Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nationale Monza	29th August	F1RWRS F2RWRS F3RWRS	13	Hwok Kwol-Cho	Patrick Feldhoffer	Mustafa Kurniawan	Mecha Grand Prix	Björn Ekdal
Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	5th September	F1RWRS F2RWRS	14	Hans Einhrin	Laura Wener	Laura Wener	Definitely Maybe Racing	Hwok Kwol-Cho
				15	Hwok Kwol-Cho	Jerry de Boer	Juan Manuel Scalabroni	Aeroracing Engineering	Mustafa Kurniawan

Drivers Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	PP
Points	18	14	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	AUS	SMR		MON	FRA		CZE		GBR		GER	BEL	ITA	NED		Points
1	Hwok Kwol-Cho	6	8	4	3	2	23	4	5	14	23	16	11	2	Ret	2	92
2	Jerry de Boer	16	11	Ret	9	Ret	1	1	17	10	13	23	1	18	2	3	86
3	Gary Pacer	1	3	10	1	7	6	11	2	24	9	15					75
4	Mustafa Kurniawan	9	23	Ret	11	3	14	6	7	23	11	2	3	1	9	25	70
5	Tōnu Pykälistö	8	1	6	10	4	16	8	6	7	8	17	17	7	12	8	61
6	Behrman Reith	7	4	8	13	Ret	18	16	11	16	15	1	19	3	15	4	57
7	Tuomas Suomanen	5	6	22	2	12	12	20	21	5	4	20	24	12	7	9	55
8	Hans Einhrin	17	10	3	4	16	7	7	15	6	Ret	9	20	21	5	23	49
9	Simon Mestach	23	17	2	Ret	1	8	15	18	18	22	10	12	4	16	11	48
10	Juan Manuel Scalabroni	24	7	15	17	6	15	Ret	22	1	19	14	15	17	17	1	47
11	Miguel Silva	14	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	11	3	20	21	21	18	9	5	21	6	46
12	Bjorn Ekdal	2	24	23	7	15	20	10	10	11	6	21	5	Ret	3	12	46
13	Patrick Feldhoffer	12	20	Ret	18	13	4	18	1	25	2	Ret	16	15	24	18	45
14	Laura Wener	25	12	7	20	9	19	Ret	4	12	24	13	8	8	1	17	41
15	James Douglas	22	15	17	12	5	2	23	14	15	12	Ret	4	6	11	15	38
16	Jari Lappalainen	19	21	14	Ret	11	25	14	3	20	1	7	14	10	13	19	36
17	Stan Frankham	13	5	18	21	22	5	12	12	4	14	8	10	9	18	22	36
18	Anu Võsu	Ret	2	19	19	18	3	22	23						23	5	34
19	Thomas Butler	20	9	5	6	8	24	Ret	25	13	7	11	6	Ret	14	14	32
20	Matt Grove	11	13	12	5	10	9	17	9	8	17	19	2	11	19	13	30
21	Alexis Tantovich	3	16	9	8	17	10			19	25	4	13	23			28
22	Nino Barlini							21	19	2	20	5	7	24	10	20	27
23	Alberto Lampredi	15	18	11	15	19	21	2	24	17	16	6	Ret	22	6	24	27
24	Jalmerson da Cunha	18	Ret	13	16	14	Ret	5	16	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	14	4	7	25
25	Kastazumo Nakaya	10	14	16	14	20	13	13	Ret	9	5	3	18	16	20	10	24
26	Angel Jose Castañeda							9	8	22	3	22	22	20	22	26	17
27	Tommi Hämäläinen									3	18	12	23	19			12
28	Andraž Velikonja	4	19	21	22	21	22										10
29	Scott Marsden												21	13	8	16	3
30	Benoît Voeckler							19	13								0
31	Nestra Aya	21	20	22	23	Ret	17								Ret	21	0

Constructors Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	SMR		MON	FRA		CZE		GBR		GER	BEL	ITA	NED		Points
1	V-Sport - Opel	11	7	4	8	13	Ret	18	16	11	16	15	1	19	3	15	4	149
		12	6	8	4	3	2	23	4	5	14	23	16	11	2	Ret	2
2	DMR - Renault	9	25	12	7	20	9	19	Ret	4	12	24	13	8	8	1	17	127
		10	16	11	Ret	9	Ret	1	1	17	10	13	23	1	18	2	3
3	Good Call - Opel	24	1	3	10	1	7	6	11	2	24	9	15	21	13	8	16	113
		25	3	16	9	8	17	10	9	8	22	3	22	22	20	22	26
4	Nurminen - Opel	7	8	1	6	10	4	16	8	6	7	8	17	17	7	12	8	107
		8	Ret	2	19	19	18	3	22	23	3	18	12	23	19	23	5
5	Autoroute - Volkswagen	14	17	10	3	4	16	7	7	15	6	Ret	9	20	21	5	23	104
		15	5	6	22	2	12	12	20	21	5	4	20	24	12	7	9
6	Echoften - Toyota	1	12	20	Ret	18	13	4	18	1	25	2	Ret	16	15	24	18	93
		2	23	17	2	Ret	1	8	15	18	18	22	10	12	4	16	11
7	Mecha - Renault	20	9	23	Ret	11	3	14	9	7	23	11	2	3	1	9	25	93
		21	21	20	22	23	Ret	17	13	Ret	9	5	3	18	16	20	10
8	Aeroracing - Renault	16	15	18	11	15	19	21	2	24	17	16	6	Ret	22	6	24	74
		17	24	7	15	17	6	15	Ret	22	1	19	14	15	17	17	1
9	Red Bull - Renault	18	14	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	11	3	20	21	21	18	9	5	21	6	74
		19	10	14	16	14	20	13	21	19	2	20	5	7	24	10	20
10	Rosenforth - Toyota	26	11	13	12	5	10	9	17	9	8	17	19	2	11	19	13	68
		27	22	15	17	12	5	2	23	14	15	12	Ret	4	6	11	15
11	Kingfisher - Volkswagen	3	20	9	5	6	8	24	Ret	25	13	7	11	6	Ret	14	14	68
		4	13	5	18	21	22	5	12	12	4	14	8	10	9	18	22
12	Alitalia - Opel	22	4	19	21	22	21	22	19	13	19	25	4	13	23	Ret	21	66
		23	2	24	23	7	15	20	10	10	11	6	21	5	Ret	3	12
13	Donkervoort - Toyota	5	18	Ret	13	16	14	Ret	5	16	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	14	4	7	61
		6	19	21	14	Ret	11	25	14	3	20	1	7	14	10	13	19

F1RDS Seasons

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