2015 Renault Sport Trophy

The 2015 Renault Sport Trophy season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 30 May and finished on 18 October at Circuito de Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six triple header rounds.[1]

2015 Renault Sport Trophy
Previous: none Next: 2016
Parent series:
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Support series:
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Andrea Pizzitola won the Elite Class, Dario Capitanio gained both the Prestige Class and the Endurance Trophy, sharing the car with David Fumanelli. Oregon Team won the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Equipe Verschuur[1] 1 Miguel Ramos[2] E 1–2, 4, 6
Pieter Schothorst 3, 5
António Coimbra[2] P 1–4, 6
Max van Splunteren 5
10 Steijn Schothorst[2] E All
Jeroen Schothorst[2] P
ART Junior Team[1] 2 Andrea Pizzitola[3] E All
Richard Gonda[3] P
3 Indy Dontje[4] E All
Toni Forné[4] P
V8 Racing[1] 4 Roy Geerts[4] E 1–5
Meindert van Buuren 6
Max Braams[4] P All
5 Nicky Pastorelli[4] E All
Diederik Sijthoff[4] P
45 Federico Leo[5] E 1–2
Archie Hamilton 3
Duncan Huisman 5
Stefano Costantini[4] P 1–3
Oliver Freymuth 4
Jelle Beelen 5
Oregon Team[1] 6 Luciano Bacheta[6] E All
Niccolò Nalio[6] P
7 Alan Hellmeister[6] E All
Adalberto Baptista[6] P
8 David Fumanelli[6] E All
Dario Capitanio[6] P
Zele Racing[1] 9 Vittorio Ghirelli[7] E 1–4
Christian Klien[8] 5–6
Philippe Bourgois[7] P 1–5
Christof von Grünigen[9] 6
11 Bas Schothorst[4] E All
Philippe Haezebrouck[4] P 1–2
Andrés Méndez 3–6
Monlau Competición[1] 14 Wolfgang Reip[4] E 1–2
Paul-Loup Chatin 3
Michela Cerruti 4
Vincent Capillaire 5
Nelson Panciatici[9] 6
Sarah Bovy[4] P 1
David Cebrián 2
Chris Harris 3
Éric Trémoulet 4
Antoine Boulay 5
Jean Ragnotti[9] 6
15 José Manuel Pérez-Aicart[9] E 6
Jürgen Smet[9] P
Icon Class
E Elite
P Prestige

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 En Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 30 May Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
Bas Schothorst
Philippe Haezebrouck
David Fumanelli
Dario Capitanio
Oregon Team
P 31 May Richard Gonda Sarah Bovy Diederik Sijthoff V8 Racing
E Andrea Pizzitola Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Equipe Verschuur
2 En Hungaroring, Budapest 13 June Steijn Schothorst
Jeroen Schothorst
Steijn Schothorst
Jeroen Schothorst
Wolfgang Reip
David Cebrián
Monlau Competición
P 14 June Richard Gonda Richard Gonda Richard Gonda ART Junior Team
E Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Equipe Verschuur
3 En Silverstone Circuit 5 September Luciano Bacheta
Niccolò Nalio
Pieter Schothorst
António Coimbra
Luciano Bacheta
Niccolò Nalio
Oregon Team
P 6 September Niccolò Nalio Niccolò Nalio Niccolò Nalio Oregon Team
E Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Pieter Schothorst Equipe Verschuur
4 En Nürburgring, Nürburg 12 September Roy Geerts
Max Braams
Roy Geerts
Max Braams
Roy Geerts
Max Braams
V8 Racing
P 13 September Dario Capitanio Dario Capitanio Dario Capitanio Oregon Team
E Roy Geerts Andrea Pizzitola Andrea Pizzitola ART Junior Team
5 En Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 26 September Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
Steijn Schothorst
Jeroen Schothorst
Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
ART Junior Team
P 27 September Richard Gonda Max Braams Dario Capitanio Oregon Team
E David Fumanelli Pieter Schothorst David Fumanelli Oregon Team
6 En Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 17 October David Fumanelli
Dario Capitanio
Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
ART Junior Team
P 18 October Richard Gonda Richard Gonda Dario Capitanio Oregon Team
E David Fumanelli Steijn Schothorst Indy Dontje ART Junior Team

Championship standings

For Elite and Prestige Class only eight results out of nine counted for the championship.

Elite class

Pos. Driver SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
 Pts. 
E En E E En E E En E
1 Andrea Pizzitola 2 3 (5) 4 3 1 4 1 3 140
2 Steijn Schothorst 1 1 1 Ret 4 2 Ret 2 4 138
3 David Fumanelli Ret 4 6 5 2 4 1 8 6 103
4 Indy Dontje 6 8 10 2 5 3 DNS 3 1 96
5 Luciano Bacheta 4 7 7 Ret Ret 5 5 7 7 62
6 Nicky Pastorelli 9 Ret 9 3 11 6 2 4 Ret 57
7 Roy Geerts 8 9 2 11 1 Ret Ret 49
8 Bas Schothorst 10 6 13 6 7 11 7 5 8 49
9 Vittorio Ghirelli 5 5 3 9 6 10 46
10 Wolfgang Reip 3 2 4 45
11 Pieter Schothorst 1 3 40
12 Alan Hellmeister DNS Ret 12 8 8 7 8 12 Ret 22
13 Miguel Ramos Ret 10 11 9 9 10 9 15
14 Federico Leo 7 Ret 8 10
15 Paul-Loup Chatin 7 6
16 Michela Cerruti 10 8 5
17 Archie Hamilton 10 1
Guest drivers inelegible for points
Christian Klien 6 9 2 0
José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 13 4 0
Nelson Panciatici 6 11 0
Vincent Capillaire 9 0
Meindert van Buuren 11 10 0
Duncan Huisman 10 0
Pos. Driver E En E E En E E En E  Pts. 
SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
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

