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

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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 5 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

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.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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