2015 Rejects of LFS season

The 2015 Rejects of LFS season is the fourth year of the Rejects of LFS series. One race was added to the calendar; a 300-kilometer endurance event held in Japan at the end of the season. Unlike previous year, individual engine development is no longer possible, and instead the teams have to choose from two different engine configurations manufactured by Judd and Zytek, respectively. However, the teams are allowed to rebadge their engines with a manufacturer of their choice. The spec chassis is named Scaven S15, and the teams are allowed to make slight upgrades to it during the course of the season. Another new feature is the possibility to choose from six different tyre manufacturers: Avon, Bridgestone, Dunlop, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli, each with their different characteristics.

Qualifying system

With the additions of Melrose Racing Team, Fusion Motorsports, Scuderia Vittore, Tarantino Autosport, Winton Racing, De Friis Motorsport and Kingfisher Racing expanding the number of entries to 30, the qualifying and race systems were heavily modified. Instead of having one feature and sprint race, there will be two heats with 15 cars each; the grids for them are determined in an earlier qualifying session. The race length and points system for the heats are the same as in the old sprint races. From both heats 10 of the fastest cars advance to the main feature race.

Should there be less than 10 finishers in one of the heats, then more finishers from the other heat are permitted into the feature race until the combined total is 20. If the combined total still is less than 20, then the drivers who completed the most race distance without finishing are allowed to participate as well. After the 20 participants are confirmed, a final qualifying session is held to determine the grid for the feature race.

The sole exception for this system is the last GP of the season, Nippon Super 300. There the grid is determined via a single qualifying session, with 10 of the slowest cars not being allowed to race.

Teams and drivers

Team	Engine	Tyres	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Ultimate Racing	Mercedes-Judd 3.0 V8		1	Cave Johnson	1-6	Thomas Muller
			2	Sebastian Prost	1-6
Red Bull World Race Team	Autodynamics-Judd 3.0 V8		3	Dieter Hallenstein	1-6	None
			4	Mika Paasonen	1-6
ZimSport-Rosenforth	Holden-Judd 3.0 V8		5	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	1-6	Mike Stern Dean Melville
			6	Renato Bulku	1-6
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi-Zytek 3.0 V8		7	Brucie Kibbutz	1-6	None
			8	Akira Yamamura	1-6
Ural Racing	Lada-Judd 3.0 V8		9	Alexandra Kustova 4	1-4	Ivan Lanin Yuki Matsudate
				TBA	5-6
			10	Viktor Pasitchnjuk	1-6
Grands Travaux Inutiles	Trabant-Zytek 3.0 V8		11	Simon Garfünkel	1-6	Justin Case Gia van Dycke Diego Mauricio Batistuta
			12	Nobushige Fukuda	1-4
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MasterCard Lancia	Lancia-Judd 3.0 V8		13	Marco Bizzarri	1-6	Diego Mauricio Batistuta Martin McGovern Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson Nobushige Fukuda
			14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	1-6
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Honda-Judd 3.0 V8		15	Hiroto Tojo	1-6	Tetsuya Takagi
			16	Yui Megumi	1-4
				Frank Tenpenny 7	4-6
Target Hydook Racing	Zytek 3.0 V8		17	Benoît Voeckler1	1-2	Branko Ristic Carsten Jancker
				Jules Vergne3	3-4
			18	Alexandre Dorval	1-4
Jones Racing	Judd 3.0 V8		19	Danny van Rijkens	1-4	None
				Gilles Massinion 6	5-6
			20	Connor O'Heagan	1-6
Melrose Racing Team	BMW-Zytek 3.0 V8		21	Jason Hamilton	1-6	Nathan McKane Joel Melrose
			22	Martin McGovern	1-4
				Nobushige Fukuda 9	5-6
Fusion Motorsports	Toyota-Zytek 3.0 V8		23	Diego Álvarez Torrente	1-6	Jari Lappalainen Jules Vergne
Scuderia Vittore with Plus One	Mercedes-Zytek 3.0 V8		24	Andrea Bianchi	1-2, 5-6	Helio Hernandez Marcos Marcia
				Marcos Marcia 2	3-4
			25	Martyn Rietacher	1-6
Tarantino Autosport	Judd 3.0 V8		26	Tristan Jung	1-6	None
Ilmor Winton Racing	Ilmor-Zytek 3.0 V8		27	Nathan McKane	1-6	Ragnar Larsen
De Friis Motorsport	Citroën-Zytek 3.0 V8		28	Karl van der Zwaart	1-6	Jan de Friis
			29	Helio Hernandez	1-6
Kingfisher Racing	Toyota-Judd 3.0 V8		30	Matthias Valsattis	1-6	None
TBA 5	Zytek 3.0 V8	TBA	31	TBA	5-6	TBA
			32	TBA	5-6