Prestige class

Pos. Driver SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
 Pts. 
En P P En P P En P P
1 Dario Capitanio 3 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 162
2 Richard Gonda 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 2 3 123
3 Diederik Sijthoff 4 1 3 5 (6) 5 3 4 6 109
4 Niccolò Nalio 2 Ret Ret 1 1 2 8 5 13 103
5 Max Braams 5 5 4 4 4 3 (9) 3 4 101
6 Toni Forné 7 2 7 3 3 6 Ret Ret 5 81
7 Stefano Costantini 6 4 5 11 5 40
8 Andrés Méndez 7 Ret 7 10 9 8 28
9 Jeroen Schothorst Ret Ret 10 8 8 12 7 10 9 27
10 Philippe Bourgois 12 6 9 Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 24
11 Sarah Bovy 8 3 19
12 Adalberto Baptista 11 Ret 11 10 10 9 6 11 10 19
13 António Coimbra 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 10 7 17
14 Chris Harris 6 7 14
15 David Cebrián 6 8
16 Philippe Haezebrouck 10 7 12 7
17 Oliver Freymuth 8 4
Éric Trémoulet 11 0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
Christof von Grünigen 2 0
Max van Splunteren DSQ 6 0
Antoine Boulay 7 8 0
Jelle Beelen Ret 7 0
Jean Ragnotti 11 0
Jürgen Smet 12 0
Pos. Driver En P P En P P En P P  Pts. 
SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
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

Endurance Trophy

Pos. Driver SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
 Pts. 
1 David Fumanelli
Dario Capitanio
1 2 2 2 2 2 115
2 Andrea Pizzitola
Richard Gonda
3 3 Ret 3 1 1 95
3 Luciano Bacheta
Niccolò Nalio
2 4 1 Ret 9 3 72
4 Max Braams 9 8 4 1 7 7 57
5 Roy Geerts 9 8 4 1 7 49
6 Nicky Pastorelli
Diederik Sijthoff
11 Ret 5 7 3 4 43
7 Indy Dontje
Toni Forné
5 6 3 5 Ret Ret 43
8 Wolfgang Reip 4 1 37
9 Bas Schothorst 6 9 6 8 8 6 36
10 Andrés Méndez 6 8 8 6 26
11 António Coimbra 7 7 Ret 6 8 24
12 Miguel Ramos 7 7 6 8 24
13 David Cebrián 1 25
14 Steijn Schothorst
Jeroen Schothorst
Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 22
15 Alan Hellmeister
Adalberto Baptista
8 Ret 7 DSQ 6 10 22
16 Michela Cerruti
Éric Trémoulet
4 12
17 Philippe Bourgois Ret 10 Ret Ret 5 11
18 Philippe Haezebrouck 6 9 10
19 Paul-Loup Chatin
Chris Harris
8 4
20 Oliver Freymuth 9 2
21 Vittorio Ghirelli Ret 10 Ret Ret 1
22 Stefano Costantini 10 Ret Ret 1
23 Federico Leo 10 Ret 1
Pieter Schothorst Ret DSQ 0
Archie Hamilton Ret 0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
Christian Klien 5 5 0
Christof von Grünigen 5 0
Meindert van Buuren 7 0
Nelson Panciatici
Jean Ragnotti
9 0
José Manuel Pérez-Aicart
Jürgen Smet
Ret 0
Vincent Capillaire
Antoine Boulay
Ret 0
Duncan Huisman
Jelle Beelen
Ret 0
Max van Splunteren DSQ 0
Pos. Driver SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
 Pts. 
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

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team No. SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
 Pts. 
En P E En P E En P E En P E En P E En P E
1 Oregon Team 6 2 Ret 4 4 Ret 7 1 1 Ret Ret 2 5 9 5 5 3 13 7 454
8 1 Ret Ret 2 2 6 2 2 5 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 6
2 ART Junior Team 2 3 Ret 2 3 1 5 Ret Ret 4 3 4 1 1 2 4 1 3 3 424
3 5 2 6 6 7 10 3 3 2 5 6 3 Ret Ret DNS Ret 5 1
3 V8 Racing 4 9 5 8 8 4 2 4 4 11 1 3 Ret 7 3 Ret 7 4 10 315
5 11 1 9 Ret 3 9 5 6 3 7 5 6 3 4 2 4 6 Ret
4 Equipe Verschuur 1 7 Ret Ret 7 8 11 Ret Ret 1 6 10 9 DSQ 6 3 8 7 9 210
10 Ret Ret 1 5 10 1 Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 2 4 10 Ret Ret 9 4
5 Zele Racing 9 Ret 6 5 10 9 3 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 5 2 2 172
11 6 7 10 9 11 13 6 Ret 6 8 7 11 8 9 7 6 8 8
6 Monlau Competición 14 4 3 3 1 6 4 8 7 7 4 11 8 Ret 8 9 9 11 11 139
15 Ret 12 4
Pos. Team No. En P E En P E En P E En P E En P E En P E  Pts. 
SPA
HUN
SIL
NÜR
LMS
JER
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

References

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  5. "Leo al via con V8 Racing" [Leo to race with V8 Racing]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. "Sei piloti per la Oregon. Bacheta e Fumanelli i big" [Six drivers for Oregon. Bacheta and Fumanelli the "big"]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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