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	1-12	Thomas Muller
			2	Sebastian Prost	1-12
Red Bull World Race Team	Autodynamics-Judd 3.0 V8		3	Dieter Hallenstein	1-8	None
				Antonio Fazio 20	9-12
			4	Mika Paasonen	1-8
				Daniel Melrose 18	9-12
ZimSport-Rosenforth	Holden-Judd 3.0 V8		5	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	1-4	Mike Stern Dean Melville
				Dean Melville 11	5-6
				Jiri Komárek 13	7-10
			6	Renato Bulku	1-10
Aeroracing Engineering	Audi-Zytek 3.0 V8		7	Brucie Kibbutz	1-12	None
			8	Akira Yamamura	1-10
				TBA 21	11-12
Ural Racing	Lada-Judd 3.0 V8		9	Alexandra Kustova	1-4	Ivan Lanin Yuki Matsudate Alexandra Kustova
				Ivan Lanin 4	5-12
			10	Viktor Pasitchnjuk	1-12
Grands Travaux Inutiles	Trabant-Zytek 3.0 V8		11	Simon Garfünkel	1-12	Justin Case Gia van Dycke Diego Mauricio Batistuta
			12	Nobushige Fukuda	1-4
				Dorien Lamberigts 8	5-6
				Justin Case 14	7-10
MasterCard Lancia	Lancia-Judd 3.0 V8		13	Marco Bizzarri	1-12	Diego Mauricio Batistuta Martin McGovern Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson Nobushige Fukuda
			14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	1-12
Takagi Racing Enterprises	Honda-Judd 3.0 V8		15	Hiroto Tojo	1-12	Tetsuya Takagi
			16	Yui Megumi	1-4, 7-8, 11-12
				Frank Tenpenny 7	5-6
				Collin Pratchett 16	9-12
Target Hydook Racing	Zytek 3.0 V8		17	Benoît Voeckler 1	1-2	Branko Ristic Carsten Jancker
				Jules Vergne 3	3-4
			18	Alexandre Dorval	1-4
Jones Racing	Judd 3.0 V8		19	Danny van Rijkens	1-4	Matt Brinson
				Gilles Massinion 6	5-12
			20	Connor O'Heagan	1-8, 11-12
				Matt Brinson 17	9-10
Melrose Racing Team	BMW-Zytek 3.0 V8		21	Jason Hamilton	1-10	Nathan McKane Joel Melrose
			22	Martin McGovern	1-4
				Nobushige Fukuda 9	5-6, 9-12
				Diego Mauricio Batistuta 15	7-8
Fusion Motorsports	Toyota-Zytek 3.0 V8 Honda-Zytek 3.0 V8		23	Diego Álvarez Torrente	1-12	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, 7-12
			25	Martyn Rietacher	1-12
Tarantino Autosport	Judd 3.0 V8		26	Tristan Jung	1-8, 11-12	None
				Richard Hershall 19	9-10
Ilmor Winton Racing	Ilmor-Zytek 3.0 V8		27	Nathan McKane	1-12	Ragnar Larsen
De Friis Motorsport	Citroën-Zytek 3.0 V8		28	Karl van der Zwaart	1-12	Jan de Friis
			29	Helio Hernandez	1-6
				Jan de Friis 12	7-12
Kingfisher Racing	Toyota-Judd 3.0 V8		30	Matthias Valsattis	1-12	None
Team Rojo 5	Zytek 3.0 V8		31	Pablo Galaz	5-10	Toru Fukui
				TBA 22	11-12
Racing Team Solvalou 5	Assoluto-Zytek 3.0 V8		32	Alexandre Dorval 10	5-12	Antonio Fazio

