# 2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

The 2014–2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the third running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. The championship commenced on 17 October 2014 in Losail International Circuit, Qatar and finished on 25 January 2015 in Madras Motor Racing Track, India. The series consisted of 12 races, spread across 3 meetings.
With four victories – two at Losail and two in Madras – and top-five finishes in every race, Toby Sowery finished the season as champion. Sowery finished 47 points clear of his next closest competitor Ryan Cullen, who was a three-time race winner, winning a pair of races in Bahrain and one in Madras. Third place in the championship went to the best placed home driver Raj Bharath, who was a race winner at Losail; he finished 26 points in arrears of Cullen. Four other drivers won races during the season; Tarun Reddy won the other race to be held at Losail, Struan Moore and Mathias Lauda each won races in Bahrain, and Oscar King won the season's final race, in Madras.

## Drivers

Freddie Hunt, son of 1976 Formula One champion James Hunt and Mathias Lauda, son of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Formula One champion Niki Lauda both competed in the series.
| No. | Driver | Rounds |
| 1 | Mathias Lauda | 1–2 |
| 2 | Tarun Reddy | All |
| 3 | Dylan Young | All |
| 4 | Christophe Mariot | 2 |
| 5 | Raj Bharath | All |
| 6 | Pedro Cardoso | 1 |
| 7 | Toby Sowery | All |
| 8 | Ryan Cullen | All |
| 9 | Lee Keshav | All |
| 10 | Vikash Anand | 1–2 |
| 11 | Freddie Hunt | All |
| 12 | Vinicius Papareli | All |
| 15 | Advait Deodhar | 2 |
| 16 | Laura Tillett | All |
| 17 | Nikita Mazepin | 1 |
| 18 | Kyle Mitchell | 1–2 |
| 19 | Camren Kaminsky | 2 |
| 20 | Struan Moore | 2 |
| 21 | Matthew Solomon | 3 |
| 23 | Jordan Albert | 3 |
| 35 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | 3 |
| 50 | Gustavo Myasava | 3 |
| 61 | Sebastian Balthasar | 3 |
| 77 | Oscar King | 3 |

## Race calendar and results

The second round in Bahrain was held in support of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
| 2014 |||||||
| 1 | R1 | Losail International Circuit, Lusail | 17 October | Toby Sowery | Toby Sowery | Toby Sowery |
| 1 | R2 | Losail International Circuit, Lusail | 17 October | | Toby Sowery | Tarun Reddy |
| 1 | R3 | Losail International Circuit, Lusail | 18 October | | Kyle Mitchell | Raj Bharath |
| 1 | R4 | Losail International Circuit, Lusail | 18 October | | Raj Bharath | Toby Sowery |
| 2 | R1 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 14 November | Raj Bharath | Ryan Cullen | Ryan Cullen |
| 2 | R2 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 14 November | | Camren Kaminsky | Struan Moore |
| 2 | R3 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 15 November | | Kyle Mitchell | Ryan Cullen |
| 2 | R4 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 15 November | | Ryan Cullen | Mathias Lauda |
| 2015 |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai | 24 January | Sebastian Balthasar | Oscar King | Toby Sowery |
| 3 | R2 | Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai | 24 January | | Toby Sowery | Toby Sowery |
| 3 | R3 | Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai | 25 January | | Ryan Cullen | Ryan Cullen |
| 3 | R4 | Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai | 25 January | | Oscar King | Oscar King |

## Championship standings

| Pos. | Driver | LOS | LOS | LOS | LOS | BHR | BHR | BHR | BHR | MMR | MMR | MMR | MMR | Points |
| 1 | Toby Sowery | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 221 |
| 2 | Ryan Cullen | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10† | 5 | 1 | 4 | 174 |
| 3 | Raj Bharath | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 148 |
| 4 | Kyle Mitchell | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 112 |
| 5 | Tarun Reddy | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 87 |
| 6 | Mathias Lauda | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15† | 8 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 71 |
| 7 | Oscar King | | | | | | | | | 9† | 3 | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| 8 | Gustavo Myasava | | | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 58 |
| 9 | Struan Moore | | | | | 4 | 1 | Ret | 6 | | | | | 45 |
| 10 | Nikita Mazepin | 5 | 2 | Ret | 6 | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 11 | Dylan Young | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 36 |
| 12 | Matthew Solomon | | | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 13 | Vinícius Papareli | Ret | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 14 | Pedro Cardoso | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 15 | Jordan Albert | | | | | | | | | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 16 | Camren Kaminsky | | | | | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | | | | | 18 |
| 17 | Laura Tillett | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 18 | Vikash Anand | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | | | | | 16 |
| 19 | Lee Keshav | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| 20 | Sebastian Balthasar | | | | | | | | | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | 8 |
| 21 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | DNS | 10 | 5 |
| 22 | Freddie Hunt | 10 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 5 |
| 23 | Christophe Mariot | | | | | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Advait Deodhar | | | | | 11 | 14 | 10 | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | LOS | LOS | LOS | LOS | BHR | BHR | BHR | BHR | MMR | MMR | MMR | MMR | Points |
| 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) |