2015 BTCC Season

2015 BTCC Season
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Season Information
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Overall Drivers' Championship
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Overall Teams' Championship
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Independents' Championship
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Jack Sears Trophy
Champion	Unknown
Class Championships
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Class B	Unknown	{{{classbpts}}} pt(s)
Class C	Unknown	{{{classcpts}}} pt(s)
Class D	Unknown	{{{classdpts}}} pt(s)
Manufacturers' Championship
Champion	Unknown	{{{makerchamppts}}} pt(s)
Runner-up	Unknown	{{{makerrunpts}}} pt(s)

Season Guide
2014	2016

 The 2015 British Touring Car Championship will be the 58th edition of Britain's most popular motorsport championship. The season is set to run from the 4th of April to the 11th of October, with Brands Hatch book-ending the calender.

Regulations

The BTCC will continue to use the Next Generation Touring Car regulations that it established in 2011, with 2015 set to be the second season in which only NGTC cars are allowed to compete. The success ballast system is set to be rebalanced, with increased additions to the race winner or championship leader and top five. Rear wheel drive cars will also be forced to place this ballast as far forward as possible.

Other changes include the use of the "Soft" Dunlop Sport Maxx tyres, which must be used once at every round (and three times throughout the season in race one, race two and race three). The grid order for race two will also be based on the fastest lap times from race one, while engines will be evaluated by TOCA and another independent firm to set boost levels at the start of the season. Cosworth and Xtrac will also be involved in the BTCC in 2015, analysing the engine management programmes throughout the year to better balance the starts of FWD and RWD cars.

Points

2015 will use the same points system that has been in use since 2012, with points awarded from first to fifteenth in each race. Additional points will also be awarded for fastest lap, pole position and/or leading a lap.

2015 British Touring Car Championship Points System
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Pole Position = 1 point					Fastest Lap = 1 point					Lead a Lap = 1 point

The point for pole position will only be awarded to the fastest qualifier (and awarded after the session), while a driver who leads multiple laps will only receive one additional point. The same points well be awarded for each race.

Round by Round

This section is for a round by round report for each race of the season.

First Round: Brands Hatch Indy

The BTCC will begin with its psuedo-traditional start at Brands Hatch, with the field gathering at the Kent circuit to use the smaller Indy format. The weekend of the 4th to the 5th of April is set as the date.

Second Round: Donington Park

Donington Park will play host to the second meeting of the season, with races four through to six held on the 19th of April.

Third Round: Thruxton

Hampshire's Thruxton circuit will provide the field with the seventh, eight and ninth races of the season. The BTCC is scheduled to visit on the 9th and 10th of May.

Fourth Round: Oulton Park

The field will experience the more familiar (to the BTCC atleast) Island format of the Cheshire circuit, after using the extended format in 2014. The three races will be held on the 7th of June.

Fifth Round: Croft

The annual visit to North Yorkshire will take place on the 27th and 28th of June.

Sixth Round: Snetterton

After missing the month of July for the summer break, the BTCC will return on the 9th of August, heading to Snetterton for the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth races of the year.

Seventh Round: Knockhill

The BTCC moves to Scotland for the the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of August, as races nineteen, twenty and twenty one are set to be held.

Eighth Round: Rockingham

Britain's best known oval will host the eighth round of the season, with the field gathering at the Rockingham Motor Speedway of the 5th and 6th of September.

Ninth Round: Silverstone

The BTCC will head to the home of British Motorsport on the 26th and 27th of September, using the national circuit layout as usual.

Tenth Round: Brands Hatch GP

The BTCC returns to Kent for the season finale, using the longer Grand Prix version of the Brands Hatch circuit. The final race will be held in the afternoon of 11th of October.

Entries

Entrants for the 2015 BTCC Season are listed below, with nationality, car number and rounds entered listed.

