2015 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2015 SEAT León Eurocup was the fifth season of the SEAT León Eurocup. The season was contested over seven race meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 25 April at the Paul Ricard Circuit and concluding on 1 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Reigning champion Pol Rosell defended his championship title for the Baporo Motorsport team. Rosell won four races and recorded eight podium finishes as he finished eleven points clear of his closest rival, Stian Paulsen. Paulsen went into the final race with a shot of winning the title, but his failure to score points sealed the title for Rosell. PCR Sport driver Mikel Azcona finished third in the championship, a further eleven points in arrears. Azcona won one race during the season; the season-opener at Paul Ricard.

Six other drivers won races during 2015; Fran Rueda won the partially reversed-grid races at Paul Ricard and Estoril, with single victories taken by Wolf-Power Racing's Jonny Cocker (Silverstone), Target Competition's Loris Hezemans (Red Bull Ring), Rosell's team-mate Alex Morgan (Nürburgring), while JSB Compétition team-mates Thibaut Mourgues and Lucile Cypriano won at Monza and Catalunya respectively.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Spain Baporo Motorsport[1] 1 Spain Pol Rosell[1] All
2 Portugal Manuel Gião[1] All
13 Andorra Amalia Vinyes[1] 1–2, 7
22 United Kingdom Alex Morgan[1] All
France JSB Compétition[1] 3 France Julien Briché[1] All
5 France Thibaut Mourgues[1] 3–7
9 France Lucile Cypriano[1] All
16 France Pierre-Étienne Chaumat 4–5
21 France Marie Baus-Coppens[1] All
Spain Monlau Competición[1] 4 Spain Jaume Font[1] 1, 4–5
Spain David Cebrián 2, 6–7
18 France Jimmy Antunes 7
25 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul 7
28 Spain Fran Rueda[1] 1–6
Spain PCR Sport[1] 6 Spain Mikel Azcona[1] All
16 Spain Harriet Arruabarrena 7
35 Switzerland Urs Sonderegger 2
Switzerland Wolf-Power Racing[1] 7 Switzerland Michel Zemp[1] 1–3
8 United Kingdom Jonathan Cocker 3
South Africa Shane Williams 4–7
Italy Target Competition[1] 10 Costa Rica Mauricio Hernández[1] All
11 Austria Jürgen Schmarl[1] All
24 Switzerland Andrina Gugger[1] 1–6
Netherlands Niels Langeveld 7
33 Spain Jordi Oriola[1] All
50 Netherlands Loris Hezemans 4
Slovenia LEIN Racing[1] 12 Montenegro Dejan Bulatovič[1] 1–4, 7
17 Serbia Mladen Lalušić[1] 1–4, 7
Hungary B3 Hungary KFT[1] 15 Hungary Norbert Kiss 4
19 Hungary Attila Tassi 5–7
37 Hungary Dominik Fekete[1] 1–4
87 Hungary Edina Bús[1] 1, 3–7
Privateer 15 France Jérémie Lesoudier 7
26 Italy Antonio D'Amico 7
Portugal LBV[1] 20 Portugal Lourenço Beirão[1] All
Italy Dinamic SRL[1] 23 Monaco Stefano Zanini[1] All
67 Italy Marco Pellegrini[1] All
Norway Stian Paulsen Racing[1] 34 Norway Stian Paulsen[1] All
France Motorsport Development[1] 38 France Gaël Castelli 4
73 France Clément Mateu[1] 1–3, 6–7
76 France Julien Rodrigues 2
77 France Jean-Laurent Navarro[1] All
Spain SEAT Sport 44 Spain Laia Sanz 7
99 Italy Alberto Bassi 7
Belgium Allure Team[1] 45 Belgium Guillaume Mondron[1] 1, 5
Hungary Zengő Motorsport[1] 46 Hungary Zsolt Szabó[1] 1–4
Austria SEAT Austria[1] 61 Austria Mario Dablander[1] All
United Kingdom VFR Racing 88 United Kingdom Finlay Crocker 3–6

Race calendar and results

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All rounds were part of the International GT Open weekends, except for the Nürburgring event, which supported the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Round Circuit Date[2] Pole Position Fastest Lap Race Winner Winning Team
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard 25 April Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain PCR Sport
R2 26 April France Julien Briché Spain Fran Rueda Spain Monlau Competición
2 R1 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril 9 May France Lucile Cypriano Austria Mario Dablander Spain Pol Rosell Spain Baporo Motorsport
R2 10 May Switzerland Andrina Gugger Spain Fran Rueda Spain Monlau Competición
3 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 6 June Norway Stian Paulsen Spain Mikel Azcona Norway Stian Paulsen Norway Stian Paulsen Racing
R2 7 June France Julien Briché United Kingdom Jonathan Cocker Switzerland Wolf-Power Racing
4 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring 4 July Netherlands Loris Hezemans Netherlands Loris Hezemans Netherlands Loris Hezemans Italy Target Competition
R2 5 July Spain Pol Rosell Spain Pol Rosell Spain Baporo Motorsport
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring 19 September Norway Stian Paulsen Norway Stian Paulsen Norway Stian Paulsen Norway Stian Paulsen Racing
R2 20 September Spain Mikel Azcona United Kingdom Alex Morgan Spain Baporo Motorsport
6 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 3 October France Julien Briché Portugal Manuel Gião France Thibaut Mourgues France JSB Compétition
R2 4 October Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Pol Rosell Spain Baporo Motorsport
7 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Pol Rosell Spain Baporo Motorsport
R2 1 November France Julien Briché France Lucile Cypriano France JSB Compétition

