# 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

The 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the fifth year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the fourteenth season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 12 April at Imola and finished on 11 October at Jerez after sixteen races held at seven meetings. The 2015 season featured a new three-race weekend format for rounds at the Red Bull Ring and Monza.
In a final-race decider, British driver Jack Aitken secured the drivers' championship title by five points ahead of his Koiranen GP team-mate Jake Hughes. Aitken trailed Hughes by five points going into the race at Jerez, but Aitken's third-place finish – behind Ben Barnicoat and Anthoine Hubert, who were both ineligible to score championship points – to Hughes' ninth-place finish (third amongst Alps runners) gave him the honours. Aitken took four overall wins during the season, as well as taking three further class wins as the best Alps runner behind drivers ineligible for the drivers' championship. Hughes took three overall wins, adding a fourth class win at Pau. Third place in the championship was also settled in the final race, in favour of Thiago Vivacqua ahead of JD Motorsport team-mate Matevos Isaakyan. Vivacqua, a race-winner at Monza, prevailed by four points over Isaakyan, who took two overall wins and a further class win.
The only other championship-eligible driver to take a race victory was Vasily Romanov, who took a race victory at Monza for Cram Motorsport; he ultimately finished the season in sixth place in the championship. Two guest drivers took race victories during the season; Hubert won four races from six starts for Tech 1 Racing, while Barnicoat won the final race at Jerez for Fortec Motorsports. In the teams' championship, the performances of Aitken and Hughes saw Koiranen GP comfortably win the title, by almost 200 points ahead of JD Motorsport. In the junior championship for drivers under the age of 18, Isaakyan took eleven victories and finished 83 points clear of his nearest challenger, Philip Hamprecht.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | No. | Driver name | Status | Rounds |
| Koiranen GP | 1 | Anton de Pasquale | G | 3 |
| Koiranen GP | 2 | Jake Hughes | | All |
| Koiranen GP | 3 | Jack Aitken | | All |
| Koiranen GP | 4 | Philip Hamprecht | J | 1–6 |
| Koiranen GP | 5 | Bruno Baptista | J | All |
| Koiranen GP | 6 | Stefan Riener | | 1–6 |
| Koiranen GP | 9 | Max Defourny | G | 2, 7 |
| Koiranen GP | 29 | Nerses Isaakyan | G | 6 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 6 | Stefan Riener | | 7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 15 | Martin Kodrić | G | 1–2, 7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 16 | Ben Barnicoat | G | 1–2, 7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 23 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | G | 2 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 46 | Jehan Daruvala | G | 5–7 |
| Fortec Motorsports | 62 | Ferdinand Habsburg | G | 5 |
| Cram Motorsport | 7 | Matteo Ferrer | | All |
| Cram Motorsport | 21 | Vasily Romanov | | All |
| Cram Motorsport | 37 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | G | 4 |
| Cram Motorsport | 82 | Travis Jordan Fischer | | All |
| GSK Grand Prix | 8 | Denis Bulatov | J | 1–6 |
| GSK Grand Prix | 11 | Riccardo Cazzaniga | G | 7 |
| GSK Grand Prix | 12 | Andrea Russo | J | 1 |
| GSK Grand Prix | 14 | Nikita Troitskiy | G | 7 |
| GSK Grand Prix | 18 | Daniele Cazzaniga | | All |
| GSK Grand Prix | 19 | Alessio Lorandi | G | 4 |
| GSK Grand Prix | 33 | Julien Falchero | G | 6 |
| BVM Racing | 10 | Danylo Pronenko | | 1, 3–7 |
| Technorace | 13 | Alessandro Perullo | | 1, 3, 6 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 20 | Hugo de Sadeleer | G | 1, 7 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 22 | Anthoine Hubert | G | 1–2, 7 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 31 | Simon Gachet | G | 1–2, 7 |
| ARTA Engineering | 25 | Amaury Richard | G | 1, 3, 7 |
| ARTA Engineering | 26 | James Allen | | All |
| ARTA Engineering | 27 | Matthieu Vaxivière | G | 2 |
| JD Motorsport | 35 | Matevos Isaakyan | J | All |
| JD Motorsport | 36 | Thiago Vivacqua | | All |
| JD Motorsport | 37 | Aleksey Korneev | G | 6–7 |
| Brixia Horse Power | 39 | Andrea Baiguera | G | 6 |
| Icon | Status |
| J | Drivers that competed for the Juniors' Championship |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points |

## Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 5 October 2014. As in 2014, only three rounds were held in Italy – at Monza, Imola and Misano. The Pau Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Jerez were the remaining four rounds.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Junior Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 11 April | Anthoine Hubert | Anthoine Hubert | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 1 | R2 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 12 April | Jack Aitken | Anthoine Hubert | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 2 | R1 | Pau Circuit, Pau | 16 May | Anthoine Hubert | Simon Gachet | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 2 | R2 | Pau Circuit, Pau | 17 May | Anthoine Hubert | Martin Kodrić | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | Denis Bulatov |
| 3 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 23 May | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 3 | R2 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 24 May | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP | Denis Bulatov |
| 3 | R3 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 24 May | | Jack Aitken | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 6 June | Jake Hughes | Vasily Romanov | Jake Hughes | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 7 June | Thiago Vivacqua | Jake Hughes | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 5 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 4 July | Vasily Romanov | Matevos Isaakyan | Thiago Vivacqua | JD Motorsport | Denis Bulatov |
| 5 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 5 July | Jake Hughes | Vasily Romanov | Jake Hughes | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 5 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 5 July | | Vasily Romanov | Vasily Romanov | Cram Motorsport | Denis Bulatov |
| 6 | R1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 19 July | Jehan Daruvala | Jake Hughes | Jack Aitken | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 6 | R2 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 19 July | Jehan Daruvala | Jake Hughes | Jake Hughes | Koiranen GP | Matevos Isaakyan |
| 7 | R1 | Circuito de Jerez | 10 October | Anthoine Hubert | Anthoine Hubert | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | Bruno Baptista |
| 7 | R2 | Circuito de Jerez | 11 October | Martin Kodrić | Ben Barnicoat | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | Matevos Isaakyan |

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos | Driver | IMO | IMO | PAU | PAU | RBR | RBR | RBR | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | MIS | MIS | JER | JER | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts |
| 1 | Jack Aitken | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 242 |
| 2 | Jake Hughes | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 237 |
| 3 | Thiago Vivacqua | 7 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 197 |
| 4 | Matevos Isaakyan | 8 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 193 |
| 5 | Stefan Riener | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 191 |
| 6 | Vasily Romanov | 16† | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 138 |
| 7 | Danylo Pronenko | 13 | 8 | | | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 80 |
| 8 | Travis Jordan Fischer | Ret | 15 | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 62 |
| 9 | Philip Hamprecht | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | Ret | | | 59 |
| 10 | Matteo Ferrer | 12 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 12 | Ret | WD | WD | 2 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 51 |
| 11 | James Allen | 15 | 17† | 16 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 48 |
| 12 | Denis Bulatov | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 8 | | | 46 |
| 13 | Bruno Baptista | 14 | 16† | Ret | 14 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 31 |
| 14 | Daniele Cazzaniga | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 24 |
| 15 | Andrea Russo | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 16 | Alessandro Perullo | Ret | Ret | | | WD | WD | WD | | | | | | 17 | 11 | | | 1 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for championship points |||||||||||||||||||
| | Anthoine Hubert | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | |
| | Ben Barnicoat | 4 | 5 | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | |
| | Simon Gachet | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | |
| | Jehan Daruvala | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| | Amaury Richard | Ret | 12 | | | 8 | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | 15 | 22 | |
| | Matthieu Vaxivière | | | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Martin Kodrić | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 4 | |
| | Anton de Pasquale | | | | | Ret | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ferdinand Habsburg | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 4 | Ret | | | | | |
| | Max Defourny | | | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | |
| | Alessio Lorandi | | | | | | | | Ret | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Aleksey Korneev | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | 14 | 11 | |
| | Hugo de Sadeleer | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 14 | |
| | Nikita Troitskiy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 10 | |
| | Zachary Claman DeMelo | | | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mahaveer Raghunathan | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nerses Isaakyan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 13 | | | |
| | Julien Falchero | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 15 | | | |
| | Andrea Baiguera | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 16 | | | |
| | Riccardo Cazzaniga | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 18 | |
| Pos | Driver | IMO | IMO | PAU | PAU | RBR | RBR | RBR | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | MIS | MIS | JER | JER | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Juniors' championship

| Pos | Driver | IMO | IMO | PAU | PAU | RBR | RBR | RBR | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | MIS | MIS | JER | JER | Pts |
| 1 | Matevos Isaakyan | 8 | 10 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 293 |
| 2 | Philip Hamprecht | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | Ret | | | 210 |
| 3 | Denis Bulatov | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 8 | | | 172 |
| 4 | Bruno Baptista | 14 | 16† | Ret | 14 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 163 |
| 5 | Andrea Russo | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| Pos | Driver | IMO | IMO | PAU | PAU | RBR | RBR | RBR | SPA | SPA | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | MIS | MIS | JER | JER | Pts |

### Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Koiranen GP | 574 |
| 2 | JD Motorsport | 390 |
| 3 | Cram Motorsport | 237 |
| 4 | BVM Racing | 80 |
| 5 | GSK Grand Prix | 78 |
| 6 | Arta Engineering | 48 |
| 7 | Fortec Motorsports | 18 |
| 8 | Technorace | 1 |
| Guest teams ineligible for points |||
| | Tech 1 Racing | |
| | Brixia Horse Power | |