Entry List
Nat.	No.	Name	Entrant	Car	Rounds
Constructor's Championship
	25	Matt Neal	Honda Racing Team	TBA
	52	Gordon Shedden
	77	Andrew Jordan	Triple Eight Race Engineering	MG6 GT
	31	Jack Goff
	84	Richard Hawken	Support our Paras Racing	Inifinti Q50	Round 1
	22	Derek Palmer, Jr.
	85	Martin Donnelly			Round 2
Independents Championship
	1	Colin Turkington	Team BMR	Volkswagen CC
	9	Alain Menu
	39	Warren Scott
	40	Aron Smith
	99	Jason Plato
	6	Rob Collard	West Surrey Racing	BMW 125i M Sport
	7	Sam Tordoff
	8	Nick Foster
	111	Andy Priaulx
	11	Simon Belcher	Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis
	67	Robb Holland
	95	Stewart Lines	Houseman Racing
	80	Tom Ingram	Speedworks Motorsport
	23	Kieran Gallagher	Team HARD
	34	Tony Gilham
	12	Andy Wilmot	Welch Motorsport	Proton Persona
	13	Daniel Welch
	14	Alex Martin	Dextra Racing	Ford Focus ST
	114	Barry Horne
	21	Mike Bushell	AMD Tuning
	4	Mat Jackson	Motorbase Performance		6-10
	44	James Cole			6-10
	16	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class
	33	Adam Morgan	WIX Racing
	17	Dave Newsham	Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet Cruze 4dr
	66	Josh Cook	#RacingforHeroes
	55	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic
	30	Martin Depper
	54	Hunter Abbott	Rob Austin Racing	Audi A4
	101	Rob Austin
	28	Nicolas Hamilton	AMD Tuning	Audi S3 Saloon
	29	Jake Hill
	22	Derek Palmer Jr.	Support Our Paras Racing	Infiniti Q50
	71	Max Coates			Round 4

Changes

The winter after the 2014 season saw numerous moves throughout the BTCC grid, with the full list shown below:

Driver Changes

The biggest news over the winter was the move made by Andrew Jordan, who left Eurotech Racing run by his father, to return to Triple Eight, taking main sponsor Pirtek with him. Other stories to draw as much attention as Jordan's switch included the return of triple World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx, rejoining West Surrey Racing for the first time since the early 2000s. Jason Plato and defending champion Colin Turkington also shocked the paddock in a joint announcement in mid-February that they would be joining Team BMR for 2015.

Inter-team Changes

• James Cole: United Autosports → Motorbase Performance
• Jack Goff: Team BMR → Triple Eight Race Engineering
• Andrew Jordan: Eurotech Racing → Triple Eight Race Engineering
• Dave Newsham: AmD Essex → Power Maxed Racing
• Jason Plato: Triple Eight Race Engineering → Team BMR
• Sam Tordoff: Triple Eight Race Engineering → West Surrey Racing
• Colin Turkington: West Surrey Racing → Team BMR

Returning Drivers

• Mike Bushell: Renault Clio Cup → AmD Essex
• Kieran Gallagher: VW Cup → Team HARD
• Andy Priaulx: USCC → West Surrey Racing
• Jeff Smith: British GT → Pirtek Racing
• Andy Wilmot: VW Cup → Welch Motorsport

Debutants

• Josh Cook: Renault Clio Cup → #RacingforHeroes
• Richard Hawken: HSCC Super Touring Cars → Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing
• Stewart Lines: ? → Houseman Racing
• Alex Martin: Ferrari Challenge → Motorbase Performance
• Derek Palmer, Jr.: HSCC Super Touring Cars → Inifiniti Support Our Paras Racing

Departing Drivers

• Nick Foster: West Surrey Racing → ?
• Ollie Jackson: Welch Motorsport → ?
• Chris Stockton: BTC Racing → ?
• Lea Wood: Team Wood Racing → Management

Standings

The final standings of the 2015 BTCC Championship are shown below, with individual championships divided into separate tables.

