2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace

The 2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the sixth V de V Challenge Monoplace season organized by the V de V Sports. The season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 March and finishes on 10 October at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

The season was dominated by RC Formula driver David Droux who won 15 from 17 races. Julien Falchero lost 185.5 points to Droux and finished as runner-up. Gilles Heriau completed the top three in the standings. Riccardo Cazzaniga, Charly Bizalion, Alexandre Jouannem, Aleksey Chuklin and Xavier Benecchi were the other drivers who was able to finish on podium during the races.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Entry list^[2]
Team	No.	Driver name	Chassis	Rounds
GSK Grand Prix	1	Riccardo Cazzaniga	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	All
	3	Julien Falchero		All
	11	Nicola Cazzaniga		1, 3
	81	Daniele Cazzaniga		5
Formula Motorsport	2	Erwin Creed	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1-2, 4, 6
	5	Xavier Benecchi		4
	6	Erik Attias		1, 3, 6
	14	Michel Piroird		1-2, 4-5
	14b	Nicolas Pironneau		3
	16	Vincent Iogna		4-5
	36	Serge Heriau		1-3, 5-6
	37	Gilles Heriau		All
Sports Promotion	4	Esteban Garcia	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1
	28	Thierry Christen		5-6
	62	Christophe Hurni		1-2, 4-6
	67	Sébastien Page		4-5
	77	Luis Sanjuan		4-5
RC Formula	7	Simon Mirguet	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1
	7b	Benjamin Redais		5
	7c	Felix Hirsiger		5
	7d	Mickael Grosso		4
	47	Jordan Perroy		1
	47b	Aleksey Chuklin		2-3, 5
	97	David Droux		All
SG Racing	9	Oscar Arcila	Tatuus FR2000	All
J.R.T	10	Jorge Domingues	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3-4
Atom Formula	17	Thierry Imard	Tatuus FR2000	1, 3-6
Viola Formula	18	Davide Vettori	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	2
	23	Luca Furbatto	Tatuus FR2000	2, 5
	29	Samuele Fornara	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	5
Brixia Horse Power	19	Andrea Baiguera	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1-2
Lamo Racing Car	31	Alexis Carmes	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1
	32	Loïc Deman	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	1
	43	François Destandau	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	3
	53	Gregory Choukroun	Tatuus FR2000	All
NSC Motorsports	40	Thierry Verstraete	Tatuus FR 2000	1-4
CPB Sport	42	Charly Bizalion	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	1-4
	43	Abdessalam Mzaiti		1-2
	44	Alexandre Jouannem		2-5
	59	Fabrice Rossello		5
Leferme Engineering	55	Emmanuel Charlot	Tatuus FR 2000	5-6
Zig Zag	54	Jean-Christophe Peyre	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	1-3, 5
	55	Jean-Jacques Bally	Tatuus FR 2000	5
	66	Nicolas Matile	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10	1-3, 5
	69	Christian Carlesi	Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10	2-3, 5
TS Corse	73	Pietro Peccenini	Tatuus FR 2.0 2013	All
Planet Driving G	88	Eric Meriel	Tatuus FR2000	2
Planet Driving G	99	Pascal Brondeau	Tatuus FR2000	2

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	22 March	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R2		22 March	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3		23 March	Cancelled
2	R1	Mugello Circuit, Mugello	25 April	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R2		25 April	David Droux	David Droux	Aleksey Chuklin	RC Formula
	R3		26 April	Aleksey Chuklin	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
3	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	30 May	David Droux	Riccardo Cazzaniga	David Droux	RC Formula
	R2		31 May	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3		31 May	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
4	R1	Dijon-Prenois, Dijon	27 June	David Droux	David Droux	Julien Falchero	GSK Grand Prix
	R2			David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3			Riccardo Cazzaniga	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	29 August	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R2		29 August	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3		30 August	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	9 October	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R2		10 October	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula
	R3		10 October	David Droux	David Droux	David Droux	RC Formula

