2015 BRDC Formula 4 Championship

The 2015 Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2-litre Duratec single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the third BRDC Formula 4 Championship organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The season began at Oulton Park on 4 April and ended on 27 September at Brands Hatch, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

2015 BRDC Formula 4 Championship
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Will Palmer, running for the HHC Motorsport team, was a comfortable champion in the series; he wrapped up the title with one event to spare.[2] Having been a title contender in 2014, Palmer won exactly half of the races to be held in 2015 – a series-record twelve wins – and fifteen podiums in total saw him finish 137 points clear of the championship runner-up, team-mate Harrison Newey. Newey racked up eight podium finishes before he was able to take the first of two victories during the season, at Donington Park. He added a second win at Brands Hatch, taking a total of twelve podium finishes in 2015. Third place in the drivers' championship went to Chris Dittmann Racing driver Tom Jackson, who also won two races during the season – both coming at Snetterton.

Five other drivers won races during the season; Lanan Racing duo Rodrigo Fonseca (Rockingham and Silverstone) and Chris Mealin (Oulton Park and Rockingham) each won a pair of races, as did Jordan Albert of Sean Walkinshaw Racing, winning races at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch. The remaining races were won by Jackson's team-mate Omar Ismail at Snetterton and Michael O'Brien, who won the partially reversed-grid race at Rockingham for MGR Motorsport. Of the 23 drivers eligible to score points towards the drivers' championship, 17 recorded at least one podium finish.

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Douglas Motorsport 2 Akhil Rabindra[3] All
24 Fernando Urrutia[4] All
HHC Motorsport 3 Will Palmer[5] All
33 Harrison Newey[6] All
37 Sisa Ngebulana[7] All
Chris Dittmann Racing 4 Omar Ismail[8] 3–8
11 Paul Sieljes[9] 2
12 Tom Jackson[10] All
94 Michael O'Brien[11] 4–5, 7
Hillspeed[12] 7 Faisal Al Zubair[12] 1–2, 4–6, 8
17 Riki Christodoulou[13][N 1] 3
51 Ameya Vaidyanathan[14] All
66 Sebastian Lanzetti[12] 1–3
77 Hernán Fallas[15] 6–8
Lanan Racing 8 Jack Bartholomew[16] All
9 Rodrigo Fonseca[17] All
10 Chris Mealin[18] All
Lang Sport 14 Jack Lang[19] All
Sean Walkinshaw Racing 18 Zubair Hoque[20] All
23 Jordan Albert[21] All
32 Marc González[22] 4
23 Racing[23] 44 James Reveler[23] All
MGR Motorsport 77 Hernán Fallas[24] 1–3
94 Michael O'Brien[25] 1–3
Graham Brunton Racing[26] 79 Ciaran Haggerty[26] All
JR Racing[27] 95 Joe Stables[27] 4–6, 8
Notes
  1. Guest driver ineligible for any championship points.

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 26 November 2014.[28] The series supported British GT at six events, with stand-alone events at Snetterton in July and Brands Hatch in September.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)		 4 April Will Palmer Harrison Newey Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R2 6 April Jordan Albert Chris Mealin Lanan Racing
R3 Harrison Newey Jordan Albert Sean Walkinshaw Racing
2 R4 Rockingham
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 2 May Harrison Newey Rodrigo Fonseca Rodrigo Fonseca Lanan Racing
R5 3 May Tom Jackson Michael O'Brien MGR Motorsport
R6 Rodrigo Fonseca Chris Mealin Lanan Racing
3 R7 Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)		 30 May Will Palmer Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R8 31 May Ciaran Haggerty Rodrigo Fonseca Lanan Racing
R9 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
4 R10 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 11 July Omar Ismail Harrison Newey Omar Ismail Chris Dittmann Racing
R11 12 July Will Palmer Tom Jackson Chris Dittmann Racing
R12 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
5 R13 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 1 August Will Palmer Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R14 2 August Will Palmer Jordan Albert Sean Walkinshaw Racing
R15 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
6 R16 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 22 August Will Palmer Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R17 23 August Tom Jackson Tom Jackson Chris Dittmann Racing
R18 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
7 R19 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		 12 September Harrison Newey Will Palmer Harrison Newey HHC Motorsport
R20 13 September Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R21 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
8 R22 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 26 September Will Palmer Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport
R23 27 September Will Palmer Harrison Newey HHC Motorsport
R24 Will Palmer Will Palmer HHC Motorsport

