2015 Audi Sport TT Cup

The 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup season was the inaugural season of the Audi Sport TT Cup, a one-make sports car racing series organised by Audi. It began on 2 May at Hockenheim and finished on 18 October at the same venue after six double-header meetings,^[1] all of which were support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[1]

Poland's Jan Kisiel won the title by 25 points ahead of Danish driver Nicolaj Møller Madsen, while Dennis Marschall of Germany completed the championship top-3, a further 19.5 points in arrears of Møller Madsen. After trailing Marschall by twenty points after the first event at Hockenheim, Kisiel then achieved a run of eight successive podium finishes, with five victories in six races – including four wins in consecutive races at Oschersleben and the Nürburgring – moving him into the championship lead. A fifth-place in the first race at the Hockenheim finale sealed the championship. Møller Madsen – who started the season with five consecutive podium finishes including a win at the Norisring – and Marschall, who won a race at the season-opening event, were split by half a point going into the final weekend, but two podium finishes for Møller Madsen moved him clear.

Outside the top three drivers, Finnish driver Joonas Lappalainen finished in fourth place after achieving a pair of class wins behind guest drivers René Rast and Marco Bonanomi in the Hockenheim finale. Three other drivers won races during the season; Shaun Thong won at the Norisring, but that was his only podium finish of the 2015 season. Belgium's Alexis van de Poele – son of 1987 DTM champion Eric van de Poele – was declared winner of the rain-shortened race at the Red Bull Ring, while Austria's Marc Coleselli won the opening race of the season, but did not contest any further meetings during the season.

Drivers edit

No.	Drivers	Rounds
3	Gosia Rdest^[2]	All
5	Nikita Misyulya	3–5
7	Christoph Hofbauer^[2]	1–5
8	Shaun Thong^[2]	All
9	Kaan Önder^[2]	All
11	Levin Amweg^[2]	1–3, 6
14	Josh Caygill^[2]	All
17	Nicolaj Møller Madsen^[2]	All
26	Dominik Peitz^[2]	All
27	Dennis Marschall^[2]	All
33	Emil Lindholm^[2]	All
40	Marc Coleselli^[2]	1
43	Jan Kisiel^[2]	All
45	Joonas Lappalainen^[2]	All
49	Sebastian Landy^[2]	All
50	Loris Hezemans^[2]	All
55	Alexis van de Poele^[2]	All
89	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky^[2]	All
92	Anton Marklund^[2]	1–5
Guest drivers
4	Aaron Mason	6
93	Jordi Gené	2
93	Jeffrey Kruger	6
94	Tanner Foust^[3]	1
	Pierre Casiraghi	2
	Emiliano Perucca Orfei	3
	Harald Grohs	4
	Matthias Malmedie	5
	Alberto Sabbatini	6
95	Toomas Heikkinen^[3]	1
	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	2
	Rahel Frey	3
	Frank Biela	4
	Nikolaus Schelle	5
	Reiner Kuhn	6
96	Sven Hannawald^[3]	1
	Marcus Graf von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff	2
	Aksel Lund Svindal	3
	Uwe Alzen	4
	Aditya Patel	5
	Jon Olsson	6
97	Ferdinand Stuck	1
	Sebastian Schmidt	2
	Felix Neureuther	3
	Alex Lloyd	4
	René Rast	6
98	Horst von Saurma^[3]	1
	Lutz Gernert	2
	Marcel Hirscher	3
	Tim Schrick	4
	Guido Naumann	5
	Marco Bonanomi	6
99	Christian Gebhardt^[3]	1
	Doreen Seidel	2–5
	Patrick Simon	6

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	2 May	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Marc Coleselli
1	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	3 May	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Alexis van de Poele	Dennis Marschall
2	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	27 June	Shaun Thong	Dominik Peitz	Shaun Thong
2	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	28 June	Shaun Thong	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Nicolaj Møller Madsen
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	1 August	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Dennis Marschall	Jan Kisiel
3	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 August	Alexis van de Poele	Levin Amweg	Alexis van de Poele
4	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	12 September	Jan Kisiel	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Jan Kisiel
4	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	13 September	Jan Kisiel	Jan Kisiel	Jan Kisiel
5	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	26 September	Emil Lindholm	Dennis Marschall	Jan Kisiel
5	R2	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	27 September	Jan Kisiel	Jan Kisiel	Jan Kisiel
6	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	17 October	Joonas Lappalainen	Marco Bonanomi	René Rast
6	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	18 October	René Rast	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	Marco Bonanomi

Championship standings edit

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th
Points	25	21	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship edit