Notes:

• 1 - Sebastian Groves was originally meant to drive the second Hydook, but he moved to F1RWRS to replace the hapless Dean O'Lauchlan at the Autodynamics GP team after the 2015 F1RWRS Tasman Grand Prix. As Hydook Racing failed to nominate a replacement in time, the RoLFS Commission appointed Benoît Voeckler for the drive during the Blackwood rounds.
• 2 - Andrea Bianchi spun off the track during the Blackwood feature race, and went on to say negative comments about the Scuderia Vittore team. The team decided to punish Bianchi by forcing him to sit out the next race at Westhill, with the team's tester Marcos Marcia substituting for him.
• 3 - Benoît Voeckler's lack of competence alarmed the RoLFS Commission, and he was replaced by Jules Vergne for the Westhill rounds.
• 4 - Alexandra Kustova was banned for two race weekends for her offences at the Westhill round.
• 5 - Hydook Racing withdrew from the sport after Westhill, and their entries were allocated to a new team.
• 6 - Danny van Rijkens was immediately promoted to F1RWRS after his feature race win at Westhill, debuting with Tropico Grand Prix at the German Grand Prix. He was replaced by French debutant Gilles Massinion.
• 7 - TRE decided to sit out Megumi from the Fern Bay round due to erratic driving at Westhill. American rookie Frank Tenpenny took her place.
• 8 - Grands Travaux Inutiles decided to sack Nobushige Fukuda due to him being "too anonymous". Kim Jong-Sung was drafted in as his replacement.
• 9 - After being sacked from GTI, Fukuda moved to MRT to replace the underperforming Martin McGovern.

Season Calendar

Testing

#	Track	Date	Fastest driver (Q)	Fastest team (Q)	Fastest driver (R)	Fastest team (R)
1	Fern Bay Gold	21-22 February	Ragnar Larsen	Winton Racing	Gia van Dycke	Grands Travaux Inutiles
2	Aston National Reversed	11-12 March	Connor O'Heagan	Jones Racing	Thomas Muller	Ultimate Racing
3	Aston North	21-22 March	Helio Hernandez	Scuderia Vittore	Gia van Dycke	Grands Travaux Inutiles

Championship races

Date	Race	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
April 18	Blackwood Heat 1	GP Track Reversed	Martyn Rietacher	Marco Bizzarri	Martyn Rietacher	Scuderia Vittore
April 18	Blackwood Heat 2	GP Track Reversed	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Simon Garfünkel	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	MasterCard Lancia
April 19	Blackwood Feature	GP Track	Nathan McKane	Nathan McKane	Nathan McKane	Winton Racing
May 16	Westhill Heat 1	International Reversed	Nathan McKane	Alexandre Dorval	Nathan McKane	Winton Racing
May 16	Westhill Heat 2	International Reversed	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Tristan Jung	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Fusion Motorsports
May 17	Westhill Feature	International	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Nathan McKane	Danny van Rijkens	Jones Racing
June 20	Fern Bay Heat 1	Green
June 20	Fern Bay Heat 2	Green
June 21	Fern Bay Feature	Black
July 18	South City Heat 1	Classic
July 18	South City Heat 2	Classic
July 19	South City Feature	City Long
August 15	Aston Heat 1	Club
August 15	Aston Heat 2	Club
August 16	Aston Feature	Historic
September 12	Kyoto Ring Heat 1	National
September 12	Kyoto Ring Heat 2	National
September 13	Kyoto Ring Feature	GP Long
September 20	Nippon Super 300	Kyoto Ring Oval