Drivers

Below are the final standings for the 2015 Driver's Championship and the Independent Driver's Championship.

2015 British Touring Car Championship
Pos.	Name	Rounds																														Pts
		BHI			DONP			THRX			OTNP			CRFT			SNET			KNKH			ROCK			SILV			BHGP
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
1st	SHE	6	1	NC	2	14	3	1	3	5	6	2	4	4	5	3	14	Ret	24	5	1	8	2	1	8	3	4	5	6	19	4	348
2nd	PLA	3	Ret	16	1	5	8	4	1	7	1	1	5	27	2	5	3	4	2	23	7	6	27	7	1	25	7	4	5	6	1	344
3rd	NEA	8	8	1	17	2	1	2	Ret	6	2	4	3	5	11	9	6	Ret	11	6	8	1	8	5	4	8	5	6	7	7	5	317
4th	TUR	5	3	12	3	1	11	7	5	4	25	8	6	7	3	4	1	1	7	10	Ret	15	7	8	3	5	8	1	4	Ret	12	310
5th	JOR	7	5	19	4	4	2	6	7	2	4	3	2	6	14	Ret	4	7	5	8	4	7	6	12	9	2	19	12	19	11	8	274
6th	TOR	15	7	4	5	9	Ret	11	6	3	9	5	1	2	1	6	11	5	4	4	NC	Ret	10	14	5	10	6	3	11	13	11	270
7th	MOR	11	4	7	9	3	12	3	8	1	11	6	17	9	9	23	7	2	13	9	10	2	9	4	18	12	11	8	3	3	6	267
8th	PRI	9	2	8	12	10	NC	5	NC	13	3	15	Ret	1	4	2	5	3	3	3	5	4				23	1	21	8	9	10	247
9th	GOF	4	9	2	7	8	Ret	8	4	11	7	9	8	10	10	8	9	6	1	11	14	12	4	9	19	27	2	NC	20	5	3	233
10th	RCO	1	16	Ret	8	6	4	13	2	14	13	Ret	14	3	6	1	Ret	NC	10	1	2	Ret	18	28	DNS	7	9	2	10	10	7	226
11th	ASM	2	12	3	DNS	12	6	21	11	8	5	7	7	11	16	12	2	Ret	12	25	DNS	17	3	11	6	6	3	24	2	8	9	209
12th	JAC																12	8	6	2	3	9	1	2	14	1	24	7	1	1	2	200
13th	ING	10	6	6	16	13	10	10	Ret	10	8	11	9	8	8	7	10	Ret	9	Ret	13	16	5	10	2	9	13	11	25	2	Ret	173
14th	AUS	14	10	5	10	18	Ret	14	9	17	15	13	Ret	13	7	Ret	25	9	8	7	6	5	19	6	7	11	NC	17	18	Ret	Ret	120
15th	COO	13	14	Ret	13	7	7	9	18	9	12	26	13	12	Ret	15	15	17	16	16	15	13	13	3	10	14	12	16	9	16	15	97
16th	NEW	17	15	9	6	11	Ret	Ret	12	12	10	DNS	18	15	13	11	8	Ret	14	18	12	11	12	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	DNS	26	4	Ret	95
17th	MOF	12	13	Ret	18	16	5	15	10	16	17	12	11	17	18	13	DNS	DNS	DNS	22	9	3	Ret	13	Ret	20	14	10	14	24	13	76
18th	DEP	16	Ret	13	15	19	9	12	13	15	14	14	DNS	14	Ret	17	17	Ret	15	14	11	10	14	18	11	13	15	14	15	Ret	19	53

Teams & Constructors

Below are the final standings in the various Team and Constructor's championships, divided into each category.

 

2015 Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

2015 Independent Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1 2015 Constructor's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

 

2015 Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

2015 Independent Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1 2015 Constructor's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

 

2015 Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

2015 Independent Team's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1 2015 Constructor's Championship Pos. Nat Name Pts 1

Champions

The champions for the season may be entered here.