The second race at the Red Bull Ring was red-flagged after four laps, due to a multi-car incident involving Christoph Hofbauer, Levin Amweg, Loris Hezemans, Kaan Önder, Emil Lindholm and Anton Marklund. The first three laps of the race had been completed behind the safety car, due to a heavy downpour. As less than 50% of the scheduled race distance had been covered, half points were awarded.^[4]

Pos.	Driver	HOC		NOR		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Points
1	Jan Kisiel	4	14	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	4	231
2	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	2	2	3	1	3	4	7	6	4	12	3	3	206
3	Dennis Marschall	3	1	7	Ret	2	2	5	5	2	2	5	16	186.5
4	Joonas Lappalainen	6	5	6	11	14	13	3	2	19	DNS	2	2	157.5
5	Emil Lindholm	10	13	15	12	18	8	9	10	3	4	9	14	115
6	Shaun Thong	Ret	16	1	16	11	10	10	18	8	5	20	12	106
7	Loris Hezemans	Ret	9	10	7	5	9	8	13	Ret	3	DSQ	8	105.5
8	Dominik Peitz	Ret	Ret	9	9	7	11	13	8	20	10	4	6	105.5
9	Christoph Hofbauer	8	7	5	8	6	7	6	9	18	DNS			105.5
10	Josh Caygill	11	19	13	6	13	16	4	7	7	16	15	Ret	103
11	Alexis van de Poele	17	3	11	Ret	17	1	14	14	Ret	7	8	7	100.5
12	Gosia Rdest	15	20	18	13	8	17	17	11	9	9	13	9	90.5
13	Levin Amweg	7	11	14	5	12	12					10	5	84
14	Kaan Önder	Ret	12	Ret	10	9	6	11	Ret	12	17	11	13	79
15	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	9	Ret	8	3	10	18	Ret	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	75
16	Anton Marklund	14	8	12	Ret	15	14	12	21	14	11			63
17	Marc Coleselli	1	4											41
18	Sebastian Landy	Ret	Ret	16	15	16	15	Ret	16	10	Ret	14	DNS	39.5
19	Nikita Misyulya					20	20	16	15	11	8			33.5
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	René Rast											1	11	0
	Marco Bonanomi											12	1	0
	Uwe Alzen							2	3					0
	Jordi Gené			4	4									0
	Rahel Frey					4	5							0
	Alex Lloyd							Ret	4					0
	Aditya Patel									5	6			0
	Tanner Foust	5	6											0
	Jeffrey Kruger											7	10	0
	Ferdinand Stuck	Ret	10											0
	Christian Gebhardt	12	17											0
	Doreen Seidel			19	17	19	23	15	19	17	13			0
	Toomas Heikkinen	13	21											0
	Nikolaus Schelle									13	Ret			0
	Matthias Malmedie									16	14			0
	Marcus Graf von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff			17	14									0
	Guido Naumann									15	15			0
	Patrick Simon											16	15	0
	Horst von Saurma	16	15											0
	Jon Olsson											17	18	0
	Tim Schrick							18	17					0
	Aaron Mason											Ret	17	0
	Reiner Kuhn											18	20	0
	Pierre Casiraghi			20	18									0
	Sven Hannawald	Ret	18											0
	Alberto Sabbatini											19	19	0
	Emiliano Perucca Orfei					21	19							0
	Sebastian Schmidt			21	19									0
	Harald Grohs							Ret	20					0
	Albert von Thurn und Taxis			Ret	20									0
	Marcel Hirscher					22	21							0
	Felix Neureuther					23	22							0
	Aksel Lund Svindal					24	24							0
	Frank Biela							Ret	Ret					0
	Lutz Gernert			WD	WD									0
Pos.	Driver	HOC		NOR		RBR		OSC		NÜR		HOC		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Challengers Welcome". Audi Motorsport. Audi. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Audi Sport TT Cup field confirmed". Audi Motorsport. Audi. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "World premiere of the Audi Sport TT Cup". Audi Motorsport. Audi. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ "General Regulations for Series run on Circuits / Automobile Sport – Audi Sport TT Cup" (PDF). Audi Sport TT Cup. Deutscher Motor Sport Bund, Audi AG. 8 April 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015. Less than 50% of the scheduled distance = 50% points

External links edit

The official website of the Audi Sport TT Cup

[Audi-1] "Challengers Welcome". Audi Motorsport. Audi. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

[Drivers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Audi Sport TT Cup field confirmed". Audi Motorsport. Audi. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[HOC-3] "World premiere of the Audi Sport TT Cup". Audi Motorsport. Audi. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

[4] "General Regulations for Series run on Circuits / Automobile Sport – Audi Sport TT Cup" (PDF). Audi Sport TT Cup. Deutscher Motor Sport Bund, Audi AG. 8 April 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015. Less than 50% of the scheduled distance = 50% points

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