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	CAT			MUG			ALC			DIJ			LEC			MAG			Pts
1	David Droux	1	1	C	1	3	1	1	1	1	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	660
2	Julien Falchero	7	8	C	7	6	20	2	2	2	1	14	Ret	4	13	4	2	3	2	474.5
3	Gilles Heriau	15	6	C	11	4	7	6	4	3	5	2	16	3	5	12	3	2	3	458.0
4	Oscar Arcila	10	12	C	12	9	9	11	9	7	12	11	6	11	12	11	5	6	5	435.5
5	Riccardo Cazzaniga	3	9	C	3	2	3	4	3	15	2	4	Ret	5	2	2				388
6	Pietro Peccenini	8	10	C	6	5	5	8	5	4	6	10	7	8	10	6	Ret	4	9	385
7	Grégory Choukroun	17	19	C	20	12	15	16	12	9	17	16	12	14	15	15	8	9	Ret	334.5
8	Christophe Hurni	13	11	C	14	Ret	11				9	8	4	7	9	10	4	7	12	277
9	Thierry Imard	20	21	C				19	16	13	18	19	14	18	18	20	10	12	8	258
10	Charly Bizalion	Ret	3	C	4	8	4	5	7	Ret	4	3	2							257
11	Erwin Creed	9	15	C	8	Ret	8				7	6	Ret				12	5	4	222
11	Alexandre Jouannem				5	Ret	18	3	6	Ret	Ret	7	17	2	3	3				222
12	Serge Heriau	24	Ret	C	10	13	Ret	Ret	11	6				6	7	8	6	Ret	6	210
13	Aleksey Chuklin				2	1	2	7	17	16				Ret	4	5				206
14	Emmanuel Charlot										19	18	13				9	10	7	159
15	Michel Piroird	11	14	C	13	Ret	Ret				11	15	10	9	8	7				143
16	Eric Meriel	Ret	Ret	C									Ret	19	20	19	11	11	10	131.5
17	Thierry Verstraete	22	Ret	C	22	17	19	18	15	14	20	20	15							125
18	Andrea Baiguera	4	5	C	9	7	6													119
19	Vincent Iogna										10	9	5	10	6	9				118
20	Xavier Benecchi										3	5	3							92
21	Abdessalam Mzaiti	16	13	C	17	16	12	12												87
22	Thierry Christen													Ret	Ret	Ret	7	8	11	93
23	Luca Furbatto				18	11	14							15	Ret	14				92
24	Sébastien Page										14	12	10	13	14	13				76
25	Luis Sanjuan										13	13	11	12	11	16				75
26	Nicola Cazzaniga	14	16	C				10	10	8										74
27	Jordan Perroy	2	2	C																72
28	Jean-Christophe Peyre	21	22	C	19	14	16	14	13	Ret				16	18	Ret				70
29	Nicolas Matile	18	20	C	Ret	15	17	Ret	Ret	10				Ret	16	17				65
30	Nicolas Pironneau							9	8	5										64
31	Marco Biffis				16	10	13													62
32	Alexis Carmes	5	4	C																55
33	Loïc Deman	6	7	C																46
33	Christian Carlesi				21	18	Ret	13	Ret	Ret				17	17	18				46
34	Mickael Grosso										16	17	9							36
34	Jorge Domingues							15	Ret	11	15	Ret	Ret							36
35	Davide Vettori				15	19	10													33
36	Samuele Fornara													15	16	15				29
37i	Pascal Brondeau	23	Ret	C							Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	21				25
38	Erik Attias	19	18	C				Ret	14	Ret										24
39	François Destandau							17	Ret	12										22
40	Simon Mirguet	12	Ret	C																13
41	Esteban Garcia	26	17	C																8
42	Daniele Cazzaniga													Ret	Ret	Ret				0
42	Jean-Jacques Bally													Ret	Ret	Ret				0
42	Fabrice Rossello													Ret	Ret	Ret				0
42	Benjamin Redais													Ret	Ret	Ret				0
42	Felix Hirsiger													Ret	Ret	Ret				0
Pos	Driver	CAT			MUG			ALC			DIJ			LEC			MAG			Pts

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

^ "V de V Challenge Monoplace 2015 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
^ "CLASSEMENT CHALLENGE MONOPLACE V DE V 2015 - SCRATCH" (PDF) (in French). V de V Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "V de V Challenge Monoplace 2015 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

[2] "CLASSEMENT CHALLENGE MONOPLACE V DE V 2015 - SCRATCH" (PDF) (in French). V de V Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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