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. Bianchi returned to the seat for Fern Bay, but was then permanently replaced by Marcia as he had to concentrate on his campaign in the 2015 F1 Rejects Indy Championship Series season.
• 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. The team decided to demote her into a test driver for the remainder of the season, while Ivan Lanin was promoted to a race seat.
• 5 - Hydook Racing withdrew from the sport after Westhill, and their entries were allocated to two new teams - Team Rojo and Racing Team Solvalou.
• 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. Tenpenny himself got banned from South City for dangerous driving, and Megumi moved back to the seat.
• 8 - Grands Travaux Inutiles decided to sack Nobushige Fukuda due to him being "too anonymous". F3RWRS driver Dorien Lamberigts replaced him.
• 9 - After being sacked from GTI, Fukuda moved to MRT to replace the underperforming Martin McGovern.
• 10 - Similarly, Hydook's Alexandre Dorval found new employment in the newcomer team Solvalou.
• 11 - Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson moved permanently to F3RWRS, and was replaced by Aussie rookie Dean Melville.
• 12 - Helio Hernandez's lackluster performance at the Fern Bay heats led to him being sacked from the team. The team owner himself, Jan de Friis, replaced him.
• 13 - Dean Melville was banned from the South City and Aston rounds for extremely dangerous driving at Fern Bay. He was replaced by Czech rookie Jiri Komárek.
• 14 - Dorien Lamberigts was banned from the same rounds for similar offences, and was replaced by the team's reserve driver Justin Case.
• 15 - Nobushige Fukuda was banned from the South City round for dangerous driving at Fern Bay. He was replaced by Diego Mauricio Batistuta.
• 16 - Yui Megumi had accumulated too many penalty points after the South City round and was banned from taking part in the Aston round. Collin Pratchett served as her replacement.
• 17 - Connor O'Heagan was banned from Aston for causing a serious accident at South City. He was replaced by American rookie Matt Brinson.
• 18 - Mika Paasonen's season ended from injuries sustained in an accident at the South City round. In a shock move, former Formula One champion and F1RWRS driver Daniel Melrose stepped in as his replacement.
• 19 - Tristan Jung was injured in South City, and was no cleared to take part in Aston. He was replaced by Richard Hershall.
• 20 - Dieter Hallenstein was replaced for the rest of the season by Antonio Fazio for financial reasons.
• 21 - Akira Yamamura was excluded from the Kyoto Ring round for dangerous driving at Aston.
• 22 - Pablo Galaz was banned for the rest of the season for accumulating too many penalty points at the Aston round.

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	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Martyn Rietacher	Cave Johnson	Ultimate Racing
June 20	Fern Bay Heat 2	Green	Andrea Bianchi	Andrea Bianchi	Andrea Bianchi	Scuderia Vittore
June 21	Fern Bay Feature	Black	Martyn Rietacher	Martyn Rietacher	Martyn Rietacher	Scuderia Vittore
July 18	South City Heat 1	Classic Reversed	Justin Case	Jason Hamilton	Justin Case	Grands Travaux Inutiles
July 18	South City Heat 2	Classic Reversed	Jan de Friis	Diego Mauricio Batistuta	Jan de Friis	De Friis Motorsport
July 19	South City Feature	City Long	Brucie Kibbutz	Brucie Kibbutz	Brucie Kibbutz	Aeroracing Engineering
August 15	Aston Heat 1	Club	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	MasterCard Lancia
August 15	Aston Heat 2	Club	Renato Bulku	Renato Bulku	Renato Bulku	ZimSport-Rosenforth
August 16	Aston Feature	Historic	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Justin Case	Marcel Agyemang-Badu	MasterCard Lancia
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

Non-championship events

Date	Race	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
October 17-18	Aston 24 Hours	Aston Grand Touring