Results

Drivers

Pos	Driver	BLA			WES			FER			SOU			AST			KYO			300	Points
		H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA
1	Nathan McKane	7		1	1		7														18
2	Diego Álvarez Torrente		5	3		1	3														14
3	Danny van Rijkens	3		14		6	1														12
4	Martyn Rietacher	1		19	3		4														10
5	Yui Megumi		7	2	8		DSQ														6
6	Jason Hamilton	14		DNQ	15*		2														6
7	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1	10		5	Ret														5
8	Akira Yamamura		2	9	3		17														5
9	Matthias Valsattis	2		17	4		6														5
10	Brucie Kibbutz		11	DNQ	2		5														5
11	Hiroto Tojo	4		4		15	DNQ														4
12	Marcos Marcia				2		14														3
13	Andrea Bianchi		3	Ret																	2
14	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	8		5	5		16														2
15	Tristan Jung	5		6	13		DNQ														2
16	Renato Bulku		9	11		4	11														1
17	Sebastian Prost		4	18	13		DNQ														1
18	Marco Bizzarri	11		DNQ	7		8														1
19	Alexandre Dorval		10	12	9		10														1
20	Simon Garfünkel		13	DNQ		14	DNQ														1
21	Nobushige Fukuda	6		13		7	9														0
22	Connor O'Heagan	9		16	6		15														0
23	Dieter Hallenstein		6	15		12	DNQ														0
24	Cave Johnson	10		7		8	12														0
25	Karl van der Zwaart		8	8	10		DNQ														0
26	Helio Hernandez		12	DNQ		9	13														0
27	Alexandra Kustova	12		DNQ		10	DSQ	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX								0
28	Mika Paasonen	13		DNQ	11		DNQ														0
29	Martin McGovern		14	DNQ		11	DNQ														0
30	Jules Vergne				12		DNQ														0
31	Viktor Pasitchnjuk		Ret	DNQ	14		DNQ														0
32	Benoît Voeckler	15		DNQ																	0

Teams

Position	Team	Car no.	BLA			WES			FER			SOU			AST			KYO			300	Points
			H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA	H1	H2	FEA
1	Winton-Ilmor	27	7		1	1		7														18
2	Vittore-Mercedes	24		3	Ret	2		14														15
		25	1		19	3		4
3	Fusion-Toyota	23		5	3		1	3														14
4	Jones-Judd	19	3		14		6	1														12
		20	9		16	6		15
5	Aeroracing-Audi	7		11	DNQ	2		5														10
		8		2	9	3		17
6	Takagi-Honda	15	4		4		15	DNQ														10
		16		7	2	8		DSQ
7	MasterCard-Lancia	13	11		DNQ	7		8														6
		14		1	10		5	Ret
8	MRT-BMW	21	14		DNQ	15*		2														6
		22		14	DNQ	11		DNQ
9	Kingfisher-Toyota	30	2		17	4		6														5
10	ZimSport-Holden	5	8		5	5		16														3
		6		9	11		4	11
11	Tarantino-Judd	26	5		6	13		DNQ														2
12	Ultimate-Mercedes	1	10		7		8	12														1
		2		4	18	13		DNQ
13	GTI-Trabant	11		13	DNQ		14	DNQ														1
		12	6		13		7	9
14	Hydook-Zytek	17	15		DNQ	12		DNQ														1
		18		10	12	8		10
15	Red Bull-Autodynamics	3		6	15		12	DNQ														0
		4	13		DNQ	11		DNQ
16	De Friis-Citroën	28		8	8	10		DNQ														0
		29		12	DNQ		9	13
17	Ural-Lada	9	12		DNQ		10	DSQ														0
		10		Ret	DNQ	14		DNQ

*Used DNQ bailout

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