Championship standings

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Pos Driver LEC
France
EST
Portugal
SIL
United Kingdom
RBR
Austria
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Pts
1 Spain Pol Rosell 3 2 12 3 22 12 5 1 7 Ret 5 1 12 5 88
2 Norway Stian Paulsen 2 6 2 5 11 5 3 5 11 25 6 3 4 21 77
3 Spain Mikel Azcona 11 4 43 10 33 6 62 Ret 32 6 12 4 21 Ret 66
4 France Julien Briché Ret2 3 5 2 7 4 9 4 Ret 16 21 9 Ret 7 45
5 United Kingdom Alex Morgan 5 8 Ret 6 4 2 10 6 17 1 8 8 5 6 43
6 Spain Jordi Oriola 73 7 8 11 6 3 14 10 6 3 4 2 10 Ret 37
7 Austria Mario Dablander 10 5 6 4 12 23 8 2 5 2 Ret2 12 Ret 9 35
8 Spain Fran Rueda 4 1 7 1 10 Ret 22 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 34
9 France Lucile Cypriano 8 Ret 31 14 11 8 11 Ret 12 9 3 7 9 1 29
10 South Africa Shane Williams 23 3 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 20 24
11 Costa Rica Mauricio Hernández 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 Ret 23 7 11 Ret Ret 8 17
12 France Thibaut Mourgues 14 7 17 DSQ 8 11 13 11 8 Ret 15
13 Portugal Manuel Gião 9 10 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 9 10 12 7 18 13 2 14
14 Netherlands Loris Hezemans 11 15 13
15 Spain David Cebrián 9 8 18 6 6 4 12
16 United Kingdom Jonathan Cocker 8 1 11
17 Netherlands Niels Langeveld 33 10 7
18 France Jimmy Antunes Ret 3 6
19 Hungary Norbert Kiss 4 Ret 5
20 Austria Jürgen Schmarl 11 9 12 16 13 11 13 8 11 10 16 5 Ret Ret 5
21 Switzerland Andrina Gugger 18 21 13 7 17 25 19 14 9 13 Ret Ret 2
22 Monaco Stefano Zanini 17 18 11 18 19 21 21 Ret 13 17 DNS DNS 7 DSQ 2
23 Portugal Lourenço Beirão Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 9 15 11 14 8 Ret 13 Ret 13 1
24 Hungary Zsolt Szabó 16 Ret 16 9 16 13 16 Ret 0
25 Hungary Attila Tassi 21 14 10 10 12 Ret 0
26 Andorra Amalia Vinyes 12 11 15 12 NC Ret 0
27 Italy Marco Pellegrini Ret 18 Ret 15 Ret 17 28 19 DNS 18 13 15 11 Ret 0
28 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul 14 11 0
29 Hungary Edina Bús Ret 20 15 15 20 12 22 24 15 17 Ret 22 0
30 Belgium Guillaume Mondron Ret 12 15 15 0
31 France Clément Mateu 21 19 21 13 22 20 14 19 Ret Ret 0
32 Spain Jaume Font 13 Ret 18 20 20 21 0
33 France Pierre-Étienne Chaumat 24 13 19 19 0
34 France Jean-Laurent Navarro 15 16 14 Ret 26 19 Ret Ret 16 20 Ret 14 Ret Ret 0
35 Switzerland Michel Zemp Ret 14 17 Ret 20 14 0
36 France Marie Baus-Coppens 20 15 20 Ret 21 18 23 Ret 23 22 Ret DNS 15 14 0
37 Montenegro Dejan Bulatovič 14 17 Ret Ret 18 16 27 Ret 18 15 0
38 United Kingdom Finlay Crocker 24 22 26 16 18 23 17 16 0
39 Spain Harriet Arruabarrena 16 17 0
40 France Jérémie Lesoudier Ret 16 0
41 Hungary Dominik Fekete 19 Ret 19 17 23 24 25 18 0
42 Serbia Mladen Lalušić Ret 22 22 Ret 25 26 Ret 17 19 19 0
43 France Julien Rodrigues 18 Ret 0
France Gaël Castelli Ret Ret 0
Italy Antonio D'Amico Ret DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Spain Laia Sanz 17 12 0
Italy Alberto Bassi Ret 18 0
Pos Driver LEC
France
EST
Portugal
SIL
United Kingdom
RBR
Austria
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar "Entry list – SEAT León Eurocup: Rounds 1 & 2 – Paul Ricard; 25–26 April 2015" (PDF). SEAT Sport. SEAT, S.A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 season calendar" (PDF). SEAT León Eurocup. SEAT. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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