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		3	3		4†	Ret		8	13					23.5
2	Martyn Rietacher	1		19	3		4	5		1		11	DNQ		5	12					23
3	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1	10		5	Ret		11	DNQ	Ret		DNQ	1		1					22
4	Matthias Valsattis	2		17	4		6	3		2		10	8	2		4					19
5	Brucie Kibbutz		11	DNQ	2		5	6		6		9	1	12		DNQ					18
6	Diego Álvarez Torrente		5	3		1	3	4		Ret	4†		Ret		4	14					16.5
7	Renato Bulku		9	11		4	11		6	4		6	4		1	10					13
8	Danny van Rijkens	3		14		6	1														12
9	Akira Yamamura		2	9	3		17		5	13	9		2		10	Ret	EX	EX	EX		11
10	Justin Case										1†		3		9	6					8.5
11	Andrea Bianchi		3	Ret					1	14											8
12	Jason Hamilton	14		DNQ	15*		2	13		DNQ	3†		Ret		Ret	DNQ					7.5
13	Cave Johnson	10		7		8	12	1		5	10		14		14	DNQ					7
14	Marco Bizzarri	11		DNQ	7		8		9	12	Ret		DNQ	9		2					7
15	Yui Megumi		7	2	8		DSQ					15	DNQ	EX	EX	EX					6
16	Viktor Pasitchnjuk		Ret	DNQ	14		DNQ		13	DNQ	6		9		3	3					6
17	Hiroto Tojo	4		4		15	DNQ	8		10		13	DNQ	5		5					6
18	Tristan Jung	5		6	13		DNQ	2		7		8	15								5
19	Simon Garfünkel		13	DNQ		14	DNQ		2	NC		14	DNQ		7	15					4
20	Marcos Marcia				2		14				13		DNQ	11		DNQ					3
21	Collin Pratchett														2	Ret					3
22	Sebastian Prost		4	18	13		DNQ		10	8		12	DNQ	3		9					3
23	Jan de Friis											1†	Ret		12	DNQ					2.5
24	Diego Mauricio Batistuta											2†	7								2
25	Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson	8		5	5		16														2
26	Gilles Massinion							11		DNQ	8		5	14		DNQ					2
27	Connor O'Heagan	9		16	6		15	10		DNQ	2†		Ret	EX	EX	EX					1.5
28	Ivan Lanin							12		DNQ		3†	12	15		DNQ					1
29	Nobushige Fukuda	6		13		7	9		4	Ret	EX	EX	EX	13		DNQ					1
30	Richard Hershall													4		11					1
31	Jiri Komárek											5	6		11	DNQ					1
32	Alexandre Dorval		10	12	9		10	Ret		DNQ	7		13	10		Ret					1
33	Mika Paasonen	13		DNQ	11		DNQ		11	DNQ	5		10								0
34	Dieter Hallenstein		6	15		12	DNQ	7		9	12		DNQ								0
35	Daniel Melrose													6		7					0
36	Karl van der Zwaart		8	8	10		DNQ		15*	11	11		DNQ		6	16					0
37	Pablo Galaz								14	DNQ		7	11	7		DSQ	EX	EX	EX	EX	0
38	Frank Tenpenny								7	Ret	EX	EX	EX								0
39	Antonio Fazio													8		8					0
40	Dean Melville								8	DSQ	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX					0
41	Helio Hernandez		12	DNQ		9	13	14		DNQ											0
42	Dorien Lamberigts							9		Ret	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX					0
43	Alexandra Kustova	12		DNQ		10	DSQ	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX								0
44	Martin McGovern		14	DNQ		11	DNQ														0
45	Jules Vergne				12		DNQ														0
46	Matt Brinson													13		DNQ					0
47	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	Vittore-Mercedes	24		3	Ret	2		14		1	14	13		DNQ	11		DNQ					34
		25	1		19	3		4	5		1		11	DNQ		5	12
2	MasterCard-Lancia	13	11		DNQ	7		8		9	12	Ret		DNQ	9		2					29
		14		1	10		5	Ret		11	DNQ	Ret		DNQ	1		1
3	Aeroracing-Audi	7		11	DNQ	2		5	6		6		9	1	12		DNQ					29
		8		2	9	3		17		5	13	9		2		10	Ret
4	Winton-Ilmor	27	7		1	1		7		3	3		4†	Ret		8	13					23.5
5	Kingfisher-Toyota	30	2		17	4		6	3		2		10	8	2		4					19
6	Fusion-Honda	23		5	3		1	3	4		Ret	4†		Ret		4	14					16.5
7	ZimSport-Holden	5	8		5	5		16		8	DSQ		5	6		11	DNQ					16
		6		9	11		4	11		6	4		6	4		1	10
8	Jones-Judd	19	3		14		6	1	10		DNQ	8		5	14		DNQ					15.5
		20	9		16	6		15	11		DNQ	2†		Ret		13	DNQ
9	Takagi-Honda	15	4		4		15	DNQ	8		10		13	DNQ	5		5					15
		16		7	2	8		DSQ		7	Ret		15	DNQ		2	Ret
10	GTI-Trabant	11		13	DNQ		14	DNQ		2	NC		14	DNQ		7	15					12.5
		12	6		13		7	9	9		Ret	1†		3		9	6
11	MRT-BMW	21	14		DNQ	15*		2	13		DNQ	3†		Ret		Ret	DNQ					10.5
		22		14	DNQ	11		DNQ		4	Ret		2†	7	13		DNQ
12	Ultimate-Mercedes	1	10		7		8	12	1		5	10		14		14	DNQ					10
		2		4	18	13		DNQ		10	8		12	DNQ	3		9
13	Ural-Lada	9	12		DNQ		10	DSQ	12		DNQ		3†	12	15		DNQ					7
		10		Ret	DNQ	14		DNQ		13	DNQ	6		9		3	3
14	Tarantino-Judd	26	5		6	13		DNQ	2		7		8	15	4		11					6
15	De Friis-Citroën	28		8	8	10		DNQ		15*	11	11		DNQ		6	16					2.5
		29		12	DNQ		9	13	14		DNQ		1†	Ret		12	DNQ
16	Hydook-Zytek	17	15		DNQ	12		DNQ														1
		18		10	12	8		10
17	Red Bull-Autodynamics	3		6	15		12	DNQ	7		9	12		DNQ	6		7					0
		4	13		DNQ	11		DNQ		12	DNQ	5		10	8		8
18	Rojo-Zytek	31								14	DNQ		7	11	7		DSQ					0
19	Solvalou-Assoluto	32							Ret		DNQ	7		13	10		Ret					0

*Used DNQ bailout
†The South City heats were run to only half of the planned length due to serious safety concerns, so half points were awarded.

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