Championship standings
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Races 1 & 3 35 29 24 21 19 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Race 2 25 22 20 18 16 15 14

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH SNE DON BRH Points
1 Will Palmer 1 3 5 Ret 5 8 1 4 1 2 18 1 1 4 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 592
2 Harrison Newey 2 6 9 Ret 4 12 Ret 6 2 3 15 2 4 2 11 2 2 3 1 7 3 8 1 2 455
3 Tom Jackson 4 5 4 Ret 2 5 4 3 10 16 1 4 3 3 5 3 1 2 10 6 12 13 12 3 420
4 Rodrigo Fonseca 9 8 3 1 8 2 15 1 3 6 2 7 10 5 6 7 Ret 12 DSQ 9 2 3 3 4 409
5 Ciaran Haggerty 6 2 7 13 Ret Ret 2 14 6 7 4 3 2 6 3 4 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 8 406
6 Jordan Albert 18 16 1 5 3 Ret 3 5 4 5 5 Ret 7 1 9 13 5 7 8 8 9 5 4 7 359
7 Jack Bartholomew 5 4 6 6 9 4 6 8 15 Ret 3 11 Ret 11 4 12 8 6 6 2 8 9 8 10 329
8 Chris Mealin 7 1 2 4 6 1 16 DSQ 7 NC 6 10 8 8 7 9 DSQ 8 7 10 Ret 10 9 Ret 303
9 Omar Ismail 7 Ret 17 1 7 5 6 7 2 5 4 4 5 5 6 Ret 19 Ret 260
10 Jack Lang 12 9 Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 15 16 14 8 6 5 Ret 18 10 7 10 Ret 11 11 7 2 6 244
11 Sisa Ngebulana 8 15 11 12 16 7 5 2 18 15 Ret 9 9 Ret 8 11 13 13 14 14 Ret 6 7 5 221
12 Ameya Vaidyanathan 16 Ret 12 2 17 Ret 13 16 14 12 9 16 Ret 12 14 16 Ret 9 3 3 7 11 13 9 217
13 Akhil Rabindra 11 10 15 11 7 15 Ret 11 8 8 13 12 11 Ret 10 8 Ret 14 9 16 10 14 14 15 203
14 Zubair Hoque 15 14 8 10 12 3 10 12 12 Ret 14 13 16 13 15 14 9 15 13 12 16 16 15 13 201
15 Fernando Urrutia 10 12 10 Ret 11 14 9 7 11 Ret 12 8 12 10 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 15 14 2 10 Ret 194
16 Faisal Al Zubair 14 13 13 9 14 10 9 10 14 13 9 12 6 3 11 12 11 11 189
17 Michael O'Brien 13 11 14 8 1 Ret 12 10 13 4 11 15 17 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 150
18 James Reveler 19 17 16 14 15 13 14 17 20 10 16 17 14 14 16 18 11 19 12 13 13 18 16 Ret 134
19 Hernán Fallas 17 Ret 17 Ret 10 Ret 8 Ret 19 17 10 18 15 17 4 15 17 12 103
20 Sebastian Lanzetti 3 7 Ret 15 Ret 9 11 13 9 89
21 Joe Stables 13 17 19 15 15 17 15 12 17 17 18 14 63
22 Paul Sieljes 7 13 11 34
23 Marc González 11 Ret 18 13
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Riki Christodoulou Ret 9 5
Pos. Driver OUL ROC SIL SNE BRH SNE DON BRH Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup

The Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup was awarded to the driver who started from pole position most often throughout the season. Will Palmer was the winner of the Cup, starting 10 of the 24 races from pole position.

Pos. Driver Poles
1 Will Palmer 10
2 Harrison Newey 4
3 Jordan Albert 2
Akhil Rabindra 2
5 Hernán Fallas 1
Rodrigo Fonseca 1
Omar Ismail 1
Chris Mealin 1
Sisa Ngebulana 1
Michael O'Brien 1

2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy
Main article: 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy

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